The Golden Lion top prize at the Venice film festival was awarded on Saturday in what has become a key barometer for Oscar glory.

Winners have often gone on to triumph at the Academy Awards. Here are the last five:

2020 "Nomadland" by Chloe Zhao

2019 "Joker" by Todd Phillips

2018 "Roma" by Alfonso Cuaron

2017 "The Shape of Water" by Guillermo del Toro

2016 "The Woman Who Left" by Lav Diaz

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