Year Awards Movies Director Us
    Ran (1985) Akira Kurosawa *
    Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock *
    Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock *
    Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock *
1997 Winner English Patient, The (1996) Anthony Minghella *
    Love Story (1970) Arthur Hiller *
    Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arthur Penn *
1989 Winner Rain Man (1988) Barry Levinson *
1988 Winner Last Emperor, The (1987) Bernardo Bertolucci *
    Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972) Bernardo Bertolucci *
1961 Winner Apartment, The (1960) Billy Wilder *
    Some Like It Hot (1959) Billy Wilder *
    Stalag 17 (1953) Billy Wilder *
    Sunset Blvd. (1950) Billy Wilder *
    All That Jazz (1979) Bob Fosse *
1973 Winner Cabaret (1972) Bob Fosse *
1969 Winner Oliver! (1968) Carol Reed *
    Circus, The (1928) Charles Chaplin *
    Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) Charles Crichton *
    Un homme et une femme (1966) Claude Lelouch *
1993 Winner Unforgiven (1992) Clint Eastwood *
    L.A. Confidential (1997) Curtis Hanson *
1958 Winner Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) David Lean *
    Doctor Zhivago (1965) David Lean *
1963 Winner Lawrence of Arabia (1962) David Lean *
    Blue Velvet (1986) David Lynch *
    Elephant Man, The (1980) David Lynch *
1955 Winner On the Waterfront (1954) Elia Kazan *
    Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) Elia Kazan *
    8 1/2 (1963) Federico Fellini *
    Amarcord (1974) Federico Fellini *
    Dolce vita, La (1960) Federico Fellini *
    Satyricon (1969) Federico Fellini *
    Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Coppola *
    Godfather, The (1972) Francis Coppola *
1975 Winner Godfather: Part II, The (1974) Francis Coppola *
    Godfather: Part III, The (1990) Francis Coppola *
    Nuit Américaine, La (1973) François Truffaut *
    It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra *
    High Noon (1952) Fred Zinnemann *
1965 Winner My Fair Lady (1964) George Cukor *
    Philadelphia Story, The (1940) George Cukor *
    American Graffiti (1973) George Lucas *
    Star Wars (1977) George Lucas *
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) George Roy Hill *
    Good Will Hunting (1997) Gus Van Sant *
    Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson *
    Fanny och Alexander (1982) Ingmar Bergman *
    Guns of Navarone, The (1961) J. Lee Thompson *
1998 Winner Titanic (1997) James Cameron *
1984 Winner Terms of Endearment (1983) James L. Brooks *
    In the Name of the Father (1993) Jim Sheridan *
    Fargo (1996) Joel Coen *
    Deliverance (1972) John Boorman *
1977 Winner Rocky (1976) John G. Avildsen *
    African Queen, The (1951) John Huston *
    Asphalt Jungle, The (1950) John Huston *
    Shakespeare in Love (1998) John Madden *
1970 Winner Midnight Cowboy (1969) John Schlesinger *
1992 Winner Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Jonathan Demme *
1951 Winner All About Eve (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz *
    Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh *
1991 Winner Dances with Wolves (1990) Kevin Costner *
    Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) Krzysztof Kieslowski *
1931 Winner All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Lewis Milestone *
    Scent of a Woman (1992) Martin Brest *
    GoodFellas (1990) Martin Scorsese *
    Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) Martin Scorsese *
    Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese *
1996 Winner Braveheart (1995) Mel Gibson *
    Alexis Zorbas (1964) Michael Cacoyannis *
1979 Winner Deer Hunter, The (1978) Michael Cimino *
1944 Winner Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz *
    Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni *
    Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Mike Figgis *
1968 Winner Graduate, The (1967) Mike Nichols *
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Mike Nichols *
1985 Winner Amadeus (1984) Milos Forman *
1976 Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Milos Forman *
    Crying Game, The (1992) Neil Jordan *
1990 Winner Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Oliver Stone *
    JFK (1991) Oliver Stone *
1987 Winner Platoon (1986) Oliver Stone *
    Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles *
    Dead Poets Society (1989) Peter Weir *
    Truman Show, The (1998) Peter Weir *
    Witness (1985) Peter Weir *
    Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino *
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Richard Brooks *
    Thelma & Louise (1991) Ridley Scott *
    Player, The (1992) Robert Altman *
1980 Winner Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Robert Benton *
    To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Robert Mulligan *
1981 Winner Ordinary People (1980) Robert Redford *
    Hustler, The (1961) Robert Rossen *
    Mary Poppins (1964) Robert Stevenson *
1966 Winner Sound of Music, The (1965) Robert Wise *
1962 Winner West Side Story (1961) Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins *
1995 Winner Forrest Gump (1994) Robert Zemeckis *
    Vita è bella, La (1997) Roberto Benigni *
    Mission, The (1986) Roland Joffé *
    Chinatown (1974) Roman Polanski *
    12 Angry Men (1957) Sidney Lumet *
    Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Sidney Lumet *
    Network (1976) Sidney Lumet *
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) Stanley Kramer *
    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick *
    Barry Lyndon (1975) Stanley Kubrick *
    Clockwork Orange, A (1971) Stanley Kubrick *
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Stanley Kubrick *
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Steven Spielberg *
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Steven Spielberg *
    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Steven Spielberg *
1999 Winner Saving Private Ryan (1998) Steven Spielberg *
1994 Winner Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg *
    Thin Red Line, The (1998) Terrence Malick *
1964 Winner Tom Jones (1963) Tony Richardson *
1940 Winner Gone with the Wind (1939) Victor Fleming *
    Exorcist, The (1973) William Friedkin *
1972 Winner French Connection, The (1971) William Friedkin *
1960 Winner Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler *
    Roman Holiday (1953) William Wyler *
    Boot, Das (1981) Wolfgang Petersen *
1978 Winner Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen *
    Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Woody Allen *
    Bullets Over Broadway (1994) Woody Allen *
    Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen *
    Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen *
    Interiors (1978) Woody Allen *
    Midnight Express (1978) Alan Parker **
    Mississippi Burning (1988) Alan Parker **
    Double Indemnity (1944) Billy Wilder **
    Romeo and Juliet (1968/I) Franco Zeffirelli **
1939 Winner You Can't Take It with You (1938) Frank Capra **
1971 Winner Patton (1970) Franklin J. Schaffner **
1954 Winner From Here to Eternity (1953) Fred Zinnemann **
1974 Winner Sting, The (1973) George Roy Hill **
    Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) Gillo Pontecorvo **
    Broadway Melody, The (1929) Harry Beaumont **
    People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) Milos Forman **
1983 Winner Gandhi (1982) Richard Attenborough **
    MASH (1970) Robert Altman **
1986 Winner Out of Africa (1985) Sydney Pollack **
    Dead Man Walking (1995) Tim Robbins **
    Thin Man, The (1934) W.S. Van Dyke **
    King and I, The (1956) Walter Lang **
    Wuthering Heights (1939) William Wyler **
    Fatal Attraction (1987) Adrian Lyne  
    All the President's Men (1976) Alan J. Pakula  
    Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Alexander Hall  
    Lifeboat (1944) Alfred Hitchcock  
    Spellbound (1945) Alfred Hitchcock  
    Snake Pit, The (1948) Anatole Litvak  
    Lion in Winter, The (1968) Anthony Harvey  
    Alice's Restaurant (1969) Arthur Penn  
    Miracle Worker, The (1962) Arthur Penn  
    Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) Atom Egoyan  
    Reversal of Fortune (1990) Barbet Schroeder  
    Bugsy (1991) Barry Levinson  
1946 Winner Lost Weekend, The (1945) Billy Wilder  
    Sabrina (1954) Billy Wilder  
    Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Billy Wilder  
    Lenny (1974) Bob Fosse  
    Tender Mercies (1983) Bruce Beresford  
    Fallen Idol, The (1948) Carol Reed  
    Third Man, The (1949) Carol Reed  
    Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) Cecil B. DeMille  
    Lili (1953) Charles Walters  
    Babe (1995) Chris Noonan  
    Anna Christie (1930/I) Clarence Brown  
    Free Soul, A (1931) Clarence Brown  
    Human Comedy, The (1943) Clarence Brown  
    National Velvet (1944) Clarence Brown  
    Romance (1930) Clarence Brown  
    Yearling, The (1946) Clarence Brown  
    Z (1969) Costa-Gavras  
    Brief Encounter (1946) David Lean  
    Great Expectations (1946) David Lean  
    Passage to India, A (1984) David Lean  
    Summertime (1955) David Lean  
1956 Winner Marty (1955) Delbert Mann  
    Cage aux folles, La (1978) Edouard Molinaro  
    Crossfire (1947) Edward Dmytryk  
    America, America (1963) Elia Kazan  
    East of Eden (1955) Elia Kazan  
1948 Winner Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Elia Kazan  
    Heaven Can Wait (1943) Ernst Lubitsch  
    Love Parade, The (1929) Ernst Lubitsch  
    Patriot, The (1928) Ernst Lubitsch  
1933 Winner Bad Girl (1931) Frank Borzage  
1929 Winner Seventh Heaven (1927) Frank Borzage  
1935 Winner It Happened One Night (1934) Frank Capra  
    Lady for a Day (1933) Frank Capra  
1937 Winner Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Frank Capra  
    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Frank Capra  
1934 Winner Cavalcade (1933) Frank Lloyd  
1930 Winner Divine Lady, The (1929) Frank Lloyd  
    Drag (1929) Frank Lloyd  
    Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Frank Lloyd  
    Weary River (1929) Frank Lloyd  
    David and Lisa (1962) Frank Perry  
    Julia (1977) Fred Zinnemann  
1967 Winner Man for All Seasons, A (1966) Fred Zinnemann  
    Nun's Story, The (1959) Fred Zinnemann  
    Search, The (1948) Fred Zinnemann  
    Sundowners, The (1960) Fred Zinnemann  
    Born Yesterday (1950) George Cukor  
    Double Life, A (1947) George Cukor  
    Little Women (1933) George Cukor  
    Country Girl, The (1954) George Seaton  
    Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) George Stevens  
1957 Winner Giant (1956) George Stevens  
    More the Merrier, The (1943) George Stevens  
1952 Winner Place in the Sun, A (1951) George Stevens  
    Shane (1953) George Stevens  
    My Man Godfrey (1936) Gregory La Cava  
    Stage Door (1937) Gregory La Cava  
    Coming Home (1978) Hal Ashby  
    Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Hector Babenco  
    Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The (1935) Henry Hathaway  
    Song of Bernadette, The (1943) Henry King  
    Wilson (1944) Henry King  
    Bishop's Wife, The (1947) Henry Koster  
    Sorrell and Son (1927) Herbert Brenon  
    Turning Point, The (1977) Herbert Ross  
    Suna no onna (1964) Hiroshi Teshigahara  
    Sergeant York (1941) Howard Hawks  
    Ansikte mot ansikte (1976) Ingmar Bergman  
    Viskningar och rop (1972) Ingmar Bergman  
    In Old Arizona (1929) Irving Cummings  
    Sons and Lovers (1960) Jack Cardiff  
    Room at the Top (1959) Jack Clayton  
    Howards End (1992) James Ivory  
    Remains of the Day, The (1993) James Ivory  
    Room with a View, A (1986) James Ivory  
    Utvandrarna (1971) Jan Troell  
    Piano, The (1993) Jane Campion  
    Johnny Belinda (1948) Jean Negulesco  
    Southerner, The (1945) Jean Renoir  
    My Left Foot (1989) Jim Sheridan  
    Hope and Glory (1987) John Boorman  
    Woman Under the Influence, A (1974) John Cassavetes  
    Wake Island (1942) John Farrow  
1941 Winner Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) John Ford  
1942 Winner How Green Was My Valley (1941) John Ford  
1936 Winner Informer, The (1935) John Ford  
1953 Winner Quiet Man, The (1952) John Ford  
    Stagecoach (1939) John Ford  
    Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston  
    Prizzi's Honor (1985) John Huston  
1949 Winner Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) John Huston  
    Darling (1965) John Schlesinger  
    Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) John Schlesinger  
    Boyz N the Hood (1991) John Singleton  
    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) John Sturges  
    Morocco (1930) Josef von Sternberg  
    Shanghai Express (1932) Josef von Sternberg  
    5 Fingers (1952) Joseph L. Mankiewicz  
1950 Winner Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz  
    Sleuth (1972) Joseph L. Mankiewicz  
    Picnic (1955) Joshua Logan  
    Sayonara (1957) Joshua Logan  
    Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) Jules Dassin  
    Women in Love (1969) Ken Russell  
    Champ, The (1931/I) King Vidor  
    Citadel, The (1938) King Vidor  
    Crowd, The (1928) King Vidor  
    Hallelujah (1929) King Vidor  
    War and Peace (1956) King Vidor  
    Mitt liv som hund (1985) Lasse Hallström  
    Hamlet (1948) Laurence Olivier  
1938 Winner Awful Truth, The (1937) Leo McCarey  
    Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) Leo McCarey  
1945 Winner Going My Way (1944) Leo McCarey  
    Front Page, The (1931) Lewis Milestone  
1929 Winner Two Arabian Knights (1927) Lewis Milestone  
    Pasqualino Settebellezze (1976) Lina Wertmüller  
    Madame X (1929) Lionel Barrymore  
    Atlantic City (1980) Louis Malle  
    Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The (1958) Mark Robson  
    Peyton Place (1957) Mark Robson  
    On Golden Pond (1981) Mark Rydell  
    Hud (1963) Martin Ritt  
    Random Harvest (1942) Mervyn LeRoy  
    Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Michael Anderson  
    Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Michael Curtiz  
    Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Michael Curtiz  
    Postino, Il (1994) Michael Radford  
    Secrets & Lies (1996) Mike Leigh  
    Silkwood (1983) Mike Nichols  
    Working Girl (1988) Mike Nichols  
    Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Norman Jewison  
    In the Heat of the Night (1967) Norman Jewison  
    Moonstruck (1987) Norman Jewison  
    Boys Town (1938) Norman Taurog  
1932 Winner Skippy (1931) Norman Taurog  
    Cardinal, The (1963) Otto Preminger  
    Laura (1944) Otto Preminger  
    Last Picture Show, The (1971) Peter Bogdanovich  
    Full Monty, The (1997) Peter Cattaneo  
    Becket (1964) Peter Glenville  
    Breaking Away (1979) Peter Yates  
    Dresser, The (1983) Peter Yates  
    Divorzio all'italiana (1962) Pietro Germi  
    In Cold Blood (1967) Richard Brooks  
    Professionals, The (1966) Richard Brooks  
    Stunt Man, The (1980) Richard Rush  
    Nashville (1975) Robert Altman  
    Short Cuts (1993) Robert Altman  
    Places in the Heart (1984) Robert Benton  
    Quiz Show (1994) Robert Redford  
    All the King's Men (1949) Robert Rossen  
    Killers, The (1946) Robert Siodmak  
    I Want to Live! (1958) Robert Wise  
    Divorcee, The (1930) Robert Z. Leonard  
    Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) Robert Z. Leonard  
    Killing Fields, The (1984) Roland Joffé  
    Tess (1979) Roman Polanski  
    Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Sam Wood  
    Kings Row (1942) Sam Wood  
    Kitty Foyle (1940) Sam Wood  
    Shine (1996) Scott Hicks  
    Good Earth, The (1937) Sidney Franklin  
    Verdict, The (1982) Sidney Lumet  
    Defiant Ones, The (1958) Stanley Kramer  
    Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Stanley Kramer  
    Grifters, The (1990) Stephen Frears  
    They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) Sydney Pollack  
    Tootsie (1982) Sydney Pollack  
    Speedy (1928) Ted Wilde  
    One Night of Love (1934) Victor Schertzinger  
    American in Paris, An (1951) Vincente Minnelli  
1959 Winner Gigi (1958) Vincente Minnelli  
    San Francisco (1936) W.S. Van Dyke  
1982 Winner Reds (1981) Warren Beatty  
    Heaven Can Wait (1978) Warren Beatty, Buck Henry  
    Cimarron (1931) Wesley Ruggles  
    Battleground (1949) William A. Wellman  
    High and the Mighty, The (1954) William A. Wellman  
    Star Is Born, A (1937) William A. Wellman  
    Life of Émile Zola, The (1937) William Dieterle  
1947 Winner Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) William Wyler  
    Collector, The (1965) William Wyler  
    Detective Story (1951) William Wyler  
    Dodsworth (1936) William Wyler  
    Friendly Persuasion (1956) William Wyler  
    Heiress, The (1949) William Wyler  
    Letter, The (1940) William Wyler  
    Little Foxes, The (1941) William Wyler  
1943 Winner Mrs. Miniver (1942) William Wyler