Academy Award untuk Sutradara Terbaik
Pemenang dan nominasi

| 1993 (ke-66) | Ivory James Ivory | Remains The Remains of the Day |  |
| 1993 (ke-66) | Sheridan Jim Sheridan | In the Name of the Father |  |
| 1994 (ke-67) | Zemeckis Robert Zemeckis | Forrest Gump |  |
| 1994 (ke-67) | Allen Woody Allen | Bullets over Broadway |  |
| 1994 (ke-67) | Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski | Three Colors: Red |  |
| 1994 (ke-67) | Redford Robert Redford | Quiz Show |  |
| 1994 (ke-67) | Tarantino Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |  |
| 1995 (ke-68) | Gibson Mel Gibson | Braveheart |  |
| 1995 (ke-68) | Figgis Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas |  |
| 1995 (ke-68) | Noonan Chris Noonan | Babe |  |
| 1995 (ke-68) | Radford Michael Radford | Il Postino: The Postman |  |
| 1995 (ke-68) | Robbins Tim Robbins | Dead Man Walking |  |
| 1996 (ke-69) | Minghella Anthony Minghella | English The English Patient |  |
| 1996 (ke-69) | Coen Joel Coen | Fargo |  |
| 1996 (ke-69) | Forman Miloš Forman | People The People vs. Larry Flynt |  |
| 1996 (ke-69) | Hicks Scott Hicks | Shine |  |
| 1996 (ke-69) | Leigh Mike Leigh | Secrets & Lies |  |
| 1997 (ke-70) | Cameron James Cameron | Titanic |  |
| 1997 (ke-70) | Cattaneo Peter Cattaneo | Monty The Full Monty |  |
| 1997 (ke-70) | Egoyan Atom Egoyan | Sweet The Sweet Hereafter |  |
| 1997 (ke-70) | Hanson Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |  |
| 1997 (ke-70) | Van Sant Gus Van Sant | Good Will Hunting |  |
| 1998 (71st) | Spielberg Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan |  |
| 1998 (71st) | Benigni Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful |  |
| 1998 (71st) | Madden John Madden | Shakespeare in Love |  |
| 1998 (71st) | Malick Terence Malick | Thin The Thin Red Line |  |
| 1998 (71st) | Weir Peter Weir | Truman The Truman Show |  |
| 1999 (ke-72) | Mendes Sam Mendes | American Beauty |  |
| 1999 (ke-72) | Hallström Lasse Hallström | Cider The Cider House Rules |  |
| 1999 (ke-72) | Jonze Spike Jonze | Being John Malkovich |  |
| 1999 (ke-72) | Mann Michael Mann | Insider The Insider |  |
| 1999 (ke-72) | Shyamalan M. Night Shyamalan | Sixth The Sixth Sense |  |
| 2000 (ke-73) | Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh | Traffic |  |
| 2000 (ke-73) | Daldry Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot |  |
| 2000 (ke-73) | Lee Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |  |
| 2000 (ke-73) | Scott Ridley Scott | Gladiator |  |
| 2000 (ke-73) | Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich |  |
| 2001 (ke-74) | Howard Ron Howard | Beautiful A Beautiful Mind |  |
| 2001 (ke-74) | Altman Robert Altman | Gosford Park |  |
| 2001 (ke-74) | Jackson Peter Jackson | Lord The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |  |
| 2001 (ke-74) | Lynch David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |  |
| 2001 (ke-74) | Scott Ridley Scott | Black Hawk Down |  |
| 2002 (ke-75) | Polanski Roman Polanski | Pianist The Pianist |  |
| 2002 (ke-75) | Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar | Talk to Her |  |
| 2002 (ke-75) | Daldry Stephen Daldry | Hours The Hours |  |
| 2002 (ke-75) | Marshall Rob Marshall | Chicago |  |
| 2002 (ke-75) | Scorsese Martin Scorsese | Gangs of New York |  |
| 2003 (ke-76) | Jackson Peter Jackson | Lord The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |  |
| 2003 (ke-76) | Coppola Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |  |
| 2003 (ke-76) | Eastwood Clint Eastwood | Mystic River |  |
| 2003 (ke-76) | Meirelles Fernando Meirelles | City of God |  |
| 2003 (ke-76) | Weir Peter Weir | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |  |
| 2004 (ke-77) | Eastwood Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby |  |
| 2004 (ke-77) | Hackford Taylor Hackford | Ray |  |
| 2004 (ke-77) | Leigh Mike Leigh | Vera Drake |  |
| 2004 (ke-77) | Payne Alexander Payne | Sideways |  |
| 2004 (ke-77) | Scorsese Martin Scorsese | Aviator The Aviator |  |
| 2005 (ke-78) | Lee Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |  |
| 2005 (ke-78) | Clooney George Clooney | Good Night, and Good Luck |  |
| 2005 (ke-78) | Haggis Paul Haggis | Crash |  |
| 2005 (ke-78) | Miller Bennett Miller | Capote |  |
| 2005 (ke-78) | Spielberg Steven Spielberg | Munich |  |
| 2006 (ke-79) | Scorsese Martin Scorsese | Departed The Departed |  |
| 2006 (ke-79) | Eastwood Clint Eastwood | Letters from Iwo Jima |  |
| 2006 (ke-79) | Frears Stephen Frears | Queen The Queen |  |
| 2006 (ke-79) | Greengrass Paul Greengrass | United 93 |  |
| 2006 (ke-79) | Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu | Babel |  |
| 2007 (ke-80) | Coen Joel Coen Coen Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men |  |
| 2007 (ke-80) | Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson | There Will Be Blood |  |
| 2007 (ke-80) | Gilroy Tony Gilroy | Michael Clayton |  |
| 2007 (ke-80) | Reitman Jason Reitman | Juno |  |
| 2007 (ke-80) | Schnabel Julian Schnabel | Diving The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |  |
| 2008 (ke-81) | Boyle Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire |  |
| 2008 (ke-81) | Daldry Stephen Daldry | Reader The Reader |  |
| 2008 (ke-81) | Fincher David Fincher | Curious The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |  |
| 2008 (ke-81) | Howard Ron Howard | Frost/Nixon |  |
| 2008 (ke-81) | Van Sant Gus Van Sant | Milk |  |
| 2009 (ke-82) | Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow | Hurt The Hurt Locker |  |
| 2009 (ke-82) | Cameron James Cameron | Avatar |  |
| 2009 (ke-82) | Daniels Lee Daniels | Precious |  |
| 2009 (ke-82) | Reitman Jason Reitman | Up in the Air |  |
| 2009 (ke-82) | Tarantino Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds |  |
| 2010 (ke-83) | Hooper Tom Hooper | King's The King's Speech |  |
| 2010 (ke-83) | Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan |  |
| 2010 (ke-83) | Coen Joel Coen Coen Ethan Coen | True Grit |  |
| 2010 (ke-83) | Fincher David Fincher | Social The Social Network |  |
| 2010 (ke-83) | Russell David O. Russell | Fighter The Fighter |  |
| 2011 (ke-84) | Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius | Artist The Artist |  |
| 2011 (ke-84) | Allen Woody Allen | Midnight in Paris |  |
| 2011 (ke-84) | Malick Terrence Malick | Tree The Tree of Life |  |
| 2011 (ke-84) | Payne Alexander Payne | Descendants The Descendants |  |
| 2011 (ke-84) | Scorsese Martin Scorsese | Hugo |  |
| 2012 (ke-85) | Lee Ang Lee | Life of Pi |  |
| 2012 (ke-85) | Haneke Michael Haneke | Amour |  |
| 2012 (ke-85) | Russell David O. Russell | Silver Linings Playbook |  |
| 2012 (ke-85) | Spielberg Steven Spielberg | Lincoln |  |
| 2012 (ke-85) | Zeitlin Benh Zeitlin | Beasts of the Southern Wild |  |
| 2013 (ke-86) | Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity |  |
| 2013 (ke-86) | McQueen Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave |  |
| 2013 (ke-86) | Payne Alexander Payne | Nebraska |  |
| 2013 (ke-86) | Russell David O. Russell | American Hustle |  |
| 2013 (ke-86) | Scorsese Martin Scorsese | Wolf The Wolf of Wall Street |  |
| 2014 (ke-87) | Iñárritu Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) |  |
| 2014 (ke-87) | Anderson Wes Anderson | Grand The Grand Budapest Hotel |  |
| 2014 (ke-87) | Linklater Richard Linklater | Boyhood |  |
| 2014 (ke-87) | Miller Bennett Miller | Foxcatcher |  |
| 2014 (ke-87) | Tyldum Morten Tyldum | Imitation The Imitation Game |  |
| 2015  (ke-88)  | Iñárritu Alejandro G. Iñárritu | The Revenant |  |
| 2015  (ke-88)  | Abrahamson Lenny Abrahamson | Room |  |
| 2015  (ke-88)  | McCarthy Tom McCarthy | Spotlight |  |
| 2015  (ke-88)  | McKay Adam McKay | Big The Big Short |  |
| 2015  (ke-88)  | Miller George Miller | Mad Max: Fury Road |  |
| 2016  (ke-89)  | Chazelle Damien Chazelle | La La Land |  |
| 2016  (ke-89)  | Gibson Mel Gibson | Hacksaw Ridge |  |
| 2016  (ke-89)  | Jenkins Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |  |
| 2016  (ke-89)  | Lonergan Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea |  |
| 2016  (ke-89)  | Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve | Arrival |  |
| 2017  (ke-90)  | del Toro Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water |  |
| 2017  (ke-90)  | Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson | Phantom Thread |  |
| 2017  (ke-90)  | Gerwig Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird |  |
| 2017  (ke-90)  | Nolan Christopher Nolan | Dunkirk |  |
| 2017  (ke-90)  | Peele Jordan Peele | Get Out |  |
| 2018  (ke-91)  | Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón | Roma |  |
| 2018  (ke-91)  | Lanthimos Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite |  |
| 2018  (ke-91)  | Lee Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman |  |
| 2018  (ke-91)  | McKay Adam McKay | Vice |  |
| 2018  (ke-91)  | Pawilikowski Paweł Pawlikowski | Cold War |  |
| 2019  (ke-92)  | Bong Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |  |
| 2019  (ke-92)  | Mendes Sam Mendes | 1917 |  |
| 2019  (ke-92)  | Phillips Todd Phillips | Joker |  |
| 2019  (ke-92)  | Scorsese Martin Scorsese | The Irishman |  |
| 2019  (ke-92)  | Tarantino Quentin Tarantino | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |  |
| 2020/21  (ke-93) | Zhao Chloé Zhao | Nomadland Nomadland |  |
| 2020/21  (ke-93) | Chung Lee Isaac Chung | Minari |  |
| 2020/21  (ke-93) | Fennel Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman |  |
| 2020/21  (ke-93) | Fincher David Fincher | Mank |  |
| 2020/21  (ke-93) | Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg | Another Round Another Round |  |
| 2021 (94th) |  Campion Jane Campion |  The Power of the Dog (film) The Power of the Dog |  |
| 2021 (94th) | Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson | Licorice Pizza |  |
| 2021 (94th) | Branagh Kenneth Branagh | Belfast |  |
| 2021 (94th) | Hamaguchi Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car |  |
| 2021 (94th) | Spielberg Steven Spielberg | West Side Story |  |
| 2022 (ke-95) | Daniels Daniel Kwan dan Daniel Scheinert | Everything Everywhere All at Once Everything Everywhere All at Once |  |
| 2022 (ke-95) | Todd Field | Tár |  |
| 2022 (ke-95) | Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin |  |
| 2022 (ke-95) | Ruben Östlund | Triangle of Sadness |  |
| 2022 (ke-95) | Steven Spielberg | The Fabelmans |  |
| 2023 (ke-96) | Nolan Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer Oppenheimer |  |
| 2023 (ke-96) | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest |  |
| 2023 (ke-96) | Yorgos Lanthimos | Poor Things |  |
| 2023 (ke-96) | Martin Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon |  |
| 2023 (ke-96) | Justine Triet | Anatomy of a Fall |  |