| Best Picture winners: 1927/28 to 1999* | |
| 1999 (72nd) | AMERICAN BEAUTY - Bruce Cohen , Dan Jinks |
| 1998 (71st) | SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein , Edward Zwick |
| 1997 (70th) | TITANIC - James Cameron , Jon Landau |
| 1996 (69th) | THE ENGLISH PATIENT - Saul Zaentz |
| 1995 (68th) | BRAVEHEART - Bruce Davey , Mel Gibson , Alan Ladd, Jr. |
| 1994 (67th) | FORREST GUMP - Wendy Finerman , Steve Starkey , Steve Tisch |
| 1993 (66th) | SCHINDLER'S LIST - Branko Lustig , Gerald R. Molen , Steven Spielberg |
| 1992 (65th) | UNFORGIVEN - Clint Eastwood |
| 1991 (64th) | THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Ron Bozman , Edward Saxon , Kenneth Utt |
| 1990 (63rd) | DANCES WITH WOLVES - Kevin Costner , Jim Wilson |
| 1989 (62nd) | DRIVING MISS DAISY - Lili Fini Zanuck , Richard D. Zanuck |
| 1988 (61st) | RAIN MAN - Mark Johnson |
| 1987 (60th) | THE LAST EMPEROR - Jeremy Thomas |
| 1986 (59th) | PLATOON - Arnold Kopelson |
| 1985 (58th) | OUT OF AFRICA - Sydney Pollack |
| 1984 (57th) | AMADEUS - Saul Zaentz |
| 1983 (56th) | TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - James L. Brooks |
| 1982 (55th) | GANDHI - Richard Attenborough |
| 1981 (54th) | CHARIOTS OF FIRE - David Puttnam |
| 1980 (53rd) | ORDINARY PEOPLE - Ronald L. Schwary |
| 1979 (52nd) | KRAMER VS. KRAMER - Stanley R. Jaffe |
| 1978 (51st) | THE DEER HUNTER - Michael Cimino , Michael Deeley , John Peverall , Barry Spikings |
| 1977 (50th) | ANNIE HALL - Charles H. Joffe |
| 1976 (49th) | ROCKY - Robert Chartoff , Irwin Winkler |
| 1975 (48th) | ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Michael Douglas , Saul Zaentz |
| 1974 (47th) | THE GODFATHER PART II - Francis Ford Coppola , Gray Frederickson , Fred Roos |
| 1973 (46th) | THE STING - Tony Bill , Julia Phillips , Michael Phillips |
| 1972 (45th) | THE GODFATHER - Albert S. Ruddy |
| 1971 (44th) | THE FRENCH CONNECTION - Philip D'Antoni |
| 1970 (43rd) | PATTON - Frank McCarthy |
| 1969 (42nd) | MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Jerome Hellman |
| 1968 (41st) | OLIVER! - John Woolf |
| 1967 (40th) | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - Walter Mirisch |
| 1966 (39th) | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Fred Zinnemann |
| 1965 (38th) | THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Robert Wise |
| 1964 (37th) | MY FAIR LADY - Jack L. Warner |
| 1963 (36th) | TOM JONES - Tony Richardson |
| 1962 (35th) | LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Sam Spiegel |
| 1961 (34th) | WEST SIDE STORY - Robert Wise |
| 1960 (33rd) | THE APARTMENT - Billy Wilder |
| 1959 (32nd) | BEN-HUR - Sam Zimbalist |
| 1958 (31st) | GIGI - Arthur Freed |
| 1957 (30th) | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - Sam Spiegel |
| 1956 (29th) | AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Michael Todd |
| 1955 (28th) | MARTY - Harold Hecht |
| 1954 (27th) | ON THE WATERFRONT - Sam Spiegel |
| 1953 (26th) | FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Buddy Adler |
| 1952 (25th) | THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Cecil B. DeMille |
| 1951 (24th) | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - Arthur Freed |
| 1950 (23rd) | ALL ABOUT EVE - 20th Century-Fox |
| 1949 (22nd) | ALL THE KING'S MEN - Robert Rossen |
| 1948 (21st) | HAMLET (1948) - J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films |
| 1947 (20th) | GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT - 20th Century-Fox |
| 1946 (19th) | THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - Samuel Goldwyn |
| 1945 (18th) | THE LOST WEEKEND - Paramount |
| 1944 (17th) | GOING MY WAY - Paramount |
| 1943 (16th) | CASABLANCA - Warner Bros. |
| 1942 (15th) | MRS. MINIVER - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 (14th) | HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - 20th Century-Fox |
| 1940 (13th) | REBECCA - Selznick International Pictures |
| 1939 (12th) | GONE WITH THE WIND - Selznick International Pictures |
| 1938 (11th) | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Columbia |
| 1937 (10th) | THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA - Warner Bros. |
| 1936 (9th) | THE GREAT ZIEGFELD - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1935 (8th) | MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1934 (7th) | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - Columbia |
| 1932/33 (6th) | CAVALCADE - Fox |
| 1931/32 (5th) | GRAND HOTEL - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1930/31 (4th) | CIMARRON (1930/31) - RKO Radio |
| 1929/30 (3rd) | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Universal |
| 1928/29 (2nd) | THE BROADWAY MELODY - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1927/28 (1st) | WINGS
- Paramount
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* Note: for the
1927/28 and 1928/29 Awards, this category was known as "Outstanding
Picture." For the 1929/30 through the 1940 Awards, it was known as
"Outstanding Production," for the 1941, 1942 and 1943 Awards, it was
known as "Outstanding Motion Picture"; for the 1944 through 1961 Awards,
it was known as "Best Motion Picture."
For the 1927/28 through the 1950 Awards, the award went to the production company or studio that produced the winning film. For the 1951 Awards through the present the award goes to the producers credited on the film. Information on Academy Award winners as listed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
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