Sep 8, 2023 · The film became the top-grossing movie of 1929, and was the first all-talkie film to win Best Picture at the 2nd Annual Academy Awards. It spawned three sequels and a remake as early...

The first – and only – remake to win Best Picture is The Departed (USA, 2006), Martin Scorsese's (USA) remake of Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong, 2002). The Coen brothers' (USA) remake of True Grit …

The Departed, which won Best Picture of 2006, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and is the first remake of a non-English language or international film to win.

The Departed is a 2006 American crime drama, a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. It was a critical and commercial success and won several awards, including four Oscars. The film also …

Jan 10, 2026 · 1927: Wings (Sunrise won for best unique and artistic picture, but that category was eliminated the following year, and Wings was retrospectively named the official winner of the first …

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Aug 30, 2023 · Though not a "direct" remake, as it's a retelling of the story: Ben-Hur (1959) is considered the first remake to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Therefore, the first and only true …

A list of films that won the Academy Awards "Oscar" for "Best Motion Picture of the Year". List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Nomadland. A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the …

Mar 2, 2025 · It Happened One Night was the first film to ever take the “big five” Academy Awards—perhaps a bigger feat considering there were fewer categories at the time—and the first …

Jan 29, 2025 · Of the 10 nominees for Best Picture for 2021, four were remakes or new adaptations of source material that had been adapted before (CODA, for one, and Dune fits into the latter category).