Which 1973 heist film won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

The Sting won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 46th Academy Awards.

Released in 1973, the film stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two con artists who organize an elaborate revenge scheme against a powerful crime boss. George Roy Hill directed the movie, following his earlier success with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which also starred Newman and Redford.

The Sting was nominated for ten Oscars and won seven, including Best Director for Hill, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction and Best Music. Its period setting and carefully staged deceptions helped make it one of the era's most celebrated crime films.

The movie is set in 1936 and draws on the terminology and techniques of confidence games. Its title refers to the con itself, while the plot's reversals deliberately encourage viewers to question which parts of the operation they have actually seen.