#20: The Hurt Locker
2008
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
#19: Dances with Wolves
1990
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
#18: Driving Miss Daisy
1989
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
#17: Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple’s young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
#16: An American in Paris
1951
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
#15: Chariots of Fire
1981
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
#14: Annie Hall
1977
Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
#13: Oliver!
1968
After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.
#12: Out of Africa
1985
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
#11: The Artist
2011
An egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood’s silent era.
#10: Chicago
2002
Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer’s attention.
#9: Tom Jones
1963
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
#8: Around the World in 80 Days
1956
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
#7: The Shape of Water
2017
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
#6: Cimarron
1931
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
#5: The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
#4: Gigi
1958
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
#3: The English Patient
1996
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
#2: Crash
2004
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
#1: Shakespeare in Love
1998
The world’s greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
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Why they were the worst winners would also be good to know.