In the 21st century, 25 films have so far won Best Picture. A lot has changed over the past 25 years around the world and within the Academy. That evolution is partly reflected in this century’s list of Best Picture winners, which contains films that are both beloved and oft-derided. In the case of some, their Best Picture wins have even directly strengthened or worsened their reputations.
Now, ahead of the 2025 Oscars, here is where you can currently stream all of the Best Picture winners of the 21st century so far.
“American Beauty” (1999)
The Best Picture winner at the 2000 Oscars, “American Beauty” is director Sam Mendes’ divisive drama about a white suburban American family slowly coming apart at the seams. It is available to stream now for free on Pluto TV.
“Gladiator” (2000)
This crowd-pleasing epic about a Roman general (Russell Crowe) who is forced to fight his way up from the very bottom of society’s ranks after suffering a horrendous betrayal is streaming now for free on Pluto TV. It is also available to stream for Paramount+ and Philo subscribers.
“A Beautiful Mind” (2001)
Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind” is not streaming anywhere right now. The biopic about the life of mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe) is, however, available to rent or purchase now on all major digital platforms.
“Chicago” (2002)
“Chicago,” a blackly comic crime musical starring Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger and an Oscar-winning Catherine Zeta-Jones, is streaming now on MGM+ and Paramount+.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003)
Director Peter Jackson’s trilogy-capping fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is streaming now on Max, and so is its longer, 4-hour extended version.
“Million Dollar Baby” (2004)
“Million Dollar Baby,” director and star Clint Eastwood’s famously bleak boxing drama, is streaming now on Paramount+.
“Crash” (2005)
“Crash,” Paul Haggis’ now oft-criticized ensemble portrait of racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, is streaming for free with ads on Fandango at Home and with a MovieSphere+ add-on subscription on Amazon’s Prime Video.
“The Departed” (2006)
The Boston-set crime thriller that also won Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Oscar for Best Director, “The Departed” is not streaming anywhere right now. It is available to rent or purchase on all major digital platforms, though.
“No Country for Old Men” (2007)
“No Country for Old Men,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s widely hailed crime thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and an Oscar-winning Javier Bardem, is streaming now on Paramount+.
“Slumdog Millionaire” (2008)
“Slumdog Millionaire” is the film that introduced audiences to Dev Patel. The Danny Boyle-directed dramedy about a young Indian man (Patel) competing for $600,000 is available for rent or purchase on all major digital platforms.
“The Hurt Locker” (2009)
This tense, gritty portrait of a U.S. military bomb-defusing squad from director Kathryn Bigelow is streaming now on Amazon’s Prime Video.
“The King’s Speech” (2010)
“The King’s Speech,” one of the more infamously divisive Best Picture winners of this century, is currently streaming for free with ads on The Roku Channel. It is also streaming on BritBox.
“The Artist” (2011)
“The Artist,” a black-and-white portrait of Hollywood’s transition from the silent era to the talkies, is streaming now for free on Tubi and with ads on Pluto TV, Plex, The Ruko Channel and Fandango at Home.
“Argo” (2012)
Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning thriller about a CIA operative who creates a fake Hollywood production company in order to rescue a group of imprisoned U.S. diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis is available to rent now on all major digital platforms.
“12 Years a Slave” (2013)
“12 Years a Slave,” director Steve McQueen’s searing account of the life of African American abolitionist Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), is currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” (2014)
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s technically virtuosic “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” a dark comedy about a washed-up superhero actor (Michael Keaton) mounting a career comeback on Broadway, is available for rent or purchase on all major digital platforms.
“Spotlight” (2015)
“Spotlight,” director Tom McCarthy’s sure-handed depiction of The Boston Globe’s early 2000s investigation into the Catholic Church’s history of child sexual abuse, is streaming now on Starz and Philo.
“Moonlight” (2016)
Director Barry Jenkins’ beloved Oscars underdog “Moonlight,” a triptych drama about a young Black man’s experiences growing up gay in Florida, is available for rent or purchase now on all major digital platforms.
“The Shape of Water” (2017)
A fantasy romance about a mute human (Sally Hawkins) who falls in love with the amphibious man being held at the lab where she works, “The Shape of Water” isn’t streaming on any service right now. It is, however, available for rent or purchase on all major digital platforms.
“Green Book” (2018)
“Green Book,” the most controversial of all recent Best Picture winners, is available for rent or purchase on every major digital platform now.
“Parasite” (2019)
Writer-director Bong Joon-ho’s critically adored, anti-capitalist South Korean thriller “Parasite” is streaming now on Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu.
“Nomadland” (2020)
2021’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, “Nomadland” is director Chloé Zhao’s meditative portrait of a woman (Frances McDormand) living a nomadic lifestyle in her van in the wake of her town’s economic collapse. It’s currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
“CODA” (2021)
“CODA,” a heart-warming drama about a young girl (Emilia Jones) preparing to go to college and leave her deaf mother, father and brother, is streaming exclusively now on Apple TV+.
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” (2022)
“Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a maximalist sci-fi dramedy that practically swept the 2023 Oscars and took home a total of seven awards throughout the ceremony, is streaming right now on Max.
“Oppenheimer” (2023)
“Oppenheimer,” the Oscars’ most recent Best Picture winner and the film that finally netted writer-director Christopher Nolan a Best Director award, is currently available to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video.
