(Inconsistent, but the high notes— The Apartment , Hannah and Her Sisters , Roma —are untouchable.)
The 2010s started with a catastrophe: The King’s Speech (2011) winning over The Social Network . That was BAFTA at its most fusty, favoring royal stuttering over digital revolution. However, they corrected course with Argo (2013) and Boyhood (2015)—the latter a genuinely brave pick for a slow, 12-year project. BAFTA Best Pictures -1947 - 2021-
For every stuffy, corseted period drama ( A Room with a View , 1987), there is a wild card ( My Left Foot , 1990). BAFTA is not the Oscars. It is more British—meaning it loves acting, writing, and misery. But from 1947 to 2021, the list tells one clear truth: when BAFTA ignores Hollywood hype and leans into its own idiosyncratic, rainy-island identity, it produces the most durable canon of “Best Pictures” in the world. (Inconsistent, but the high notes— The Apartment ,