30 Movies That Won an Academy Award for the Best Costume Design Over the Past 30 Years

The costumes that movie characters wear can tell us a lot about their lifestyle and inner worlds without them even saying a single word. Thoroughly thought over, historically accurate, and meticulously made, the costumes we see on the big screen transport us to other times and spaces and make up the atmosphere of the story. This is why costume design is one of the criteria that the Motion Picture Academy uses to decide which films were the best in a particular year.

We at Bright Side made a list of the movies with the best costumes according to the Academy, and we bet this list includes at least a couple of your favorite films.

2021: Cruella

2020: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2019: Little Women

2018: Black Panther

2017: Phantom Thread

2016: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2015: Mad Max: Fury Road

2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel

2013: The Great Gatsby

2012: Anna Karenina

2011: The Artist

2010: Alice in Wonderland

2009: The Young Victoria

2008: The Duchess

2007: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2006: Marie Antoinette

2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

2004: The Aviator

2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2002: Chicago

2001: Moulin Rouge!

2000: Gladiator

1999: Topsy-Turvy

1998: Shakespeare in Love

1997: Titanic

1996: The English Patient

1995: Restoration

1994: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

1993: The Age of Innocence

1992: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Which movie impressed you the most with its costumes and why?