The 2026 awards season will be starting soon, and it won't be long before we learn which 2025 films are the front-runners at the Oscars. But it takes more than just an Academy Award for a movie to secure its place in cinema history. A true masterpiece can be recognized even without those accolades. The Watch With Us team has assembled our picks for the 10 greatest movie masterpieces of the last 10 years. There are some Oscar-winners among our list, but these are the films we believe will withstand the test of time. The Best Movie of Every Year of the '90s 10. 'The Revenant' (2015) After five previous Oscar nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won Best Actor for his performance in The Revenant. Alejandro G. Iñárritu also took home an Academy Award for Best Director for this film, which was inspired by the account of Hugh Glass (DiCaprio), a fur trader in the early 19th century. After barely clinging to life from a bear attack, Glass is helpless to save his son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck), from John S. Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), who murders the teen and leaves Glass for dead. To get his revenge, Glass has to will himself to survive and make an arduous journey through the untamed wilderness. It's a beautifully filmed movie that makes the setting seem otherworldly. The Revenant is available to rent or buy on Prime Video. 9. 'Ford v Ferrari' (2019) Racing sports biopics aren't always destined to be blockbusters, but Ford v Ferrari is an unusually gripping movie even when it's not taking place on the race track. This true story begins in the early '60s when Enzo Ferrari (Remo Girone) uses an offer from Ford to inflate the value of his company before insulting the latter. Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) is so enraged that he throws ridiculous money at his team to create a car powerful enough to defeat Ferrari's vehicles in the most prestigious races. The Best Movie of Every Year of the '80s That job falls to former racer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale). Miles' blunt personality earns him some animosity from an executive at Ford, but his contributions allow the company to compete against Ferrari's most formidable cars. Miles even gets behind the wheel for the 24 Hours of Le Mans competition in 1966 on his way to the race of a lifetime. Ford v Ferrari is streaming on Netflix. 8. 'The Shape of Water' (2017) Director Guillermo del Toro really wanted to do a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake where the creature ended up with the girl. Universal didn't go for it, so del Toro explored similar themes in his Oscar-winning original tale, The Shape of Water. In the early '60s at the height of the Cold War, a mute cleaning lady named Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) stumbles upon an Amphibian Man (Doug Jones) who is being held captive by the U.S. military. Elisa forms a silent bond with the Amphibian Man and ropes her friends, Zelda (Octavia Spencer) and Giles (Richard Jenkins), into helping her free the creature. As Elisa and the Amphibian Man's connection blossoms into love, a paranoid Colonel, Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon), will do anything to recapture him, no matter who he has to kill. The Shape of Water is available to rent or buy on Prime Video. Best Picture Oscar Winners From the Past 30 Years 7. 'Arrival' (2016) Director Denis Villeneuve has made the Dune movies that everyone wanted to see four decades ago. But Villeneuve's true masterpiece of the last decade was Arrival, a down-to-earth science fiction story. When alien ships arrive at 12 locations across the world, the Americans recruit linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) to figure out how to communicate with them. The aliens, whom Louise nicknames Abbott and Costello, aren't remotely human and their language is very difficult to understand. It's also open to misinterpretation of the aliens' intent, which creates an international crisis. Those are the larger stakes of the film, but Louise has an emotional reckoning as well that provides the heart of the story. Arrival is streaming on Paramount+. 6. 'Get Out' (2017) Coming out of his hit sketch comedy series Key & Peele, writer and director Jordan Peele wasn't expecting the overwhelming response to his directorial debut, Get Out. Instead of being a one-off experience, this horror film was critically acclaimed and a massive hit at the box office. Peele even won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Breaking Down Jordan Peele's Extensive TV and Movie Empire Daniel Kaluuya leads the cast as Chris Washington, a Black man who is anxious about meeting the wealthy family of his girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams). Something is unsettling about the warm welcome that Chris receives from everyone he meets in upstate New York. Chris' instincts tell him that something is off, but the truth is more horrible than he suspects. By the time Chris learns why everyone is so happy to see him, it's too late to run. Get Out is streaming on HBO Ma