| Name |
Year |
Film |
Director |
Producer |
| Paramount |
1927/28 |
WINGS |
William A. Wellman. |
Lucien Hubbard |
| MGM |
1928/29 |
THE BROADWAY MELODY |
Harry Beaumont |
Harry Rapf |
| Universal |
1929/30 |
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT |
Lewis Milestone |
Carl Laemmle, Jr. |
| RKO Radio |
1930/31 |
CIMARRON |
Wesley Ruggles |
William LeBaron |
| MGM |
1931/32 |
GRAND HOTEL |
Edmund Goulding |
Irving Thalberg |
| Fox Film Corporation |
1932/33 |
CAVALCADE |
Frank Lloyd |
Winfield Sheehan |
| Columbia |
1934 |
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT |
Frank Capra |
Harry Cohn |
| MGM |
1935 |
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY |
Frank Lloyd |
Irving Thalberg and Albert Lewin |
| MGM |
1936 |
THE GREAT ZIEGFELD |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Hunt Stromberg |
| Warner Bros |
1937 |
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA |
William Dieterle |
Henry Blanke |
| Columbia |
1938 |
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU |
Frank Capra |
Frank Capra |
| MGM |
1939 |
GONE WITH THE WIND |
Victor Fleming |
David O. Selznick |
| United Artists |
1940 |
REBECCA |
Alfred Hitchcock |
David O. Selznick |
| 20th Century Fox |
1941 |
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY |
John Ford |
Darryl F. Zanuck |
| MGM |
1942 |
MRS. MINIVER |
William Wyler |
Sidney Franklin |
| Warner Bros |
1943 |
CASABLANCA |
Michael Curtiz |
Hal B. Wallis |
| Paramount |
1944 |
GOING MY WAY |
Leo McCarey |
Leo McCarey |
| Paramount |
1945 |
THE LOST WEEKEND |
Billy Wilder |
Charles Brackett |
| RKO Radio |
1946 |
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
William Wyler |
Samuel Goldwyn |
| 20th Century Fox |
1947 |
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT |
Elia Kazan |
Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Rank-Two Cities/Universal-International |
1948 |
HAMLET |
Laurence Olivier |
Laurence Olivier |
| Columbia |
1949 |
ALL THE KING'S MEN |
Robert Rossen |
Robert Rossen |
| 20th Century Fox |
1950 |
ALL ABOUT EVE |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Darryl F. Zanuck |
| MGM |
1951 |
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS |
Vincente Minelli |
Arthur Freed |
| Paramount |
1952 |
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Cecil B. DeMille |
| Columbia |
1953 |
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY |
Fred Zinnemann |
Buddy Adler |
| Columbia |
1954 |
ON THE WATERFRONT |
Elia Kazan |
Sam Spiegel |
| United Artists |
1955 |
MARTY |
Delbert Mann |
Harold Hecht |
| United Artists |
1956 |
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS |
Michael Anderson |
Michael Todd |
| Columbia |
1957 |
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI |
David Lean |
Sam Spiegel |
| MGM |
1958 |
GIGI |
Vincente Minnelli |
Arthur Freed |
| MGM |
1959 |
BEN-HUR |
William Wyler |
Sam Zimbalist |
| United Artists |
1960 |
THE APARTMENT |
Billy Wilder |
Billy Wilder |
| United Artists |
1961 |
WEST SIDE STORY |
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins |
Robert Wise |
| Columbia |
1962 |
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA |
David Lean |
Sam Spiegel |
| United Artists |
1963 |
TOM JONES |
Tony Richardson |
Tony Richardson |
| Warner Bros. |
1964 |
MY FAIR LADY |
George Cukor |
Jack L. Warner |
| 20th Century Fox |
1965 |
THE SOUND OF MUSIC |
Robert Wise |
Robert Wise |
| Columbia |
1966 |
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS |
Fred Zinnemann |
Fred Zinnemann |
| United Artists |
1967 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT |
Norman Jewison |
Walter Mirisch |
| Columbia |
1968 |
OLIVER! |
Carol Reed |
John Woolf |
| Universal |
1973 |
THE STING |
George Roy Hill |
Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips |
| United Artists |
1969 |
MIDNIGHT COWBOY |
John Schlesinger |
Jerome Hellman |
| 20th Century Fox |
1970 |
PATTON |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Frank McCarthy |
| 20th Century Fox |
1971 |
THE FRENCH CONNECTION |
William Friedkin |
Philip D'Antoni |
| Paramount |
1972 |
THE GODFATHER |
Francis Ford Coppola |
Albert S. Ruddy |
| Paramount |
1974 |
THE GODFATHER PART II |
Francis Ford Coppola |
Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos |
| United Artists |
1975 |
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST |
Milos Forman |
Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz |
| United Artists |
1976 |
ROCKY |
John G. Avildsen |
Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler |
| United Artists |
1977 |
ANNIE HALL |
Woody Allen |
Charles H. Joffe |
| Universal |
1978 |
THE DEER HUNTER |
Michael Cimino |
Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall, Barry Spikings |
| Columbia |
1979 |
KRAMER VS. KRAMER |
Robert Benton |
Stanley R. Jaffe |
| Paramount |
1980 |
ORDINARY PEOPLE |
Robert Redford |
Ronald L. Schwary |
| Ladd Company/Warner Bros. |
1981 |
CHARIOTS OF FIRE |
Hugh Hudson |
David Puttnam |
| Columbia |
1982 |
GANDHI |
Richard Attenborough |
Richard Attenborough |
| Paramount |
1983 |
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT |
James L. Brooks |
James L. Brooks |
| Orion |
1984 |
AMADEUS |
Milos Forman |
Saul Zaentz |
| Universal |
1985 |
OUT OF AFRICA |
Sydney Pollack |
Sydney Pollack |
| Orion |
1986 |
PLATOON |
Oliver Stone |
Arnold Kopelson |
| Hemdale/Columbia |
1987 |
THE LAST EMPEROR |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
Jeremy Thomas |
| Guber-Peters/United Artists |
1988 |
RAIN MAN |
Barry Levinson |
Mark Johnson |
| Zanuck Company/Warner Bros. |
1989 |
DRIVING MISS DAISY |
Bruce Beresford |
Lili Fini Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck |
| Orion |
1990 |
DANCES WITH WOLVES |
Kevin Costner |
Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson |
| Orion |
1991 |
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS |
Jonathan Demme |
Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt |
| Warner Bros. |
1992 |
UNFORGIVEN |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood |
| Universal/Amblin Entertainment |
1993 |
SCHINDLER'S LIST |
Steven Spielberg |
Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, Steven Spielberg |
| Paramount |
1994 |
FORREST GUMP |
Robert Zemeckis |
Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch |
| Paramount |
1995 |
BRAVEHEART |
Mel Gibson |
Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. |
| Miramax |
1996 |
THE ENGLISH PATIENT |
Anthony Minghella |
Saul Zaentz |
| Paramount/20th Century Fox |
1997 |
TITANIC |
James Cameron |
James Cameron, Jon Landau |
| Miramax |
1998 |
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE |
John Madden |
David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman |
| Dreamworks |
1999 |
AMERICAN BEAUTY |
Sam Mendes |
Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks |
| Dreamworks/Universal |
2000 |
GLADIATOR |
Ridley Scott |
Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig |
| Dreamworks/Universal |
2001 |
A BEAUTIFUL MIND |
Ron Howard |
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard |
| Miramax |
2002 |
CHICAGO |
Rob Marshall |
Martin Richards |