| 2009 | Winner | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | Christian Colson | Best Motion Picture of the Year |
| Nominated | Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008) | Kathleen Kennedy (I), Frank Marshall (I), Ceán Chaffin |
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard (I), Eric Fellner |
| Milk (2008/I) | Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen |
| Reader, The (2008) | Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris |
| 2008 | Winner | No Country for Old Men (2007) | Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Nominated | Atonement (2007) | Tim Bevan (I), Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (I) |
| Juno (2007) | Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith (IV) |
| Michael Clayton (2007) | Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox (I), Kerry Orent |
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi |
| 2007 | Winner | Departed, The (2006) | Graham King (I) |
| Nominated | Babel (2006) | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin |
| Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) | Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz (I) |
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub |
| Queen, The (2006) | Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward |
| 2006 | Winner | Crash (2004/I) | Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman |
| Nominated | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Diana Ossana, James Schamus |
| Capote (2005) | Caroline Baron (I), William Vince (I), Michael Ohoven |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) | Grant Heslov |
| Munich (2005) | Kathleen Kennedy (I), Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel |
| 2005 | Winner | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg |
| Nominated | Aviator, The (2004) | Michael Mann (I), Graham King (I) |
| Finding Neverland (2004) | Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower |
| Ray (2004/I) | Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin (III) |
| Sideways (2004) | Michael London (II) |
| 2004 | Winner | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) | Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson (I), Fran Walsh | Best Picture |
| Nominated | Lost in Translation (2003) | Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson (I) |
| Mystic River (2003) | Robert Lorenz (I), Judie Hoyt, Clint Eastwood |
| Seabiscuit (2003) | Kathleen Kennedy (I), Frank Marshall (I), Gary Ross (I) |
| 2003 | Winner | Chicago (2002) | Martin Richards (I) |
| Nominated | Gangs of New York (2002) | Alberto Grimaldi (I), Harvey Weinstein |
| Hours, The (2002) | Scott Rudin, Robert Fox (II) |
| Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) | Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson (I) |
| Pianist, The (2002) | Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde |
| 2002 | Winner | Beautiful Mind, A (2001) | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard (I) |
| Nominated | Gosford Park (2001) | Robert Altman (I), Bob Balaban, David Levy (II) |
| In the Bedroom (2001) | Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field |
| Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) | Peter Jackson (I), Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh |
| Moulin Rouge! (2001) | Fred Baron (I), Martin Brown (II), Baz Luhrmann |
| 2001 | Winner | Gladiator (2000) | Douglas Wick (I), David Franzoni (II), Branko Lustig |
| Nominated | Chocolat (2000) | David Brown (I), Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran |
| Erin Brockovich (2000) | Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg (I), Stacey Sher |
| Traffic (2000) | Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford |
| Wo hu cang long (2000) | William Kong (I), Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee |
| 2000 | Winner | American Beauty (1999) | Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks |
| Nominated | Cider House Rules, The (1999) | Richard N. Gladstein |
| Green Mile, The (1999) | David Valdes (I), Frank Darabont |
| Insider, The (1999) | Michael Mann (I), Pieter Jan Brugge |
| Sixth Sense, The (1999) | Frank Marshall (I), Kathleen Kennedy (I), Barry Mendel |
| 1999 | Winner | Shakespeare in Love (1998) | David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman |
| Nominated | Elizabeth (1998) | Alison Owen (I), Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan (I) |
| Saving Private Ryan (1998) | Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon (II), Gary Levinsohn |
| Thin Red Line, The (1998) | Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill (I) |
| Vita è bella, La (1997) | Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi |
| 1998 | Winner | Titanic (1997) | James Cameron (I), Jon Landau (I) |
| Nominated | As Good as It Gets (1997) | James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea |
| Full Monty, The (1997) | Uberto Pasolini |
| Good Will Hunting (1997) | Lawrence Bender |
| L.A. Confidential (1997) | Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson (I), Michael G. Nathanson |
| 1997 | Winner | English Patient, The (1996) | Saul Zaentz |
| Nominated | Fargo (1996) | Ethan Coen |
| Jerry Maguire (1996) | James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai (I), Cameron Crowe (I) |
| Secrets & Lies (1996) | Simon Channing Williams |
| Shine (1996) | Jane Scott (I) |
| 1996 | Winner | Braveheart (1995) | Mel Gibson (I), Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey |
| Nominated | Apollo 13 (1995) | Brian Grazer |
| Babe (1995) | George Miller (II), Doug Mitchell (I), Bill Miller (II) |
| Postino, Il (1994) | Gaetano Daniele, Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Sense and Sensibility (1995) | Lindsay Doran (I) |
| 1995 | Winner | Forrest Gump (1994) | Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch |
| Nominated | Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) | Duncan Kenworthy |
| Pulp Fiction (1994) | Lawrence Bender |
| Quiz Show (1994) | Michael Jacobs (II), Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik (I), Robert Redford (I) |
| Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) | Niki Marvin |
| 1994 | Winner | Schindler's List (1993) | Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig |
| Nominated | Fugitive, The (1993) | Arnold Kopelson |
| In the Name of the Father (1993) | Jim Sheridan (I) |
| Piano, The (1993) | Jan Chapman (I) |
| Remains of the Day, The (1993) | Mike Nichols (I), John Calley, Ismail Merchant |
| 1993 | Winner | Unforgiven (1992) | Clint Eastwood |
| Nominated | Crying Game, The (1992) | Stephen Woolley |
| Few Good Men, A (1992) | David Brown (I), Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman |
| Howards End (1992) | Ismail Merchant |
| Scent of a Woman (1992) | Martin Brest |
| 1992 | Winner | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) | Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt (I), Ronald M. Bozman |
| Nominated | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | Don Hahn (I) |
| Bugsy (1991) | Mark Johnson (I), Barry Levinson (I), Warren Beatty |
| JFK (1991) | A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone (I) |
| Prince of Tides, The (1991) | Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch |
| 1991 | Winner | Dances with Wolves (1990) | Jim Wilson (I), Kevin Costner |
| Nominated | Awakenings (1990) | Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker |
| Ghost (1990) | Lisa Weinstein (I) |
| Godfather: Part III, The (1990) | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Goodfellas (1990) | Irwin Winkler |
| 1990 | Winner | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck |
| Nominated | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone (I) |
| Dead Poets Society (1989) | Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas (I) |
| Field of Dreams (1989) | Lawrence Gordon (I), Charles Gordon (I) |
| My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) | Noel Pearson (I) |
| 1989 | Winner | Rain Man (1988) | Mark Johnson (I) |
| Nominated | Accidental Tourist, The (1988) | Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo |
| Dangerous Liaisons (1988) | Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean |
| Mississippi Burning (1988) | Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry |
| Working Girl (1988) | Douglas Wick (I) |
| 1988 | Winner | Last Emperor, The (1987) | Jeremy Thomas (I) |
| Nominated | Broadcast News (1987) | James L. Brooks |
| Fatal Attraction (1987) | Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing |
| Hope and Glory (1987) | John Boorman |
| Moonstruck (1987) | Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison |
| 1987 | Winner | Platoon (1986) | Arnold Kopelson |
| Nominated | Children of a Lesser God (1986) | Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer |
| Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | Robert Greenhut (I) |
| Mission, The (1986) | Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam |
| Room with a View, A (1985) | Ismail Merchant |
| 1986 | Winner | Out of Africa (1985) | Sydney Pollack |
| Nominated | Color Purple, The (1985) | Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy (I), Frank Marshall (I), Quincy Jones |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) | David Weisman (I) |
| Prizzi's Honor (1985) | John Foreman (I) |
| Witness (1985) | Edward S. Feldman |
| 1985 | Winner | Amadeus (1984) | Saul Zaentz |
| Nominated | Killing Fields, The (1984) | David Puttnam |
| Passage to India, A (1984) | John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin |
| Places in the Heart (1984) | Arlene Donovan |
| Soldier's Story, A (1984) | Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick J. Palmer |
| 1984 | Winner | Terms of Endearment (1983) | James L. Brooks |
| Nominated | Big Chill, The (1983) | Michael Shamberg (I) |
| Dresser, The (1983) | Peter Yates (I) |
| Right Stuff, The (1983) | Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff |
| Tender Mercies (1983) | Philip Hobel |
| 1983 | Winner | Gandhi (1982) | Richard Attenborough |
| Nominated | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy (I) |
| Missing (1982) | Edward Lewis (I), Mildred Lewis |
| Tootsie (1982) | Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards (I) |
| Verdict, The (1982) | Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown (I) |
| 1982 | Winner | Chariots of Fire (1981) | David Puttnam |
| Nominated | Atlantic City (1980) | Denis Héroux |
| On Golden Pond (1981) | Bruce Gilbert (I) |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | Frank Marshall (I) |
| Reds (1981) | Warren Beatty |
| 1981 | Winner | Ordinary People (1980) | Ronald L. Schwary |
| Nominated | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | Bernard Schwartz |
| Elephant Man, The (1980) | Jonathan Sanger |
| Raging Bull (1980) | Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff |
| Tess (1979) | Claude Berri, Timothy Burrill |
| 1980 | Winner | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) | Stanley R. Jaffe |
| Nominated | All That Jazz (1979) | Robert Alan Aurthur |
| Apocalypse Now (1979) | Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg (I) |
| Breaking Away (1979) | Peter Yates (I) |
| Norma Rae (1979) | Tamara Asseyev, Alexandra Rose (I) |
| 1979 | Winner | Deer Hunter, The (1978) | Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley (I), Michael Cimino (I), John Peverall |
| Nominated | Coming Home (1978) | Jerome Hellman |
| Heaven Can Wait (1978) | Warren Beatty |
| Midnight Express (1978) | Alan Marshall (III), David Puttnam |
| Unmarried Woman, An (1978) | Paul Mazursky, Anthony Ray (I) |
| 1978 | Winner | Annie Hall (1977) | Charles H. Joffe |
| Nominated | Goodbye Girl, The (1977) | Ray Stark |
| Julia (1977) | Richard Roth (IV) |
| Star Wars (1977) | Gary Kurtz (I) |
| Turning Point, The (1977) | Herbert Ross (I), Arthur Laurents |
| 1977 | Winner | Rocky (1976) | Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff |
| Nominated | All the President's Men (1976) | Walter Coblenz |
| Bound for Glory (1976) | Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal |
| Network (1976) | Howard Gottfried |
| Taxi Driver (1976) | Michael Phillips (II), Julia Phillips (I) |
| 1976 | Winner | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas (I) |
| Nominated | Barry Lyndon (1975) | Stanley Kubrick |
| Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand |
| Jaws (1975) | Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown (I) |
| Nashville (1975) | Robert Altman (I) |
| 1975 | Winner | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) | Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos |
| Nominated | Chinatown (1974) | Robert Evans (I) |
| Conversation, The (1974) | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Lenny (1974) | Marvin Worth |
| Towering Inferno, The (1974) | Irwin Allen (I) |
| 1974 | Winner | Sting, The (1973) | Tony Bill (I), Michael Phillips (II), Julia Phillips (I) |
| Nominated | American Graffiti (1973) | Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz (I) |
| Exorcist, The (1973) | William Peter Blatty |
| Touch of Class, A (1973) | Melvin Frank |
| Viskningar och rop (1972) | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1973 | Winner | Godfather, The (1972) | Albert S. Ruddy |
| Nominated | Cabaret (1972) | Cy Feuer |
| Deliverance (1972) | John Boorman |
| Sounder (1972) | Robert B. Radnitz |
| Utvandrarna (1971) | Bengt Forslund |
| 1972 | Winner | French Connection, The (1971) | Philip D'Antoni |
| Nominated | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) | Stanley Kubrick |
| Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | Norman Jewison |
| Last Picture Show, The (1971) | Stephen J. Friedman |
| Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | Sam Spiegel (I) |
| 1971 | Winner | Patton (1970) | Frank McCarthy (II) |
| Nominated | Airport (1970) | Ross Hunter (I) |
| Five Easy Pieces (1970) | Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler (I) |
| Love Story (1970) | Howard G. Minsky |
| MASH (1970) | Ingo Preminger |
| 1970 | Winner | Midnight Cowboy (1969) | Jerome Hellman |
| Nominated | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | Hal B. Wallis |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | John Foreman (I) |
| Hello, Dolly! (1969) | Ernest Lehman |
| Z (1969) | Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi |
| 1969 | Winner | Oliver! (1968) | John Woolf (I) |
| Nominated | Funny Girl (1968) | Ray Stark |
| Lion in Winter, The (1968) | Martin Poll |
| Rachel, Rachel (1968) | Paul Newman (I) |
| Romeo and Juliet (1968/I) | Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne |
| 1968 | Winner | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | Walter Mirisch |
| Nominated | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | Warren Beatty |
| Doctor Dolittle (1967) | Arthur P. Jacobs |
| Graduate, The (1967) | Lawrence Turman |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) | Stanley Kramer |
| 1967 | Winner | Man for All Seasons, A (1966) | Fred Zinnemann |
| Nominated | Alfie (1966) | Lewis Gilbert (II) |
| Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, The (1966) | Norman Jewison |
| Sand Pebbles, The (1966) | Robert Wise (I) |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | Ernest Lehman |
| 1966 | Winner | Sound of Music, The (1965) | Robert Wise (I) |
| Nominated | Darling (1965) | Joseph Janni |
| Doctor Zhivago (1965) | Carlo Ponti |
| Ship of Fools (1965) | Stanley Kramer |
| Thousand Clowns, A (1965) | Fred Coe |
| 1965 | Winner | My Fair Lady (1964) | Jack L. Warner |
| Nominated | Alexis Zorbas (1964) | Mihalis Kakogiannis |
| Becket (1964) | Hal B. Wallis |
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | Stanley Kubrick |
| Mary Poppins (1964) | Walt Disney, Bill Walsh (I) |
| 1964 | Winner | Tom Jones (1963) | Tony Richardson (I) |
| Nominated | America, America (1963) | Elia Kazan |
| Cleopatra (1963) | Walter Wanger |
| How the West Was Won (1962) | Bernard Smith (II) |
| Lilies of the Field (1963) | Ralph Nelson (I) |
| 1963 | Winner | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | Sam Spiegel (I) |
| Nominated | Longest Day, The (1962) | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Music Man, The (1962) | Morton DaCosta |
| Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) | Aaron Rosenberg (I) |
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | Alan J. Pakula |
| 1962 | Winner | West Side Story (1961) | Robert Wise (I) |
| Nominated | Fanny (1961) | Joshua Logan |
| Guns of Navarone, The (1961) | Carl Foreman (I) |
| Hustler, The (1961) | Robert Rossen |
| Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | Stanley Kramer |
| 1961 | Winner | Apartment, The (1960) | Billy Wilder |
| Nominated | Alamo, The (1960) | John Wayne (I) |
| Elmer Gantry (1960) | Bernard Smith (II) |
| Sons and Lovers (1960) | Jerry Wald (I) |
| Sundowners, The (1960) | Fred Zinnemann |
| 1960 | Winner | Ben-Hur (1959) | Sam Zimbalist |
| Nominated | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | Otto Preminger |
| Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) | George Stevens (I) |
| Nun's Story, The (1959) | Henry Blanke |
| Room at the Top (1959) | John Woolf (I), James Woolf (I) |
| 1959 | Winner | Gigi (1958) | Arthur Freed |
| Nominated | Auntie Mame (1958) | Jack L. Warner |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | Lawrence Weingarten |
| Defiant Ones, The (1958) | Stanley Kramer |
| Separate Tables (1958) | Harold Hecht |
| 1958 | Winner | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) | Sam Spiegel (I) |
| Nominated | 12 Angry Men (1957) | Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose |
| Peyton Place (1957) | Jerry Wald (I) |
| Sayonara (1957) | William Goetz |
| Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| 1957 | Winner | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | Michael Todd (I) |
| Nominated | Friendly Persuasion (1956) | William Wyler |
| Giant (1956) | George Stevens (I), Henry Ginsberg |
| King and I, The (1956) | Charles Brackett |
| Ten Commandments, The (1956) | Cecil B. DeMille |
| 1956 | Winner | Marty (1955) | Harold Hecht |
| Nominated | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) | Buddy Adler |
| Mister Roberts (1955) | Leland Hayward |
| Picnic (1955) | Fred Kohlmar |
| Rose Tattoo, The (1955) | Hal B. Wallis |
| 1955 | Winner | On the Waterfront (1954) | Sam Spiegel (I) |
| Nominated | Caine Mutiny, The (1954) | Stanley Kramer |
| Country Girl, The (1954) | William Perlberg |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | Jack Cummings (I) |
| Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) | Sol C. Siegel |
| 1954 | Winner | From Here to Eternity (1953) | Buddy Adler |
| Nominated | Julius Caesar (1953) | John Houseman (I) |
| Robe, The (1953) | Frank Ross (I) |
| Roman Holiday (1953) | William Wyler |
| Shane (1953) | George Stevens (I) |
| 1953 | Winner | Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Nominated | High Noon (1952) | Stanley Kramer |
| Ivanhoe (1952) | Pandro S. Berman |
| Moulin Rouge (1952) | John Huston (I) |
| Quiet Man, The (1952) | John Ford (I), Merian C. Cooper |
| 1952 | Winner | American in Paris, An (1951) | Arthur Freed |
| Nominated | Decision Before Dawn (1951) | Anatole Litvak, Frank McCarthy (II) |
| Place in the Sun, A (1951) | George Stevens (I) |
| Quo Vadis (1951) | Sam Zimbalist |
| Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) | Charles K. Feldman |
| 1951 | Winner | All About Eve (1950) | unknown |
| Nominated | Born Yesterday (1950) |
| Father of the Bride (1950) |
| King Solomon's Mines (1950) |
| Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
| 1950 | Winner | All the King's Men (1949) |
| Nominated | Battleground (1949) |
| Heiress, The (1949) |
| Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) |
| Twelve O'Clock High (1949) |
| 1949 | Winner | Hamlet (1948) |
| Nominated | Johnny Belinda (1948) |
| Red Shoes, The (1948) |
| Snake Pit, The (1948) |
| Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) |
| 1948 | Winner | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) |
| Nominated | Bishop's Wife, The (1947) |
| Crossfire (1947) |
| Great Expectations (1946) |
| Miracle on 34th Street (1947) |
| 1947 | Winner | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) |
| Nominated | Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) |
| It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
| Razor's Edge, The (1946) |
| Yearling, The (1946) |
| 1946 | Winner | Lost Weekend, The (1945) |
| Nominated | Anchors Aweigh (1945) |
| Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) |
| Spellbound (1945) |
| 1945 | Winner | Going My Way (1944) |
| Nominated | Double Indemnity (1944) |
| Gaslight (1944) |
| Since You Went Away (1944) |
| Wilson (1944) |
| 1944 | Winner | Casablanca (1942) |
| Nominated | For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) |
| Heaven Can Wait (1943) |
| Human Comedy, The (1943) |
| In Which We Serve (1942) |
| Madame Curie (1943) |
| More the Merrier, The (1943) |
| Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) |
| Song of Bernadette, The (1943) |
| Watch on the Rhine (1943) |
| 1943 | Winner | Mrs. Miniver (1942) |
| Nominated | 49th Parallel (1941) |
| Kings Row (1942) |
| Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) |
| Pied Piper, The (1942) |
| Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) |
| Random Harvest (1942) |
| Talk of the Town, The (1942) |
| Wake Island (1942) |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |
| 1942 | Winner | How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
| Nominated | Blossoms in the Dust (1941) |
| Citizen Kane (1941) |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) |
| Hold Back the Dawn (1941) |
| Little Foxes, The (1941) |
| Maltese Falcon, The (1941) |
| One Foot in Heaven (1941) |
| Sergeant York (1941) |
| Suspicion (1941) |
| 1941 | Winner | Rebecca (1940) |
| Nominated | All This, and Heaven Too (1940) |
| Foreign Correspondent (1940) |
| Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) |
| Great Dictator, The (1940) |
| Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) |
| Letter, The (1940) |
| Long Voyage Home, The (1940) |
| Our Town (1940) |
| Philadelphia Story, The (1940) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 1940 | Winner | Gone with the Wind (1939) | unknown |
| Nominated | Dark Victory (1939) |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) |
| Love Affair (1939) |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) |
| Ninotchka (1939) |
| Of Mice and Men (1939) |
| Stagecoach (1939) |
| Wizard of Oz, The (1939) |
| Wuthering Heights (1939) |
| 1939 | Winner | You Can't Take It with You (1938) |
| Nominated | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) |
| Boys Town (1938) |
| Citadel, The (1938) |
| Four Daughters (1938) |
| Grande illusion, La (1937) |
| Jezebel (1938) |
| Pygmalion (1938) |
| Test Pilot (1938) |
| 1938 | Winner | Life of Emile Zola, The (1937) |
| Nominated | Awful Truth, The (1937) |
| Captains Courageous (1937) |
| Dead End (1937) |
| Good Earth, The (1937) |
| In Old Chicago (1937) |
| Lost Horizon (1937) |
| One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) |
| Stage Door (1937) |
| Star Is Born, A (1937) |
| 1937 | Winner | Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) |
| Nominated | Anthony Adverse (1936) |
| Dodsworth (1936) |
| Libeled Lady (1936) |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) |
| Romeo and Juliet (1936) |
| San Francisco (1936) |
| Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1935) |
| Tale of Two Cities, A (1935) |
| Three Smart Girls (1936) |
| 1936 | Winner | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |
| Nominated | Alice Adams (1935) |
| Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) |
| Captain Blood (1935) |
| Informer, The (1935) |
| Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The (1935) |
| Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935) |
| Misérables, Les (1935) |
| Naughty Marietta (1935) |
| Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, The (1935) |
| Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) |
| Top Hat (1935) |
| 1935 | Winner | It Happened One Night (1934) |
| Nominated | Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934) |
| Cleopatra (1934) |
| Flirtation Walk (1934) |
| Gay Divorcee, The (1934) |
| Here Comes the Navy (1934) |
| House of Rothschild, The (1934) |
| Imitation of Life (1934) |
| One Night of Love (1934) |
| Thin Man, The (1934) |
| Viva Villa! (1934) |
| White Parade, The (1934) |
| 1934 | Winner | Cavalcade (1933) |
| Nominated | 42nd Street (1933) |
| Farewell to Arms, A (1932) |
| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) |
| Lady for a Day (1933) |
| Little Women (1933) |
| Private Life of Henry VIII., The (1933) |
| She Done Him Wrong (1933) |
| Smilin' Through (1932) |
| State Fair (1933) |
| 1932 | Winner | Grand Hotel (1932) |
| Nominated | Arrowsmith (1931) |
| Bad Girl (1931) |
| Champ, The (1931/I) |
| Five Star Final (1931) |
| One Hour with You (1932) |
| Shanghai Express (1932) |
| Smiling Lieutenant, The (1931) |
| 1931 | Winner | Cimarron (1931) |
| Nominated | East Lynne (1931) |
| Front Page, The (1931) |
| Skippy (1931) |
| Trader Horn (1931) |
| 1929 | Winner | Wings (1927) | Best Picture, Production |
| Nominated | 7th Heaven (1927) |
| Racket, The (1928) |
| 1929 | Winner | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production |
| Nominated | Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927) |
| Crowd, The (1928) |