# Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design.
The award was first given in 1949, for films made in 1948. Initially, separate award categories were established for black-and-white films and color films. Since the merger of the two categories in 1967, the Academy has traditionally avoided giving out the award to films with a contemporary setting.

## Award

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is given out annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the best achievement of film costume design of the previous year. Films that are eligible for the award must meet a series of criteria, including the requirement that the costumes must have been "conceived" by a costume designer. For this particular criteria, each submission is reviewed by the costume designer members of the Art Directors Branch prior to the ballot process. Further rules include that the nominee(s) be only the principal costume designer(s), that the five films that receive the highest number of votes will become the ceremony's nominations for final voting, and that the final voting will only be undertaken by active and life members of the academy.

## History

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was first given out at the 21st Academy Awards, held on March 24, 1949. The award had two subcategories, one for films in black and white and one for films in color. At the 30th Academy Awards, held on March 26, 1958, these two subcategories were merged into one, which was the result of the academy reducing the number of competitive categories from 30 to 24. The 32nd Academy Awards saw the category again be split into two for recognition of both black and white and color film. Eight years later, the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, along with two other awards, were each combined into their own single category recognizing achievement in film.
From 1949 to 1966, most Academy Awards for Best Costume Design in Black and White were given to a contemporary movie. On the other hand, epics, fantasies, and musicals dominated the color category. Since the merger into one singular category for color films in 1967, films set in modern times have won only three times. The three contemporary-set winners have been Travels with My Aunt, All That Jazz, and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. All other winners during this period have been set in the past or in a science-fiction or fantasy setting.

## Winners and nominees
### 1940s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 1948 (21st) | Black-and-White | Black-and-White |
| 1948 (21st) | Hamlet | Roger K. Furse |
| 1948 (21st) | B.F.'s Daughter | Irene |
| Color ||
| 1948 (21st) | Joan of Arc | Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska |
| 1948 (21st) | The Emperor Waltz | Edith Head and Gile Steele |
| 1949 (22nd) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1949 (22nd) | The Heiress | Edith Head and Gile Steele |
| 1949 (22nd) | Prince of Foxes | Vittorio Nino Novarese |
| Color ||
| 1949 (22nd) | Adventures of Don Juan | Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best |
| 1949 (22nd) | Mother Is a Freshman | Kay Nelson |

### 1950s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 1950 (23rd) | Black-and-White | Black-and-White |
| 1950 (23rd) | All About Eve | Edith Head and Charles LeMaire |
| 1950 (23rd) | Born Yesterday | Jean Louis |
| 1950 (23rd) | The Magnificent Yankee | Walter Plunkett |
| Color ||
| 1950 (23rd) | Samson and Delilah | Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling |
| 1950 (23rd) | The Black Rose | Michael Whittaker |
| 1950 (23rd) | That Forsyte Woman | Walter Plunkett and Valles |
| 1951 (24th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1951 (24th) | A Place in the Sun | Edith Head |
| 1951 (24th) | Kind Lady | Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele (posthumously) |
| 1951 (24th) | The Model and the Marriage Broker | Charles LeMaire and Renié |
| 1951 (24th) | The Mudlark | Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse |
| 1951 (24th) | A Streetcar Named Desire | Lucinda Ballard |
| Color ||
| 1951 (24th) | An American in Paris | Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff |
| 1951 (24th) | David and Bathsheba | Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson |
| 1951 (24th) | The Great Caruso | Helen Rose and Gile Steele (posthumously) |
| 1951 (24th) | Quo Vadis | Herschel McCoy |
| 1951 (24th) | Tales of Hoffmann | Hein Heckroth |
| 1952 (25th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1952 (25th) | The Bad and the Beautiful | Helen Rose |
| 1952 (25th) | Affair in Trinidad | Jean Louis |
| 1952 (25th) | Carrie | Edith Head |
| 1952 (25th) | My Cousin Rachel | Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1952 (25th) | Sudden Fear | Sheila O'Brien |
| Color ||
| 1952 (25th) | Moulin Rouge | Marcel Vertès |
| 1952 (25th) | The Greatest Show on Earth | Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White |
| 1952 (25th) | Hans Christian Andersen | Clavé, Mary Wills and Madame Karinska |
| 1952 (25th) | The Merry Widow | Helen Rose and Gile Steele (posthumously) |
| 1952 (25th) | With a Song in My Heart | Charles LeMaire |
| 1953 (26th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1953 (26th) | Roman Holiday | Edith Head |
| 1953 (26th) | The Actress | Walter Plunkett |
| 1953 (26th) | Dream Wife | Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy |
| 1953 (26th) | From Here to Eternity | Jean Louis |
| 1953 (26th) | The President's Lady | Charles LeMaire and Renié |
| Color ||
| 1953 (26th) | The Robe | Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago |
| 1953 (26th) | The Band Wagon | Mary Ann Nyberg |
| 1953 (26th) | Call Me Madam | Irene Sharaff |
| 1953 (26th) | How to Marry a Millionaire | Charles LeMaire and Travilla |
| 1953 (26th) | Young Bess | Walter Plunkett |
| 1954 (27th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1954 (27th) | Sabrina | Edith Head |
| 1954 (27th) | The Earrings of Madame de... | Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare |
| 1954 (27th) | Executive Suite | Helen Rose |
| 1954 (27th) | Indiscretion of an American Wife | Christian Dior |
| 1954 (27th) | It Should Happen to You | Jean Louis |
| Color ||
| 1954 (27th) | Gate of Hell | Sanzo Wada |
| 1954 (27th) | Brigadoon | Irene Sharaff |
| 1954 (27th) | Desiree | Charles LeMaire and René Hubert |
| 1954 (27th) | A Star Is Born | Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff |
| 1954 (27th) | There's No Business Like Show Business | Charles LeMaire, William Travilla and Miles White |
| 1955 (28th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1955 (28th) | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Helen Rose |
| 1955 (28th) | The Pickwick Papers | Beatrice Dawson |
| 1955 (28th) | Queen Bee | Jean Louis |
| 1955 (28th) | The Rose Tattoo | Edith Head |
| 1955 (28th) | Ugetsu | Tadaoto Kainosho |
| Color ||
| 1955 (28th) | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Charles LeMaire |
| 1955 (28th) | Guys and Dolls | Irene Sharaff |
| 1955 (28th) | Interrupted Melody | Helen Rose |
| 1955 (28th) | To Catch a Thief | Edith Head |
| 1955 (28th) | The Virgin Queen | Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills |
| 1956 (29th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1956 (29th) | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Jean Louis |
| 1956 (29th) | Seven Samurai | Kohei Ezaki |
| 1956 (29th) | The Power and the Prize | Helen Rose |
| 1956 (29th) | The Proud and Profane | Edith Head |
| 1956 (29th) | Teenage Rebel | Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills |
| Color ||
| 1956 (29th) | The King and I | Irene Sharaff |
| 1956 (29th) | Around the World in 80 Days | Miles White |
| 1956 (29th) | Giant | Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best |
| 1956 (29th) | The Ten Commandments | Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg |
| 1956 (29th) | War and Peace | Maria De Matteis |
| 1957 (30th) | |
| 1957 (30th) | Les Girls | Orry-Kelly |
| 1957 (30th) | An Affair to Remember | Charles LeMaire |
| 1957 (30th) | Funny Face | Edith Head and Hubert de Givenchy |
| 1957 (30th) | Pal Joey | Jean Louis |
| 1957 (30th) | Raintree County | Walter Plunkett |
| 1958 (31st) |
| 1958 (31st) | Gigi | Cecil Beaton |
| 1958 (31st) | Bell, Book and Candle | Jean Louis |
| 1958 (31st) | The Buccaneer | Ralph Jester, Edith Head and John Jensen |
| 1958 (31st) | A Certain Smile | Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills |
| 1958 (31st) | Some Came Running | Walter Plunkett |
| 1959 (32nd) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1959 (32nd) | Some Like It Hot | Orry-Kelly |
| 1959 (32nd) | Career | Edith Head |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Diary of Anne Frank | Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Gazebo | Helen Rose |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Young Philadelphians | Howard Shoup |
| Color ||
| 1959 (32nd) | Ben-Hur | Elizabeth Haffenden |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Best of Everything | Adele Palmer |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Big Fisherman | Renié |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Five Pennies | Edith Head |
| 1959 (32nd) | Porgy and Bess | Irene Sharaff |

### 1960s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 1960 (33rd) | Black-and-White | Black-and-White |
| 1960 (33rd) | The Facts of Life | Edith Head and Edward Stevenson |
| 1960 (33rd) | Never on Sunday | Deni Vachlioti |
| 1960 (33rd) | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Howard Shoup |
| 1960 (33rd) | Seven Thieves | Bill Thomas |
| 1960 (33rd) | The Virgin Spring | Marik Vos |
| Color ||
| 1960 (33rd) | Spartacus | Valles and Bill Thomas |
| 1960 (33rd) | Can-Can | Irene Sharaff |
| 1960 (33rd) | Midnight Lace | Irene |
| 1960 (33rd) | Pepe | Edith Head |
| 1960 (33rd) | Sunrise at Campobello | Marjorie Best |
| 1961 (34th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1961 (34th) | La Dolce Vita | Piero Gherardi |
| 1961 (34th) | The Children's Hour | Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1961 (34th) | Claudelle Inglish | Howard Shoup |
| 1961 (34th) | Judgment at Nuremberg | Jean Louis |
| 1961 (34th) | Yojimbo | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Color ||
| 1961 (34th) | West Side Story | Irene Sharaff |
| 1961 (34th) | Babes in Toyland | Bill Thomas |
| 1961 (34th) | Back Street | Jean Louis |
| 1961 (34th) | Flower Drum Song | Irene Sharaff |
| 1961 (34th) | Pocketful of Miracles | Edith Head and Walter Plunkett |
| 1962 (35th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1962 (35th) | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Norma Koch |
| 1962 (35th) | Days of Wine and Roses | Don Feld |
| 1962 (35th) | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Edith Head |
| 1962 (35th) | The Miracle Worker | Ruth Morley |
| 1962 (35th) | Phaedra | Denny Vachlioti |
| Color ||
| 1962 (35th) | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Mary Wills |
| 1962 (35th) | Bon Voyage! | Bill Thomas |
| 1962 (35th) | Gypsy | Orry-Kelly |
| 1962 (35th) | The Music Man | Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1962 (35th) | My Geisha | Edith Head |
| 1963 (36th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1963 (36th) | 8½ | Piero Gherardi |
| 1963 (36th) | Love with the Proper Stranger | Edith Head |
| 1963 (36th) | The Stripper | Travilla |
| 1963 (36th) | Toys in the Attic | Bill Thomas |
| 1963 (36th) | Wives and Lovers | Edith Head |
| Color ||
| 1963 (36th) | Cleopatra | Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff |
| 1963 (36th) | The Cardinal | Donald Brooks |
| 1963 (36th) | How the West Was Won | Walter Plunkett |
| 1963 (36th) | The Leopard | Piero Tosi |
| 1963 (36th) | A New Kind of Love | Edith Head |
| 1964 (37th) | Black-and-White | Black-and-White |
| 1964 (37th) | The Night of the Iguana | Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1964 (37th) | A House Is Not a Home | Edith Head |
| 1964 (37th) | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Norma Koch |
| 1964 (37th) | Kisses for My President | Howard Shoup |
| 1964 (37th) | The Visit | René Hubert |
| Color ||
| 1964 (37th) | My Fair Lady | Cecil Beaton |
| 1964 (37th) | Becket | Margaret Furse |
| 1964 (37th) | Mary Poppins | Tony Walton |
| 1964 (37th) | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Morton Haack |
| 1964 (37th) | What a Way to Go! | Edith Head and Moss Mabry |
| 1965 (38th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1965 (38th) | Darling | Julie Harris |
| 1965 (38th) | Morituri | Moss Mabry |
| 1965 (38th) | A Rage to Live | Howard Shoup |
| 1965 (38th) | Ship of Fools | Jean Louis and Bill Thomas |
| 1965 (38th) | The Slender Thread | Edith Head |
| Color ||
| 1965 (38th) | Doctor Zhivago | Phyllis Dalton |
| 1965 (38th) | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Vittorio Nino Novarese |
| 1965 (38th) | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Marjorie Best and Vittorio Nino Novarese |
| 1965 (38th) | Inside Daisy Clover | Edith Head and Bill Thomas |
| 1965 (38th) | The Sound of Music | Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1966 (39th) |
| Black-and-White ||
| 1966 (39th) | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Irene Sharaff |
| 1966 (39th) | The Gospel According to St. Matthew | Danilo Donati |
| 1966 (39th) | Mandragola | Danilo Donati |
| 1966 (39th) | Mister Buddwing | Helen Rose |
| 1966 (39th) | Morgan! | Jocelyn Rickards |
| Color ||
| 1966 (39th) | A Man for All Seasons | Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge |
| 1966 (39th) | Gambit | Jean Louis |
| 1966 (39th) | Juliet of the Spirits | Piero Gherardi |
| 1966 (39th) | Hawaii | Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1966 (39th) | The Oscar | Edith Head |
| 1967 (40th) |
| 1967 (40th) | Camelot | John Truscott |
| 1967 (40th) | Bonnie and Clyde | Theadora Van Runkle |
| 1967 (40th) | The Happiest Millionaire | Bill Thomas |
| 1967 (40th) | The Taming of the Shrew | Danilo Donati and Irene Sharaff |
| 1967 (40th) | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Jean Louis |
| 1968 (41st) |
| 1968 (41st) | Romeo and Juliet | Danilo Donati |
| 1968 (41st) | The Lion in Winter | Margaret Furse |
| 1968 (41st) | Oliver! | Phyllis Dalton |
| 1968 (41st) | Planet of the Apes | Morton Haack |
| 1968 (41st) | Star! | Donald Brooks |
| 1969 (42nd) |
| 1969 (42nd) | Anne of the Thousand Days | Margaret Furse |
| 1969 (42nd) | Gaily, Gaily | Ray Aghayan |
| 1969 (42nd) | Hello, Dolly! | Irene Sharaff |
| 1969 (42nd) | Sweet Charity | Edith Head |
| 1969 (42nd) | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Donfeld |

### 1970s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 1970 (43rd) |
| 1970 (43rd) | Cromwell | Vittorio Nino Novarese |
| 1970 (43rd) | Airport | Edith Head |
| 1970 (43rd) | Darling Lili | Jack Bear and Donald Brooks |
| 1970 (43rd) | The Hawaiians | Bill Thomas |
| 1970 (43rd) | Scrooge | Margaret Furse |
| 1971 (44th) |
| 1971 (44th) | Nicholas and Alexandra | Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo |
| 1971 (44th) | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Bill Thomas |
| 1971 (44th) | Death in Venice | Piero Tosi |
| 1971 (44th) | Mary, Queen of Scots | Margaret Furse |
| 1971 (44th) | What's the Matter with Helen? | Morton Haack |
| 1972 (45th) |
| 1972 (45th) | Travels with My Aunt | Anthony Powell |
| 1972 (45th) | The Godfather | Anna Hill Johnstone |
| 1972 (45th) | Lady Sings the Blues | Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch and Bob Mackie |
| 1972 (45th) | The Poseidon Adventure | Paul Zastupnevich |
| 1972 (45th) | Young Winston | Anthony Mendleson |
| 1973 (46th) |
| 1973 (46th) | The Sting | Edith Head |
| 1973 (46th) | Cries and Whispers | Marik Vos |
| 1973 (46th) | Ludwig | Piero Tosi |
| 1973 (46th) | Tom Sawyer | Donfeld |
| 1973 (46th) | The Way We Were | Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry |
| 1974 (47th) |
| 1974 (47th) | The Great Gatsby | Theoni V. Aldredge |
| 1974 (47th) | Chinatown | Anthea Sylbert |
| 1974 (47th) | Daisy Miller | John Furniss |
| 1974 (47th) | The Godfather Part II | Theadora Van Runkle |
| 1974 (47th) | Murder on the Orient Express | Tony Walton |
| 1975 (48th) |
| 1975 (48th) | Barry Lyndon | Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund |
| 1975 (48th) | The Four Musketeers | Yvonne Blake and Ron Talsky |
| 1975 (48th) | Funny Lady | Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie |
| 1975 (48th) | The Magic Flute | Karin Erskine and Henny Noremark |
| 1975 (48th) | The Man Who Would Be King | Edith Head |
| 1976 (49th) |
| 1976 (49th) | Fellini's Casanova | Danilo Donati |
| 1976 (49th) | Bound for Glory | William Ware Theiss |
| 1976 (49th) | The Incredible Sarah | Anthony Mendleson |
| 1976 (49th) | The Passover Plot | Mary Wills |
| 1976 (49th) | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Alan Barrett |
| 1977 (50th) |
| 1977 (50th) | Star Wars | John Mollo |
| 1977 (50th) | Airport '77 | Edith Head and Burton Miller |
| 1977 (50th) | Julia | Anthea Sylbert |
| 1977 (50th) | A Little Night Music | Florence Klotz |
| 1977 (50th) | The Other Side of Midnight | Irene Sharaff |
| 1978 (51st) |
| 1978 (51st) | Death on the Nile | Anthony Powell |
| 1978 (51st) | Caravans | Renié |
| 1978 (51st) | Days of Heaven | Patricia Norris |
| 1978 (51st) | The Swarm | Paul Zastupnevich |
| 1978 (51st) | The Wiz | Tony Walton |
| 1979 (52nd) |
| 1979 (52nd) | All That Jazz | Albert Wolsky |
| 1979 (52nd) | Agatha | Shirley Ann Russell |
| 1979 (52nd) | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | William Ware Theiss |
| 1979 (52nd) | La Cage aux Folles | Ambra Danon and Piero Tosi |
| 1979 (52nd) | The Europeans | Judy Moorcroft |

### 1980s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 1980 (53rd) |
| 1980 (53rd) | Tess | Anthony Powell |
| 1980 (53rd) | The Elephant Man | Patricia Norris |
| 1980 (53rd) | My Brilliant Career | Anna Senior |
| 1980 (53rd) | Somewhere in Time | Jean-Pierre Dorleac |
| 1980 (53rd) | When Time Ran Out | Paul Zastupnevich |
| 1981 (54th) |
| 1981 (54th) | Chariots of Fire | Milena Canonero |
| 1981 (54th) | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Tom Rand |
| 1981 (54th) | Pennies from Heaven | Bob Mackie |
| 1981 (54th) | Ragtime | Anna Hill Johnstone |
| 1981 (54th) | Reds | Shirley Ann Russell |
| 1982 (55th) |
| 1982 (55th) | Gandhi | Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo |
| 1982 (55th) | Sophie's Choice | Albert Wolsky |
| 1982 (55th) | La Traviata | Piero Tosi |
| 1982 (55th) | Tron | Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton |
| 1982 (55th) | Victor/Victoria | Patricia Norris |
| 1983 (56th) |
| 1983 (56th) | Fanny and Alexander | Marik Vos-Lundh |
| 1983 (56th) | Cross Creek | Joe I. Tompkins |
| 1983 (56th) | Heart Like a Wheel | William Ware Theiss |
| 1983 (56th) | The Return of Martin Guerre | Anne-Marie Marchand |
| 1983 (56th) | Zelig | Santo Loquasto |
| 1984 (57th) |
| 1984 (57th) | Amadeus | Theodor Pištěk |
| 1984 (57th) | 2010 | Patricia Norris |
| 1984 (57th) | The Bostonians | Jenny Beavan and John Bright |
| 1984 (57th) | A Passage to India | Judy Moorcroft |
| 1984 (57th) | Places in the Heart | Ann Roth |
| 1985 (58th) |
| 1985 (58th) | Ran | Emi Wada |
| 1985 (58th) | The Color Purple | Aggie Guerard Rodgers |
| 1985 (58th) | The Journey of Natty Gann | Albert Wolsky |
| 1985 (58th) | Out of Africa | Milena Canonero |
| 1985 (58th) | Prizzi's Honor | Donfeld |
| 1986 (59th) |
| 1986 (59th) | A Room with a View | Jenny Beavan and John Bright |
| 1986 (59th) | The Mission | Enrico Sabbatini |
| 1986 (59th) | Otello | Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti |
| 1986 (59th) | Peggy Sue Got Married | Theadora Van Runkle |
| 1986 (59th) | Pirates | Anthony Powell |
| 1987 (60th) |
| 1987 (60th) | The Last Emperor | James Acheson |
| 1987 (60th) | The Dead | Dorothy Jeakins |
| 1987 (60th) | Empire of the Sun | Bob Ringwood |
| 1987 (60th) | Maurice | Jenny Beavan and John Bright |
| 1987 (60th) | The Untouchables | Marilyn Vance-Straker |
| 1988 (61st) |
| 1988 (61st) | Dangerous Liaisons | James Acheson |
| 1988 (61st) | Coming to America | Deborah Nadoolman |
| 1988 (61st) | A Handful of Dust | Jane Robinson |
| 1988 (61st) | Sunset | Patricia Norris |
| 1988 (61st) | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Milena Canonero |
| 1989 (62nd) |
| 1989 (62nd) | Henry V | Phyllis Dalton |
| 1989 (62nd) | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Gabriella Pescucci |
| 1989 (62nd) | Driving Miss Daisy | Elizabeth McBride |
| 1989 (62nd) | Harlem Nights | Joe I. Tompkins |
| 1989 (62nd) | Valmont | Theodor Pištěk |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 1990 (63rd) |
| 1990 (63rd) | Cyrano de Bergerac | Franca Squarciapino |
| 1990 (63rd) | Avalon | Gloria Gresham |
| 1990 (63rd) | Dances with Wolves | Elsa Zamparelli |
| 1990 (63rd) | Dick Tracy | Milena Canonero |
| 1990 (63rd) | Hamlet | Maurizio Millenotti |
| 1991 (64th) |
| 1991 (64th) | Bugsy | Albert Wolsky |
| 1991 (64th) | The Addams Family | Ruth Myers |
| 1991 (64th) | Barton Fink | Richard Hornung |
| 1991 (64th) | Hook | Anthony Powell |
| 1991 (64th) | Madame Bovary | Corinne Jorry |
| 1992 (65th) |
| 1992 (65th) | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Eiko Ishioka |
| 1992 (65th) | Enchanted April | Sheena Napier |
| 1992 (65th) | Howards End | Jenny Beavan and John Bright |
| 1992 (65th) | Malcolm X | Ruth E. Carter |
| 1992 (65th) | Toys | Albert Wolsky |
| 1993 (66th) |
| 1993 (66th) | The Age of Innocence | Gabriella Pescucci |
| 1993 (66th) | Orlando | Sandy Powell |
| 1993 (66th) | The Piano | Janet Patterson |
| 1993 (66th) | The Remains of the Day | Jenny Beavan and John Bright |
| 1993 (66th) | Schindler's List | Anna B. Sheppard |
| 1994 (67th) |
| 1994 (67th) | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner |
| 1994 (67th) | Bullets over Broadway | Jeffrey Kurland |
| 1994 (67th) | Little Women | Colleen Atwood |
| 1994 (67th) | Maverick | April Ferry |
| 1994 (67th) | Queen Margot | Moidele Bickel |
| 1995 (68th) |
| 1995 (68th) | Restoration | James Acheson |
| 1995 (68th) | 12 Monkeys | Julie Weiss |
| 1995 (68th) | Braveheart | Charles Knode |
| 1995 (68th) | Richard III | Shuna Harwood |
| 1995 (68th) | Sense and Sensibility | Jenny Beavan and John Bright |
| 1996 (69th) |
| 1996 (69th) | The English Patient | Ann Roth |
| 1996 (69th) | Angels & Insects | Paul Brown |
| 1996 (69th) | Emma | Ruth Myers |
| 1996 (69th) | Hamlet | Alexandra Byrne |
| 1996 (69th) | The Portrait of a Lady | Janet Patterson |
| 1997 (70th) |
| 1997 (70th) | Titanic | Deborah Lynn Scott |
| 1997 (70th) | Amistad | Ruth E. Carter |
| 1997 (70th) | Kundun | Dante Ferretti |
| 1997 (70th) | Oscar and Lucinda | Janet Patterson |
| 1997 (70th) | The Wings of the Dove | Sandy Powell |
| 1998 (71st) |
| 1998 (71st) | Shakespeare in Love | Sandy Powell |
| 1998 (71st) | Beloved | Colleen Atwood |
| 1998 (71st) | Elizabeth | Alexandra Byrne |
| 1998 (71st) | Pleasantville | Judianna Makovsky |
| 1998 (71st) | Velvet Goldmine | Sandy Powell |
| 1999 (72nd) |
| 1999 (72nd) | Topsy-Turvy | Lindy Hemming |
| 1999 (72nd) | Anna and the King | Jenny Beavan |
| 1999 (72nd) | Sleepy Hollow | Colleen Atwood |
| 1999 (72nd) | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Gary Jones and Ann Roth |
| 1999 (72nd) | Titus | Milena Canonero |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 2000 (73rd) |
| 2000 (73rd) | Gladiator | Janty Yates |
| 2000 (73rd) | 102 Dalmatians | Anthony Powell |
| 2000 (73rd) | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Tim Yip |
| 2000 (73rd) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Rita Ryack |
| 2000 (73rd) | Quills | Jacqueline West |
| 2001 (74th) |
| 2001 (74th) | Moulin Rouge! | Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie |
| 2001 (74th) | The Affair of the Necklace | Milena Canonero |
| 2001 (74th) | Gosford Park | Jenny Beavan |
| 2001 (74th) | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Judianna Makovsky |
| 2001 (74th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor |
| 2002 (75th) |
| 2002 (75th) | Chicago | Colleen Atwood |
| 2002 (75th) | Frida | Julie Weiss |
| 2002 (75th) | Gangs of New York | Sandy Powell |
| 2002 (75th) | The Hours | Ann Roth |
| 2002 (75th) | The Pianist | Anna B. Sheppard |
| 2003 (76th) |
| 2003 (76th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor |
| 2003 (76th) | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Dien van Straalen |
| 2003 (76th) | The Last Samurai | Ngila Dickson |
| 2003 (76th) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Wendy Stites |
| 2003 (76th) | Seabiscuit | Judianna Makovsky |
| 2004 (77th) |
| 2004 (77th) | The Aviator | Sandy Powell |
| 2004 (77th) | Finding Neverland | Alexandra Byrne |
| 2004 (77th) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Colleen Atwood |
| 2004 (77th) | Ray | Sharen Davis |
| 2004 (77th) | Troy | Bob Ringwood |
| 2005 (78th) |
| 2005 (78th) | Memoirs of a Geisha | Colleen Atwood |
| 2005 (78th) | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Gabriella Pescucci |
| 2005 (78th) | Mrs Henderson Presents | Sandy Powell |
| 2005 (78th) | Pride & Prejudice | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2005 (78th) | Walk the Line | Arianne Phillips |
| 2006 (79th) |
| 2006 (79th) | Marie Antoinette | Milena Canonero |
| 2006 (79th) | Curse of the Golden Flower | Chung Man Yee |
| 2006 (79th) | The Devil Wears Prada | Patricia Field |
| 2006 (79th) | Dreamgirls | Sharen Davis |
| 2006 (79th) | The Queen | Consolata Boyle |
| 2007 (80th) |
| 2007 (80th) | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Alexandra Byrne |
| 2007 (80th) | Across the Universe | Albert Wolsky |
| 2007 (80th) | Atonement | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2007 (80th) | La Vie en Rose | Marit Allen (posthumously) |
| 2007 (80th) | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Colleen Atwood |
| 2008 (81st) |
| 2008 (81st) | The Duchess | Michael O'Connor |
| 2008 (81st) | Australia | Catherine Martin |
| 2008 (81st) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Jacqueline West |
| 2008 (81st) | Milk | Danny Glicker |
| 2008 (81st) | Revolutionary Road | Albert Wolsky |
| 2009 (82nd) |
| 2009 (82nd) | The Young Victoria | Sandy Powell |
| 2009 (82nd) | Bright Star | Janet Patterson |
| 2009 (82nd) | Coco Before Chanel | Catherine Leterrier |
| 2009 (82nd) | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Monique Prudhomme |
| 2009 (82nd) | Nine | Colleen Atwood |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 2010 (83rd) |
| 2010 (83rd) | Alice in Wonderland | Colleen Atwood |
| 2010 (83rd) | I Am Love | Antonella Cannarozzi |
| 2010 (83rd) | The King's Speech | Jenny Beavan |
| 2010 (83rd) | The Tempest | Sandy Powell |
| 2010 (83rd) | True Grit | Mary Zophres |
| 2011 (84th) |
| 2011 (84th) | The Artist | Mark Bridges |
| 2011 (84th) | Anonymous | Lisy Christl |
| 2011 (84th) | Hugo | Sandy Powell |
| 2011 (84th) | Jane Eyre | Michael O'Connor |
| 2011 (84th) | W.E. | Arianne Phillips |
| 2012 (85th) |
| 2012 (85th) | Anna Karenina | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2012 (85th) | Les Misérables | Paco Delgado |
| 2012 (85th) | Lincoln | Joanna Johnston |
| 2012 (85th) | Mirror Mirror | Eiko Ishioka (posthumously) |
| 2012 (85th) | Snow White and the Huntsman | Colleen Atwood |
| 2013 (86th) |
| 2013 (86th) | The Great Gatsby | Catherine Martin |
| 2013 (86th) | American Hustle | Michael Wilkinson |
| 2013 (86th) | The Grandmaster | William Chang Suk Ping |
| 2013 (86th) | The Invisible Woman | Michael O'Connor |
| 2013 (86th) | 12 Years a Slave | Patricia Norris |
| 2014 (87th) |
| 2014 (87th) | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Milena Canonero |
| 2014 (87th) | Inherent Vice | Mark Bridges |
| 2014 (87th) | Into the Woods | Colleen Atwood |
| 2014 (87th) | Maleficent | Anna B. Sheppard |
| 2014 (87th) | Mr. Turner | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2015 (88th) |
| 2015 (88th) | Mad Max: Fury Road | Jenny Beavan |
| 2015 (88th) | Carol | Sandy Powell |
| 2015 (88th) | Cinderella | Sandy Powell |
| 2015 (88th) | The Danish Girl | Paco Delgado |
| 2015 (88th) | The Revenant | Jacqueline West |
| 2016 (89th) |
| 2016 (89th) | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Colleen Atwood |
| 2016 (89th) | Allied | Joanna Johnston |
| 2016 (89th) | Florence Foster Jenkins | Consolata Boyle |
| 2016 (89th) | Jackie | Madeline Fontaine |
| 2016 (89th) | La La Land | Mary Zophres |
| 2017 (90th) |
| 2017 (90th) | Phantom Thread | Mark Bridges |
| 2017 (90th) | Beauty and the Beast | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2017 (90th) | Darkest Hour | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2017 (90th) | The Shape of Water | Luis Sequeira |
| 2017 (90th) | Victoria & Abdul | Consolata Boyle |
| 2018 (91st) |
| 2018 (91st) | Black Panther | Ruth E. Carter |
| 2018 (91st) | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Mary Zophres |
| 2018 (91st) | The Favourite | Sandy Powell |
| 2018 (91st) | Mary Poppins Returns | Sandy Powell |
| 2018 (91st) | Mary Queen of Scots | Alexandra Byrne |
| 2019 (92nd) |
| 2019 (92nd) | Little Women | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2019 (92nd) | The Irishman | Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson |
| 2019 (92nd) | Jojo Rabbit | Mayes C. Rubeo |
| 2019 (92nd) | Joker | Mark Bridges |
| 2019 (92nd) | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Arianne Phillips |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Costume designer(s) |
| 2020/21 (93rd) |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ann Roth |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Emma | Alexandra Byrne |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Mank | Trish Summerville |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Mulan | Bina Daigeler |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Pinocchio | Massimo Cantini Parrini |
| 2021 (94th) |
| 2021 (94th) | Cruella | Jenny Beavan |
| 2021 (94th) | Cyrano | Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran |
| 2021 (94th) | Dune | Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan |
| 2021 (94th) | Nightmare Alley | Luis Sequeira |
| 2021 (94th) | West Side Story | Paul Tazewell |
| 2022 (95th) |
| 2022 (95th) | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ruth E. Carter |
| 2022 (95th) | Babylon | Mary Zophres |
| 2022 (95th) | Elvis | Catherine Martin |
| 2022 (95th) | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Shirley Kurata |
| 2022 (95th) | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Jenny Beavan |
| 2023 (96th) |
| 2023 (96th) | Poor Things | Holly Waddington |
| 2023 (96th) | Barbie | Jacqueline Durran |
| 2023 (96th) | Killers of the Flower Moon | Jacqueline West |
| 2023 (96th) | Napoleon | Janty Yates and Dave Crossman |
| 2023 (96th) | Oppenheimer | Ellen Mirojnick |
| 2024 (97th) |
| 2024 (97th) | Wicked | Paul Tazewell |
| 2024 (97th) | A Complete Unknown | Arianne Phillips |
| 2024 (97th) | Conclave | Lisy Christl |
| 2024 (97th) | Gladiator II | Janty Yates and Dave Crossman |
| 2024 (97th) | Nosferatu | Linda Muir |