◆ Trending: The five most critically-acclaimed Best Picture Oscar winners
The Oscars take place this Sunday – and everybody is waiting to see who will win the biggest prize of the night.
To get you in the mood here are the five former Best Picture winners that rate highest with critics – according to Rotten Tomatoes – and where you can stream them.
Parasite (Netflix) Writerdirector Bong Joon-ho’s twisty tale about the symbiotic relationship between two families from different ends of South Korea’s class spectrum is almost unanimously adored by critics. It was the first ever foreign language film to win Best Picture.
Casablanca (Apple TV, rent from £3.49) The timeless 1942 classic starring Humphrey Bogart as Casablanca nightclub owner Rick Blaine.
His old flame, played by Ingrid Bergman, shows up in town with her husband looking for help to escape the country – and pursuing Nazis.
All About Eve (Amazon, rent from £3.49) Another landmark title in the Golden Age of Hollywood, this sharply intelligent and funny 1950 film sees an aspiring actress, played by Anne Baxter, finagle her way into the life of Bette Davis’
ageing Broadway star.
On The Waterfront (Amazon, rent from £2.49) Marlon Brando won the first of his two Best Acting Oscars for his performance in this 1954 crime drama. He plays Terry Malloy, a dockworker whose promising boxing career is stymied when a local mobster persuades him to throw a fight. He decides to evidence against the crime boss – whose lawyer happens to be Malloy’s own older brother.
Moonlight (Amazon, rent from £2.49) Barry Jenkins’ 2016 coming-of-age drama is about a young black man enduring a series of challenges growing up in Florida. The novel structure sees the story told in three chapters, covering his childhood, adolescence, and early adult life.