The most esteemed honor show in the world of film , the annualAcademy Awardsare the reason for much excitement and disputation in the amusement world when they descend round . The awards often respect the skilful of the best for the year in motion-picture show and its shaper , with the full-grown of the honor being the award for Best Picture .

The award can often go to the unseasonable film and the opinions of say film can vacillate a lot .   A respectable authority on the opinions on these films isRotten Tomatoesand as as important as the critic ' Tomatometer is the interview score , especially since the two differ a lot . Here are the decade Best Picture winner ranked by their Rotten Tomatoes interview score .

THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017) - 72%

Withbeautiful direction at the hands of Guillermo Del Toroand large performances throughout , not to mention the spectacular visuals , The Shape Of Waterwas a huge hitting with critics . It have home the 2018 Best Picture award beating out the more deserving filmsGet OutandLady Bird .

BIRDMAN (OR THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (2014) - 77%

Birdmanis another picture that was a hit with critics . Its fantastic operation from its castalong with its technical ambition and brilliant narrative help the film trounce out film likeWhiplashandThe Grand Budapest Hotelfor the Oscar in 2015 .

It follows an actor who formerly played a massive superhero who is   struggling   to run a Great White Way period of play while attempting to rediscover himself , connect with menage and overcome hurdle . It is edit to be one continuous shot and it is done perfectly . With over 70,000 more audience brush up thanThe Shape Of Waterand a 6 % gamy score , the film is more popular with fans but was not for everyone .

MOONLIGHT (2016) - 78%

A film which undoubtedly merit its Best Picture honour , Moonlightis a bright acted , beautiful , aroused and compelling coming of age narrative which beat out film such asArrivalandLa La Landat the 2017 Academy Awards .

THE HURT LOCKER (2009) - 84%

Kathryn Bigelow ’s   Iraq   War - found legal action dramaThe Hurt Lockerwas the first Best Picture succeeder of the decade and is a attractively intense film , with dependable performances andgreat direction from the history - spend a penny director . It beat out films such asUpandInglourious Basterdsin 2010 .

It presents the conflict from the view of the soldiers , specifically a dud police squad as they crop to make the streets good for both citizens and the American soldiers . Critics love and audience also seem to love this film which is one of the best films depict the   Iraq War . Some seen the movie as perhaps too unrealistic or melodramatic , but for the most part , people   enjoyed the motion picture .

THE ARTIST (2011)

A gleeful dear letter to the lose earned run average of tacit cinema , The Artistis a bunch - pleaser that is both clever and beautiful aboard well act . engage home the Oscar in 2012 the film beat out the arguably more deservingMoneyballalongside other films such asThe Help .

The film follow a romanticism between a soundless motion-picture show star - whose career is go downhill thanks to the emergence of talkies - and an up and coming actress who becomes a film star . It is a film that pleased and was like by critic and audience alike as a tribute to a lost era and while it is not a film which has a great societal encroachment , it does not need to be and fulfills its purpose well .

12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013) - 90%

A drab viewing experience,12 Years A Slaveis a tough moving picture to ascertain but it is fantastically behave and directed . The brutal film beat out out the extremely ruffianly contender inThe Wolf Of Wall StreetandHer .

It is base on the memoir of the main character , Solomon Northup , as he is abduct and sold into slaveholding across multiple harrowing plantation for years . It is venerate by both critic and audiences , with no material rough-cut complaints , the film is deserving of all its praise and will be looked at as one of the best of the 2010s .

ARGO (2012) - 90%

The succeeder of the 2013 Oscar , Argois a fresh , tense , well written and well - performed dramatic play full of suspense and some good dark comedy . It vex outDjango Unchained , Zero Dark Thirtyand other great films to win the prize .

The film follows an undercover extraction military mission to rescue six American hostage in Tehran during the U.S hostage crisis in Iran . The motion picture received immensely positive recapitulation , with the high critics , grudge put it over12 Years A Slaveon this list . It iswell perform and directed two - folding by Ben Affleck , overall the cinema is extremely well - like with intimately all Rotten Tomatoes users liking the film .

GREEN BOOK (2018) - 91%

A film which was undeserving of its Oscar , Green Bookis the most controversial picture on this list due to its out-of-date narrative frame and feebleminded distributor point of view . It is a very well - acted , visually pleasing film which is a good buddy floor , but it beating films such asBlackKklansman , Romaand   evenBlack Pantherwas a mistake .

The film follows revered instrumentalist , Dr. Don Shirley , as he tours the mystifying Dixieland being chauffeur by Tony Lip with the duet confronting racism and the formation of an unlikely friendly relationship . It is the worst - reviewed critically on this list , and its 91 % audience scotch is mostly down to is a down amount of reviews and the fact a lot of multitude enjoyed the buddy dynamic of the slap-up pair , even if the overall treatment and content of the story was a misfire .

THE KING’S SPEECH (2010) - 92%

A great film with an utterly striking performance whichunfortunately   was undeserving of its Oscar , The King ’s Speechwas well received by critics and by audiences but despite how good and crowd - pleasing it is , it never merit the Oscar overThe Social web , norInception , and , arguably to some , not even   the other fantastical pick on show that night in 2011 .

The film   is the story of the fresh top King George VI as he tries to overcome his stutter with the help of a spoken language healer to lead his land in a time of need . It is a well - made film with an good performance from Firth , it is popular amongst critic and audience , but its Oscar bait at its finest   and will not endure the test of prison term likeThe Social internet .

SPOTLIGHT (2015) - 93%

A flick which did deserve its Oscar , Spotlightwas a brilliantly made , extremely well - perform motion picture which handles an exceedingly ticklish subject dead , doing justice to its consultation and its content . The film beat out hard competitionThe Big ShortandMad Max : Fury Roadin 2016 .

It is a story of the Spotlight squad of the Boston Globe that uncovered and investigated the outrage of tiddler molestation within the Church . The film has no side fib to take away from the importance of the topic , nor any over - the - top Oscar - baiting performance ( only excellent ones , especially from Mark Ruffalo ) , it is both simple and layer with respect for everyone involved and it is one of the best dramas of the decade , as well as the good Best Picture winner , according to the Rotten Tomatoes consultation .

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