My Best Picture collection

A few years ago, I decided to curate a collection of Best Picture winners from the Academy Awards in my movie library. I already had a decent-sized collection of around 1,800 films, but I wanted to add this specific set.

Initially, I thought I had a good number of Best Picture winners, but after some research, I realized I was missing a few. So, I set out to acquire all of them. As of today, there have been 93 Academy Award ceremonies, and I have 94 Best Picture winners.

You might be wondering about the discrepancy in numbers. It's because in the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, there were two top awards for films: "Outstanding Picture" and "Best Unique and Artistic Picture." "Wings" won the former, and "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" won the latter. They were considered equal at the time.

The following year, the Academy did away with the "Best Unique and Artistic Picture" category and retroactively declared "Wings" the sole winner of the first Best Picture award. However, I believe both films deserve recognition as Best Picture winners for that year, so I include both in my collection.

Since completing my collection of Best Picture winners, I've made it a point to add each new winner every year. Admittedly, I haven't seen all of them yet. I still need to catch up on a few of the recent winners.

I enjoy having this collection, even though I haven't watched every film yet. I plan to get around to it eventually. After all, what's the point of having a movie if I never watch it? My Streaming Life is not just for having, but for watching.