Apparently I have seen 43 of the past 95 films of the last 19 years nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. I suppose I need to get the ball rolling and sit down and watch some more flicks.
I sat down and looked at Wiki’s list and compiled those that I have seen versus the ones I have not.
After the jump you can see the list if you want……
All the films I have seen are in bold.
• 1927–1928 (Best Production) Wings – Paramount Famous Players-Lasky – Lucien Hubbard
◦ The Racket – Caddo, Paramount – Howard Hughes
◦ Seventh Heaven – Fox – William Fox
• 1928–1929 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
• 1929–1930 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
• 1930–1931 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 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 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
• (Note: The Academy also announced that A Farewell to Arms came in second, and Little Women third.)
• 1934 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
• (Note: The Academy also announced that The Barretts of Wimpole Street came in second, and The House of Rothschild third.)
• 1935 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
• (Note: The Academy also announced that The Informer came in second, and Captain Blood third.)
• 1936 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 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 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
◦ Grand Illusion (La Grande illusion) – R. A. O., World Pictures – Frank Rollmer with 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 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 – 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 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 – 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 How Green Was My Valley – 20th Century-Fox – Darryl F. Zanuck
◦ Blossoms in the Dust – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Irving Asher
◦ Citizen Kane – RKO – Orson Welles
◦ Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Columbia – Everett Riskin
◦ Hold Back the Dawn – Paramount – Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
◦ The Little Foxes – RKO – 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 – Alfred Hitchcock
• 1942 Mrs. Miniver – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Sidney Franklin
◦ 49th Parallel – GFD, Columbia – Michael Powell
◦ Kings 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 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 – 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 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 The Lost Weekend – Paramount – Charles Brackett
◦ Anchors Aweigh – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Joe Pasternak
◦ The Bells of St. Mary’s – RKO Radio – Leo McCarey
◦ Mildred Pierce – Warner Bros. – Jerry Wald
◦ Spellbound – United Artists – David O. Selznick
• 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives – RKO Radio – Samuel Goldwyn
◦ Henry V – United Artists – Laurence Olivier
◦ It’s a Wonderful Life – RKO Radio – Frank Capra
◦ The Razor’s Edge – 20th Century-Fox – Darryl F. Zanuck
◦ The Yearling – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Sidney Franklin
• 1947 Gentleman’s Agreement – 20th Century-Fox – Darryl F. Zanuck
◦ The Bishop’s Wife – 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 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 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 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/s (rather than the production company) receives this award.
• 1951 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 – Warner Bros. – Charles K. Feldman
• 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth – 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 – Republic – John Ford and Merian C. Cooper
• 1953 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 On the Waterfront – Columbia – Sam Spiegel
◦ The Caine Mutiny – Columbia – Stanley Kramer
◦ The Country Girl – 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 Marty – United Artists – Harold Hecht
◦ Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – 20th Century-Fox – Buddy Adler
◦ Mister Roberts – Warner Bros. – Leland Hayward
◦ Picnic – Columbia – Fred Kohlmar
◦ The Rose Tattoo – Paramount – Hal B. Wallis
• 1956 Around the World in 80 Days – 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 – Paramount – Cecil B. DeMille
• 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai – Columbia – Sam Spiegel
◦ Peyton Place – 20th Century-Fox – Jerry Wald
◦ Sayonara – Warner Bros. – William Goetz
12 Angry Men – United Artists – Henry Fonda, and Reginald Rose
◦ Witness for the Prosecution – United Artists – Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
1958 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 – United Artists – Harold Hecht
• 1959 Ben-Hur – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Sam Zimbalist (posthumous award)
◦ Anatomy of a Murder – 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 – Continental – John Woolf and James Woolf
• 1960 The Apartment – United Artists – Billy Wilder
◦ The Alamo – United Artists – John Wayne
◦ Elmer Gantry – United Artists – Bernard Smith
◦ Sons and Lovers – 20th Century-Fox – Jerry Wald
◦ The Sundowners – Warner Bros. – Fred Zinnemann
1961 West Side Story – United Artists – Robert Wise
◦ Fanny – Warner Bros. – Joshua Logan
◦ The Guns of Navarone – Columbia – Carl Foreman
◦ The Hustler – 20th Century-Fox – Robert Rossen
◦ Judgment at Nuremberg – United Artists – Stanley Kramer
• 1962 Lawrence of Arabia – Columbia – Sam Spiegel
◦ The Longest Day – 20th Century-Fox – Darryl F. Zanuck
◦ The Music Man – Warner Bros. – Morton DaCosta
◦ Mutiny on the Bounty – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Aaron Rosenberg
To Kill a Mockingbird – U-I – Alan J. Pakula
• 1963 Tom Jones – United Artists – Tony Richardson
◦ America, America – Warner Bros. – Elia Kazan
◦ Cleopatra – 20th Century-Fox – Walter Wanger
◦ How the West Was Won – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Cinerama – Bernard Smith
◦ Lilies of the Field – United Artists – Ralph Nelson
• 1964 My Fair Lady – Warner Bros. – Jack L. Warner
◦ Becket – Paramount – Hal B. Wallis
◦ Dr. Strangelove – Columbia – Stanley Kubrick
◦ Mary Poppins – Disney, Buena Vista – Walt Disney, Bill Walsh
◦ Zorba the Greek – 20th Century-Fox – Michael Cacoyannis
• 1965 The Sound of Music – 20th Century-Fox – Robert Wise
◦ Darling – Embassy – Joseph Janni
◦ Doctor Zhivago – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Carlo Ponti
◦ Ship of Fools – Columbia – Stanley Kramer
◦ A Thousand Clowns – United Artists – Fred Coe
• 1966 A Man for All Seasons – Columbia – Fred Zinnemann
◦ Alfie – Paramount – Lewis Gilbert
◦ The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – United Artists – Norman Jewison
◦ The Sand Pebbles – 20th Century-Fox – Robert Wise
◦ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Warner Bros. – Ernest Lehman
• 1967 In the Heat of the Night – United Artists – Walter Mirisch
◦ Bonnie and Clyde – Warner Bros.-Seven Arts – Warren Beatty
◦ Doctor Dolittle – 20th Century-Fox – Arthur P. Jacobs
The Graduate – Embassy – Lawrence Turman
◦ Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – Columbia – Stanley Kramer
• 1968 Oliver! – Columbia – John Woolf
◦ Funny Girl – Columbia – Ray Stark
◦ The Lion in Winter – Avco Embassy – Martin Poll
◦ Rachel, Rachel – Warner Bros. – Paul Newman
◦ Romeo and Juliet – Paramount – Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne
• 1969 Midnight Cowboy – United Artists – Jerome Hellman
◦ Anne of the Thousand Days – Universal – Hal B. Wallis
◦ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – 20th Century-Fox – John Foreman
◦ Hello, Dolly! – 20th Century-Fox – Ernest Lehman
◦ Z – Cinema V – Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi
• 1970 Patton – 20th Century-Fox – Frank McCarthy
◦ Airport – Universal – Ross Hunter
◦ Five Easy Pieces – Columbia – Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
◦ Love Story – Paramount – Howard G. Minsky
◦ MASH – 20th Century-Fox – Ingo Preminger
• 1971 The French Connection – 20th Century-Fox – Philip D’Antoni
A Clockwork Orange – Warner Bros. – Stanley Kubrick
◦ Fiddler on the Roof – United Artists – Norman Jewison
◦ The Last Picture Show – Columbia – Stephen J. Friedman
◦ Nicholas and Alexandra – Columbia – Sam Spiegel
1972 The Godfather – Paramount – Albert S. Ruddy
◦ Cabaret – Allied Artists – Cy Feuer
◦ Deliverance – Warner Bros. – John Boorman
◦ The Emigrants – Warner Bros. (Swedish) – Bengt Forslund
◦ Sounder – 20th Century-Fox – Robert B. Radnitz
• 1973 The Sting – Universal – Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
◦ American Graffiti – Universal – Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz
◦ Cries and Whispers – New World Pictures (Swedish) – Ingmar Bergman
The Exorcist – Warner Bros. – William Peter Blatty
◦ A Touch of Class – Avco Embassy – Melvin Frank
1974 The Godfather Part II – Paramount – Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
◦ Chinatown – Paramount – Robert Evans
◦ The Conversation – Paramount – Francis Ford Coppola
◦ Lenny – United Artists – Marvin Worth
◦ The Towering Inferno – 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. – Irwin Allen
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – United Artists – Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
◦ Barry Lyndon – Warner Bros. – Stanley Kubrick
◦ Dog Day Afternoon – Warner Bros. – Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand
Jaws – Universal – Richard D. Zanuck
◦ Nashville – Paramount – Robert Altman
1976 Rocky – United Artists – Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
◦ All the President’s Men – Warner Bros. – Walter Coblenz
◦ Bound for Glory – United Artists – Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal
◦ Network – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists – Howard Gottfried
Taxi Driver – Columbia – Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
• 1977 Annie Hall – United Artists – Charles H. Joffe
◦ The Goodbye Girl – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. – Ray Stark
◦ Julia – 20th Century-Fox – Richard Roth
Star Wars – 20th Century-Fox – George Lucas
◦ The Turning Point – 20th Century-Fox – Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents
• 1978 The Deer Hunter – Universal – Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
◦ Coming Home – United Artists – Jerome Hellman
◦ Heaven Can Wait – Paramount – Warren Beatty
◦ Midnight Express – Columbia – Alan Marshall and David Puttnam
◦ An Unmarried Woman – 20th Century-Fox – Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray
• 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer – Columbia – Stanley R. Jaffe
◦ All That Jazz – 20th Century-Fox – Robert Alan Aurthur (posthumous nomination)
◦ Apocalypse Now – United Artists – Francis Ford Coppola with Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg
◦ Breaking Away – 20th Century-Fox – Peter Yates
◦ Norma Rae – 20th Century-Fox – Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose
• 1980 Ordinary People – Paramount – Ronald L. Schwary
◦ Coal Miner’s Daughter – Universal – Bernard Schwartz
◦ The Elephant Man – Paramount – David Lynch
◦ Raging Bull – United Artists – Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
◦ Tess – Columbia – Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill
• 1981 Chariots of Fire – The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. – David Puttnam
◦ Atlantic City – Paramount – Denis Heroux
◦ On Golden Pond – ITC Films – Bruce Gilbert
Raiders of the Lost Ark – Paramount – Frank Marshall
◦ Reds – Paramount – Warren Beatty
• 1982 Gandhi – Columbia – Richard Attenborough
◦ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Universal – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
◦ Missing – Universal – Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis
◦ Tootsie – Columbia – Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards
◦ The Verdict – 20th Century Fox – Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown
• 1983 Terms of Endearment – Paramount – James L. Brooks
◦ The Big Chill – Columbia – Michael Shamberg
◦ The Dresser – Columbia – Peter Yates
◦ The Right Stuff – The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. – Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
◦ Tender Mercies – Universal/AFD – Philip S. Hobel
• 1984 Amadeus – Orion – Saul Zaentz
◦ The Killing Fields – Warner Bros. – David Puttnam
◦ A Passage to India – Columbia – John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin
◦ Places in the Heart – Tri-Star – Arlene Donovan
◦ A Soldier’s Story – Columbia – Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer
• 1985 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 – Island Alive – David Weisman
◦ Prizzi’s Honor – ABC Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox – John Foreman
Witness – Paramount – Edward S. Feldman
1986 Platoon – Orion – Arnold Kopelson
◦ Children of a Lesser God – Paramount – Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer
◦ Hannah and Her Sisters – Orion – Robert Greenhut
◦ The Mission – Warner Bros. – Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
◦ A Room with a View – Cinecom – Ismail Merchant
• 1987 The Last Emperor – Columbia – Jeremy Thomas
◦ Broadcast News – 20th Century-Fox – James L. Brooks
◦ Fatal Attraction – Paramount – Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
◦ Hope and Glory – Columbia – John Boorman
◦ Moonstruck – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison
• 1988 Rain Man – United Artists – Mark Johnson
◦ The Accidental Tourist – Warner Bros. – Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
◦ Dangerous Liaisons – Warner Bros. – Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
◦ Mississippi Burning – Orion – Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
◦ Working Girl – 20th Century Fox – Douglas Wick
• 1989 Driving Miss Daisy – Warner Bros. – Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
◦ Born on the Fourth of July – Universal – A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
Dead Poets Society – Touchstone Pictures – Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
◦ Field of Dreams – Universal – Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
◦ My Left Foot – Miramax – Noel Pearson
1990 Dances with Wolves – Orion – Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
◦ Awakenings – Columbia – Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Ghost – Paramount – Lisa Weinstein
The Godfather Part III – Paramount – Francis Ford Coppola
Goodfellas – Warner Bros. – Irwin Winkler
1991 The Silence of the Lambs – Orion – Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Beauty and the Beast – Walt Disney Pictures – Don Hahn
◦ Bugsy – TriStar – Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
◦ JFK – Warner Bros. – A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
◦ The Prince of Tides – Columbia – Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch
• 1992 Unforgiven – Warner Bros. – Clint Eastwood
◦ The Crying Game – Miramax – Stephen Woolley
◦ A Few Good Men – Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia – Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
◦ Howards End – Sony Pictures Classics – Ismail Merchant
◦ Scent of a Woman – Universal – Martin Brest
1993 Schindler’s List – Universal – Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
The Fugitive – Warner Bros. – Arnold Kopelson
◦ In the Name of the Father – Universal – Jim Sheridan
◦ The Piano – Miramax – Jane Campion
◦ The Remains of the Day – Columbia – Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant
1994 Forrest Gump – Paramount – Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
◦ Four Weddings and a Funeral – PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films – Duncan Kenworthy
Pulp Fiction – Miramax – Lawrence Bender
◦ Quiz Show – Hollywood Pictures – Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozick, Robert Redford
The Shawshank Redemption – Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia – Niki Marvin
1995 Braveheart – Paramount – Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey
Apollo 13 – Imagine Entertainment, Universal – Brian Grazer
Babe – Universal – Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
◦ Il Postino – Miramax – Mario Cecchi Gori (posthumous nomination), Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele
◦ Sense and Sensibility – Columbia – Lindsay Doran
• 1996 The English Patient – Miramax – Saul Zaentz
◦ Fargo – Gramercy Pictures – Ethan Coen
◦ Jerry Maguire – TriStar – James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
◦ Secrets & Lies – October Films – Simon Channing-Williams
◦ Shine – Fine Line Features – Jane Scott
1997 Titanic – Paramount, 20th Century Fox – James Cameron, Jon Landau
As Good as It Gets – TriStar – James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
◦ The Full Monty – Fox Searchlight – Umberto Pasolini
Good Will Hunting – Miramax – Lawrence Bender
◦ L.A. Confidential – Warner Bros. – Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson
• 1998 Shakespeare in Love – Miramax – David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
◦ Elizabeth – PolyGram Filmed Entertainment – Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
◦ Life Is Beautiful – Miramax – Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
Saving Private Ryan – DreamWorks SKG, Paramount – Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
◦ The Thin Red Line – 20th Century Fox – Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill
1999 American Beauty – DreamWorks SKG – Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
◦ The Cider House Rules – Miramax – Richard N. Gladstein
The Green Mile – Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros. – Frank Darabont, David Valdes
◦ The Insider – Touchstone Pictures – Pieter Jan Brugge, Michael Mann
The Sixth Sense – Hollywood Pictures – Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, M. Night Shyamalan
2000 Gladiator – DreamWorks & Universal – Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig
◦ Chocolat – Miramax – David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Sony Pictures Classics – William Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee
◦ Erin Brockovich – Universal & Columbia – Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
◦ Traffic – USA Films – Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford
2001 A Beautiful Mind – Universal & DreamWorks – Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
◦ Gosford Park – USA Films – Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David Levy
◦ In the Bedroom – Miramax – Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – New Line Cinema – Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M. Osborne
◦ Moulin Rouge! – 20th Century Fox – Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron
• 2002 Chicago – Miramax – Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Craig Zadan, Martin Richards
◦ Gangs of New York – Miramax – Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
◦ The Hours – Paramount & Miramax – Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – New Line Cinema – Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
◦ The Pianist – Miramax – Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – New Line Cinema – Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh
Lost in Translation – Focus Features – Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola
◦ Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – 20th Century Fox, Miramax & Universal – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson
◦ Mystic River – Warner Bros. – Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood
◦ Seabiscuit – Universal & DreamWorks – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross
2004 Million Dollar Baby – Warner Bros. – Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
◦ The Aviator – Warner Bros. & Miramax – Michael Mann, Graham King
Finding Neverland – Miramax – Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower
◦ Ray – Universal – Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin
◦ Sideways – Fox Searchlight – Michael London
2005 Crash – Lions Gate Entertainment – Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
◦ Brokeback Mountain – Focus Features – Diana Ossana, James Schamus
◦ Capote – United Artists – Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
◦ Good Night, and Good Luck. – Warner Bros. – Grant Heslov
◦ Munich – DreamWorks & Universal – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
2006 The Departed – Warner Bros. – Graham King
Babel – Paramount Vantage – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik
Letters from Iwo Jima – Warner Bros. – Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
◦ Little Miss Sunshine – Fox Searchlight – David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
◦ The Queen – Miramax – Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward
2007 No Country for Old Men – Miramax & Paramount Vantage – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Atonement – Focus Features – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Juno – Fox Searchlight – Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
◦ Michael Clayton – Warner Bros. – Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack
There Will Be Blood – Paramount Vantage & Miramax – Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar
2008 Slumdog Millionaire – Fox Searchlight & Warner Bros. – Christian Colson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Paramount & Warner Bros. – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
Frost/Nixon – Universal – Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner
Milk – Focus Features – Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Reader – The Weinstein Company – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
