1951's An American in Paris.
Wings
The first movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was Wingsin 1929.
1939's Gone with the Wind was the first color film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, but the 1937 short, Give Me Liberty, was the first color movie to receive an Oscar at all.
Out of Africa (1985) won Best Picture the year The Color Purple was nominated.
TitanicThe first movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and the MTV Best Movie Award was James Cameron's "Titanic".
Wings
Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, won Best Picture in 1985 at the 58th Academy Awards. The film won against The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, and Witness.
Cupid Angling (1918) was the first feature length colour movie.
Grand Illusion
Million Dollar Baby
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1985 went to "Out of Africa," which won seven Oscars in 11 nominations. "The Color Purple" also was nominated for 11 awards, but did not win any.
Dreamgirls