6 Best Oscar Best Costume Design Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 12, 2026

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design has crowned some of cinema’s most lavish, transporting, and meticulously crafted wardrobes. In The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): A legendary concierge and his protégé become embroiled in a stolen painting and a battle over a family fortune. Don’t overlook Gandhi (1982): A young lawyer becomes the spiritual and political leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement.

Black Panther (2018)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A newly crowned king must defend his technologically advanced nation from a vengeful challenger to his throne.

Directed by Ryan Coogler · 2h 15m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Hulu · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 92% Metacritic 88

A legendary concierge and his protégé become embroiled in a stolen painting and a battle over a family fortune.

Directed by Wes Anderson · 1h 40m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars137 wins & 227 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Queen Elizabeth I navigates the Spanish Armada's invasion threat and a forbidden romance with a dashing explorer.

Directed by Shekhar Kapur · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 69% Metacritic 57

A centuries-old vampire travels to Victorian London, believing he has found his reincarnated lost love.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 2h 08m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars30 wins & 21 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Eros Now Select Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Two scheming French aristocrats wager on the seduction and ruin of an innocent young woman.

Directed by Stephen Frears · 1h 59m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Gandhi (1982)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A young lawyer becomes the spiritual and political leader of India's nonviolent independence movement.

Directed by Richard Attenborough · 3h 12m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.

6 Best Oscar Best Costume Design Winning Movies

Black Panther (2018)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Gandhi (1982)

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