My 150 Favorite Movies - #100

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

One of only two films to win Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the Oscars (the other is Schindler's List), and the first foreign film to win Best Picture since 1988's The Last Emperor, the story concerns a young man from the slums who is inexplicably winning every answer on a television quiz show. As we see through flashbacks, his personal history contributes to his knowledge of the questions. Directed by Danny Boyle, the film stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, who have gone on to have major film careers. An emotional rollercoaster of a film, culminating in the entire cast dancing to the Oscar-winning song Jai Ho, through the end credits.