Academy award for Best Picture - wikipedia Academy award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Picture Awarded for Best Picture of the Year Country United States Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) First awarded 1929 ( for films released during the 1927 / 1928 film season ) Currently held by Moonlight ( 2016 ) Website oscars.org The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ). This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The actors or actresses in the film will not accept this award unless he or she produced the film. Best Picture is considered the premier award of the Academy Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing, and other efforts put forth into a film production. Since 1973, it is the final award presented at the ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award 's inception. As of 2017, there have been 537 films nominated for Best Picture and 89 winners. Contents 1 History 1.1 Category name changes 1.2 Recipients 1.3 Best Picture and Best Director 1.4 Nomination limit increased 1.5 Controversies 1.6 Sequel nominations and winners 1.7 Silent film winners 1.8 Version availability 2 Winners and nominees 2.1 1920s 2.2 1930s 2.3 1940s 2.4 1950s 2.5 1960s 2.6 1970s 2.7 1980s 2.8 1990s 2.9 2000s 2.10 2010s 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History Category name changes At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony ( for 1927 and 1928 ), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the night : Outstanding Picture and Unique and Artistic Picture, the previous being won by the war epic Wings, and the latter by the art film Sunrise. Each award was intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior filmmaking. The following year, the Academy dropped the Unique and Artistic Picture award, and decided retroactively that the award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded. Though the award kept the title Outstanding Picture for the next ceremony, the name underwent several changes over the years as seen below. Since 1962 it has been called the Best Picture award. 1927 / 28 -- 1928 / 29 : Academy Award for Outstanding Picture 1929 / 30 -- 1940 : Academy Award for Outstanding Production 1941 -- 1943 : Academy Award for Outstanding Motion Picture 1944 -- 1961 : Academy Award for Best Motion Picture 1962 -- present : Academy Award for Best Picture Recipients Until 1950, this award was presented to a representative of the production company. That year the protocol was changed so that the award was presented to all credited producers. This rule was modified in 1998 to apply a limit of three producers receiving the award, after the five producers of Shakespeare in Love had received the award. As of 2014, the `` Special Rules for the Best Picture of the Year Award '' limit recipients to those who meet two main requirements : Those with screen credit of `` producer '' or `` produced by '' those three or fewer producers who have performed the major portion of the producing functions The rules allow `` bona fide team ( s ) of not more than two people to be considered to be a single ' producer ' if the two individuals have had an established producing partnership for at least the previous five years and as a producing team have produced a minimum of five theatrically released feature motion pictures during that time. The Academy can make exceptions to the limit, as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously included among the four producers nominated for The Reader. As of 2014 the Producers Branch Executive Committee determines such exceptions, noting they take place only in `` rare and extraordinary circumstance ( s ). '' Best Picture and Best Director The Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been closely linked throughout their history. Of the 89 films that have been awarded Best Picture, 62 have also been awarded Best Director. Only four films have won Best Picture without their directors being nominated : Wings ( 1927 / 28 ), Grand Hotel ( 1931 / 32 ), Driving Miss Daisy ( 1989 ), and Argo ( 2012 ). The only two Best Director winners to win for films that did not receive a Best Picture nomination were during the early years of the awards : Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights ( 1927 / 28 ), and Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady ( 1928 / 29 ). Nomination limit increased On June 24, 2009, AMPAS announced that the number of films to be nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from five to ten, starting with the 82nd Academy Awards ( 2009 ). The expansion was a throwback to the Academy 's early years in the 1930s and 1940s, when eight to twelve films were nominated each year. `` Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize, '' AMPAS President Sid Ganis said in a press conference. `` I ca n't wait to see what that list of 10 looks like when the nominees are announced in February. '' At the same time, the voting system was switched from first - past - the - post to instant runoff voting ( also known as preferential voting ). Two years after this change, the Academy revised the rule again so that the number of films nominated was between 5 and 10 ; nominated films must earn either 5 % of first - place rankings or 5 % after an abbreviated variation of the single transferable vote nominating process. Bruce Davis, the Academy executive director at the time, said, `` A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we should n't feel an obligation to round out the number. '' Controversies One point of contention with the award is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for Best Picture. Only nine foreign language films have been nominated in the category : Grand Illusion ( French, 1938 ) ; Z ( French, 1969 ) ; The Emigrants ( Swedish, 1972 ) ; Cries and Whispers ( Swedish, 1973 ) ; Il Postino : The Postman ( Italian / Spanish, 1995 ) ; Life Is Beautiful ( Italian, 1998 ) ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( Mandarin Chinese, 2000 ) ; Letters from Iwo Jima ( Japanese, 2006, but ineligible for Best Foreign Language Film, as it was an American production ) ; and Amour ( French, 2012 ). Similarly, the award seldom goes to films produced by non-U.S. studios ; only 14 films partly or wholly financed outside the United States have won Best Picture, 13 of which were financed, in part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films were, in chronological order : Hamlet ( 1948 ), The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ), Tom Jones ( 1963 ), A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ), Oliver ! ( 1968 ), Chariots of Fire ( 1981 ), Gandhi ( 1982 ), The Last Emperor ( 1987 ), The English Patient ( 1996 ), Shakespeare in Love ( 1998 ), Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), and The King 's Speech ( 2010 ). The fourteenth film, The Artist, ( 2011 ) was financed in France. Other points of contention include genres of film that have received few or no nominations or awards. Only three animated films have been nominated -- Disney 's Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ), Disney - Pixar 's Up ( 2009 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ), the latter two having been nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees -- but none have won. No science fiction film or superhero film has won ( none of the latter has been nominated ; though Birdman, which won in 2015, is about an actor who played a superhero and fantasizes about becoming one ) ; only one fantasy film has won ( The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King, 2003 ). Horror films have also been notably absent. The most recent one to have been nominated was The Sixth Sense in 1999 and the only horror to win was The Silence of the Lambs, in 1991. No documentary has yet been nominated for Best Picture, although Chang was nominated in the `` Unique and Artistic Production '' category at the 1927 / 28 awards. In 2017, at the 89th Academy Awards, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read La La Land as the winner of the award. However, they had mistakenly been given the `` Best Actress in a Leading Role '' envelope, for which Emma Stone had won for her role in La La Land moments prior. When the mistake was realized, the show 's producers rushed onstage to correct it ; in the resulting chaos, it was La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz who finally announced that Moonlight was the real winner. Sequel nominations and winners Few sequels have been nominated for Best Picture ; two have won : The Godfather Part II and The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King. Other nominees include The Bells of St. Mary 's, The Godfather Part III, The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers, Toy Story 3, and Mad Max : Fury Road. Another nominee, Broadway Melody of 1936, was a follow - up of sorts to previous winner The Broadway Melody. But, beyond the title and some music, there is no story connection to the earlier film. The Silence of the Lambs was adapted from the sequel novel to Red Dragon. The latter had been adapted for film as Manhunter by a different studio. Best Picture nominee The Lion in Winter features Peter O'Toole as King Henry II, a role he had played previously in the film Becket. But Winter is not a sequel to Becket. Clint Eastwood 's Letters from Iwo Jima was a companion piece to his film Flags of Our Fathers, released earlier the same year. These two films depict the same battle from the different viewpoints of Japanese and United States military forces ; the two films were shot back - to - back. Several musical adaptations based on material previously filmed in non-musical form have won Best Picture, including Gigi, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Oliver !, and Chicago. Silent film winners This article appears to contradict another article. Please see discussion on the linked talk page. ( July 2014 ) The Artist ( with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and dream sequence with sound effects ) was the first silent film since Wings to win Best Picture. It was the first silent nominee since The Patriot. It was the first Best Picture winner to be shot entirely in black - and - white since 1960 's The Apartment. ( Schindler 's List, the 1993 winner, was predominantly black - and - white but it did contain some color sequences ). Version availability No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Lawrence of Arabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award - winning release form. This has usually been due to editing for reissue ( and subsequently partly restored by archivists ). Other winners and nominees, such as Tom Jones and Star Wars, are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. The Broadway Melody originally had some sequences photographed in two - color Technicolor. This footage survives only in black and white. The 1928 film The Patriot is the only Best Picture nominee that is lost. The Racket, also from 1928, was believed lost for many years until a print was found in Howard Hughes ' archives. It has since been restored and shown on Turner Classic Movies. The only surviving complete prints of 1931 's East Lynne and 1934 's The White Parade exist within the UCLA film archive. Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. Except for the early years ( when the Academy used a non-calendar year ), the year shown is the one in which the film first premiered in Los Angeles County, California ; normally this is also the year of first release, however, it may be the year after first release ( as with Casablanca and, if the film - festival premiere is considered, Crash ). This is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given ; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony ( 1st, 2nd, etc. ) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company ; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer or producers. The Academy used the producer credits of the Producers Guild of America ( PGA ) until 1998, when all five producers of Shakespeare in Love made speeches after its win. A three - producer limit has been applied some years since. There was controversy over the exclusion of some PGA - credited producers of Crash and Little Miss Sunshine. The Academy can make exceptions to the limit, as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously among the four nominated for The Reader. However, now any amount of producers on a film can be nominated for Best Picture, should they be deemed eligible. For the first ceremony, three films were nominated for the award. For the following three years, five films were nominated for the award. This was expanded to eight in 1933, to ten in 1934, and to twelve in 1935, before being dropped back to ten in 1937. In 1945 it was further reduced to five. This number remained until 2009, when the limit was raised to ten and later adjusted in 2011, to vary between five and ten. For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd Academy Awards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. indicates the winner 1920s 1927 / 28 ( 1st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Wings Paramount, Famous Players - Lasky Lucien Hubbard The Racket Paramount, The Caddo Company Howard Hughes 7th Heaven Fox William Fox 1928 / 29 ( 2nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Broadway Melody Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg and Lawrence Weingarten Alibi United Artists, Feature Productions Roland West Hollywood Revue Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Harry Rapf In Old Arizona Fox Winfield Sheehan The Patriot Paramount Ernst Lubitsch 1930s 1929 / 30 ( 3rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Carl Laemmle Jr. The Big House Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg Disraeli Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner and Darryl F. Zanuck The Divorcee Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Robert Z. Leonard The Love Parade Paramount Ernst Lubitsch 1930 / 31 ( 4th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Cimarron RKO Radio William LeBaron East Lynne Fox Winfield Sheehan The Front Page United Artists, Caddo Howard Hughes Skippy Paramount Adolph Zukor Trader Horn Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg 1931 / 32 ( 5th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Grand Hotel Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg Arrowsmith Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn Bad Girl Fox Winfield Sheehan The Champ Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer King Vidor Five Star Final Warner Bros., First National Hal B. Wallis One Hour with You Paramount Ernst Lubitsch Shanghai Express Paramount Adolph Zukor The Smiling Lieutenant Paramount Ernst Lubitsch 1932 / 33 ( 6th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Cavalcade Fox Winfield Sheehan 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 and Kenneth Macgowan The Private Life of Henry VIII London Films Alexander Korda She Done Him Wrong Paramount William LeBaron Smilin ' Through Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg State Fair Fox Winfield Sheehan 1934 ( 7th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) It Happened One Night Columbia Harry Cohn and Frank Capra 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 and Robert Lord The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman Here Comes the Navy Warner Bros. Lou Edelman The House of Rothschild 20th Century, United Artists Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz and Raymond Griffith Imitation of Life Universal John M. Stahl One Night of Love Columbia Harry Cohn and Everett Riskin The Thin Man Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Hunt Stromberg Viva Villa ! Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer David O. Selznick The White Parade Fox Jesse L. Lasky 1935 ( 8th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Mutiny on the Bounty Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg and 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, 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 20th Century, United Artists Darryl F. Zanuck Naughty Marietta Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Hunt Stromberg Ruggles of Red Gap Paramount Arthur Hornblow Jr. Top Hat RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman 1936 ( 9th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Great Ziegfeld Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Hunt Stromberg Anthony Adverse Warner Bros. Henry Blanke Dodsworth Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn and 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 and Charles R. Rogers 1937 ( 10th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Life of Emile Zola Warner Bros. Henry Blanke The Awful Truth Columbia Leo McCarey and Everett Riskin Captains Courageous Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Louis Lighton Dead End Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn and Merritt Hulbert The Good Earth Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Thalberg and Albert Lewin In Old Chicago 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck and Kenneth Macgowan Lost Horizon Columbia Frank Capra One Hundred Men and a Girl Universal Charles R. Rogers and Joe Pasternak Stage Door RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman A Star Is Born Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick 1938 ( 11th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) You Ca n't Take It With You Columbia Frank Capra The Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke Alexander 's Ragtime Band 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck and 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 and Henry Blanke Grand Illusion RAC, World Pictures Corporation Frank Rollmer and Albert Pinkovitch Jezebel Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke Pygmalion Pascal Film Productions Gabriel Pascal Test Pilot Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Louis Lighton 1939 ( 12th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Gone with the Wind Selznick International, Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer David O. Selznick Dark Victory Warner Bros. David Lewis Goodbye, Mr. Chips Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Victor Saville Love Affair RKO Radio Leo McCarey Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Columbia Frank Capra Ninotchka Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Sidney Franklin Of Mice and Men Hal Roach Studios, 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 1940s 1940 ( 13th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Rebecca Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick All This, and Heaven Too Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis and David Lewis Foreign Correspondent Wanger, United Artists Walter Wanger The Grapes of Wrath 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck and Nunnally Johnson The Great Dictator Chaplin, United Artists Charlie Chaplin Kitty Foyle RKO Radio David Hempstead The Letter Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis The Long Voyage Home Argosy, Wanger, United Artists John Ford Our Town Lesser, United Artists Sol Lesser The Philadelphia Story Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1941 ( 14th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck Blossoms in the Dust Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Irving Asher Citizen Kane RKO Radio Orson Welles Here Comes Mr. Jordan Columbia Everett Riskin Hold Back the Dawn Paramount Arthur Hornblow Jr. The Little Foxes RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn The Maltese Falcon Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis One Foot in Heaven Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis Sergeant York Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis and Jesse L. Lasky Suspicion RKO Radio Alfred Hitchcock 1942 ( 15th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Mrs. Miniver Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Sidney Franklin The Invaders ( 49th Parallel ) Ortus 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 L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis and William Cagney 1943 ( 16th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Casablanca Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis For Whom the Bell Tolls Paramount Sam Wood Heaven Can Wait 20th Century Fox Ernst Lubitsch The Human Comedy Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Clarence Brown In Which We Serve Two Cities Films Noël Coward Madame Curie Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Sidney Franklin The More the Merrier Columbia George Stevens The Ox - Bow Incident 20th Century Fox Lamar Trotti The Song of Bernadette 20th Century Fox William Perlberg Watch on the Rhine Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis 1944 ( 17th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Going My Way Paramount Leo McCarey Double Indemnity Paramount Joseph Sistrom Gaslight Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Arthur Hornblow Jr. Since You Went Away Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick Wilson 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck 1945 ( 18th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick 1946 ( 19th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Best Years of Our Lives RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn Henry V Two Cities Films 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 ( 20th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Gentleman 's Agreement 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck The Bishop 's Wife RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn Crossfire RKO Radio Adrian Scott Great Expectations Cineguild Ronald Neame Miracle on 34th Street 20th Century Fox William Perlberg 1948 ( 21st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Hamlet Two Cities Films, Universal Laurence Olivier Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. Jerry Wald The Red Shoes Independent Producers, The Archers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger The Snake Pit 20th Century Fox Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Warner Bros. Henry Blanke 1949 ( 22nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 1950s 1950 ( 23rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 1951 ( 24th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 ( 25th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount Cecil B. DeMille High Noon United Artists Stanley Kramer Ivanhoe Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Pandro S. Berman Moulin Rouge Romulus Films John Huston, John Woolf and James Woolf The Quiet Man Republic John Ford and Merian C. Cooper 1953 ( 26th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) From Here to Eternity Columbia Buddy Adler Julius Caesar Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer John Houseman The Robe 20th Century Fox Frank Ross Roman Holiday Paramount William Wyler Shane Paramount George Stevens 1954 ( 27th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 ( 28th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Marty United Artists, Steven Productions, Hecht - Lancaster Productions 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 ( 29th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Around the World in 80 Days United Artists, Michael Todd Productions 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 ( 30th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia, Horizon Pictures Sam Spiegel 12 Angry Men United Artists Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose Peyton Place 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald Sayonara Warner Bros. William Goetz Witness for the Prosecution United Artists Arthur Hornblow Jr. 1958 ( 31st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 ( 32nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Ben - Hur Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Sam Zimbalist 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 Remus Films John Woolf and James Woolf 1960s 1960 ( 33rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Apartment United Artists, The Mirisch Company Billy Wilder The Alamo United Artists, Batjac Productions John Wayne Elmer Gantry United Artists Bernard Smith Sons and Lovers 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald The Sundowners Warner Bros. Fred Zinnemann 1961 ( 34th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) West Side Story United Artists Robert Wise Fanny Warner Bros. Joshua Logan The Guns of Navarone Columbia, High Road Carl Foreman The Hustler 20th Century Fox Robert Rossen Judgment at Nuremberg United Artists Stanley Kramer 1962 ( 35th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Lawrence of Arabia Columbia, Horizon Pictures 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 Universal - International Alan J. Pakula 1963 ( 36th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Tom Jones United Artists, Woodfall Films Tony Richardson America America Warner Bros. Elia Kazan Cleopatra 20th Century Fox Walter Wanger How the West Was Won Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, Cinerama Bernard Smith Lilies of the Field United Artists Ralph Nelson 1964 ( 37th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) My Fair Lady Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner Becket Keep Films, Paramount Film Service Hal B. Wallis Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Columbia, Hawk Films Stanley Kubrick Mary Poppins Disney Walt Disney and Bill Walsh Zorba the Greek 20th Century Fox Michael Cacoyannis 1965 ( 38th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Robert Wise Darling Vic Films, Appia Films Joseph Janni Doctor Zhivago Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Carlo Ponti Ship of Fools Columbia Stanley Kramer A Thousand Clowns United Artists Fred Coe 1966 ( 39th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) A Man for All Seasons Columbia, Highland Films Fred Zinnemann Alfie Sheldrake Films 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 ( 40th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 ( 41st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Oliver ! Romulus Films, Warwick Film Productions John Woolf Funny Girl Columbia Ray Stark The Lion in Winter Embassy, Haworth Productions Martin Poll Rachel, Rachel Warner Bros. Paul Newman Romeo and Juliet B.H.E. Productions, Verona Produzione, Dino De Laurentiis Anthony Havelock - Allan and John Brabourne 1969 ( 42nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 O.N.C.I.C., Cinema V Jacques Perrin and Ahmed Rachedi 1970s 1970 ( 43rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Patton 20th Century Fox Frank McCarthy Airport Universal Ross Hunter Five Easy Pieces Columbia Bob Rafelson and Richard Wechsler Love Story Paramount Howard G. Minsky M * A * S * H 20th Century Fox Ingo Preminger 1971 ( 44th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The French Connection 20th Century Fox Philip D'Antoni A Clockwork Orange Warner, Hawk Films 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 ( 45th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Godfather Paramount Albert S. Ruddy Cabaret Allied Artists, ABC Pictures Cy Feuer Deliverance Warner Bros. John Boorman The Emigrants Svensk Filmindustri Bengt Forslund Sounder 20th Century Fox Robert B. Radnitz 1973 ( 46th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Sting Universal Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips American Graffiti Lucasfilm, Universal, Coppola Co. Francis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz Cries and Whispers Cinematograph, Svenska Filminstitutet Ingmar Bergman The Exorcist Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty A Touch of Class Avco Embassy, Gordon Film Productions Melvin Frank 1974 ( 47th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Godfather Part II Paramount Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos Chinatown Paramount Robert Evans The Conversation Paramount, Coppola Co. Francis Ford Coppola Lenny United Artists Marvin Worth The Towering Inferno 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. Irwin Allen 1975 ( 48th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest United Artists Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz Barry Lyndon Warner Bros., Peregrine Productions, Hawk Films Stanley Kubrick Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand Jaws Universal Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown Nashville Paramount Robert Altman 1976 ( 49th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Rocky United Artists Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff All the President 's Men Warner Bros. Walter Coblenz Bound for Glory United Artists Robert F. Blumofe and Harold Leventhal Network Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, United Artists Howard Gottfried Taxi Driver Columbia Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips 1977 ( 50th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 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 Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox Gary Kurtz The Turning Point 20th Century Fox Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents 1978 ( 51st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Deer Hunter Universal, EMI Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall Coming Home United Artists Jerome Hellman Heaven Can Wait Paramount Warren Beatty Midnight Express Columbia, Casablanca Filmworks Alan Marshall and David Puttnam An Unmarried Woman 20th Century Fox, Casablanca Filmworks Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray 1979 ( 52nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Kramer vs. Kramer Columbia Stanley R. Jaffe All That Jazz 20th Century Fox, Columbia Robert Alan Aurthur Apocalypse Now Zoetrope Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg Breaking Away 20th Century Fox Peter Yates Norma Rae 20th Century Fox Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose 1980s 1980 ( 53rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Ordinary People Paramount Ronald L. Schwary Coal Miner 's Daughter Universal Bernard Schwartz The Elephant Man Paramount, Brooksfilms Jonathan Sanger Raging Bull United Artists Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff Tess Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill 1981 ( 54th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Chariots of Fire Enigma Film Productions David Puttnam Atlantic City Cine - Neighbor, Selta Films Denis Héroux On Golden Pond ITC, Universal Bruce Gilbert Raiders of the Lost Ark Lucasfilm, Paramount Frank Marshall Reds Paramount Warren Beatty 1982 ( 55th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Gandhi Columbia Richard Attenborough E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal, Amblin Entertainment 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 ( 56th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Terms of Endearment Paramount James L. Brooks The Big Chill Columbia Michael Shamberg The Dresser Goldcrest, World Film Services Peter Yates The Right Stuff Warner Bros., The Ladd Company Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff Tender Mercies Universal, EMI Philip S. Hobel 1984 ( 57th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Amadeus Orion Saul Zaentz The Killing Fields Enigma Film Productions David Puttnam A Passage to India G.W. Films, Thorn EMI John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin Places in the Heart Tri-Star Arlene Donovan A Soldier 's Story Columbia Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer 1985 ( 58th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Out of Africa Universal, Mirage Enterprises Sydney Pollack The Color Purple Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones Kiss of the Spider Woman Island Alive, FilmDallas Pictures, HB Filmes David Weisman Prizzi 's Honor 20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures John Foreman Witness Paramount Edward S. Feldman 1986 ( 59th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Platoon Orion, Hemdale Arnold Kopelson Children of a Lesser God Paramount Burt Sugarman and Patrick J. Palmer Hannah and Her Sisters Orion Robert Greenhut The Mission Enigma Film Productions, Goldcrest Films, Kingsmere Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam A Room with a View Merchant Ivory Ismail Merchant 1987 ( 60th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Last Emperor Columbia, Hemdale, Recorded Picture Company, Yanco Films, TAO Films, AAA, Soprofilms Jeremy Thomas Broadcast News 20th Century Fox James L. Brooks Fatal Attraction Paramount Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing Hope and Glory Columbia, Goldcrest films John Boorman Moonstruck Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Patrick J. Palmer and Norman Jewison 1988 ( 61st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Rain Man United Artists Mark Johnson The Accidental Tourist Warner Bros. Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun and Michael Grillo Dangerous Liaisons Warner Bros., Lorimar, N.F.H. Productions Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean Mississippi Burning Orion Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry Working Girl 20th Century Fox Douglas Wick 1989 ( 62nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck Born on the Fourth of July Universal A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone Dead Poets Society Touchstone Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas Field of Dreams Universal Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon My Left Foot Miramax, Ferndale Films, Granada Television International Noel Pearson 1990s 1990 ( 63rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Dances with Wolves Orion, TIG Productions Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner Awakenings Columbia Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker Ghost Paramount Lisa Weinstein The Godfather Part III Paramount, American Zoetrope Francis Ford Coppola Goodfellas Warner Bros. Irwin Winkler 1991 ( 64th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Silence of the Lambs Orion Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman Beauty and the Beast Disney Don Hahn Bugsy TriStar, Mulholland Productions, Baltimore Pictures Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty JFK Warner Bros., Regency Enterprises A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone The Prince of Tides Columbia Barbra Streisand and Andrew S. Karsch 1992 ( 65th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Unforgiven Warner Bros., Malpaso Clint Eastwood The Crying Game Palace Pictures Stephen Woolley A Few Good Men Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman Howards End Sony Pictures Classics, Merchant Ivory Ismail Merchant Scent of a Woman Universal Martin Brest 1993 ( 66th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Schindler 's List Universal, Amblin Entertainment Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig The Fugitive Warner Bros. Arnold Kopelson In the Name of the Father Universal, Hell 's Kitchen Jim Sheridan The Piano Miramax, Jan Chapman Productions Jan Chapman The Remains of the Day Columbia, Merchant Ivory Mike Nichols, John Calley and Ismail Merchant 1994 ( 67th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Forrest Gump Paramount Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey Four Weddings and a Funeral PolyGram, Working Title Duncan Kenworthy Pulp Fiction Miramax Lawrence Bender Quiz Show Hollywood Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik and Robert Redford The Shawshank Redemption Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment Niki Marvin 1995 ( 68th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Braveheart Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Icon Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr. and Bruce Davey Apollo 13 Universal, Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer Babe Universal, Kennedy Miller Productions Bill Miller, George Miller and Doug Mitchell Il Postino : The Postman Miramax, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Blue Dahlia, Penta Film Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele Sense and Sensibility Columbia, Mirage Lindsay Doran 1996 ( 69th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The English Patient Miramax, Tiger Moth Productions Saul Zaentz Fargo PolyGram Ethan Coen Jerry Maguire Tristar, Gracie Films James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai and Cameron Crowe Secrets & Lies October, Thin Man Films Simon Channing - Williams Shine Fine Line Features, Momentum Films Jane Scott 1997 ( 70th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Titanic Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment James Cameron and Jon Landau As Good as It Gets Tristar, Gracie Films James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea The Full Monty Fox Searchlight, Redwave Films Umberto Pasolini Good Will Hunting Miramax, A Band Apart Lawrence Bender L.A. Confidential Warner Bros., Regency Enterprises Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan and Michael Nathanson 1998 ( 71st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Shakespeare in Love Miramax, Universal, Bedford Falls Company David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman Elizabeth PolyGram, Working Title Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan Life Is Beautiful Miramax, Melampo Cinematografica, Pacific Pictures Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi Saving Private Ryan DreamWorks, Paramount, Amblin Entertainment Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn The Thin Red Line 20th Century Fox Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill 1999 ( 72nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) American Beauty DreamWorks, Jinks / Cohen Co. Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks The Cider House Rules Miramax, FilmColony Richard N. Gladstein The Green Mile Warner Bros., Castle Rock Entertainment Frank Darabont and David Valdes The Insider Touchstone, Spyglass Entertainment Pieter Jan Brugge and Michael Mann The Sixth Sense Hollywood, Spyglass Entertainment Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel 2000s 2000 ( 73rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Gladiator DreamWorks, Universal, Scott Free Productions Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig Chocolat Miramax David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sony Pictures Classics William Kong, Hsu Li - kong and Ang Lee Erin Brockovich Universal, Columbia, Jersey Films Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher Traffic Universal, USA, Bedford Falls Company Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford 2001 ( 74th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) A Beautiful Mind DreamWorks, Universal, Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer and Ron Howard Gosford Park USA, Sandcastle 5 Productions, Zestwick Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy In the Bedroom Miramax, Good Machine Graham Leader, Ross Katz, and Todd Field The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema, WingNut Films Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne Moulin Rouge ! 20th Century Fox, Bazmark Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron 2002 ( 75th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Chicago Miramax, Producer Circle Co., Storyline Entertainment Martin Richards Gangs of New York Miramax Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein The Hours Paramount, Miramax, Scott Rudin Productions Scott Rudin and Robert Fox The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers New Line Cinema, WingNut Films Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson The Pianist Focus Features, RP Productions, Heritage Films, Babelsberg Studios, Runteam Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde 2003 ( 76th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King New Line Cinema, WingNut Films Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Lost in Translation Focus Features, American Zoetrope Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Universal, Samuel Goldwyn Films Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson Mystic River Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Malpaso Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood Seabiscuit DreamWorks, Universal, Spyglass Entertainment, Kennedy / Marshall Productions Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross 2004 ( 77th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Million Dollar Baby Warner Bros., Lakeshore Entertainment, Malpaso Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg The Aviator Warner Bros., Miramax, Forward Pass, Appian Way Michael Mann and Graham King Finding Neverland Miramax, Filmcolony Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower Ray Universal, Bristol Bay Productions, Anvil Films Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin Sideways Fox Searchlight Michael London 2005 ( 78th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Crash Lionsgate, BlackFriar 's Bridge, Harris Company, ApolloProScreen Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman Brokeback Mountain Focus Features, River Road Entertainment Diana Ossana and James Schamus Capote Sony Pictures Classics, United Artists, A-Line Pictures, Cooper 's Town Productions, Infinity Media Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven Good Night, and Good Luck Warner Independent, Section Eight Productions, 2929 Entertainment Grant Heslov Munich DreamWorks, Universal, Amblin Entertainment, Kennedy / Marshall Productions Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel 2006 ( 79th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Departed Warner Bros., Plan B Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Vertigo Entertainment Graham King Babel Paramount Vantage, Anonymous Content, Zeta Film Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin and Jon Kilik Letters from Iwo Jima DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Malpaso, Amblin Entertainment Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight, Big Beach, Deep River Productions David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub The Queen Miramax, Granada Productions Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward 2007 ( 80th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) No Country for Old Men Paramount Vantage, Miramax, Mike Zoss Productions Scott Rudin, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Atonement Focus Features, Working Title Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster Juno Fox Searchlight, Mr. Mudd Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith Michael Clayton Warner Bros., Castle Rock Entertainment, Section Eight Productions, Mirage Enterprises Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent and Sydney Pollack There Will Be Blood Paramount Vantage, Miramax Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar 2008 ( 81st ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Slumdog Millionaire Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros., Celador, Film4 Christian Colson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Paramount, Warner Bros., Kennedy / Marshall Productions Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin Frost / Nixon Universal, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Eric Fellner Milk Focus Features, Jinks / Cohen Co., Groundswell Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks The Reader The Weinstein Co., Mirage, Neunte Babelsberg Film Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris 2009 ( 82nd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Hurt Locker Summit Entertainment, Voltage Pictures, First Light Productions, Kingsgate Films Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro Avatar 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media James Cameron and Jon Landau The Blind Side Warner Bros., Alcon Entertainment Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson District 9 Tristar, WingNut Films Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham An Education Sony Pictures Classics, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Inglourious Basterds The Weinstein Co., Universal, Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg Film Lawrence Bender Precious Lionsgate, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel - Magness and Gary Magness A Serious Man Focus Features, Working Title, Mike Zoss Productions Joel and Ethan Coen Up Disney, Pixar Jonas Rivera Up in the Air Paramount, The Montecito Picture Company Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman 2010s 2010 ( 83rd ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The King 's Speech The Weinstein Co., Momentum Pictures, UK Film Council, See - Saw Films, Bedlam Productions Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin 127 Hours Fox Searchlight, Pathé, Dune Entertainment, Everest Entertainment Danny Boyle, John Smithson and Christian Colson Black Swan Fox Searchlight, Dune Entertainment, Cross Creek Pictures, Phoenix Pictures Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy and Brian Oliver The Fighter Paramount, The Weinstein Co., Mandeville Films David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg Inception Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas The Kids Are All Right Focus Features, Gilbert Films Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy - Hinte and Celine Rattray The Social Network Columbia, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca and Scott Rudin Toy Story 3 Disney, Pixar Darla K. Anderson True Grit Paramount, Skydance Media, Mike Zoss Productions Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Scott Rudin Winter 's Bone Roadside Attractions, Anonymous Content, Winter 's Bone Productions Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini 2011 ( 84th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) The Artist The Weinstein Co., La Petite Reine, ARP Sélection, Studio 37, La Classe Américaine, France 3 Cinema, U Film, Jouror Productions, JD Prod, Wild Bunch Thomas Langmann The Descendants Fox Searchlight Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Warner Bros., Scott Rudin Productions Scott Rudin The Help DreamWorks, Touchstone, Participant Media, Imageation Abu Dahbi Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan Hugo Paramount, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil Graham King and Martin Scorsese Midnight in Paris Sony Pictures Classics, Gravier, Mediapro, Pontchartrain, Versatil Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum Moneyball Columbia, Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt The Tree of Life Fox Searchlight, River Road Entertainment Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill War Horse DreamWorks, Touchstone, Amblin Entertainment, Kennedy / Marshall Company Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy 2012 ( 85th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Argo Warner Bros., GK Films, Smoke House Pictures Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney Amour Sony Pictures Classics, Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film Production Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight, Cinereach Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald Django Unchained The Weinstein Co., Columbia, Band Apart Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone Les Misérables Universal, Working Title, Cameron Mackintosh Limited Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh Life of Pi 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Haishang Films Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark Lincoln DreamWorks, Touchstone, 20th Century Fox, Amblin Entertainment, Participant, Kennedy / Marshall Company Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Co. Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon Zero Dark Thirty Columbia, Annapurna Pictures Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison 2013 ( 86th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) 12 Years a Slave Fox Searchlight, Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency, Film4 Productions Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas American Hustle Columbia, Atlas Entertainment, Annapurna Pictures Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon Captain Phillips Columbia, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca Dallas Buyers Club Focus Features, Truth Entertainment, Voltage Pictures Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter Gravity Warner Bros., Esperanto Filmoj, Heyday Films Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman Her Warner Bros., Entertainment Film Distributors, Annapurna Pictures Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay Nebraska Paramount Vantage, Echo Lake Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa Philomena The Weinstein Co., Pathé, BBC Films, British Film Institute, Canal+, Cine+, Baby Cow Productions, Magnolia Mae Films Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward The Wolf of Wall Street Paramount, Red Granite Pictures, Appian Way Productions, Sikelia Productions, Emjag Productions Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff 2014 ( 87th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Birdman Fox Searchlight, Regency Enterprises, Worldview Entertainment Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole American Sniper Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Mad Chance Productions, 22nd and Indiana Pictures, Malpaso Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan Boyhood IFC, Detour Filmproduction Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland The Grand Budapest Hotel Fox Searchlight, American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, Babelsberg Studio Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven M. Rales and Jeremy Dawson The Imitation Game The Weinstein Co., Black Bear Pictures, Bristol Automotive Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman Selma Paramount, Pathé, Cloud Eight Films, Plan B Entertainment, Harpo Films Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner The Theory of Everything Focus Features, Working Title Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten Whiplash Sony Pictures Classics, Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, Right of Way Films Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster 2015 ( 88th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Spotlight Open Road, Anonymous Content, First Look Media, Participant Media, Rocklin / Faust Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar The Big Short Paramount, Regency Enterprises, Plan B Entertainment Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt Bridge of Spies DreamWorks, Touchstone, 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Participant Media, Afterworks Limited, Studio Babelsberg, Marc Platt Productions Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger Brooklyn Fox Searchlight, BFI, BBC Films, Wildgaze Films, Irish Film Board, Parallel Film Productions, Item 7 Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Mad Max : Fury Road Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, RatPac - Dune Entertainment Doug Mitchell and George Miller The Martian 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam The Revenant 20th Century Fox, Anonymous Content, Appian Way Productions, M Productions, New Regency Pictures, RatPac Entertainment Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon Room A24, TG4 Films, Nope Films, Mauvais Plan, Inc., CampTrace Entertainment, Lester Productions Ed Guiney 2016 ( 89th ) Film Production company ( s ) Producer ( s ) Moonlight A24, Plan B Entertainment, Pastel Productions Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner Arrival Paramount, Lava Bear Films, 21 Laps Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde Fences Paramount, Bron Studios, Macro Media, Scott Rudin Productions Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black Hacksaw Ridge Summit Entertainment, Pandemonium Films, Permut Productions, Vendian Entertainment Bill Mechanic and David Permut Hell or High Water CBS, Lionsgate, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment, Film 44, LBI Entertainment Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn Hidden Figures 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment, Levantine Films Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi La La Land Summit Entertainment, Black Label Media, TIK Films Limited, Impostor Pictures, Gilbert Films, Marc Platt Productions Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt Lion The Weinstein Co., Transmission Films, Entertainment Film Distributors Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder Manchester by the Sea Amazon, Roadside Attractions, K Period Media, B Story, CMP, Pearl Street Films Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh Notes A : The official name of the award from 1927 / 28 to 1928 / 29 was Outstanding Picture. B : The official name of the award from 1929 / 30 to 1940 was Outstanding Production. C : The official name of the award from 1941 to 1943 was Outstanding Motion Picture. D : The official name of the award from 1944 to 1961 was Best Motion Picture. E : The official name of the award since 1962 has been Best Picture. F : There were two categories that were seen as equally the top award at the time : `` Outstanding Picture '' and Unique and Artistic Production where the winner for the latter was Sunrise ( production company : Fox ; producer : William Fox ). This category was dropped immediately after the first year of the Academy Award and the former category was retroactively seen as the top award. G : Head of studio H : The Academy also announced that A Farewell to Arms came in second, and Little Women third. I : The Academy also announced that The Barretts of Wimpole Street came in second, and The House of Rothschild third. J : The Academy also announced that The Informer came in second, and Captain Blood third. K : Nominated motion picture with non-English dialogue track ( AMPAS : foreign language film ). Four of which -- Z ; Life is Beautiful ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ; and Amour -- won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. L : Production company with the most nominations ( 38 ) and the most awards ( 5 ). Applying only from 1927 / 1928 to 1950. M : Person with the most nominations ( 8 nominations, 0 awards ). Applying only from 1951 to 2012. N : Person with the most awards ( 3 awards, Spiegel 4 nominations, Zaentz 3 nominations ). Applying only from 1951 to 2008. O : Winner with partly non-English dialogue track ( AMPAS : foreign language ). 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Sawyer Award Student Awards Student Academy Award Former awards Merit Awards Assistant Director Dance Direction Director of a Comedy Picture Engineering Effects Short Subject, Two - reel Short Subject, Comedy Short Subject, Novelty Story Title Writing Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Special Awards Academy Juvenile Award Ceremonies ‡ ( List Book ) 1927 / 28 1928 / 29 1929 / 30 1930 / 31 1931 / 32 1932 / 33 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Footnotes ‡ Dates and years listed for each ceremony were the eligibility period of film release in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period was done on a seasonal basis, from August to July. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932 to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. 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Question: who receives the academy award for best picture
Answer: the producers of the film