Year Best Picture Best Director Us
1939 Gone With the Wind Victor Fleming, Gone With the Wind **
1943 Casablanca  Michael Curtiz, Casablanca **
1954 On the Waterfront Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront **
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai  David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai **
1959 Ben-Hur  William Wyler, Ben-Hur **
1960 The Apartment Billy Wilder, The Apartment **
1962 Lawrence of Arabia  David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia **
1964 My Fair Lady George Cukor, My Fair Lady **
1965 The Sound of Music  Robert Wise, The Sound of Music **
1968 Oliver! Carol Reed, Oliver! **
1969 Midnight Cowboy  John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy **
1971 The French Connection William Friedkin, The French Connection **
1972 The Godfather  Bob Fosse, Cabaret **
1974 The Godfather, Part II Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, Part II **
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest  Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest **
1976 Rocky  John G. Avildsen, Rocky **
1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen, Annie Hall **
1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter **
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer  Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer **
1980 Ordinary People  Robert Redford, Ordinary People **
1981 Chariots of Fire  Warren Beatty, Reds **
1983 Terms of Endearment  James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment **
1984 Amadeus Milos Forman, Amadeus  **
1986 Platoon Oliver Stone, Platoon **
1987 The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor **
1988 Rain Man Barry Levinson, Rain Man **
1989 Driving Miss Daisy Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July **
1990 Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves **
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs **
1992 Unforgiven  Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven **
1993 Schindler's List Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List **
1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump **
1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson, Braveheart **
1996 The English Patient Anthony Minghella, The English Patient **
1997 Titanic James Cameron, Titanic **
1998 Shakespeare in Love Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan **
1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes, American Beauty **
2000 Gladiator Steven Soderbergh, Traffic **
2001 A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind **
2002 Chicago Roman Polanski, The Pianist **
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King  Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King **
2004 Million Dollar Baby CLINT EASTWOOD, Million Dollar Baby **
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front  Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front **
1950 All About Eve  Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve **
1961 West Side Story Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, West Side Story **
1963 Tom Jones Tony Richardson, Tom Jones **
1940 Rebecca  John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath  *.
1928 Wings Frank Borzage, Seventh Heaven  
1929 Broadway Melody Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady ***
1931 Cimarron  Norman Taurog, Skippy ***
1932 Grand Hotel  Frank Borzage, Bad Girl  ***
1933 Cavalcade Frank Lloyd, Cavalcade   
1934 It Happened One Night Frank Capra, It Happened One Night   
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty  John Ford, The Informer  
1936 The Great Ziegfeld  Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town  
1937 Life of Emile Zola  Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth  
1938 You Can't Take It With You  Frank Capra, You Can't Take It With You  
1941 How Green Was My Valley John Ford, How Green Was My Valley  
1942 Mrs. Miniver  William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver  
1944 Going My Way  Leo McCarey, Going My Way   
1945 The Lost Weekend  Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend  
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives  William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives   
1947 Gentleman's Agreement  Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement  
1948 Hamlet John Huston, TheTreasure of the Sierra Madre  
1949 All the King's Men  Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives  
1951 An American in Paris  George Stevens, A Place in the Sun  
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth John Ford, The Quiet Man  
1953 From Here to Eternity  Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity ***
1955 Marty Delbert Mann, Marty  
1956 Around the World in 80 Days George Stevens, Giant   
1958 Gigi Vincente Minnelli, Gigi  
1966 A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons  
1967 In the Heat of the Night  Mike Nichols, The Graduate  
1970 Patton  Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton  
1973 The Sting  George Roy Hill, The Sting  
1982 Gandhi  Richard Attenborough, Gandhi   
1985 Out of Africa Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa