The Artist (2011) is not completely silent. The black-and-white film features music, some sound effects, and a brief line of dialogue. The Artist won the Academy Award for best picture, becoming the first mostly silent film to win the award since 1929. At that year’s ceremony, Wings (1927) won the first best picture Oscar. While that movie had music and sound effects, there was no spoken dialogue, making it the only true silent film to be named best picture.
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