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| 1999 | 72st
Academy Awards AMERICAN BEAUTY - Sam Mendes |
| 1998 | 71st
Academy Awards SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Steven Spielberg |
| 1997 | 70th
Academy Awards TITANIC (1997) - James Cameron |
| 1996 | 69th
Academy Awards THE ENGLISH PATIENT - Anthony Minghella |
| 1995 | 68th
Academy Awards BRAVEHEART - Mel Gibson |
| 1994 | 67th
Academy Awards FORREST GUMP - Robert Zemeckis |
| 1993 | 66th
Academy Awards SCHINDLER'S LIST - Steven Spielberg |
| 1992 | 65th
Academy Awards UNFORGIVEN - Clint Eastwood |
| 1991 | 64th
Academy Awards THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Jonathan Demme |
| 1990 | 63rd
Academy Awards DANCES WITH WOLVES - Kevin Costner |
| 1989 | 62nd
Academy Awards BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY - Oliver Stone |
| 1988 | 61st
Academy Awards RAIN MAN - Barry Levinson |
| 1987 | 60th
Academy Awards THE LAST EMPEROR - Bernardo Bertolucci |
| 1986 | 59th
Academy Awards PLATOON - Oliver Stone |
| 1985 | 58th
Academy Awards OUT OF AFRICA - Sydney Pollack |
| 1984 | 57th
Academy Awards AMADEUS - Milos Forman |
| 1983 | 56th
Academy Awards TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - James L. Brooks |
| 1982 | 55th
Academy Awards GANDHI - Richard Attenborough |
| 1981 | 54th
Academy Awards REDS - Warren Beatty |
| 1980 | 53rd
Academy Awards ORDINARY PEOPLE - Robert Redford |
| 1979 | 52nd
Academy Awards KRAMER VS. KRAMER - Robert Benton |
| 1978 | 51st
Academy Awards THE DEER HUNTER - Michael Cimino |
| 1977 | 50th
Academy Awards ANNIE HALL - Woody Allen |
| 1976 | 49th
Academy Awards ROCKY - John G. Avildsen |
| 1975 | 48th
Academy Awards ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Milos Forman |
| 1974 | 47th
Academy Awards THE GODFATHER PART II - Francis Ford Coppola |
| 1973 | 46th
Academy Awards THE STING - George Roy Hill |
| 1972 | 45th
Academy Awards CABARET - Bob Fosse |
| 1971 | 44th
Academy Awards THE FRENCH CONNECTION - William Friedkin |
| 1970 | 43rd
Academy Awards PATTON - Franklin J. Schaffner |
| 1969 | 42nd
Academy Awards MIDNIGHT COWBOY - John Schlesinger |
| 1968 | 41st
Academy Awards OLIVER! - Carol Reed |
| 1967 | 40th
Academy Awards THE GRADUATE - Mike Nichols |
| 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 - George Cukor |
| 1963 | 36th
Academy Awards TOM JONES - Tony Richardson |
| 1962 | 35th
Academy Awards LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - David Lean |
| 1961 | 34th
Academy Awards WEST SIDE STORY - Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins |
| 1960 | 33rd
Academy Awards THE APARTMENT - Billy Wilder |
| 1959 | 32nd
Academy Awards BEN-HUR - William Wyler |
| 1958 | 31st
Academy Awards GIGI - Vincente Minnelli |
| 1957 | 30th
Academy Awards THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - David Lean |
| 1956 | 29th
Academy Awards GIANT - George Stevens |
| 1955 | 28th
Academy Awards MARTY - Delbert Mann |
| 1954 | 27th
Academy Awards ON THE WATERFRONT - Elia Kazan |
| 1953 | 26th
Academy Awards FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Fred Zinnemann |
| 1952 | 25th
Academy Awards THE QUIET MAN - John Ford |
| 1951 | 24th
Academy Awards A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) - George Stevens |
| 1950 | 23rd
Academy Awards ALL ABOUT EVE - Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 1949 | 22nd
Academy Awards A LETTER TO THREE WIVES - Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 1948 | 21st
Academy Awards THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - John Huston |
| 1947 | 20th
Academy Awards GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT - Elia Kazan |
| 1946 | 19th
Academy Awards THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - William Wyler |
| 1945 | 18th
Academy Awards THE LOST WEEKEND - Billy Wilder |
| 1944 | 17th
Academy Awards GOING MY WAY - Leo McCarey |
| 1943 | 16th
Academy Awards CASABLANCA - Michael Curtiz |
| 1942 | 15th
Academy Awards MRS. MINIVER - William Wyler |
| 1941 | 14th
Academy Awards HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - John Ford |
| 1940 | 13th
Academy Awards THE GRAPES OF WRATH - John Ford |
| 1939 | 12th
Academy Awards GONE WITH THE WIND - Victor Fleming |
| 1938 | 11th
Academy Awards YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Frank Capra |
| 1937 | 10th
Academy Awards THE AWFUL TRUTH - Leo McCarey |
| 1936 | 9th
Academy Awards MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN - Frank Capra |
| 1935 | 8th
Academy Awards THE INFORMER - John Ford |
| 1934 | 7th
Academy Awards IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - Frank Capra |
| 1932/1933 | 6th
Academy Awards CAVALCADE - Frank Lloyd |
| 1931/1932 | 5th
Academy Awards BAD GIRL - Frank Borzage |
| 1930/1931 | 4th
Academy Awards SKIPPY - Norman Taurog |
| 1929/1930 | 3rd
Academy Awards ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT -Lewis Milestone |
| 1928/1929 | 2nd
Academy Awards THE DIVINE LADY - Frank Lloyd |
| 1927/1928 | 1st
Academy Awards TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS - Lewis Milestone 7TH HEAVEN - Frank Borzage |