Academy Award untuk Film Terbaik

The Academy Award for Best Picture (Film Terbaik) adalah penghargaan Oscar untuk film-film yang dianggap terbaik dalam suatu tahun perfilman.

Superlatif

Kategori	Film	Superlatif	Tahun	Keterangan
Penghargaan Terbanyak	Ben-Hur	11 penghargaan	1959	Penghargaan dari 12 nominasi.
Penghargaan Terbanyak	Titanic	11 penghargaan	1997	Penghargaan dari 14 nominasi.
Penghargaan Terbanyak	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	11 penghargaan	2003	Penghargaan dari 11 nominasi.
Nominasi Terbanyak	All About Eve	14 nominasi	1950	Nominasi menghasilkan 6 penghargaan.
Nominasi Terbanyak	Titanic	14 nominasi	1997	Nominasi menghasilkan 11 penghargaan.

Pemenang dan nominasi

1920-an

1927-1928 (1st) Wings (Best Production) Paramount Famous Players-Lasky - Lucien Hubbard
- The Racket - Caddo, United Artists - Howard Hughes
- Seventh Heaven - Fox - William Fox

1927-1928 (1st) Sunrise (Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production) Fox - William Fox
- Chang - Paramount - Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack
- The Crowd - MGM - Irving Thalberg

1928-1929 (2nd) The Broadway Melody Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Harry Rapf
- Alibi - Feature Productions, United Artists -Roland West
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 - MGM - Harry Rapf
- In Old Arizona - Fox - Winfield Sheehan, studio head
- The Patriot - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch

1930-an

1929-1930 (3rd) All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal - Carl Laemmle Jr.
- The Big House - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- Disraeli - Warner Bros. - Jack Warner with Darryl Zanuck
- The Divorcee - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Robert Leonard
- The Love Parade - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch

The name of the award becomes Best Picture

1930-1931 (4th) Cimarron - RKO Radio - William LeBaron
- East Lynne - Fox - Winfield Sheehan, studio head
- The Front Page - Caddo, United Artists - Howard Hughes
- Skippy - Paramount - Adolph Zukor
- Trader Horn - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving G. Thalberg

1931-1932 (5th) Grand Hotel - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- Arrowsmith - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn
- Bad Girl - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head
- The Champ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - King Vidor
- Five Star Final - First National - Hal B. Wallis
- One Hour with You - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch
- Shanghai Express - Paramount - Adolph Zukor
- The Smiling Lieutenant - Paramount - Ernst Lubitsch

1932-1933 (6th) Cavalcade - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head
- 42nd Street - Warner Bros. - Darryl F. Zanuck
- A Farewell to Arms - Paramount - Adolph Zukor
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- Lady for a Day - Columbia - Frank Capra
- Little Women - RKO Radio - Merian C. Cooper with Kenneth MacGowan
- The Private Life of Henry VIII - London Films, United Artists - Alexander Korda
- She Done Him Wrong - Paramount - William LeBaron
- Smilin' Through - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- State Fair - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head

1934 (7th) It Happened One Night - Columbia - Harry Cohn
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- Cleopatra - Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille
- Flirtation Walk - First National - Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis with Robert Lord
- The Gay Divorcee - RKO Radio - Pandro S. Berman
- Here Comes the Navy - Warner Bros. - Lou Edelman
- The House of Rothschild - Twentieth Century Pictures, United Artists - Darryl F. Zanuck with William Goetz and Raymond Griffith
- Imitation of Life - Universal - John M. Stahl
- One Night of Love - Columbia - Harry Cohn with Everett Riskin
- The Thin Man - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- Viva Villa! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- The White Parade - Fox - Jesse L. Lasky

1935 (8th) Mutiny on the Bounty - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg with Albert Lewin
- Alice Adams - RKO Radio - Pandro S. Berman
- Broadway Melody of 1936 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - John W. Considine Jr.
- Captain Blood - Warner Bros.-Cosmopolitan - Hal B. Wallis with Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead
- David Copperfield - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- The Informer - RKO Radio - Cliff Reid
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer - Paramount - Louis D. Lighton
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- Les Misérables - Twentieth Century Pictures, United Artists - Darryl F. Zanuck
- Naughty Marietta - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- Ruggles of Red Gap - Paramount - Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
- Top Hat - RKO Radio - Pandro S. Berman

1936 (9th) The Great Ziegfeld - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- Anthony Adverse - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- Dodsworth - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn with Merritt Hulbert
- Libeled Lady - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Lawrence Weingarten
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - Columbia - Frank Capra
- Romeo and Juliet - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- San Francisco - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - John Emerson and Bernard H. Hyman
- The Story of Louis Pasteur - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- A Tale of Two Cities - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- Three Smart Girls - Universal - Joe Pasternak with Charles R. Rogers

1937 (10th) The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- The Awful Truth - Columbia - Leo McCarey with Everett Riskin
- Captains Courageous - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Louis Lighton
- Dead End - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn with Merritt Hulbert
- The Good Earth - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg with Albert Lewin
- In Old Chicago - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck with Kenneth MacGowan
- Lost Horizon - Columbia - Frank Capra
- One Hundred Men and a Girl - Universal - Charles R. Rogers with Joe Pasternak
- Stage Door - RKO Radio - Pandro S. Berman
- A Star Is Born - Selznick International, United Artists - David O. Selznick

1938 (11th) You Can't Take It with You - Columbia - Frank Capra
- The Adventures of Robin Hood - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis with Henry Blanke
- Alexander's Ragtime Band - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck with Harry Joe Brown
- Boys Town - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - John W. Considine, Jr.
- The Citadel - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Victor Saville
- Four Daughters - Warner Bros.-First National - Hal B. Wallis with Henry Blanke
- The Grande Illusion (La Grande illusion) - R. A. O., World Pictures - Frank Rollmer, and Albert Pinkovitch
- Jezebel - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis with Henry Blanke
- Pygmalion - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Gabriel Pascal
- Test Pilot - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Louis Lighton

1939 (12th) Gone with the Wind - Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- Dark Victory - Warner Bros. - David Lewis
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Victor Saville
- Love Affair - RKO Radio - Leo McCarey
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Columbia - Frank Capra
- Ninotchka - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- Of Mice and Men - Roach, United Artists - Lewis Milestone
- Stagecoach - United Artists - Walter Wanger
- The Wizard of Oz - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Mervyn LeRoy
- Wuthering Heights - Goldwyn, United Artists - Samuel Goldwyn

1940-an

1940 (13th) Rebecca - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick
- All This and Heaven Too - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, with David Lewis
- Foreign Correspondent - Wanger, United Artists - Walter Wanger
- The Grapes of Wrath - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck with Nunnally Johnson
- The Great Dictator - Chaplin, United Artists - Charles Chaplin
- Kitty Foyle - RKO Radio - David Hempstead
- The Letter - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- The Long Voyage Home - Argosy Wanger, United Artists - John Ford
- Our Town - Lesser, United Artists - Sol Lesser
- The Philadelphia Story - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1941 (14th) How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- Blossoms in the Dust - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Asher
- Citizen Kane - RKO Radio - Orson Welles
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Columbia - Everett Riskin
- Hold Back the Dawn - Paramount - Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
- The Little Foxes - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- The Maltese Falcon - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- One Foot in Heaven - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- Sergeant York - Warner Bros. - Jesse L. Lasky and Hal B. Wallis
- Suspicion - RKO Radio - Alfred Hitchcock

1942 (15th) Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- Forty-Ninth Parallel - Ortus, Columbia - Michael Powell
- King's Row - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- The Magnificent Ambersons - Mercury, RKO Radio - Orson Welles
- The Pied Piper - 20th Century-Fox - Nunnally Johnson
- The Pride of the Yankees - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- Random Harvest - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- The Talk of the Town - Columbia - George Stevens
- Wake Island - Paramount - Joseph Sistrom
- Yankee Doodle Dandy - Warner Bros. - Jack Warner, Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney

1943 (16th) Casablanca - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- For Whom the Bell Tolls - Paramount - Sam Wood
- Heaven Can Wait - 20th Century-Fox - Ernst Lubitsch
- The Human Comedy - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Clarence Brown
- In Which We Serve - Two Cities, United Artists - Noel Coward
- Madame Curie - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- The More the Merrier - Columbia - George Stevens
- The Ox-Bow Incident - 20th Century-Fox - Lamar Trotti
- The Song of Bernadette - 20th Century-Fox - William Perlberg
- Watch on the Rhine - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis

1944 (17th) Going My Way - Paramount - Leo McCarey
- Double Indemnity - Paramount - Joseph Sistrom
- Gaslight - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
- Since You Went Away - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick
- Wilson - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck

1945 (18th) The Lost Weekend - Paramount - Charles Brackett
- Anchors Aweigh - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Joe Pasternak
- The Bells of St. Mary's - Rainbow, RKO Radio - Leo McCarey
- Mildred Pierce - Warner Bros. - Jerry Wald
- Spellbound - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick

1946 (19th) The Best Years of Our Lives - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- Henry V - Rank-Two Cities, United Artists - Laurence Olivier
- It's a Wonderful Life - Liberty, RKO Radio - Frank Capra
- The Razor's Edge - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Yearling - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin

1947 (20th) Gentleman's Agreement - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Bishop's Wife - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- Crossfire - RKO Radio - Adrian Scott
- Great Expectations - Rank-Cineguild, U-I - Ronald Neame
- Miracle on 34th Street - 20th Century-Fox - William Perlberg

1948 (21st) Hamlet - J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films, U-I - Laurence Olivier
- Johnny Belinda - Warner Bros. - Jerry Wald
- The Red Shoes - Rank-Archers, Eagle-Lion - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- The Snake Pit - 20th Century-Fox - Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke

1949 (22nd) All the King's Men - Rossen, Columbia - Robert Rossen
- Battleground - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Dore Schary
- The Heiress - Paramount - William Wyler
- A Letter to Three Wives - 20th Century-Fox - Sol C. Siegel
- Twelve O'Clock High - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck

1950-an

1950 (23rd) All About Eve - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- Born Yesterday - Columbia - S. Sylvan Simon
- Father of the Bride - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Pandro S. Berman
- King Solomon's Mines - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- Sunset Boulevard - Paramount - Charles Brackett

From 1951 on, the individual producer (rather than the production company) receives this award.

1951 (24th) An American in Paris - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Freed
- Decision Before Dawn - 20th Century-Fox - Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy
- A Place in the Sun - Paramount - George Stevens
- Quo Vadis - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- A Streetcar Named Desire - Feldman, Warner Bros. - Charles K. Feldman

1952 (25th) The Greatest Show on Earth - DeMille, Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille
- High Noon - United Artists - Stanley Kramer
- Ivanhoe - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Pandro S. Berman
- Moulin Rouge - United Artists - John Huston
- The Quiet Man - Argosy, Republic - John Ford and Merian C. Cooper

1953 (26th) From Here to Eternity - Columbia - Buddy Adler
- Julius Caesar - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - John Houseman
- The Robe - 20th Century-Fox - Frank Ross
- Roman Holiday - Paramount - William Wyler
- Shane - Paramount - George Stevens

1954 (27th) On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- The Caine Mutiny - Kramer, Columbia - Stanley Kramer
- The Country Girl - Perlberg-Seaton, Paramount - William Perlberg
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Jack Cummings
- Three Coins in the Fountain - 20th Century-Fox - Sol C. Siegel

1955 (28th) Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists - Harold Hecht
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - 20th Century-Fox - Buddy Adler
- Mister Roberts - Orange, Warner Bros. - Leland Hayward
- Picnic - Columbia - Fred Kohlmar
- The Rose Tattoo - Wallis, Paramount - Hal B. Wallis

1956 (29th) Around the World in Eighty Days - Todd, United Artists - Michael Todd
- Friendly Persuasion - Allied Artists - William Wyler
- Giant - Warner Bros. - George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg
- The King and I - 20th Century-Fox - Charles Brackett
- The Ten Commandments - DeMille, Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille

1957 (30th) The Bridge on the River Kwai - Horizon, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- Peyton Place - 20th Century-Fox - Jerry Wald
- Sayonara - Goetz, Warner Bros. - William Goetz
- 12 Angry Men - Orion-Nova, United Artists - Henry Fonda, and Reginald Rose
- Witness for the Prosecution - Small-Hornblow, United Artists - Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

1958 (31st) Gigi - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Freed
- Auntie Mame - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Lawrence Weingarten
- The Defiant Ones - Kramer, United Artists - Stanley Kramer
- Separate Tables - Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, United Artists - Harold Hecht

1959 (32nd) Ben-Hur - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- Anatomy of a Murder - Preminger, Columbia - Otto Preminger
- The Diary of Anne Frank - 20th Century-Fox - George Stevens
- The Nun's Story - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- Room at the Top - Romulus, Continental - John Woolf and James Woolf

1960-an

1960 (33rd) The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists - Billy Wilder
- The Alamo - Batjac, United Artists - John Wayne
- Elmer Gantry - Lancaster-Brooks, United Artists - Bernard Smith
- Sons and Lovers - Wald, 20th Century-Fox - Jerry Wald
- The Sundowners - Warner Bros. - Fred Zinnemann

1961 (34th) West Side Story - Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, United Artists - Robert Wise
- Fanny - Mannsfield, Warner Bros. - Joshua Logan
- The Guns of Navarone - Foreman, Columbia - Carl Foreman
- The Hustler - Rossen, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Rossen
- Judgment at Nuremberg - Kramer, United Artists - Stanley Kramer

1962 (35th) Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- The Longest Day - Zanuck, 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- The Music Man - Warner Bros. - Morton DaCosta
- Mutiny on the Bounty - Arcola, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Aaron Rosenberg
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Pakula, Mulligan, Brentwood, U-I - Alan J. Pakula

1963 (36th) Tom Jones - Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert - Tony Richardson
- America, America - Athena, Warner Bros. - Elia Kazan
- Cleopatra - Wanger, 20th Century-Fox - Walter Wanger
- How the West Was Won - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Cinerama - Bernard Smith
- Lilies of the Field - Rainbow, United Artists - Ralph Nelson

1964 (37th) My Fair Lady - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner
- Zorba the Greek - Rochley, International Classics/20th Century-Fox - Michael Cacoyannis
- Becket - Wallis, Paramount - Hal B. Wallis
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Hawk Films, Columbia - Stanley Kubrick
- Mary Poppins - Disney, Buena Vista - Walt Disney, Bill Walsh

1965 (38th) The Sound of Music - Argyle, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Wise
- Darling - Anglo-Amalgamated, Embassy - Joseph Janni
- Doctor Zhivago - Ponti, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Carlo Ponti
- Ship of Fools - Kramer, Columbia - Stanley Kramer
- A Thousand Clowns - Harrell, United Artists - Fred Coe

1966 (39th) A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia - Fred Zinnemann
- Alfie - Sheldrake, Paramount - Lewis Gilbert
- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming - Mirisch, United Artists - Norman Jewison
- The Sand Pebbles - Argyle-Solar, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Wise
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Chenault, Warner Bros. - Ernest Lehman

1967 (40th) In the Heat of the Night - Mirisch, United Artists - Walter Mirisch
- Bonnie and Clyde - Tatira-Hiller, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts - Warren Beatty
- Doctor Dolittle - Apjac, 20th Century-Fox - Arthur P. Jacobs
- The Graduate - Nichols-Turman, Embassy - Lawrence Turman
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Kramer, Columbia - Stanley Kramer

1968 (41st) Oliver! - Romulus, Columbia - John Woolf
- Funny Girl - Rastar, Columbia - Ray Stark
- The Lion in Winter - Hawarth, Avco Embassy - Martin Poll
- Rachel, Rachel - Kayos, Warner Bros. - Paul Newman
- Romeo and Juliet - B.H.E.-Verona-De Laurentis, Paramount - Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne

1969 (42nd) Midnight Cowboy Hellman-Schlesinger, United Artists - Jerome Hellman
- Anne of the Thousand Days - Wallis, Universal - Hal B. Wallis
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Hill-Monash, 20th Century-Fox - John Foreman
- Hello, Dolly! - Chenault, 20th Century-Fox - Ernest Lehman
- Z - Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C., Cinema V - Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi

1970-an

1970 (43rd) Patton - 20th Century-Fox - Frank McCarthy
- Airport - Hunter, Universal - Ross Hunter
- Five Easy Pieces - BBS Productions, Columbia - Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
- Love Story - Paramount - Howard G. Minsky
- MASH - Aspen, 20th Century-Fox - Ingo Preminger

1971 (44th) The French Connection - D'Antoni-Schine-Moore, 20th Century-Fox - Philip D'Antoni
- A Clockwork Orange - Haek Films, Warner Bros. - Stanley Kubrick
- Fiddler on the Roof - Mirisch-Cartier, United Artists - Norman Jewison
- The Last Picture Show - BBS Productions, Columbia - Stephen J. Friedman
- Nicholas and Alexandra - Horizon, Columbia - Sam Spiegel

1972 (45th) The Godfather - Ruddy, Paramount - Albert S. Ruddy
- Cabaret - ABC Pictures, Allied Artists - Cy Feuer
- Deliverance - Warner Bros. - John Boorman
- Sounder - Radnitz/Mattel, 20th Century-Fox - Robert B. Radnitz
- The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) - Svensk Filmindusttri, Warner Bros. (Swedish)- Bengt Forslund

1973 (46th) The Sting - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal - Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
- American Graffiti - Lucasfilm/Coppola Company, Universal - Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz
- The Exorcist - Hoya, Warner Bros. - William Peter Blatty
- A Touch of Class - Brut Prods., Avco Embassy - Melvin Frank
- Cries and Whispers - Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Prod., New World Pictures (Swedish) - Ingmar Bergman

1974 (47th) The Godfather Part II - Coppola Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
- Chinatown - Evans, Paramount - Robert Evans
- The Conversation - Directors Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola
- Lenny - Worth, United Artists - Marvin Worth
- The Towering Inferno - Irwin Allen, 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. - Irwin Allen

1975 (48th) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Fantasy Films, United Artists - Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
- Barry Lyndon - Hawk Films, Warner Bros. - Stanley Kubrick
- Dog Day Afternoon - Warner Bros. - Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand
- Jaws - Zanuck/Brown, Universal - Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
- Nashville - ABC Entertainment-Weintraub-Altman, Paramount - Robert Altman

1976 (49th) Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists - Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
- All the President's Men - Wildwood, Warner Bros. - Walter Coblenz
- Bound for Glory - United Artists - Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal
- Network - Gottfried/Chayefsky, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists - Howard Gottfried
- Taxi Driver Bill/Phillips-Scorsese - Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips

1977 (50th) Annie Hall - Rollins-Joffe, United Artists - Charles H. Joffe
- The Goodbye Girl - Stark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. - Ray Stark
- Julia - 20th Century-Fox - Richard Roth
- Star Wars - Lucasfilm, 20th Century-Fox - Gary Kurtz
- The Turning Point - Hera Productions, 20th Century-Fox - Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents

1978 (51st) The Deer Hunter - EMI Films/Cimino, Universal - Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
- Coming Home - Hellman, United Artists - Jerome Hellman
- Heaven Can Wait - Dogwood, Paramount - Warren Beatty
- Midnight Express - Casablanca-Filmworks, Columbia - Alan Marshall and David Puttnam
- An Unmarried Woman - 20th Century-Fox - Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray

1979 (52nd) Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia - Stanley R. Jaffe
- Apocalypse Now - Omni Zoetrope, United Artists - Francis Ford Coppola with Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg
- All That Jazz - Columbia/20th Century-Fox - Robert Alan Aurthur
- Breaking Away - 20th Century-Fox - Peter Yates
- Norma Rae - 20th Century-Fox - Tamara Aseyev and Alex Rose

1980-an

1980 (53rd) Ordinary People - Wildwood, Paramount - Ronald L. Schwary
- Coal Miner's Daughter - Schwartz, Universal - Bernard Schwartz
- The Elephant Man - Brooksfilms, Paramount - Jonathan Sanger
- Raging Bull - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists - Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
- Tess - Renn-Burrill Société Française de Production (S.F.P.), Columbia - Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill

1981 (54th) Chariots of Fire - Enigma, The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. - David Puttnam
- Atlantic City - International Cinema Corporation, Paramount - Denis Heroux
- On Golden Pond - ITC Films/IPC Films, Universal/Associated Film Distribution - Bruce Gilbert
- Raiders of the Lost Ark - Lucasfilm, Paramount - Frank Marshall
- Reds - J.R.S., Paramount - Warren Beatty

1982 (55th) Gandhi - Indo-British Films, Columbia - Richard Attenborough
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Universal - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
- Missing - Universal/PolyGram, Universal - Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis
- Tootsie - Mirage/Punch, Columbia - Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards
- The Verdict - Fox-Zanuck/Brown, 20th Century Fox - Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown

1983 (56th) Terms of Endearment - Brooks, Paramount - James L. Brooks
- The Big Chill - Carson Productions Group, Columbia - Michael Shamberg
- The Dresser - Goldcrest/Television Limited/World Film Services, Columbia - Peter Yates
- The Right Stuff - Chartoff-Winkler, Ladd Company, Warner Bros. - Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
- Tender Mercies - EMI-Antron Media, Universal/AFD - Philip S. Hobel

1984 (57th) Amadeus - Barrandov Studios - Zaentz, Orion - Saul Zaentz
- The Killing Fields - Goldcrest/International Film Investors, Warner Bros. - David Puttnam
- A Passage to India - G. W. Films Ltd., Columbia - John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin
- Places in the Heart - Tri-Star - Arlene Donovan
- A Soldier's Story - Caldix, Columbia - Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer

1985 (58th) Out of Africa - Universal - Sydney Pollack
- The Color Purple - Warner Bros. - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones
- Kiss of the Spider Woman - H. B. Filmes/Sugarloaf Films, Island Alive - David Weisman
- Prizzi's Honor - ABC Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox/Producers Sales Organization - John Foreman
- Witness - Feldman, Paramount - Edward S. Feldman

1986 (59th) Platoon - Hemdale, Orion - Arnold Kopelson
- Children of a Lesser God - Sugarman, Paramount - Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer
- Hannah and Her Sisters - Rollins-Joffe, Orion - Robert Greenhut
- The Mission - Warner Bros./Goldcrest/Kingsmere, Warner Bros. - Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
- A Room with a View - Merchant Ivory, Cinecom - Ismail Merchant

1987 (60th) The Last Emperor (末代皇帝) - Hemdale, Columbia - Jeremy Thomas
- Broadcast News - 20th Century-Fox - James L. Brooks
- Fatal Attraction - Jaffe/Lansing, Paramount - Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
- Hope and Glory - Davros Production Services Ltd., Columbia/Nelson Entertainment - John Boorman
- Moonstruck - Palmer & Jewison, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison

1988 (61st) Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists - Mark Johnson
- The Accidental Tourist - Warner Bros. - Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
- Dangerous Liaisons - Lorimar Film Entertainment, NFH Productions, Warner Bros. - Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
- Mississippi Burning - Orion Pictures Corp. - Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
- Working Girl - 20th Century Fox - Douglas Wick

1989 (62nd) Driving Miss Daisy - Majestic Films International, Zanuck Company., Warner Bros. - Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
- Born on the Fourth of July - Ixtlan Corp., Universal - A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
- Dead Poets' Society - Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures - Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
- Field of Dreams - Gordon Company, Universal - Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
- My Left Foot - Ferndale Films, Granada, Raidio Teilifis Éireann - Noel Pearson

1990-an

1990 (63rd) Dances with Wolves - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International, Orion Pictures Corp. - Michael Flynn, Kevin Costner
- Awakenings - Columbia Pictures Corp. - Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
- Ghost - Paramount Pictures - Lisa Weinstein
- The Godfather, Part III - Paramount Pictures, Zoetrope Studios - Francis Ford Coppola
- Goodfellas - Warner Bros. - Irwin Winkler

1991 (64th) The Silence of the Lambs - Orion Pictures Corp. - Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
- Beauty and the Beast - Walt Disney Pictures - Don Hahn
- Bugsy - Baltimore Pictures, Desert Vision, Mulholland Productions, TriStar Pictures - Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
- JFK - Alcor Films, Camelot, Ixtlan Corp., Le Studio Canal+, Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
- The Prince of Tides - Barwood Films, Columbia Pictures, Longfellow Pictures - Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch

1992 (65th) Unforgiven - Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. - Clint Eastwood
- The Crying Game - British Screen, Channel Four Films, Eurotrustees, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Palace, Miramax Films - Stephen Woolley
- A Few Good Men - Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corp. - David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
- Howards End - Channel Four Films, Cinema 10, Ide Films, Imagica, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Merchant-Ivory Productions, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Sumitomo, Sony Pictures Classics - Ismail Merchant
- Scent of a Woman - City Light Films, Universal Pictures - Martin Brest

1993 (66th) Schindler's List - Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
- The Fugitive - Warner Bros. - Arnold Kopelson
- In the Name of the Father - Hell's Kitchen Films, Universal Pictures - Jim Sheridan
- The Piano - Australian Film Commission, CiBy 2000, New South Wales Film and Television Office - Jane Campion
- The Remains of the Day - Columbia Pictures Corp., Merchant-Ivory Productions - Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant

1994 (67th) Forrest Gump - Paramount Pictures - Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
- Four Weddings and a Funeral - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Film Entertainment, Working Title Films - Duncan Kenworthy
- Pulp Fiction - A Band Apart, Jersey Films, Miramax Films - Lawrence Bender
- Quiz Show - Baltimore Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises - Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozick, Robert Redford
- The Shawshank Redemption - Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corp. - Niki Marvin

1995 (68th) Braveheart - 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 - Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Brian Grazer
- Babe - Kennedy Miller Productions, Universal Pictures - Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
- Il Postino (The Postman) - Blue Dahlia Productions, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Penta Films S. L., Miramax - Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Danieli
- Sense and Sensibility - Columbia Pictures Corp., Mirage - Lindsay Doran

1996 (69th) The English Patient - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions - Saul Zaentz
- Fargo - Gramercy Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Ethan Coen
- Jerry Maguire - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
- Secrets & Lies - Channel Four Films, CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, October Films - Simon Channing-Williams
- Shine - AFFC, Film Victoria, Momentum Films, Fine Line Features - Jane Scott

1997 (70th) Titanic - 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Pictures - James Cameron, Jon Landau
- As Good as It Gets - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
- The Full Monty - 20th Century Fox, Channel Four Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Redwave Films - Umberto Pasolini
- Good Will Hunting - Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership, Lawrence Bender Productions, Miramax Films - Lawrence Bender
- L.A. Confidential - Monarchy Enterprises B. V., Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson

1998 (71st) Shakespeare in Love - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures - David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
- Elizabeth - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
- Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) - Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Melampo Cinematografica, Miramax Films - Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
- Saving Private Ryan - Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Mark Gordon Productions, Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures - Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
- The Thin Red Line - Fox 2000 Pictures, Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures - Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill.

1999 (72nd) American Beauty - DreamWorks SKG, Jinks/Cohen Company - Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
- The Cider House Rules - Film Colony, Miramax Films - Richard N. Gladstein
- The Green Mile - Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions, Warner Bros. - Frank Darabont, David Valdes
- The Insider - Blue Light Productions, Forward Pass, Kaitz Productions, Mann/Roth Productions, Touchstone Pictures - Pirter an Brugge, Michael Mann
- The Sixth Sense - Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company - Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel