1928 – Sunrise (F.W. Murnau)
1929 – Broadway Melodi – The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont)
1930 – Batı Cephesinde Yeni Bir Şey Yok – All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone)
1931 – Cimarron – Wesley Ruggles
1932 – Büyük Otel – Grand Hotel – Edmund Goulding
1933 – Cavalcade – Frank Lloyd
1934 – Bir Gecede Oldu – It Happened One Night Frank Capra
1935 – Gemide İsyan – Mutiny on the Bounty – Frank Lloyd
1936 – Büyük Ziegfeld – The Great Ziegfeld – Robert Z. Leonard
1937 – Emile Zola'nın Hayatı – The Life of Emile Zola – William Dieterle
1938 – Para Beraber Gitmez – You Can't Take It with You – Frank Capra
1939 – Rüzgar Gibi Geçti – Gone with the Wind – Victor Fleming
1940 – Rebecca – Alfred Hitchcock
1941 – Vadim O Kadar Yeşildi Ki – How Green Was My Valley – John Ford
1942 – Bayan Miniver – Mrs. Miniver – William Wyler
1943 – Kazablanka – Casablanca – Michael Curtiz
1944 – Yolumda Giderken – Going My Way – Leo McCarey
1945 – Yaratılan Adam – The Lost Weekend – Billy Wilder
1946 – Hayatımızın En Güzel Yılları – The Best Years of Our Lives – William Wyler
1947 – Centilmenlik Anlaşması – Gentleman's Agreement – Elia Kazan
1948 – Hamlet – Laurence Olivier
1949 – Kralın Bütün Adamları – All the King's Men – Robert Rossen
1950 – Perde Açılıyor – All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1951 – Paris'te Bir Amerikalı – An American in Paris – Vincente Minnelli
1952 – Harikalar Sirki – The Greatest Show on Earth – Cecil B. DeMille
1953 – İnsanlar Yaşadıkça – From Here to Eternity – Fred Zinnemann
1954 – Rıhtımlar Üzerinde – On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan
1955 – Marty – Delbert Mann
1956 – Seksen Günde Devr-i Alem – Around the World in Eighty Days – Michael Anderson
1957 – Kwai Köprüsü – The Bridge on the River Kwai – David Lean
1958 – Gigi – Vincente Minnelli
1959 – Ben-Hur – William Wyler
1960 – Garsonyer – The Apartment – Billy Wilder
1961 – Batı Yakasının Hikayesi – West Side Story – Jerome Robbins
1962 – Arabistanlı Lawrence – Lawrence of Arabia – David Lean
1963 – Tom Jones – Tony Richardson
1964 – Benim Güzel Meleğim – My Fair Lady – George Cukor
1965 – Neşeli Günler – The Sound of Music – Robert Wise
1966 – Her Devrin Adamı – A Man for All Seasons – Fred Zinnemann
1967 – Gecenin Sıcağında – In the Heat of the Night – Norman Jewison
1968 – Oliver! – Carol Reed
1969 – Geceyarısı Kovboyu – Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger
1970 – General Patton – Patton – Franklin J. Schaffner
1971 – Kanunun Kuvveti – The French Connection – William Friedkin
1972 – Baba – The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola
1973 – Üç Kağıtcılar – The Sting – George Roy Hill
1974 – Baba II – The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola
1975 – Guguk Kuşu – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Miloš Forman
1976 – Rocky – John G. Avildsen
1977 – Annie Hall – Woody Allen
1978 – Avcı – The Deer Hunter – Michael Cimino
1979 – Kramer Kramer'e Karşı – Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton
1980 – Sıradan İnsanlar – Ordinary People – Robert Redford
1981 – Ateş Arabaları – Chariots of Fire – Hugh Hudson
1982 – Gandhi – Gandhi – Richard Attenborough
1983 – Sevgi Sözcükleri – Terms of Endearment – James L. Brooks
1984 – Amadeus – Miloš Forman
1985 – Benim Afrikam – Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack
1986 – Müfreze – Platoon – Oliver Stone
1987 – Son İmparator – The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci
1988 – Yağmur Adam – Rain Man – Barry Levinson
1989 – Bayan Daisy'nin Şoförü – Driving Miss Daisy – Bruce Beresford
1990 – Kurtlarla Dans – Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner
1991 – Kuzuların Sessizliği – The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme
1992 – Affedilmeyen – Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood
1993 – Schindler'in Listesi – Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg
1994 – Forrest Gump – Forrest Gump – Robert Zemeckis
1995 – Cesur Yürek – Braveheart – Mel Gibson
1996 – İngiliz Hasta – The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
1997 – Titanik – Titanic – James Cameron
1998 – Aşık Shakespeare – Shakespeare in Love – John Madden
1999 – Amerikan Güzeli – American Beauty – Sam Mendes
2000 – Gladyatör – Gladiator – Ridley Scott
2001 – Akıl Oyunları – A Beautiful Mind – Ron Howard
2002 – Chicago – Rob Marshall
2003 – Yüzüklerin Efendisi Kralın Dönüşü – The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King – Peter Jackson
2004 – Milyon Dolarlık Bebek – Million Dollar Baby – Clint Eastwood
2005 – Çarpışma – Crash – Paul Haggis
2006 – Köstebek – The Departed – Martin Scorsese
2007 – İhtiyarlara Yer Yok – No Country for Old Men – Coen Brothers
2008 – Milyoner – Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle
2010 – The King's Speech – Tom Hooper
2011 – The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
2012 – Argo – Ben Affleck
2013 – 12 Years A Slave – Steve McQueen
