Which 1993 Spielberg film won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

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Which 1993 Spielberg film won the Academy Award for Best Picture? Schindler's List won the Oscar for Best Picture.

The film, directed by Steven Spielberg, dramatizes the efforts of German industrialist Oskar Schindler to save Jewish workers during the Holocaust. It was adapted from Thomas Keneally's 1982 novel Schindler's Ark, later published in the United States as Schindler's List.

At the 66th Academy Awards, held in 1994 for films released in 1993, Schindler's List won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Spielberg. It competed against The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, and The Remains of the Day.

A common mix-up is Spielberg's Jurassic Park, another major 1993 release. Jurassic Park won three Oscars, chiefly for visual effects and sound-related achievements, but it was not the Best Picture winner. Schindler's List was Spielberg's first Best Picture Oscar as a producer.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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