What is the best Best Picture winner of the 2010s?

Ten ceremonies, ten Best Picture trophies, and almost no two alike: crowd-pleasing period pieces, a silent film, a creature romance and a subtitled thriller. Time to find out which one has aged best.

1. 1
   Parasite

   Bong Joon-ho's class-war thriller about a poor family infiltrating a wealthy household, the first non-English Best Picture winner.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Spotlight

   The Boston Globe investigative team uncovers widespread child abuse cover-ups within the Catholic Church.
   857pts
3. 3
   The Shape of Water

   Guillermo del Toro's Cold War fairy tale about a mute janitor who falls for a captured amphibious creature.
   735pts
4. 4
   Moonlight

   Three chapters in the life of a young Black man growing up in Miami and discovering who he is.
   647pts
5. 5
   Green Book

   A Black concert pianist and his Italian-American driver tour the segregated 1960s Deep South.
   571pts
6. 6
   The King's Speech

   Colin Firth plays King George VI overcoming a stammer with help from an unorthodox speech therapist.
   483pts
7. 7
   12 Years a Slave

   Steve McQueen's harrowing adaptation of Solomon Northup's memoir about a free Black man sold into slavery.
   381pts
8. 8
   Argo

   Ben Affleck directs the true story of a fake sci-fi film used to rescue American hostages from Iran.
   260pts
9. 9
   The Artist

   A black-and-white silent film about a silent-era star whose career fades as talkies take over Hollywood.
   260pts
10. 10
    Birdman

    A washed-up superhero actor stages a Broadway play in a film designed to look like one continuous take.
    0pts

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