Oscar al miglior film

Questo premio viene assegnato al film votato come migliore dall'Academy. L'elenco mostra il vicitore di ogni anno, seguito dai film che hanno ricevuto una nomination. Per ogni film sono indicati: titolo originale, titolo italiano (se disponibile), nazionalità, casa produttrice e produttore. Gli anni indicati sono quelli di produzione, quindi 1967 indica un Oscar vinto nel 1968 per un film fatto nel 1967. Miglior Film e Produzione Artistica conosciuto anche come "Miglior Qualità Artistica di Produzione" venne presentato solo nella prima edizione.

1927-28 Sunrise - USA - Fox - William Fox
- Chang - USA - Paramount - Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
- The Crowd - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg Il premio fu originariamente chiamato Miglior produzione.
1927-28 Wings - Ali - USA - Paramount Famous Lasky - Lucien Hubbard
- The Last Command - USA - Paramount - J. G. Bachmann and B. P. Schulberg
- The Racket - USA - Caddo, United Artists - Howard Hughes
- Seventh Heaven - USA - Fox - William Fox
- The Way of All Flesh - USA - Paramount - Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky *1928-29 The Broadway Melody - La canzone di Broadway - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Harry Rapt
- Alibi - USA - Feature Productions, United Artists -Roland West
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Harry Rapt
- ''In Old Arizona' - USA' - Fox - Winfield Sheehan, studio head
- The Patriot - USA - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch
1929-30 All Quiet on the Western Front - All'ovest niente di nuovo - USA - Universal - Carl Laemmle Jr
- The Big House - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- Disraeli - USA - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner with Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Divorcee - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Robert Z. Leonard
- The Love Parade - USA - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch Il nome del premio diventa Miglior Film
1930-31 Cimarron - I pionieri del west - USA - RKO Radio - William LeBaron
- East Lynne - USA - Fox - Winfield Sheehan, studio head
- The Front Page - USA - Caddo, United Artists - Howard Hughes
- Skippy - USA - Paramount - Adolph Zukor
- Trader Horn - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Irving G. Thalberg
1931-32 Grand Hotel - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- Arrowsmith - USA - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn
- Bad Girl - USA - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head
- The Champ - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - King Vidor
- Five Star Final - USA - First National - Hal B. Wallis
- One Hour with You - USA - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch
- Shanghai Express - USA - Paramount - Adolph Zukor
- The Smiling Lieutenant - USA - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch
1932-33 Cavalcade - Cavalcata - USA - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head
- 42nd Street - USA - Warner Bros. - Darryl F. Zanuck
- A Farewell to Arms - USA - Paramount - Adolph Zukor
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- Lady for a Day - USA - Columbia - Frank Capra
- Little Women - USA - RKO Radio - Merian C. Cooper with Kenneth MacGowan
- The Private Life of Henry VIII - Gran Bretagna - London Films, United Artists - Alexander Korda
- She Done Him Wrong - USA - Paramount - William LeBaron
- Smilin' Through - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Irving Thalberg]]
- State Fair - USA - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head
1934 It Happened One Night - Accadde una notte - USA - Columbia - Harry Cohn
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- Cleopatra - USA - Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille
- Flirtation Walk - USA - First National - Jack L. Warner, Hal Wallis with Robert Lord
- The Gay Divorcee - USA - RKO Radio - Pendro S. Berman
- Here Comes the Navy - USA - Warner Bros. - Lou Edelman
- The House of Rothschild - USA - 20th Century, United Artists - Darryl F. Zanuck with William Goetz and Raymond Griffith
- Imitiation of Life - USA - Universal - John M. Stahl
- One Night of Love - USA - Columbia - Harry Cohn with Everett Riskin
- The Thin Man - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- Viva Villa! - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- The White Parade - USA -Fox - Jesse L. Lasky
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty - La tragedia del Bounty - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Irving Thalberg with Albert Lewin
- Alice Adams - USA - RKO Radio - Pendro S. Berman
- Broadway Melody of 1936 - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - John W. Considine Jr
- Captain Blood - USA - Warner Bros.- Cosmopolitan - Hal Wallis with Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead
- Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - David O. Selznick
- The Informer - USA - RKO Radio - Cliff Reid
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer - USA - Paramount - Louis D. Lighton
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - USA - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- Les Misérables - USA - 20th Century, United Artists - Darryl F. Zanuck
- Naughty Marietta - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- Ruggles of Red Gap - USA - Paramount - Arthur Hornblow, Jr
- Top Hat - USA - RKO Radio - Pendro S. Berman
1936 The Great Ziegfeld - Il paradiso delle fanciulle - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- Anthony Adverse - USA - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- Dodsworth - USA - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn with Merritt Hulbert
- Libeled Lady - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Lawrence Weingarten
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - USA - Columbia - Frank Capra
- Romeo and Juliet - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- San Francisco - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - John Emerson and Bernard H. Hyman
- The Story of Louis Pasteur - USA - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- A Tale of Two Cities - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- Three Smart Girls - USA - Universal - Joe Pasternak with Charles R. Rogers
1937 The Life of Emile Zola - Emilio Zola - USA - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- The Awful Truth - USA - Columbia - Leo McCarey with Everett Riskin
- Captains Courageous - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Louis Lighton
- Dead End - USA - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn with Merritt Hulbert
- The Good Earth - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg with Albert Lewin
- In Old Chicago - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck with Kenneth MacGowan
- Lost Horizon - USA - Columbia - Frank Capra
- One Hundred Men and a Girl - USA - Universal - Charles R. Rogers with Joe Pasternak
- Stage Door - USA - RKO Radio - Pendro S. Berman
- A Star Is Born - USA - Selznick International, United Artists - David O. Selznick
1938 You Can't Take it With You - L'eterna illusione - USA - Columbia - Frank Capra
- The Adventures of Robin Hood - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis with Henry Blanke
- Alexander's Ragtime Band - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck with Harry Joe Brown
- Boys Town - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - John W. Considine, Jr
- The Citadel - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer (British) - Victor Saville
- Four Daughters - USA - Warner Bros.-First National - Hal B. Wallis with Henry Blanke
- La Grande illusion - Francia - R. A. O., World Pictures - Frank Rollmer, and Albert Pinkovitch
- Jezebel - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis with Henry Blanke
- Pygmalion - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer (British) - Gabriel Pascal
- Test Pilot - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Louis Lighton
1939 Gone With the Wind - Via col vento - USA - Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- Dark Victory - USA - Warner Bros. - David Lewis
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer (British)- Victor Saville
- Love Affair - USA - RKO Radio - Leo McCarey
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - USA - Columbia - Frank Capra
- Ninotchka - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- Of Mice and Men - USA - Roach, United Artists - Lewis Milestone
- The Wizard of Oz - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Mervyn LeRoy
- Wuthering Heights - USA - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn
1940 Rebecca - Rebecca - La prima moglie - USA - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick
- All This and Heaven Too - USA - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, with David Lewis
- Foreign Correspondent - USA - Wanger, United Artists - Walter Wanger
- The Grapes of Wrath - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck with Nunnally Johnson
- The Great Dictator - Il grande dittatore - USA - Chaplin, United Artists - Charles Chaplin
- Kitty Foyle - USA - RKO Radio - David Hempstead
- The Letter - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- The Long Voyage Home - USA - Argosy Wanger, United Artists - John Ford
- Our Town - USA - Lesser, United Artists - Sol Lesser
- The Philadelphia Story - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1941 How Green Was My Valley - Com'era verde la mia valle - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- Blossoms in the Dust - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Irving Asher
- Citizen Kane - USA - RKO Radio - Orson Welles
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan - USA - Columbia - Everett Riskin
- Hold Back the Dawn - USA - Paramount - Arthur Hornblow, Jr
- The Little Foxes - USA - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- The Maltese Falcon - Il falcone maltese - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- One Foot in Heaven - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- Sergeant York - USA - Warner Bros. - Jesse L. Lasky and Hal B. Wallis
- Suspicion - USA - RKO Radio - Alfred Hitchcock
1942 Mrs. Miniver - La signora Miniver - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- Forty-Ninth Parallel - USA - Ortus, Columbia (British) - Michael Powell
- Kings Row - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- The Magnificent Ambersons - USA - Mercury, RKO Radio - Orson Welles
- The Pied Piper - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Nunnally Johnson
- The Pride of the Yankees - USA - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- Random Harvest - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- The Talk of the Town - USA - Columbia - George Stevens
- Wake Island - USA - Paramount - Joseph Sistrom
- Yankee Doodle Dandy - USA - Warner Bros. - Jack Warner, Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney
1943 Casablanca - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- For Whom the Bell Tolls - Per chi suona la campana - USA - Paramount - Sam Wood
- Heaven Can Wait - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Ernst Lubitsch
- The Human Comedy - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Clarence Brown
- In Which We Serve - USA - Two Cities, United Artists (British) - Noel Coward
- Madame Curie - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- The More the Merrier - USA - Columbia - George Stevens
- The Ox-Bow Incident - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Lamar Trotti
- The Song of Bernadette - USA - 20th Century-Fox - William Perlberg
- Watch on the Rhine - USA - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
1944 Going My Way - La mia via - USA - Paramount - Leo McCarey
- Double Indemnity - USA - Paramount - Joseph Sistrom
- Gaslight - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Arthur Hornblow, Jr
- Since You Went Away - USA - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick
- Wilson - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
1945 The Lost Weekend - Giorni perduti - USA - Paramount - Charles Bracken
- Anchors Aweigh - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Joe Pasternak
- The Bells of St. Mary's - USA - Rainbow, RKO Radio - Leo McCarey
- Mildred Pierce - USA - Warner Bros. - Jerry Wald
- Spellbound - USA - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - I migliori anni della nostra vita - USA - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- Henry V - USA - Rank-Two Cities, United Artists (British) - Laurence Olivier
- It's a Wonderful Life - USA - Liberty, RKO Radio - Frank Capra
- The Razor's Edge - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Yearling - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
1947 Gentleman's Agreement - Barriera invisibile - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Bishop's Wife - USA - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- Crossfire - USA - RKO Radio - Adrian Scott
- Great Expectations - Gran Bretagna - Rank- Cineguild, U-I - Ronald Neame
- Miracle on 34th Street - USA - 20th Century-Fox - William Perlberg
1948 Hamlet - Amleto - Gran Bretagna - J. Arthur Rank- Two Cities Films, U-I - Laurence Olivier
- Johnny Belinda - USA - Warner Bros. - Jerry Wald
- The Red Shoes - Gran Bretagna - Rank- Archers, Eagle-Lion - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- The Snake Pit - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - USA - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
1949 All the King's Men - Tutti gli uomini del re - USA - Rossen, Columbia - Robert Rossen
- Battleground - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Dore Schary
- The Heiress - USA - Paramount - William Wyler
- A Letter to Three Wives - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Sol C. Siegel
- Twelve O'Clock High - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
1950 All About Eve - Eva contro Eva - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- Born Yesterday - USA - Columbia - S. Sylvan Simon
- Father of the Bride - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Pandro S. Berman
- King Solomon's Mines - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- Sunset Boulevard - Il viale del tramonto - USA - Paramount - Charles Brackett
1951 An American in Paris - Un americano a Parigi - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Freed
- Decision Before Dawn - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy
- A Place in the Sun - Un posto al sole - USA - Paramount - George Stevens
- Quo Vadis - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- A Streetcar Named Desire - Un tram chiamato desiderio - USA - Feldman, Warner Bros. - Charles K. Feldman
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth - Il pi� grande spettacolo del mondo - USA - DeMille, Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille
- High Noon - Mezzogiorno di fuoco - USA - United Artists - Stanley Kramer
- Ivanhoe - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Pandro S. Berman
- Moulin Rouge - USA - United Artists - John Huston
- The Quiet Man - USA - Argosy, Republic - John Ford and Merian C. Cooper
1953 From Here to Eternity - Da qui all'eternità - USA - Columbia - Buddy Adler
- Julius Caesar - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - John Houseman
- The Robe - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Frank Ross
- Roman Holiday - vacanze romane - USA - Paramount - William Wyler
- Shane - USA - Paramount - George Stevens
1954 On the Waterfront - Fronte del porto - USA - Horizon- American, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- The Caine Mutiny - USA - Kramer, Columbia - Stanley Kramer
- The Country Girl - USA - Perlberg-Seaton, Paramount - William Perlberg
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Sette spose per sette fratelli - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Jack Cummings
- Three Coins in the Fountain - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Sol C. Siegel
1955 Marty - Marty, vita di un timido - USA - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists - Harold Hecht
- Love is a Many- Splendored Thing - L'amore � una cosa meravigliosa - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Buddy Adler
- Mister Roberts - USA - Orange, Warner Bros. - Leland Hayward
- Picnic - USA - Columbia - Fred Kohlmar
- The Rose Tattoo - USA - Wallis, Paramount - Hal Wallis
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days - il giro del mondo in 80 giorni - USA - Todd, United Artists - Michael Todd
- Friendly Persuasion - USA - Allied Artists - William Wyler
- Giant - USA - Warner Bros. - George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg
- The King and I - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Charles Brackett
- The Ten Commandments - I dieci comandamenti - USA - DeMille, Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - Il ponte sul fiume Kwai - USA - Horizon, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- Peyton Place - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Jerry Wald
- Sayonara - USA - Goetz, Warner Bros. - William Goetz
- 12 Angry Men - USA - Orion-Nova, United Artists - Henry Fonda, and Reginald Rose
- Witness for the Prosecution - USA - Small-Hornblow, United Artists - Arthur Hornblow, Jr
1958 Gigi - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Freed
- Auntie Mame - USA - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - USA - Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Lawrence Weingarten
- The Defiant Ones - USA - Kramer, United Artists - Stanley Kramer
- Separate Tables - USA - Hecht- Hill-Lancaster, United Artists - Harold Hecht
1959 Ben-Hur - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- Anatomy of a Murder - USA - Preminger, Columbia - Otto Preminger
- The Diary of Anne Frank - USA - 20th Century-Fox - George Stevens
- The Nun's Story - USA - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- Room at the Top - Gran Bretagna - Romulus, Continental - John Woolf and James Woolf
1960 The Apartment - L'appartamento - USA - Mirisch, United Artists - Billy Wilder
- The Alamo - USA - Batjac, United Artists - John Wayne
- Elmer Gantry - USA - Lancaster- Brooks, United Artists - Bernard Smith
- Sons and Lovers - USA - Wald, 20th Century-Fox - Jerry Wald
- The Sundowners - USA - Warner Bros. - Fred Zinnemann
1961 West Side Story - USA - Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, United Artists - Robert Wise
- Fanny - USA - Mannsfield, Warner Bros. - Joshue Logan
- The Guns of Navarone - USA - Foreman, Columbia - Carl Foreman
- The Hustler - USA - Rossen, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Rossen
- Judgment at Nuremberg - USA - Kramer, United Artists - Stanley Kramer
1962 Lawrence of Arabia - Lawrence d'Arabia - USA - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- The Longest Day - USA - Zanuck, 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Music Man - USA - Warner Bros. - Morton DaCosta
- Mutiny on the Bounty - L'mmutinamento del Bounty - USA - Arcola, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Aaron Rosenberg
- To Kill a Mockingbird - USA - Pakula, Mulligan, Brentwood, U-I - Alan J. Pakula
1963 Tom Jones - Gran Bretagna - Woodfall, United Artists- Lopert - Tony Richardson
- America, America - USA - Athena, Warner Bros. - Elia Kazan
- Cleopatra - USA - Wanger, 20th Century-Fox - Walter Wanger
- How the West Was Won - USA - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Cinerama - Bernard Smith
- Lilies of the Field - USA - Rainbow, United Artists - Ralph Nelson
1964 My Fair Lady - USA - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner
- Zorba the Greek - Zorba il greco - USA - Rochley, International Classics/20th Century-Fox - Michael Cacoyannis
- Becket - USA - Wallis, Paramount - Hal B. Wallis
- Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - - USA - Hawk Films, Columbia - Stanley Kubrick
- Mary Poppins - USA - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney, Bill Walsh
1965 The Sound of Music - Tutti insieme appassionatamente - USA - Argyle, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Wise
- Darling - Gran Bretagna - Anglo- Amalgamated, Embassy - Joseph Janni
- Doctor Zhivago - USA - Ponti, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Carlo Ponti
- Ship of Fools - USA - Kramer, Columbia - Stanley Kramer
- A Thousand Clowns - USA - Harrell, United Artists - Fred Coe
1966 A Man for All Seasons - un uomo per tutte le stagioni - USA - Highland, Columbia - Fred Zinnemann
- Alfie - USA - Sheldrake, Paramount (British) - Lewis Gilbert
- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming - USA - Mirisch, United Artists - Norman Jewison
- The Sand Pebbles - USA - Argyle- Solar, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Wise
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - USA - Chenault, Warner Bros. - Ernest Lehman
1967 In the Heat of the Night - La calda notte dell'ispettore Tibbs - USA - Mirisch, United Artists - Walter Mirisch
- Bonnie and Clyde - USA - Tatira-Hiller, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts - Warren Beatty
- Doctor Dolittle - USA - Apjac, 20th Century-Fox - Arthur P. Jacobs
- The Graduate - Il laureato - USA - Nichols-Turman, Embassy - Lawrence Turman
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Indovina chi viene a cena - USA - Kramer, Columbia - Stanley Kramer
1968 Oliver - USA - Romulus, Columbia - John Woolf
- Funny Girl - USA - Rastar, Columbia - Ray Stark
- The Lion in Winter - USA - Hawarth, Avco Embassy - Martin Poll
- Rachel, Rachel - USA - Kayos, Warner Bros. - Paul Newman
- Romeo and Juliet - Romeo e Giulietta - USA - B.H.E.-Verona-De Laurentis, Paramount - Anthony Havelock- Allan, John Brabourne
1969 Midnight Cowboy - Un uomo da marciapiede - USA - Hellman-Schlesinger, United Artists - Jerome Hellman
- Anne of the Thousand Days - USA - Wallis, Universal - Hal B. Wallis
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Butch Cassidy e Billy the Kid - USA - Hill-Monash, 20th Century-Fox - John Foreman
- Hello, Dolly! - USA - Chenault, 20th Century-Fox - Ernest Lehman
- Z - Algeria - Reggane Films- O.N.C.I.C., Cinema V - Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi
1970 Patton - Patton, generale d'acciaio - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Frank McCarthy
- Airport - USA - Hunter, Universal - Ross Hunter
- Five Easy Pieces - Cinque pezzi facili - USA - BBS Productions, Columbia - Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
- Love Story - USA - Paramount - Howard G. Minsky
- M*A*S*H - USA - Aspen, 20th Century-Fox - Ingo Preminger
1971 The French Connection - Il braccio violento della legge - USA - D'Antoni- Schine-Moore, 20th Century-Fox - Philip D'Antoni
- A Clockwork Orange - Arancia meccanica - Gran Bretagna - Haek Films, Warner Bros. - Stanley Kubrick
- Fiddler on the Roof - USA - Mirisch-Cartier, United Artists - Norman Jewison
- The Last Picture Show - USA - BBS Productions, Columbia - Stephen J. Friedman
- Nicholas and Alexandra - USA - Horizon, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
1972 The Godfather - Il padrino - USA - Ruddy, Paramount - Albert S. Ruddy
- Cabaret - USA - ABC Pictures, Allied Artists - Cy Feuer
- Deliverance - USA - Warner Bros. - John Boorman
- Sounder - USA - Radnitz/Mattel, 20th Century-Fox - Robert B. Radnitz
- The Emigrants - USA - Svensk Filmindusttri, Warner Bros. (Swedish)- Bengt Forslund
1973 The Sting - La stangata - USA - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal - Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
- American Graffiti - USA - Lucasfilm/Coppola Company, Universal - Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz
- The Exorcist - L'esorcista - USA - Hoya, Warner Bros. - William Peter Blatty
- A Touch of Class - USA - Brut Prods., Avco Embassy - Melvin Frank
- Cries and Whispers - USA - Svenska Filminstitutet- Cinematograph AB Prod., New World Pictures (Swedish) - Ingmar Bergman
1974 The Godfather, Part II - Il padrino, parte II - USA - Coppola Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
- Chinatown - USA - Evans, Paramount - Robert Evans
- The Conversation - USA - Directors Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola
- Lenny - USA - Worth, United Artists - Marvin Worth
- The Towering Inferno - USA - Irwin Allen, 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. - Irwin Allen
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo - USA - Fantasy Films, United Artists - Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
- Barry Lyndon - USA - Hawk Films, Warner Bros. - Stanley Kubrick
- Dog Day Afternoon - Quel pomeriggio di un giorno da cani - USA - Warner Bros. - Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand
- Jaws - Lo squalo - USA - Zanuck/ Brown, Universal - Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
- Nashville - USA - ABC Entertainment- Weintraub-Altman, Paramount - Robert Altman
1976 Rocky - USA - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists - Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
- All the President's Men - Tutti gli uomini del presidente - USA - Wildwood, Warner Bros. - Walter Coblenz
- Bound for Glory - USA - United Artists - Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal
- Network - USA - Gottfried/Chayefsky, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/ United Artists - Howard Gottfried
- Taxi Driver - USA - Bill/ Phillips-Scorsese - Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
1977 Annie Hall - Io e Annie - USA - Rollins- Joffe, United Artists - Charles H. Joffe
- The Goodbye Girl - USA - Stark, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. - Ray Stark
- Julia - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Richard Roth
- Star Wars - Guerre Stellari - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Gary Kurtz
- The Turning Point - USA - Hera Productions, 20th Century-Fox - Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents
1978 The Deer Hunter - Il cacciatore - USA - EMI Films/Cimino, Universal - Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
- Coming Home - USA - Hellman, United Artists - Jerome Hellman
- Heaven Can Wait - Il paradiso può attendere - USA - Dogwood, Paramount - Warren Beatty
- Midnight Express - USA - Casablanca- Filmworks, Columbia - Alan Marshall and [[David Putnam
- An Unmarried Woman - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer - Kramer contro Kramer - USA - Jaffe, Columbia - Stanley R. Jaffe
- All That Jazz - USA - Columbia/20th Century-Fox - Robert Alan Aurthur
- Apocalypse Now - USA - Omni Zoetrope, United Artists - Francis Ford Coppola with Fred Roos, Fray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg
- Breaking Away - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Peter Yates
- Norma Rae - USA - 20th Century-Fox - Tamara Aseyev and Alex Rose
1980 Ordinary People - Gente comune - USA - Wildwood, Paramount - Ronald L. Schwary
- Coal Miner's Daughter - USA - Schwartz, Universal - Bernard Schwartz
- The Elephant Man - USA - Brooksfilms, Paramount - Jonathan Sanger
- Raging Bull - Toro scatenato - USA - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists - Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
- Tess - USA - Renn- Burrill Société Française de Production (S.F.P.), Columbia - Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill
1981 Chariots of Fire - Momenti di gloria - USA - Enigma, The Ladd Company/ Warner Bros. - David Puttnam
- Atlantic City - USA - International Cinema Corporation, Paramount - Denis Heroux
- On Golden Pond - USA - ITC Films/ IPC Films, Universal - Bruce Gilbert
- Raiders of the Lost Ark - I predatori dell'arca perduta - USA - Lucasfilm, Paramount - Frank Marshall
- Reds - USA - J.R.S., Paramount - Warren Beatty
1982 Gandhi - USA - Indo- British Films, Columbia - Richard Attenborough
- E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial - E.T. l'extraterrestre - USA - Universal - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
- Missing - USA - Universal/ PolyGram, Universal - Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis
- Tootsie - USA - Mirage/Punch, Columbia - Sydney Pollock and Dick Richards
- The Verdict - USA - Fox- Zanuck/Brown, 20th Century Fox - Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown
1983 Terms of Endearment - Voglia di tenerezza - USA - Brooks, Paramount - James L. Brooks
- The Big Chill - Il grande freddo - USA - Carson Productions Group, Columbia - Michael Shamberg
- The Dresser - USA - Goldcrest/Television Limited/World Film Services, Columbia - Peter Yates
- The Right Stuff - USA - Chartoff-Winkler, Ladd Company, Warner Bros. - Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
- Tender Mercies - USA - EMI-Antron Media, Universal/AFD - Philip S. Hobel
1984 Amadeus - USA - Zaentz, Orion - Saul Zaentz
- The Killing Fields - USA - Goldcrest/ International Film Investors, Warner Bros. - David Puttnam
- A Passage to India - Passaggio in India - USA - G. W. Films Ltd., Columbia - John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin
- Places in the Heart - USA - Tri-Star - Arlene Donovan
- A Soldier's Story - USA - Caldix, Columbia - Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer
1985 Out of Africa - La mia africa - USA - Universal - Sydney Pollack
- The Color Purple - Il colore viola - USA - Warner Bros. - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones
- Kiss of the Spider Woman - Il bacio della donna ragno - USA - H. B. Filmes/ Sugarloaf Films, Island Alive - David Weisman
- Prizzi's Honor - L'onore dei Prizzi - USA - ABC Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox - John Foreman
- Witness - USA - Feldman, Paramount - Edward S. Feldman
1986 Platoon - USA - Hemdale, Orion - Arnold Kopelson
- Children of a Lesser God - Figli di un dio minore - USA - Sugarman, Paramount - Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer
- Hannah and Her Sisters - Hannah e le sue sorelle - USA - Rollins-Joffe, Orion - Robert Greenhut
- The Mission - USA - Warner Bros./Goldcrest/ Kingsmere, Warner Bros. - Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
- A Room with a View - Camera con vista - USA - Merchant Ivory, Cinecom - Ismail Merchant
1987 The Last Emperor - L'ultimo imperatore - USA - Hemdale, Columbia - Jeremy Thomas
- Broadcast News - USA - 20th Century-Fox - James L. Brooks
- Fatal Attraction - Attrazione fatale - USA - Jaffe/Lansing, Paramount - Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
- Hope and Glory - USA - Davros Production Services Ltd., Columbia - John Boorman
- Moonstruck - USA - Palmer & Jewison, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer - Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison
1988 Rain Man - Rain Man - L'uomo della pioggia - USA - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists - Mark Johnson
- The Accidental Tourist - Turista per caso - USA - Warner Bros. - Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
- Dangerous Liaisons - Le relazioni pericolose - USA - Lorimar Film Entertainment, NFH Productions, Warner Bros. - Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
- Mississippi Burning - USA - Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Orion - Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
- Working Girl - USA - 20th Century Fox - Douglas Wick
1989 Driving Miss Daisy - A spasso con Daisy - USA - Majestic Films International, Zanuck Company., Warner Bros. - Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
- Born on the Fourth of July - Nato il 4 luglio - USA - Ixtlan Corp. - A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
- Dead Poets Society - L'attimo fuggente - USA - Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures - Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
- Field of Dreams - USA - Gordon Company - Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
- My Left Foot - Il mio piede sinistro - USA - Ferndale Films, Granada, Raidio Teilifis Eireann - Noel Pearson
1990 Dances With Wolves - Balla coi lupi - USA - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International - Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
- Awakenings - USA - Columbia Pictures Corp. - Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
- Ghost - USA - Paramount Pictures - Lisa Weinstein
- The Godfather, Part III - Il padrino, parte III - USA - Paramount Pictures, Zoetrope Studios - Francis Ford Coppola
- Goodfellas - USA - Warner Bros. - Irwin Winkler
1991 The Silence of the Lambs - Il silenzio degli innocenti - USA - Orion Pictures Corp. - Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
- Beauty and the Beast - La bella e la bestia - USA - Walt Disney Pictures - Don Hahn
- Bugsy - USA - Baltimore Pictures, Desert Vision, Mulholland Productions, TriStar Pictures - Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
- JFK - USA - Alcor Films, Camelot, Ixtlan Corp., Le Studio Canal+, Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
- [The Prince of Tides - USA - Barwood Films, Columbia Pictures, Longfellow Pictures - Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch
1992 Unforgiven - Gli spietati - USA - Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. - Clint Eastwood
- The Crying Game - Gran Bretagna - British Screen, Channel Four Films, Eurotrustees, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Palace - Stephen Woolley
- A Few Good Men - USA - Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corp., New Line Cinema - David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
- Howards End - Giappone/Gran Bretagna - Channel Four Films, Cinema 10, Ide Films, Imagica, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Merchant- Ivory Productions, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Sumitomo - Ismail Merchant
- Scent of a Woman - USA - City Light Films, Universal Pictures - Martin Brest
1993 Schindler's List - USA - Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
- The Fugitive - Il fuggitivo - USA - Warner Bros. - Arnold Kopelson
- In the Name of the Father - Nel nome del padre - USA - Hell's Kitchen Films, Universal Pictures - Jim Sheridan
- The Piano - Australia/France/ New Zealand - Australian Film Commission, CiBy 2000, New South Wales Film and Television Office - Jan Chapman
- The Remains of the Day - Quel che resta del giorno - USA - Columbia Pictures Corp., Merchant-Ivory Productions - Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant
1994 Forrest Gump - USA - Paramount Pictures - Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
- Four Weddings and a Funeral - Quattro matrimoni e un funerale - Gran Bretagna - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Film Entertainments, Working Title Films - Duncan Kenworthy
- Pulp Fiction - USA - A Band Apart, Jersey Films, Miramax Films - Lawrence Bender
- Quiz Show - USA - Baltimore Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises - Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozick, Robert Redford
- The Shawshank Redemption - USA - Castle Rock Entertainmen, Columbia Pictures Corp. - Niki Marvin
1995 Braveheart - Braveheart - Cuore impavido - USA - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company - Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr, Bruce Davey
- Apollo 13 - USA - Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Brian Grazer
- Babe - USA - Kennedy Miller Productions, Universal Pictures - Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
- Il Postino - Francia/Italia/Belgio - Blue Dahlia Productions, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Penta Films S. L. - Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Danieli
- Sense and Sensibility - USA - Columbia Pictures Corp., Mirage - Lindsay Doran
1996 The English Patient - Il paziente inglese - USA - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions - Saul Zaentz
- Fargo - USA - Gramercy Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Ethan Coen
- Jerry Maguire - USA - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
- Secrets and Lies - USA - Channel Four Films, CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films - Simon Channing-Williams
- Shine - Australia - AFFC, Film Victoria, Momentum Films - Jane Scott
1997 Titanic - USA - 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Poctures - James Cameron, Jon Landau
- As Good As It Gets - USA - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
- The Full Monty - USA - 20th Century Fox, Channel Four Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Redwave Films - Uberto Pasolini
- Good Will Hunting - Will Hunting - Genio ribelle - USA - Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership, Lawrence Bender Productions, Miramax Films - Lawrewnce Bender
- L.A. Confidential - USA - Monarchy Enterprises B. V., Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson
1998 Shakespeare in Love - USA - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures - David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
- Elizabeth - USA - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
- La Vita � bella - Italia - Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Melampo Cinematografica - Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
- Saving Private Ryan - salvate il soldato Ryan - USA - Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Mark Gordon Productions, Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures - Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
- The Thin Red Line - La sottile linea rossa - USA - Fox 2000 Pictures, Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures - Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill
1999 American Beauty - USA - DreamWorks SKG, Jinks/ Cohen Company - Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
- The Cider House Rules - Le regole della casa del sidro - USA - Film Colony, Miramax Films - Richard N. Gladstein
- The Green Mile - Il miglio verde - USA - Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions, Warner Bros. - Frank Darabont, David Valdes
- The Insider - USA - Blue Light Productions, Forward Pass, Kaitz Productions, Mann/Roth Productions, Touchstone Pictures - Pirter an Brugge, Michael Mann
- The Sixth Sense - Il sesto senso - USA - Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company - Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
2000 Gladiator - Il gladiatore - USA - DreamWorks SKG, Scott Free Productions, Universal Pictures - David H. Franzoni, Branko Lustig, Douglas Wick
- Chocolat - USA - David Brown Productions, Fat Free Limited, Miramax Films - David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Taiwan - Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, EDKO Film Ltd., Good Machine, Sony Pictures Classics, United China Vision, Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd. - William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee
- Erin Brockovich - USA - Jersey Films - Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
- Traffic - USA - Bedford Falls Productions, Compulsion Inc., Initial Entertainment Group, Splendid Medien AG, USA Films - Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick
2001 A Beautiful Mind - USA - Imagine Entertainment - Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
- Gosford Park - USA - Capitol Films, Chicagofilms, Film Council, Medusa Produzione, Sandcastle 5 Productions, USA Films - Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David Levy
- In the Bedroom - USA - Good Machine, GreeneStreet Films Inc., Standard Film Company Inc. - Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - USA - New Line Cinema, The Saul Zaentz Company, WingNut Films - Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Frances Walsh
- Moulin Rouge! - USA - Bazmark Films - Fred Baron, Martin Brown and Baz Luhrmann
2002 Chicago - USA - Loop Films, Miramax Films, Producers Circle - Marty Richards
- Gangs of New York - USA - Cappa Production, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), Meespierson Film CV, Miramax Films, P.E.A. Films, Q&Q Medien GmbH, Splendid Medien AG, - Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
- The Hours - USA - Miramax Films, Scott Rudin Productions - Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - USA - New Line Cinema, The Saul Zaentz Company, WingNut Films - Barrie M. Osborne, Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson
- The Pianist - Il pianista - Polonia\\Francia\\Germania - Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Beverly Detroit, Canal+ Polska, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmboard Berlin- Brandenburg (FBB), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Héritage Films, Interscope Communications, Le Studio Canal+, Mainstream S.A., Meespierson Film CV, R.P. Productions, Runteam Ltd., Studio Babelsberg, Studio Canal, Telewizja Polska (TVP) S.A. - Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - (') - New Line Cinema, The Saul Zaentz Company, WingNut Films - Peter Jackson'''
- Lost in Translation: Focus Features - Sofia Coppola
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - (Master and Commander - Sfida ai confini del mare) - Twentieth Century Fox - Peter Weir
- Mystic River: Warner Bros - Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood
- Seabiscuit: Universal Studios - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross