| BEST PICTURE |
| 1997 70th Academy Awards TITANIC (1997) - James Cameron, Jon Landau |
| 1996 69th Academy Awards THE ENGLISH PATIENT - Saul Zaentz |
| 1995 68th Academy Awards BRAVEHEART - Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey |
| 1994 67th Academy Awards FORREST GUMP - Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey |
| 1993 66th Academy Awards SCHINDLER'S LIST - Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig |
| 1992 65th Academy Awards UNFORGIVEN - Clint Eastwood |
| 1991 64th Academy Awards THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman |
| 1990 63rd Academy Awards DANCES WITH WOLVES - Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner |
| 1989 62nd Academy Awards DRIVING MISS DAISY - Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck |
| 1988 61st Academy Awards RAIN MAN - Mark Johnson |
| 1987 60th Academy Awards THE LAST EMPEROR - Jeremy Thomas |
| 1986 59th Academy Awards PLATOON - Arnold Kopelson |
| 1985 58th Academy Awards OUT OF AFRICA - Sydney Pollack |
| 1984 57th Academy Awards AMADEUS - Saul Zaentz |
| 1983 56th Academy Awards TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - James L. Brooks |
| 1982 55th Academy Awards GANDHI - Richard Attenborough |
| 1981 54th Academy Awards CHARIOTS OF FIRE - David Puttnam |
| 1980 53rd Academy Awards ORDINARY PEOPLE - Ronald L. Schwary |
| 1979 52nd Academy Awards KRAMER VS. KRAMER - Stanley R. Jaffe |
| 1978 51st Academy Awards THE DEER HUNTER - Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall |
| 1977 50th Academy Awards ANNIE HALL - Charles H. Joffe |
| 1976 49th Academy Awards ROCKY - Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff |
| 1975 48th Academy Awards ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas |
| 1974 47th Academy Awards THE GODFATHER PART II - Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos |
| 1973 46th Academy Awards THE STING - Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips |
| 1972 45th Academy Awards THE GODFATHER - Albert S. Ruddy |
| 1971 44th Academy Awards THE FRENCH CONNECTION - Philip D'Antoni |
| 1970 43rd Academy Awards PATTON - Frank McCarthy |
| 1969 42nd Academy Awards MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Jerome Hellman |
| 1968 41st Academy Awards OLIVER! - John Woolf |
| 1967 40th Academy Awards IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - Walter Mirisch |
| 1966 39th Academy Awards A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Fred Zinnemann |
| 1965 38th Academy Awards THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Robert Wise |
| 1964 37th Academy Awards MY FAIR LADY - Jack L. Warner |
| 1963 36th Academy Awards TOM JONES - Tony Richardson |
| 1962 35th Academy Awards LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Sam Spiegel |
| 1961 34th Academy Awards WEST SIDE STORY - Robert Wise |
| 1960 33rd Academy Awards THE APARTMENT - Billy Wilder |
| 1959 32nd Academy Awards BEN-HUR - Sam Zimbalist |
| 1958 31st Academy Awards GIGI - Arthur Freed |
| 1957 30th Academy Awards THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - Sam Spiegel |
| 1956 29th Academy Awards AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Michael Todd |
| 1955 28th Academy Awards MARTY - Harold Hecht |
| 1954 27th Academy Awards ON THE WATERFRONT - Sam Spiegel |
| 1953 26th Academy Awards FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Buddy Adler |
| 1952 25th Academy Awards THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Cecil B. DeMille |
| 1951 24th Academy Awards AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - Arthur Freed |
| 1950 23rd Academy Awards ALL ABOUT EVE - 20th Century-Fox |
| 1949 22nd Academy Awards ALL THE KING'S MEN - Robert Rossen |
| 1948 21st Academy Awards HAMLET (1948) - J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films |
| 1947 20th Academy Awards GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT - 20th Century-Fox |
| 1946 19th Academy Awards THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - Samuel Goldwyn |
| 1945 18th Academy Awards THE LOST WEEKEND - Paramount |
| 1944 17th Academy Awards GOING MY WAY - Paramount |
| 1943 16th Academy Awards CASABLANCA - Warner Bros. |
| 1942 15th Academy Awards MRS. MINIVER - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 14th Academy Awards HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - 20th Century-Fox |
| 1940 13rd Academy Awards REBECCA - Selznick International Pictures |
| 1939 12nd Academy Awards GONE WITH THE WIND - Selznick International Pictures |
| 1938 11st Academy Awards YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Columbia |
| 1937 10th Academy Awards THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA - Warner Bros. |
| 1936 9th Academy Awards THE GREAT ZIEGFELD - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1935 8th Academy Awards MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1934 7th Academy Awards IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - Columbia |
| 1932/1933 6th Academy Awards CAVALCADE - Fox |
| 1931/1932 5th Academy Awards GRAND HOTEL - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1930/1931 4th Academy Awards CIMARRON (1930/31) - RKO Radio |
| 1929/1930 3rd Academy Awards ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Universal |
| 1928/1929 2nd Academy Awards THE BROADWAY MELODY - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1927/1928 1st Academy Awards WINGS - Paramount Famous Lasky |