The Academy Awards (better known as “The Oscars”) are the most prominent film award in the United States. Though there will always be debate over whether certain year’s winners were really the best, as opposed to just the favorite, winning an Oscar still carries enormous prestige. The Awards are given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which currently has a voting membership of over 9,400. Actors make up the largest voting bloc with a membership of over 1,300. Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars,” which is also the nickname of the statuette that is awarded. (No one knows for certain, but one commonly accepted story is that the name was born when Academy librarian Margaret Herrick first saw the statuette and said “It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”). When the Awards first began, in order to qualify a film had to open in Los Angeles during the twelve months ending on July 31 of the previous year. Beginning in 1934, it was changed so that each year’s Awards are given to films that actually opened at any time in the previous calendar year, January 1 to December 31. Awards are usually presented in February or March, for the previous year’s films.
The following listing gives the Academy Award winners for Best Motion Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Director, and International Feature Film. (Prior to the awards for 2019, this last category was called Foreign Language Film. Competitive awards for Best Foreign Language Film began with the awards for 1956, though between 1947-1955 the Academy did present special honorary awards to the best foreign language film.)
Winners are CAPITALIZED and listed first; other nominations for that year are listed following the winner. Note that this listing is by the year the award was presented (for movies from the previous year), NOT by the year of the movie’s release.
2024
Picture:
OPPENHEIMER, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
Actor:
CILLIAN MURPHY in Oppenheimer, Bradley Cooper in Maestro, Colman Domingo in Rustin, Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers, Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction
Actress:
EMMA STONE in Poor Things, Annette Bening in Nyad, Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall, Carey Mulligan in Maestro
Director:
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN for Oppenheimer, Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall, Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon, Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things, Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest
International:
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom)
2023
Picture:
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking
Actor:
BRENDAN FRASER in The Whale, Austin Butler in Elvis, Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin, Paul Mescal in Aftersun, Bill Nighy in Living
Actress:
MICHELLE YEOH in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Cate Blanchett in Tár, Ana de Armas in Blonde, Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie, Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
Director:
DANIEL KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin, Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans, Todd Field for Tár, Ruben Östlund for Triangle of Sadness
International:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Germany)
2022
Picture:
CODA, Belfast, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story
Actor:
WILL SMITH in King Richard, Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos, Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog, Andrew Garfield in tick, tick...BOOM!, Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Actress:
JESSICA CHASTAIN in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, Kristen Stewart in Spencer
Director:
JANE CAMPION for The Power of the Dog, Kenneth Branagh for Belfast, Ryusuke Hamaguchi for Drive My Car, Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza, Steven Spielberg for West Side Story
International:
DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)
2021
Picture:
NOMADLAND, The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Actor:
ANTHONY HOPKINS in The Father, Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal, Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Gary Oldman in Mank, Steven Yeun in Minari
Actress:
FRANCES McDORMAND in Nomadland, Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman, Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman
Director:
CHLOÉ ZHAO for Nomadland, Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round, David Fincher for Mank, Lee Isaac Chung for Minari, Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman
International:
ANOTHER ROUND (Denmark)
2020
Picture:
PARASITE, 1917, Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Actor:
JOAQUIN PHOENIX in Joker, Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory, Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Adam Driver in Marriage Story, Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes
Actress:
RENÉE ZELLWEGER in Judy, Cynthia Erivo in Harriet, Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story, Saoirse Ronan in Little Women, Charlize Theron in Bombshell
Director:
BONG JOON-HO for Parasite, Sam Mendes for 1917, Todd Phillips for Joker, Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
International:
PARASITE (South Korea)
2019
Picture:
GREEN BOOK, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Roma, A Star Is Born, Vice
Actor:
RAMI MALEK in Bohemian Rhapsody, Christian Bale in Vice, Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born, Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’s Gate, Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Actress:
OLIVIA COLMAN in The Favourite, Yalitza Aparicio in Roma, Glenn Close in The Wife, Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born, Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Director:
ALFONSO CUARÓN for Roma, Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite, Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman, Adam McKay for Vice, Pawel Pawlikowski for Cold War
Foreign:
ROMA (Mexico)
2018
Picture:
THE SHAPE OF WATER, Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actor:
GARY OLDMAN in Darkest Hour, Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name, Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread, Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out, Denzel Washington in Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Actress:
FRANCES McDORMAND in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water, Margot Robbie in I, Tonya, Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird, Meryl Streep in The Post
Director:
GUILLERMO DEL TORO for The Shape of Water, Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk, Jordan Peele for Get Out, Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird, Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Foreign:
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Chile)
2017
Picture:
MOONLIGHT, Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea
Actor:
CASEY AFFLECK in Manchester by the Sea, Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge, Ryan Gosling in La La Land, Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic, Denzel Washington in Fences
Actress:
EMMA STONE in La La Land, Natalie Portman in Jackie, Ruth Negga in Loving, Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins, Isabelle Huppert in Elle
Director:
DAMIEN CHAZELLE for La La Land, Denis Villeneuve for Arrival, Mel Gibson for Hacksaw Ridge, Barry Jenkins for Moonlight, Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea
Foreign:
THE SALESMAN (Iran)
2016
Picture:
SPOTLIGHT, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room
Actor:
LEONARDO DICAPRIO in The Revenant, Bryan Cranston in Trumbo, Matt Damon in The Martian, Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs, Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
Actress:
BRIE LARSON in Room, Cate Blanchett in Carol, Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years, Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
Director:
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU for The Revenant, Adam McKay for The Big Short, George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road, Lenny Abrahamson for Room, Tom McCarthy for Spotlight
Foreign:
SON OF SAUL (Hungary)
2015
Picture:
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE), American Sniper, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash
Actor:
EDDIE REDMAYNE in The Theory of Everything, Steve Carell in Foxcatcher, Bradley Cooper in American Sniper, Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Actress:
JULIANNE MOORE in Still Alice, Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night, Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything, Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl, Reese Witherspoon in Wild
Director:
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Richard Linklater for Boyhood, Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher, Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game
Foreign:
IDA (Poland)
2014
Picture:
12 YEARS A SLAVE, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street
Actor:
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY in Dallas Buyers Club, Christian Bale in American Hustle, Bruce Dern in Nebraska, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave
Actress:
CATE BLANCHETT in Blue Jasmine, Amy Adams in American Hustle, Sandra Bullock in Gravity, Judi Dench in Philomena, Meryl Streep in August: Osage County
Director:
ALFONSO CUARÓN for Gravity, David O. Russell for American Hustle, Alexander Payne for Nebraska, Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave, Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street
Foreign:
THE GREAT BEAUTY (Italy)
2013
Picture:
ARGO, Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty
Actor:
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in Lincoln, Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master, Denzel Washington in Flight
Actress:
JENNIFER LAWRENCE in Silver Linings Playbook, Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Emmanuelle Riva in Amour, Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Naomi Watts in The Impossible
Director:
ANG LEE for Life of Pi, Michael Haneke for Amour, Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild, Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
Foreign:
AMOUR (Austria)
2012
Picture:
THE ARTIST, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse
Actor:
JEAN DUJARDIN in The Artist, Demián Bichir in A Better Life, George Clooney in The Descendants, Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Actress:
MERYL STREEP in The Iron Lady, Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis in The Help, Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Director:
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS for The Artist, Alexander Payne for The Descendants, Martin Scorsese for Hugo, Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Foreign:
A SEPARATION (Iran)
2011
Picture:
THE KING’S SPEECH, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter’s Bone
Actor:
COLIN FIRTH in The King’s Speech, Javier Bardem in Biutiful, Jeff Bridges in True Grit, Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network, James Franco in 127 Hours
Actress:
NATALIE PORTMAN in Black Swan, Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right, Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole, Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone, Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Director:
TOM HOOPER for The King’s Speech, Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan, David O. Russell for The Fighter, David Fincher for The Social Network, Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
Foreign:
IN A BETTER WORLD (Denmark)
2010
Picture:
THE HURT LOCKER, Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up In the Air
Actor:
JEFF BRIDGES in Crazy Heart, George Clooney in Up In the Air, Colin Firth in A Single Man, Morgan Freeman in Invictus, Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Actress:
SANDRA BULLOCK in The Blind Side, Helen Mirren in The Last Station, Carey Mulligan in An Education, Gabourey Sidibe in Precious, Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Director:
KATHRYN BIGELOW for The Hurt Locker, James Cameron for Avatar, Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds, Lee Daniels for Precious, Jason Reitman for Up In the Air
Foreign:
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (Argentina)
2009
Picture:
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader
Actor:
SEAN PENN in Milk, Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon, Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Actress:
KATE WINSLET in The Reader, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, Angelina Jolie in Changeling, Melissa Leo in Frozen River, Meryl Streep in Doubt
Director:
DANNY BOYLE for Slumdog Millionaire, Stephen Daldry for The Reader, David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon, Gus Van Sant for Milk
Foreign:
OKURIBITO (DEPARTURES) (Japan)
2008
Picture:
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood
Actor:
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in There Will Be Blood, George Clooney in Michael Clayton, Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd, Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah, Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Actress:
MARION COTILLARD in La Vie en Rose, Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth, Julie Christie in Away From Her, Laura Linney in The Savages, Ellen Page in Juno
Director:
JOEL AND ETHAN COEN for No Country For Old Men, Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jason Reitman for Juno, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton, Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Foreign:
THE COUNTERFEITERS (Austria)
2007
Picture:
THE DEPARTED, Babel, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
Actor:
FOREST WHITAKER in The Last King of Scotland, Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond, Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson, Peter O’Toole in Venus, Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness
Actress:
HELEN MIRREN in The Queen, Penélope Cruz in Volver, Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal, Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Kate Winslet in Little Children
Director:
MARTIN SCORSESE for The Departed, Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel, Clint Eastwood for Letters From Iwo Jima, Stephen Frears for The Queen, Paul Greengrass for United 93
Foreign:
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Germany)
2006
Picture:
CRASH, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
Actor:
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN in Capote, Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line, David Strathairn in Good Night and Good Luck
Actress:
REESE WITHERSPOON in Walk the Line, Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents, Felicity Huffman in Transamerica, Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice, Charlize Theron in North Country
Director:
ANG LEE for Brokeback Mountain, Bennett Miller for Capote, Paul Haggis for Crash, George Clooney for Good Night and Good Luck, Steven Spielberg for Munich
Foreign:
TSOTSI (South Africa)
2005
Picture:
MILLION DOLLAR BABY, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways
Actor:
JAMIE FOXX in Ray, Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator, Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby
Actress:
HILARY SWANK in Million Dollar Baby, Annette Bening in Being Julia, Catalina Sandino Moreno in Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake, Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Director:
CLINT EASTWOOD for Million Dollar Baby, Taylor Hackford for Ray, Mike Leigh for Vera Drake, Alexander Payne for Sideways, Martin Scorsese for The Aviator
Foreign:
THE SEA INSIDE (Spain)
2004
Picture:
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, Lost In Translation, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
Actor:
SEAN PENN in Mystic River, Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog, Jude Law in Cold Mountain, Bill Murray in Lost In Translation
Actress:
CHARLIZE THERON in Monster, Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider, Diane Keaton in Something’s Gotta Give, Samantha Morton in In America, Naomi Watts in 21 Grams
Director:
PETER JACKSON for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Fernando Meirelles for City of God, Sofia Coppola for Lost In Translation, Peter Weir for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Clint Eastwood for Mystic River
Foreign:
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Canada)
2003
Picture:
CHICAGO, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
Actor:
ADRIEN BRODY in The Pianist, Nicolas Cage in Adaptation, Michael Caine in The Quiet American, Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York, Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt
Actress:
NICOLE KIDMAN in The Hours, Salma Hayek in Frida, Diane Lane in Unfaithful, Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven, Renee Zellweger in Chicago
Director:
ROMAN POLANSKI for The Pianist, Rob Marshall for Chicago, Martin Scorsese for Gangs of New York, Stephen Daldry for The Hours, Pedro Almodovar for Talk to Her
Foreign:
NOWHERE IN AFRICA (Germany)
2002
Picture:
A BEAUTIFUL MIND, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge
Actor:
DENZEL WASHINGTON in Training Day, Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind, Sean Penn in I Am Sam, Will Smith in Ali, Tom Wilkinson in In the Bedroom
Actress:
HALLE BERRY in Monster’s Ball, Judi Dench in Iris, Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge, Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom, Renee Zellwegger in Bridget Jones’s Diary
Director:
RON HOWARD for A Beautiful Mind, Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down, Robert Altman for Gosford Park, Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, David Lynch for Mulholland Drive
Foreign:
NO MAN’S LAND (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
2001
Picture:
GLADIATOR, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Traffic
Actor:
RUSSELL CROWE in Gladiator, Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls, Tom Hanks in Cast Away, Ed Harris in Pollock, Geoffrey Rush in Quills
Actress:
JULIA ROBERTS in Erin Brockovich, Joan Allen in The Contender, Juliette Binoche in Chocolat, Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, Laura Linney in You Can Count On Me
Director:
STEVEN SODERBERGH for Traffic, Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot, Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Steven Soderbergh for Erin Brockovich, Ridley Scott for Gladiator
Foreign:
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Taiwan)
2000
Picture:
AMERICAN BEAUTY, The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense
Actor:
KEVIN SPACEY in American Beauty, Russell Crowe in The Insider, Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story, Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown, Denzel Washington in The Hurricane
Actress:
HILARY SWANK in Boys Don’t Cry, Annette Bening in American Beauty, Janet McTeer in Tumbleweeds, Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair, Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart
Director:
SAM MENDES for American Beauty, Spike Jonze for Being John Malkovich, Lasse Hallstrom for The Cider House Rules, Michael Mann for The Insider, M. Night Shyamalan for The Sixth Sense
Foreign:
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Spain)
1999
Picture:
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
Actor:
ROBERTO BENIGNI in Life is Beautiful, Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan, Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters, Nick Nolte in Affliction, Edward Norton in American History X
Actress:
GWYNETH PALTROW in Shakespeare in Love, Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth, Fernanda Montenegro in Central Station, Meryl Streep in One True Thing, Emily Watson in Hilary and Jackie
Director:
STEVEN SPIELBERG for Saving Private Ryan, Roberto Benigni for Life is Beautiful, John Madden for Shakespeare in Love, Terrence Malick for The Thin Red Line, Peter Weir for The Truman Show
Foreign:
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Italy)
1998
Picture:
TITANIC, L.A. Confidential, As Good As It Gets, Good Will Hunting, The Full Monty
Actor:
JACK NICHOLSON in As Good As It Gets, Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog, Robert Duvall in The Apostle, Peter Fonda in Ulee’s Gold
Actress:
HELEN HUNT in As Good As It Gets, Judi Dench in (Her Majesty) Mrs. Brown, Helena Bonham Carter in The Wings of the Dove, Kate Winslet in Titanic, Julie Christie in Afterglow
Director:
JAMES CAMERON for Titanic, Peter Cattaneo for The Full Monty, Atom Egoyan for The Sweet Hereafter, Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential, Gus Van Sant for Good Will Hunting
Foreign:
CHARACTER (Netherlands)
1997
Picture:
THE ENGLISH PATIENT, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets and Lies, Shine
Actor:
GEOFFREY RUSH in Shine, Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient, Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flynt, Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade
Actress:
FRANCES MCDORMAND in Fargo, Brenda Blethyn in Secrets and Lies, Diane Keaton in Marvin’s Room, Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient, Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
Director:
ANTHONY MINGHELLA for The English Patient, Joel Coen for Fargo, Milos Forman for The People vs. Larry Flynt, Scott Hicks for Shine, Mike Leigh for Secrets and Lies
Foreign:
KOLYA (Czech Republic)
1996
Picture:
BRAVEHEART, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility
Actor:
NICOLAS CAGE in Leaving Las Vegas, Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland’s Opus, Anthony Hopkins in Nixon, Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking, Massimo Troisi in Il Postino
Actress:
SUSAN SARANDON in Dead Man Walking, Elisabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas, Sharon Stone in Casino, Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County, Emma Thompson in Sense and Sensibility
Director:
MEL GIBSON for Braveheart, Mike Figgis for Leaving Las Vegas, Chris Noonan for Babe, Michael Radford for Il Postino, Tim Robbins for Dead Man Walking
Foreign:
ANTONIA’S LINE (Netherlands)
1995
Picture:
FORREST GUMP, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption
Actor:
TOM HANKS in Forrest Gump, Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption, Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George, Paul Newman in Nobody’s Fool, John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
Actress:
JESSICA LANGE in Blue Sky, Jodie Foster in Nell, Miranda Richardson in Tom and Viv, Winona Ryder in Little Women, Susan Sarandon in The Client
Director:
ROBERT ZEMECKIS for Forrest Gump, Woody Allen for Bullets Over Broadway, Krzysztof Kieslowski for Red, Robert Redford for Quiz Show, Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
Foreign:
BURNT BY THE SUN (Russia)
1994
Picture:
SCHINDLER’S LIST, The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, The Remains of the Day
Actor:
TOM HANKS in Philadelphia, Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father, Laurence Fishburne in What’s Love Got to Do With It, Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day, Liam Neeson in Schindler’s List
Actress:
HOLLY HUNTER in The Piano, Angela Bassett in What’s Love Got to Do With It, Stockard Channing in Six Degrees of Separation, Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day, Debra Winger in Shadowlands
Director:
STEVEN SPIELBERG for Schindler’s List, Robert Altman for Short Cuts, Jane Campion for The Piano, James Ivory for The Remains of the Day, Jim Sheridan for In the Name of the Father
Foreign:
BELLE EPOQUE (Spain)
1993
Picture:
UNFORGIVEN, The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman
Actor:
AL PACINO in Scent of a Woman, Robert Downey, Jr. in Chaplin, Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, Stephen Rea in The Crying Game, Denzel Washington in Malcolm X
Actress:
EMMA THOMPSON in Howards End, Catherine Deneuve in Indochine, Mary McDonnell in Passion Fish, Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field, Susan Sarandon in Lorenzo’s Oil
Director:
CLINT EASTWOOD for Unforgiven, Robert Altman for The Player, Martin Brest for Scent of a Woman, James Ivory for Howards End, Neil Jordan for The Crying Game
Foreign:
INDOCHINE (France)
1992
Picture:
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides
Actor:
ANTHONY HOPKINS in The Silence of the Lambs, Warren Beatty in Bugsy, Robert De Niro in Cape Fear, Nick Nolte in The Prince of Tides, Robin Williams in The Fisher King
Actress:
JODIE FOSTER in The Silence of the Lambs, Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise, Laura Dern in Rambling Rose, Bette Midler in For the Boys, Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise
Director:
JONATHAN DEMME for The Silence of the Lambs, Barry Levinson for Bugsy, Ridley Scott for Thelma & Louise, John Singleton for Boyz N the Hood, Oliver Stone for JFK
Foreign:
MEDITERRANEO (Italy)
1991
Picture:
DANCES WITH WOLVES, Awakenings, Ghost, The Godfather, Part III, GoodFellas
Actor:
JEREMY IRONS in Reversal of Fortune, Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves, Robert De Niro in Awakenings, Gerard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac, Richard Harris in The Field
Actress:
KATHY BATES in Misery, Anjelica Huston in The Grifters, Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, Meryl Streep in Postcards from the Edge, Joanne Woodward in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Director:
KEVIN COSTNER for Dances With Wolves, Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, Part III, Stephen Frears for The Grifters, Barbet Schroeder for Reversal of Fortune, Martin Scorsese for GoodFellas
Foreign:
JOURNEY OF HOPE (Switzerland)
1990
Picture:
DRIVING MISS DAISY, Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot
Actor:
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in My Left Foot, Kenneth Branagh in Henry V, Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July, Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy, Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society
Actress:
JESSICA TANDY in Driving Miss Daisy, Isabelle Adjani in Camille Claudel, Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine, Jessica Lange in Music Box, Michelle Pfieffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys
Director:
OLIVER STONE for Born on the Fourth of July, Woody Allen for Crimes and Misdemeanors, Kenneth Branagh for Henry V, Jim Sheridan for My Left Foot, Peter Weir for Dead Poets Society
Foreign:
CINEMA PARADISO (Italy)
1989
Picture:
RAIN MAN, The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Working Girl
Actor:
DUSTIN HOFFMAN in Rain Man, Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning, Tom Hanks in Big, Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, Max von Sydow in Pelle the Conqueror
Actress:
JODIE FOSTER in The Accused, Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons, Melanie Griffith in Working Girl, Meryl Streep in A Cry in the Dark, Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist
Director:
BARRY LEVINSON for Rain Man, Charles Crichton for A Fish Called Wanda, Mike Nichols for Working Girl, Alan Parker for Mississippi Burning, Martin Scorsese for The Last Temptation of Christ
Foreign:
PELLE THE CONQUEROR (Denmark)
1988
Picture:
THE LAST EMPEROR, Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck
Actor:
MICHAEL DOUGLAS in Wall Street, William Hurt in Broadcast News, Marcello Mastroianni in Dark Eyes, Jack Nicholson in Ironweed, Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam
Actress:
CHER in Moonstruck, Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, Holly Hunter in Broadcast News, Sally Kirkland in Anna, Meryl Streep in Ironweed
Director:
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI for The Last Emperor, John Boorman for Hope and Glory, Lasse Hallstrom for My Life as a Dog, Norman Jewison for Moonstruck, Adrian Lyne for Fatal Attraction
Foreign:
BABETTE’S FEAST (Denmark)
1987
Picture:
PLATOON, Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, A Room with a View
Actor:
PAUL NEWMAN in The Color of Money, Dexter Gordon in ’Round Midnight, Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa, William Hurt in Children of a Lesser God, James Woods in Salvador
Actress:
MARLEE MATLIN in Children of a Lesser God, Jane Fonda in The Morning After, Sissy Spacek in Crimes of the Heart, Kathleen Turner in Peggy Sue Got Married, Sigourney Weaver in Aliens
Director:
OLIVER STONE for Platoon, Woody Allen for Hannah and Her Sisters, James Ivory for A Room with a View, Roland Joffe for The Mission, David Lynch for Blue Velvet
Foreign:
THE ASSAULT (Netherlands)
1986
Picture:
OUT OF AFRICA, The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi’s Honor, Witness
Actor:
WILLIAM HURT in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Harrison Ford in Witness, James Garner in Murphy’s Romance, Jack Nicholson in Prizzi’s Honor, Jon Voight in Runaway Train
Actress:
GERALDINE PAGE in The Trip to Bountiful, Anne Bancroft in Agnes of God, Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple, Jessica Lange in Sweet Dreams, Meryl Streep in Out of Africa
Director:
SYDNEY POLLACK for Out of Africa, Hecter Babenco for Kiss of the Spider Woman, John Huston for Prizzi’s Honor, Akira Kurosawa for Ran, Peter Weir for Witness
Foreign:
THE OFFICIAL STORY (Argentina)
1985
Picture:
AMADEUS, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier’s Story
Actor:
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM in Amadeus, Jeff Bridges in Starman, Albert Finney in Under the Volcano, Tom Hulce in Amadeus, Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields
Actress:
SALLY FIELD in Places in the Heart, Judy Davis in A Passage to India, Jessica Lange in Country, Vanessa Redgrave in The Bostonians, Sissy Spacek in The River
Director:
MILOS FORMAN for Amadeus, Woody Allen for Broadway Danny Rose, Robert Benton for Places in the Heart, Roland Joffe for The Killing Fields, David Lean for A Passage to India
Foreign:
DANGEROUS MOVES (Switzerland)
1984
Picture:
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies
Actor:
ROBERT DUVALL in Tender Mercies, Michael Caine in Educating Rita, Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben, Tom Courtenay in The Dresser, Albert Finney in The Dresser
Actress:
SHIRLEY MACLAINE in Terms of Endearment, Jane Alexander in Testament, Meryl Streep in Silkwood, Julie Walters in Educating Rita, Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment
Director:
JAMES L. BROOKS for Terms of Endearment, Bruce Beresford for Tender Mercies, Ingmar Bergman for Fanny and Alexander, Mike Nichols for Silkwood, Peter Yates for The Dresser
Foreign:
FANNY & ALEXANDER (Sweden)
1983
Picture:
GANDHI, E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, Missing, Tootsie, The Verdict
Actor:
BEN KINGSLEY in Gandhi, Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Jack Lemmon in Missing, Paul Newman in The Verdict, Peter O’Toole in My Favorite Year
Actress:
MERYL STREEP in Sophie’s Choice, Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria, Jessica Lange in Frances, Sissy Spacek in Missing, Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman
Director:
RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH for Gandhi, Sidney Lumet for The Verdict, Wolfgang Petersen for Das Boot, Sydney Pollack for Tootsie, Steven Spielberg for E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
Foreign:
TO BEGIN AGAIN (Spain)
1982
Picture:
CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds
Actor:
HENRY FONDA in On Golden Pond, Warren Beatty in Reds, Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City, Dudley Moore in Arthur, Paul Newman in Absence of Malice
Actress:
KATHARINE HEPBURN in On Golden Pond, Diane Keaton in Reds, Marsha Mason in Only When I Laugh, Susan Sarandon in Atlantic City, Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Director:
WARREN BEATTY for Reds, Hugh Hudson for Chariots of Fire, Louis Malle for Atlantic City, Mark Rydell for On Golden Pond, Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark
Foreign:
MEPHISTO (Hungary)
1981
Picture:
ORDINARY PEOPLE, Coal Miner’s Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess
Actor:
ROBERT DE NIRO in Raging Bull, Robert Duvall in The Great Santini, John Hurt in The Elephant Man, Jack Lemmon in Tribute, Peter O’Toole in The Stunt Man
Actress:
SISSY SPACEK in Coal Miner’s Daughter, Ellen Burstyn in Resurrection, Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People, Gena Rowlands in Gloria
Director:
ROBERT REDFORD for Ordinary People, David Lynch for The Elephant Man, Roman Polanski for Tess, Richard Rush for The Stunt Man, Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull
Foreign:
MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS (U.S.S.R.)
1980
Picture:
KRAMER vs. KRAMER, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Breaking Away, Norma Rae
Actor:
DUSTIN HOFFMAN in Kramer vs. Kramer, Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome, Al Pacino in And Justice For All, Roy Scheider in All That Jazz, Peter Sellers in Being There
Actress:
SALLY FIELD in Norma Rae, Jill Clayburgh in Starting Over, Jane Fonda in The China Syndrome, Marsha Mason in Chapter Two, Bette Midler in The Rose
Director:
ROBERT BENTON for Kramer vs. Kramer, Francis Ford Coppola for Apocalypse Now, Bob Fosse for All That Jazz, Edouard Molinaro for La Cage Aux Folles, Peter Yates for Breaking Away
Foreign:
THE TIN DRUM (Federal Republic of Germany)
1979
Picture:
THE DEER HUNTER, Coming Home, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, An Unmarried Woman
Actor:
JON VOIGHT in Coming Home, Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait, Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story, Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter, Laurence Olivier in The Boys From Brazil
Actress:
JANE FONDA in Coming Home, Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata, Ellen Burstyn in Same Time, Next Year, Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman, Geraldine Page in Interiors
Director:
MICHAEL CIMINO for The Deer Hunter, Woody Allen for Interiors, Hal Ashby for Coming Home, Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for Heaven Can Wait, Alan Parker for Midnight Express
Foreign:
GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS (France)
1978
Picture:
ANNIE HALL, The Goodbye Girl, Julia, Star Wars, The Turning Point
Actor:
RICHARD DREYFUSS in The Goodbye Girl, Woody Allen in Annie Hall, Richard Burton in Equus, Marcello Mastroianni in A Special Day, John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever
Actress:
DIANE KEATON in Annie Hall, Anne Bancroft in The Turning Point, Jane Fonda in Julia, Shirley MacLaine in The Turning Point, Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl
Director:
WOODY ALLEN for Annie Hall, George Lucas for Star Wars, Herbert Ross for The Turning Point, Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Fred Zinnemann for Julia
Foreign:
MADAME ROSA (France)
1977
Picture:
ROCKY, All the President’s Men, Bound for Glory, Network, Taxi Driver
Actor:
PETER FINCH in Network, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties, William Holden in Network, Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
Actress:
FAYE DUNAWAY in Network, Marie-Christine Barrault in Cousin, Cousine, Talia Shire in Rocky, Sissy Spacek in Carrie, Liv Ullmann in Face to Face
Director:
JOHN G. AVILDSEN for Rocky, Ingmar Bergman for Face to Face, Sidney Lumet for Network, Alan J. Pakula for All the President’s Men, Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties
Foreign:
BLACK & WHITE IN COLOR (Ivory Coast)
1976
Picture:
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville
Actor:
JACK NICHOLSON in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys, Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, Maximilian Schell in The Man in the Glass Booth, James Whitmore in Give ’Em Hell, Harry!
Actress:
LOUISE FLETCHER in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Isabelle Adjani in The Story of Adele H., Ann-Margret in Tommy, Glenda Jackson in Hedda, Carol Kane in Hester Street
Director:
MILOS FORMAN for One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Robert Altman for Nashville, Federico Fellini for Amarcord, Stanley Kubrick for Barry Lyndon, Sidney Lumet for Dog Day Afternoon
Foreign:
DERSU UZALA (U.S.S.R.)
1975
Picture:
THE GODFATHER, PART II, Chinatown, The Conversation, Lenny, The Towering Inferno
Actor:
ART CARNEY in Harry and Tonto, Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, Dustin Hoffman in Lenny, Jack Nicholson in Chinatown, Al Pacino in The Godfather, Part II
Actress:
ELLEN BURSTYN in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Diahann Carroll in Claudine, Faye Dunaway in Chinatown, Valerie Perrine in Lenny, Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence
Director:
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA for The Godfather, Part II, John Cassavetes for A Woman Under the Influence, Bob Fosse for Lenny, Roman Polanski for Chinatown, Francois Truffaut for Day for Night
Foreign:
AMARCORD (Italy)
1974
Picture:
THE STING, American Graffiti, Cries and Whispers, The Exorcist, A Touch of Class
Actor:
JACK LEMMON in Save the Tiger, Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris, Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail, Al Pacino in Serpico, Robert Redford in The Sting
Actress:
GLENDA JACKSON in A Touch of Class, Ellen Burstyn in The Exorcist, Marsha Mason in Cinderella Liberty, Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, Joanne Woodward in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Director:
GEORGE ROY HILL for The Sting, Ingmar Bergman for Cries and Whispers, Bernardo Bertolucci for Last Tango in Paris, William Friedkin for The Exorcist, George Lucas for American Graffiti
Foreign:
DAY FOR NIGHT (France)
1973
Picture:
THE GODFATHER, Cabaret, Deliverance, The Emigrants, Sounder
Actor:
MARLON BRANDO in The Godfather, Michael Caine in Sleuth, Laurence Olivier in Sleuth, Peter O’Toole in The Ruling Class, Paul Winfield in Sounder
Actress:
LIZA MINNELLI in Cabaret, Diana Ross in Lady Sings The Blues, Maggie Smith in Travels With My Aunt, Cicely Tyson in Sounder, Liv Ullmann in The Emigrants
Director:
BOB FOSSE for Cabaret, John Boorman for Deliverance, Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Sleuth, Jan Troell for The Emigrants
Foreign:
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (France)
1972
Picture:
THE FRENCH CONNECTION, A Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Picture Show, Nicholas and Alexandra
Actor:
GENE HACKMAN in The French Connection, Peter Finch in Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Walter Matthau in Kotch, George C. Scott in The Hospital, Topol in Fiddler on the Roof
Actress:
JANE FONDA in Klute, Julie Christie in McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Glenda Jackson in Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Vanessa Redgrave in Mary, Queen of Scots, Janet Suzman in Nicholas and Alexandra
Director:
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN for The French Connection, Peter Bogdanovich for The Last Picture Show, Norman Jewison for Fiddler on the Roof, Stanley Kubrick for A Clockwork Orange, John Schlesinger for Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Foreign:
THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (Italy)
1971
Picture:
PATTON, Airport, Five Easy Pieces, Love Story, M*A*S*H
Actor:
GEORGE C. SCOTT in Patton, Melvyn Douglas in I Never Sang For My Father, James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope, Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, Ryan O’Neal in Love Story
Actress:
GLENDA JACKSON in Women in Love, Jane Alexander in The Great White Hope, Ali MacGraw in Love Story, Sarah Miles in Ryan’s Daughter, Carrie Snodgrass in Diary of a Mad Housewife
Director:
FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER for Patton, Robert Altman for M*A*S*H, Federico Fellini for Fellini Satyricon, Arthur Hiller for Love Story, Ken Russell for Women in Love
Foreign:
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION (Italy)
1970
Picture:
MIDNIGHT COWBOY, Anne of the Thousand Days, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hello, Dolly!, Z
Actor:
JOHN WAYNE in True Grit, Richard Burton in Anne of the Thousand Days, Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy, Peter O’Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy
Actress:
MAGGIE SMITH in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Genevieve Bujold in Anne of the Thousand Days, Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Liza Minnelli in The Sterile Cuckoo, Jean Simmons in The Happy Ending
Director:
JOHN SCHLESINGER for Midnight Cowboy, Costa-Gavras for Z, George Roy Hill for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Arthur Penn for Alice’s Restaurant, Sydney Pollack for They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Foreign:
Z (Algeria)
1969
Picture:
OLIVER!, Funny Girl, The Lion in Winter, Rachel, Rachel, Romeo and Juliet
Actor:
CLIFF ROBERTSON in Charly, Alan Arkin in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Alan Bates in The Fixer, Ron Moody in Oliver!, Peter O’Toole in The Lion in Winter
Actress:
KATHARINE HEPBURN in The Lion in Winter and BARBRA STREISAND in Funny Girl (tie), Patricia Neal in The Subject Was Roses, Vanessa Redgrave in Isadora, Joanne Woodward in Rachel, Rachel
Director:
SIR CAROL REED for Oliver!, Anthony Harvey for The Lion in Winter, Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gillo Pontecorvo for The Battle of Algiers, Franco Zeffirelli for Romeo and Juliet
Foreign:
WAR AND PEACE (U.S.S.R.)
1968
Picture:
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, Bonnie And Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Actor:
ROD STEIGER in In the Heat of the Night, Warren Beatty in Bonnie And Clyde, Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke, Spencer Tracy in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Actress:
KATHARINE HEPBURN in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Anne Bancroft in The Graduate, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie And Clyde, Edith Evans in The Whisperers, Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark
Director:
MIKE NICHOLS for The Graduate, Richard Brooks for In Cold Blood, Norman Jewison for In the Heat of the Night, Stanley Kramer for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Arthur Penn for Bonnie And Clyde
Foreign:
CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS (Czechoslovakia)
1967
Picture:
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, Alfie, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, The Sand Pebbles, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Actor:
PAUL SCOFIELD in A Man for All Seasons, Alan Arkin in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, Richard Burton in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Michael Caine in Alfie, Steve McQueen in The Sand Pebbles
Actress:
ELIZABETH TAYLOR in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Anouk Aimee in A Man and a Woman, Ida Kaminska in The Shop on Main Street, Lynn Redgrave in Georgy Girl, Vanessa Redgrave in Morgan!
Director:
FRED ZINNEMANN for A Man for All Seasons, Michelangelo Antonioni for Blow-up, Richard Brooks for The Professionals, Claude Lelouch for A Man and a Woman, Mike Nichols for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Foreign:
A MAN AND A WOMAN (France)
1966
Picture:
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, A Thousand Clowns
Actor:
LEE MARVIN in Cat Ballou, Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, Laurence Olivier in Othello, Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker, Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools
Actress:
JULIE CHRISTIE in Darling, Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, Samantha Eggar in The Collector, Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue, Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools
Director:
ROBERT WISE for The Sound of Music, David Lean for Doctor Zhivago, John Schlesinger for Darling, Hiroshi Teshigahara for Woman in the Dunes, William Wyler for The Collector
Foreign:
THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (Czechoslovakia)
1965
Picture:
MY FAIR LADY, Becket, Dr. Strangelove, Mary Poppins, Zorba the Greek
Actor:
REX HARRISON in My Fair Lady, Richard Burton in Becket, Peter O’Toole in Becket, Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek, Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
Actress:
JULIE ANDREWS in Mary Poppins, Anne Bancroft in The Pumpkin Eater, Sophia Loren in Marriage Italian Style, Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Director:
GEORGE CUKOR for My Fair Lady, Michael Cacoyannis for Zorba the Greek, Peter Glenville for Becket, Stanley Kubrick for Dr. Strangelove, Robert Stevenson for Mary Poppins
Foreign:
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW (Italy)
1964
Picture:
TOM JONES, America, America, Cleopatra, How the West Was Won, Lilies of the Field
Actor:
SIDNEY POITIER in Lilies of the Field, Albert Finney in Tom Jones, Richard Harris in This Sporting Life, Rex Harrison in Cleopatra, Paul Newman in Hud
Actress:
PATRICIA NEAL in Hud, Leslie Caron in The L-Shaped Room, Shirley MacLaine in Irma La Douce, Rachel Roberts in This Sporting Life, Natalie Wood in Love with the Proper Stranger
Director:
TONY RICHARDSON for Tom Jones, Federico Fellini for 8 1/2, Elia Kazan for America, America, Otto Preminger for The Cardinal, Martin Ritt for Hud
Foreign:
8-1/2 (Italy)
1963
Picture:
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, The Longest Day, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, To Kill a Mockingbird
Actor:
GREGORY PECK in To Kill a Mockingbird, Burt Lancaster in Birdman of Alcatraz, Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses, Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce - Italian Style, Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Actress:
ANNE BANCROFT in The Miracle Worker, Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Katharine Hepburn in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth, Lee Remick in Days of Wine and Roses
Director:
DAVID LEAN for Lawrence of Arabia, Pietro Germi for Divorce - Italian Style, Robert Mulligan for To Kill a Mockingbird, Arthur Penn for The Miracle Worker, Frank Perry for David and Lisa
Foreign:
SUNDAYS AND CYBELE (France)
1962
Picture:
WEST SIDE STORY, Fanny, The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler, Judgment at Nuremberg
Actor:
MAXIMILIAN SCHELL in Judgment at Nuremberg, Charles Boyer in Fanny, Paul Newman in The Hustler, Spencer Tracy in Judgment at Nuremberg, Stuart Whitman in The Mark
Actress:
SOPHIA LOREN in Two Women, Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Piper Laurie in The Hustler, Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke, Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
Director:
JEROME ROBBINS and ROBERT WISE for West Side Story, Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, Stanley Kramer for Judgment at Nuremberg, J. Lee Thompson for The Guns of Navarone, Robert Rossen for The Hustler
Foreign:
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Sweden)
1961
Picture:
THE APARTMENT, The Alamo, Elmer Gantry, Sons and Lovers, The Sundowners
Actor:
BURT LANCASTER in Elmer Gantry, Trevor Howard in Sons and Lovers, Jack Lemmon in The Apartment, Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer, Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind
Actress:
ELIZABETH TAYLOR in Butterfield 8, Greer Garson in Sunrise at Campobello, Deborah Kerr in The Sundowners, Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment, Melina Mercouri in Never on Sunday
Director:
BILLY WILDER for The Apartment, Jack Cardiff for Sons and Lovers, Jules Dassin for Never on Sunday, Alfred Hitchcock for Psycho, Fred Zinnemann for The Sundowners
Foreign:
THE VIRGIN SPRING (Sweden)
1960
Picture:
BEN-HUR, Anatomy of a Murder, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nun’s Story, Room at the Top
Actor:
CHARLTON HESTON in Ben-Hur, Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top, Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, Paul Muni in The Last Angry Man, James Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder
Actress:
SIMONE SIGNORET in Room at the Top, Doris Day in Pillow Talk, Audrey Hepburn in The Nun’s Story, Katharine Hepburn in Suddenly, Last Summer, Elizabeth Taylor in Suddenly, Last Summer
Director:
WILLIAM WYLER for Ben-Hur, Jack Clayton for Room at the Top, George Stevens for The Diary of Anne Frank, Billy Wilder for Some Like It Hot, Fred Zinnemann for The Nun’s Story
Foreign:
BLACK ORPHEUS (France)
1959
Picture:
GIGI, Auntie Mame, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant Ones, Separate Tables
Actor:
DAVID NIVEN in Separate Tables, Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones, Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones, Spencer Tracy in The Old Man and the Sea
Actress:
SUSAN HAYWARD in I Want to Live, Deborah Kerr in Separate Tables, Shirley MacLaine in Some Came Running, Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Director:
VINCENTE MINNELLI for Gigi, Richard Brooks for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Stanley Kramer for The Defiant Ones, Mark Robson for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Robert Wise for I Want to Live!
Foreign:
MY UNCLE (France)
1958
Picture:
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, Peyton Place, Sayonara, 12 Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution
Actor:
ALEC GUINNESS in The Bridge On The River Kwai, Marlon Brando in Sayonara, Anthony Franciosa in A Hatful of Rain, Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution, Anthony Quinn in Wild Is the Wind
Actress:
JOANNE WOODWARD in The Three Faces of Eve, Deborah Kerr in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Anna Magnani in Wild is the Wind, Elizabeth Taylor in Raintree County, Lana Turner in Peyton Place
Director:
DAVID LEAN for The Bridge On The River Kwai, Joshua Logan for Sayonara, Sidney Lumet for 12 Angry Men, Mark Robson for Peyton Place, Billy Wilder for Witness for the Prosecution
Foreign:
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Italy)
1957
Picture:
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I, The Ten Commandments
Actor:
YUL BRYNNER in The King and I, James Dean in Giant, Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life, Rock Hudson in Giant, Laurence Olivier in Richard III
Actress:
INGRID BERGMAN in Anastasia, Carroll Baker in Baby Doll, Katharine Hepburn in The Rainmaker, Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed, Deborah Kerr in The King and I
Director:
GEORGE STEVENS for Giant, Michael Anderson for Around the World in 80 Days, Walter Lang for The King and I, King Vidor for War and Peace, William Wyler for Friendly Persuasion
Foreign:
LA STRADA (Italy)
1956
Picture:
MARTY, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo
Actor:
ERNEST BORGNINE in Marty, James Cagney in Love Me or Leave Me, James Dean in East of Eden, Frank Sinatra in The Man With the Golden Arm, Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock
Actress:
ANNA MAGNANI in The Rose Tattoo, Susan Hayward in I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Katharine Hepburn in Summertime, Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Eleanor Parker in Interrupted Melody
Director:
DELBERT MANN for Marty, Elia Kazan for East of Eden, David Lean for Summertime, Joshua Logan for Picnic, John Sturges for Bad Day at Black Rock
Foreign:
SAMURAI: THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI (Japan)
1955
Picture:
ON THE WATERFRONT, The Caine Mutiny, The Country Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Three Coins in the Fountain
Actor:
MARLON BRANDO in On The Waterfront, Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny, Bing Crosby in The Country Girl, James Mason in A Star Is Born, Dan O’Herlihy in Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Actress:
GRACE KELLY in The Country Girl, Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones, Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, Jane Wyman in Magnificent Obsession
Director:
ELIA KAZAN for On The Waterfront, Alfred Hitchcock for Rear Window, George Seaton for The Country Girl, William Wellman for The High and the Mighty, Billy Wilder for Sabrina
Foreign:
GATE OF HELL (Japan)
1954
Picture:
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, Julius Caesar, The Robe, Roman Holiday, Shane
Actor:
WILLIAM HOLDEN in Stalag 17, Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar, Richard Burton in The Robe, Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity, Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity
Actress:
AUDREY HEPBURN in Roman Holiday, Leslie Caron in Lily, Ava Gardner in Mogambo, Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity, Maggie McNamara in The Moon is Blue
Director:
FRED ZINNEMANN for From Here to Eternity, George Stevens for Shane, Charles Walters for Lili, Billy Wilder for Stalag 17, William Wyler for Roman Holiday
Foreign:
(No Award)
1953
Picture:
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, High Noon, Ivanhoe, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet Man
Actor:
GARY COOPER in High Noon, Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!, Kirk Douglas in The Bad and the Beautiful, Jose Ferrer in Moulin Rouge, Alec Guinness in The Lavender Hill Mob
Actress:
SHIRLEY BOOTH in Come Back, Little Sheba, Joan Crawford in Sudden Fear, Bette Davis in The Star, Julie Harris in The Member of the Wedding, Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart
Director:
JOHN FORD for The Quiet Man, Cecil B. DeMille for The Greatest Show On Earth, John Huston for Moulin Rouge, Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Five Fingers, Fred Zinnemann for High Noon
Foreign:
FORBIDDEN GAMES (France)
1952
Picture:
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis?, A Streetcar Named Desire
Actor:
HUMPHREY BOGART in The African Queen, Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory, Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
Actress:
VIVIEN LEIGH in A Streetcar Named Desire, Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen, Eleanor Parker in Detective Story, Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun, Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil
Director:
GEORGE STEVENS for A Place in the Sun, John Huston for The African Queen, Elia Kazan for A Streetcar Named Desire, Vincente Minnelli for An American in Paris, William Wyler for Detective Story
Foreign:
RASHOMON (Japan)
1951
Picture:
ALL ABOUT EVE, Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon’s Mines, Sunset Boulevard
Actor:
JOSE FERRER in Cyrano de Bergerac, Louis Calhern in The Magnificent Yankee, William Holden in Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart in Harvey, Spencer Tracy in Father of the Bride
Actress:
JUDY HOLLIDAY in Born Yesterday, Anne Baxter in All About Eve, Bette Davis in All About Eve, Eleanor Parker in Caged, Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard
Director:
JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ for All About Eve, George Cukor for Born Yesterday, John Huston for The Asphalt Jungle, Carol Reed for The Third Man, Billy Wilder for Sunset Boulevard
Foreign:
THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA (France/Italy)
1950
Picture:
ALL THE KING’S MEN, Battleground, The Heiress, A Letter to Three Wives, Twelve O’Clock High
Actor:
BRODERICK CRAWFORD in All the King’s Men, Kirk Douglas in Champion, Gregory Peck in Twelve O’Clock High, Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart, John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima
Actress:
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND in The Heiress, Jeanne Crain in Pinky, Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart, Deborah Kerr in Edward, My Son, Loretta Young in Come to the Stable
Director:
JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ for A Letter to Three Wives, Carol Reed for The Fallen Idol, Robert Rossen for All the King’s Men, William A. Wellman for Battleground, William Wyler for The Heiress
Foreign:
THE BICYCLE THIEF (Italy)
1949
Picture:
HAMLET, Johnny Belinda, The Red Shoes, The Snake Pit, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Actor:
LAURENCE OLIVIER in Hamlet, Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda, Montgomery Clift in The Search, Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles at Me, Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty
Actress:
JANE WYMAN in Johnny Belinda, Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc, Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit, Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama, Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry, Wrong Number
Director:
JOHN HUSTON for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Anatole Litvak for The Snake Pit, Jean Negulesco for Johnny Belinda, Laurence Olivier for Hamlet, Fred Zinnemann for The Search
Foreign:
MONSIEUR VINCENT (France)
1948
Picture:
GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT, The Bishop’s Wife, Crossfire, Great Expectations, Miracle on 34th Street
Actor:
RONALD COLMAN in A Double Life, John Garfield in Body and Soul, Gregory Peck in Gentleman’s Agreement, William Powell in Life With Father, Michael Redgrave in Mourning Becomes Electra
Actress:
LORETTA YOUNG in The Farmer’s Daughter, Joan Crawford in Possessed, Susan Hayward in Smash Up - The Story of a Woman, Dorothy McGuire in Gentleman’s Agreement, Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra
Director:
ELIA KAZAN for Gentleman’s Agreement, George Cukor for A Double Life, Edward Dmytryk for Crossfire, Henry Koster for The Bishop’s Wife, David Lean for Great Expectations
Foreign:
SHOE-SHINE (Italy)
1947
Picture:
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, Henry V, It’s A Wonderful Life, The Razor’s Edge, The Yearling
Actor:
FREDRIC MARCH in The Best Years of Our Lives, Laurence Olivier in Henry V, Larry Parks in The Jolson Story, Gregory Peck in The Yearling, James Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life
Actress:
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND in To Each His Own, Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter, Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun, Rosalind Russell in Sister Kenny, Jane Wyman in The Yearling
Director:
WILLIAM WYLER for The Best Years of Our Lives, Clarence Brown for The Yearling, Frank Capra for It’s A Wonderful Life, David Lean for Brief Encounter, Robert Siodmak for The Killers
1946
Picture:
THE LOST WEEKEND, Anchors Aweigh, The Bells of St. Mary’s, Mildred Pierce, Spellbound
Actor:
RAY MILLAND in The Lost Weekend, Bing Crosby in The Bells of St. Mary’s, Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh, Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom, Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember
Actress:
JOAN CRAWFORD in Mildred Pierce, Ingrid Bergman in The Bells of St. Mary’s, Greer Garson in The Valley of Decision, Jennifer Jones in Love Letters, Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven
Director:
BILLY WILDER for The Lost Weekend, Clarence Brown for National Velvet, Alfred Hitchcock for Spellbound, Leo McCarey for The Bells of St. Mary’s, Jean Renoir for The Southerner
1945
Picture:
GOING MY WAY, Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Since You Went Away, Wilson
Actor:
BING CROSBY in Going My Way, Charles Boyer in Gaslight, Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way, Cary Grant in None But the Lonely Heart, Alexander Knox in Wilson
Actress:
INGRID BERGMAN in Gaslight, Claudette Colbert in Since You Went Away, Bette Davis in Mr. Skeffington, Greer Garson in Mrs. Parkington, Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity
Director:
LEO MCCAREY for Going My Way, Alfred Hitchcock for Lifeboat, Henry King for Wilson, Otto Preminger for Laura, Billy Wilder for Double Indemnity
1944
Picture:
CASABLANCA, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, Watch on the Rhine
Actor:
PAUL LUKAS in Watch on the Rhine, Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie, Mickey Rooney in The Human Comedy
Actress:
JENNIFER JONES in The Song of Bernadette, Jean Arthur in The More the Merrier, Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Joan Fontaine in The Constant Nymph, Greer Garson in Madame Curie
Director:
MICHAEL CURTIZ for Casablanca, Clarence Brown for The Human Comedy, Henry King for The Song of Bernadette, Ernst Lubitsch for Heaven Can Wait, George Stevens for The More the Merrier
1943
Picture:
MRS. MINIVER, The Invaders, Kings Row, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Pied Piper, The Pride of the Yankees, Random Harvest, The Talk of the Town, Wake Island, Yankee Doodle Dandy
Actor:
JAMES CAGNEY in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Ronald Colman in Random Harvest, Gary Cooper in The Pride of the Yankees, Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver, Monty Woolley in The Pied Piper
Actress:
GREER GARSON in Mrs. Miniver, Bette Davis in Now, Voyager, Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, Rosalind Russell in My Sister Eileen, Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees
Director:
WILLIAM WYLER for Mrs. Miniver, Michael Curtiz for Yankee Doodle Dandy, John Farrow for Wake Island, Mervyn LeRoy for Random Harvest, Sam Wood for Kings Row
1942
Picture:
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, Blossoms in the Dust, Citizen Kane, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Hold Back the Dawn, The Little Foxes, The Maltese Falcon, One Foot in Heaven, Sergeant York, Suspicion
Actor:
GARY COOPER in Sergeant York, Cary Grant in Penny Serenade, Walter Huston in All That Money Can Buy, Robert Montgomery in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
Actress:
JOAN FONTAINE in Suspicion, Bette Davis in The Little Foxes, Olivia de Havilland in Hold Back the Dawn, Greer Garson in Blossoms in the Dust, Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire
Director:
JOHN FORD for How Green Was My Valley, Alexander Hall for Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Howard Hawks for Sergeant York, Orson Welles for Citizen Kane, William Wyler for The Little Foxes
1941
Picture:
REBECCA, All This, and Heaven Too, Foreign Correspondent, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, Kitty Foyle, The Letter, The Long Voyage Home, Our Town, The Philadelphia Story
Actor:
JAMES STEWART in The Philadelphia Story, Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator, Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath, Raymond Massey in Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Laurence Olivier in Rebecca
Actress:
GINGER ROGERS in Kitty Foyle, Bette Davis in The Letter, Joan Fontaine in Rebecca, Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story, Martha Scott in Our Town
Director:
JOHN FORD for The Grapes of Wrath, George Cukor for The Philadelphia Story, Alfred Hitchcock for Rebecca, Sam Wood for Kitty Foyle, William Wyler for The Letter
1940
Picture:
GONE WITH THE WIND, Dark Victory, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights
Actor:
ROBERT DONAT in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind, Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights, Mickey Rooney in Babes in Arms, James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Actress:
VIVIEN LEIGH in Gone With The Wind, Bette Davis in Dark Victory, Irene Dunne in Love Affair, Greta Garbo in Ninotchka, Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Director:
VICTOR FLEMING for Gone With The Wind, Frank Capra for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, John Ford for Stagecoach, Sam Wood for Goodbye, Mr. Chips, William Wyler for Wuthering Heights
1939
Picture:
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, Grand Illusion, Jezebel, Pygmalion, Test Pilot
Actor:
SPENCER TRACY in Boys Town, Charles Boyer in Algiers, James Cagney in Angels With Dirty Faces, Robert Donat in The Citadel, Leslie Howard in Pygmalion
Actress:
BETTE DAVIS in Jezebel, Fay Bainter in White Banners, Wendy Hiller in Pygmalion, Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette, Margaret Sullavan in Three Comrades
Director:
FRANK CAPRA for You Can’t Take It With You, Michael Curtiz for Angels With Dirty Faces, Michael Curtiz for Four Daughters, Norman Taurog for Boys Town, King Vidor for The Citadel
1938
Picture:
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, The Awful Truth, Captains Courageous, Dead End, The Good Earth, In Old Chicago, Lost Horizon, One Hundred Men and a Girl, Stage Door, A Star is Born
Actor:
SPENCER TRACY in Captains Courageous, Charles Boyer in Conquest, Fredric March in A Star is Born, Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall, Paul Muni in The Life of Emile Zola
Actress:
LUISE RAINER in The Good Earth, Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth, Greta Garbo in Camille, Janet Gaynor in A Star is Born, Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas
Director:
LEO MCCAREY for The Awful Truth, William Dieterle for The Life of Emile Zola, Sidney Franklin for The Good Earth, Gregory La Cava for Stage Door, William Wellmann for A Star is Born
1937
Picture:
THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth, Libeled Lady, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Romeo and Juliet, San Francisco, The Story of Louis Pasteur, A Tale of Two Cities, Three Smart Girls
Actor:
PAUL MUNI in The Story of Louis Pasteur, Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Walter Huston in Dodsworth, William Powell in My Man Godfrey, Spencer Tracy in San Francisco
Actress:
LUISE RAINER in The Great Ziegfeld, Irene Dunne in Theodora Goes Wild, Gladys George in Valiant Is the Word for Carrie, Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey, Norma Shearer in Romeo and Juliet
Director:
FRANK CAPRA for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Gregory La Cava for My Man Godfrey, Robert Z. Leonard for The Great Ziegfeld, W. S. Van Dyke for San Francisco, William Wyler for Dodsworth
1936
Picture:
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, Alice Adams, The Broadway Melody of 1936, Captain Blood, David Copperfield, The Informer, Lives of a Bengal Lancer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Les Miserables, Naughty Marietta, Ruggles of Red Gap, Top Hat
Actor:
VICTOR MCLAGLEN in The Informer, Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty, Charles Laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty, Franchot Tone in Mutiny on the Bounty
Actress:
BETTE DAVIS in Dangerous, Elisabeth Bergner in Escape Me Never, Claudette Colbert in Private Worlds, Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams, Miriam Hopkins in Becky Sharp, Merle Oberon in The Dark Angel
Director:
JOHN FORD for The Informer, Michael Curtiz for Captain Blood, Henry Hathaway for Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Frank Lloyd for Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Picture:
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothschild, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa!, The White Parade
Actor:
CLARK GABLE in It Happened One Night, Frank Morgan in Affairs of Cellini, William Powell in The Thin Man
Actress:
CLAUDETTE COLBERT in It Happened One Night, Grace Moore in One Night of Love, Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Director:
FRANK CAPRA for It Happened One Night, Victor Schertzinger for One Night of Love, W. S. Van Dyke for The Thin Man
1934
Picture:
CAVALCADE, A Farewell to Arms, 42nd Street, I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, Lady for a Day, Little Women, The Private Life of Henry VIII, She Done Him Wrong, Smilin’ Through, State Fair
Actor:
CHARLES LAUGHTON in The Private Life of Henry VIII, Leslie Howard in Berkeley Square, Paul Muni in I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
Actress:
KATHARINE HEPBURN in Morning Glory, May Robson in Lady for a Day, Diana Wynyard in Cavalcade
Director:
FRANK LLOYD for Cavalcade, Frank Capra for Lady For a Day, George Cukor for Little Women
1933
Picture:
GRAND HOTEL, Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, One Hour With You, Shanghai Express, The Smiling Lieutenant
Actor:
FREDRIC MARCH in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and WALLACE BEERY in The Champ (tie), Alfred Lunt in The Guardsman
Actress:
HELEN HAYES in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Marie Dressler in Emma, Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman
Director:
FRANK BORZAGE for Bad Girl, King Vidor for The Champ, Josef von Sternberg for Shanghai Express
1932
Picture:
CIMARRON, East Lynne, The Front Page, Skippy, Trader Horn
Actor:
LIONEL BARRYMORE in A Free Soul, Jackie Cooper in Skippy, Richard Dix in Cimarron, Fredric March in The Royal Family of Broadway, Adolphe Menjou in The Front Page
Actress:
MARIE DRESSLER in Min and Bill, Marlene Dietrich in Morocco, Irene Dunne in Cimarron, Ann Harding in Holiday, Norma Shearer in A Free Soul
Director:
NORMAN TAUROG for Skippy, Clarence Brown for A Free Soul, Lewis Milestone for The Front Page, Wesley Ruggles for Cimarron, Josef von Sternberg for Morocco
1931
Picture:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, The Big House, Disraeli, The Divorcee, The Love Parade
Actor:
GEORGE ARLISS in Disraeli, George Arliss in The Green Goddess, Wallace Beery in The Big House, Maurice Chevalier in The Big Pond, Maurice Chevalier in The Love Parade, Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond, Ronald Colman in Condemned, Lawrence Tibbett in The Rogue Song
Actress:
NORMA SHEARER in The Divorcee, Nancy Carroll in The Devil’s Holiday, Ruth Chatterton in Sarah and Son, Greta Garbo in Anna Christie, Greta Garbo in Romance, Norma Shearer in Their Own Desire, Gloria Swanson in The Trespasser
Director:
LEWIS MILESTONE for All Quiet On The Western Front, Clarence Brown for Anna Christie, Robert Z. Leonard for The Divorcee, Ernst Lubitsch for The Love Parade, King Vidor for Hallelujah
1930
Picture:
THE BROADWAY MELODY, Alibi, Hollywood Revue, In Old Arizona, The Patriot
Actor:
WARNER BAXTER in In Old Arizona, George Bancroft in Thunderbolt, Chester Morris in Alibi, Paul Muni in The Valiant, Lewis Stone in The Patriot
Actress:
MARY PICKFORD in Coquette, Ruth Chatterton in Madame X, Betty Compson in The Barker, Jeanne Eagels in The Letter, Corinne Griffith in The Divine Lady, Bessie Love in Broadway Melody
Director:
FRANK LLOYD for The Divine Lady (also nominated or considered for Drag and Weary River), Lionel Barrymore for Madame X, Harry Beaumont for Broadway Melody, Irving Cummings for In Old Arizona, Ernst Lubitsch for The Patriot
1929
Picture:
WINGS, The Racket, Seventh Heaven [The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command are omitted from the latest official Academy list]
Actor:
EMIL JANNINGS in The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command, Richard Barthelmess in The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid [Charles Chaplin, originally announced for The Circus, was removed from the category and given a special Honorary Award instead]
Actress:
JANET GAYNOR in Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise, Louise Dresser in A Ship Comes In, Gloria Swanson in Sadie Thompson
Director:
FRANK BORZAGE for Seventh Heaven, Herbert Brenon for Sorrell and Son, King Vidor for The Crowd