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| Năm | Phim | Đạo diễn |  |

| 1935 | The Informer | John Ford |  |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Frank Capra |  |

| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | William Dieterle |  |
| 1938 | The Citadel | King Vidor |  |

| 1939 | Wuthering Heights | William Wyler |  |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | John Ford |  |

| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles |  |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Noël Coward David Lean |  |

| 1943 | Watch on the Rhine | Herman Shumlin |  |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Leo McCarey |  |

| 1945 | The Lost Weekend | Billy Wilder |  |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | William Wyler |  |

| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement | Elia Kazan |  |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | John Huston |  |

| 1949 | All the King's Men | Robert Rossen |  |
| 1950 | All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |  |

| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Elia Kazan |  |
| 1952 | High Noon | Fred Zinnemann |  |

| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Fred Zinnemann |  |
| 1954 | On The Waterfront | Elia Kazan |  |

| 1955 | Marty | Delbert Mann |  |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Michael Anderson |  |

| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | David Lean |  |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Stanley Kramer |  |

| 1959 | Ben-Hur | William Wyler |  |
| 1960 | Sons and Lovers | Jack Cardiff |  |

| 1961 | West Side Story | Robert Wise |  |
1962: Không phát giải

| 1963 | Tom Jones | Tony Richardson |  |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | George Cukor |  |

| 1965 | Darling | John Schlesinger |  |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Fred Zinnemann |  |

| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Norman Jewison |  |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Anthony Harvey |  |

| 1969 | Z (phim) | Constantin Costa-Gavras |  |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson |  |

| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Stanley Kubrick |  |
| 1972 | Cries and Whispers | Ingmar Bergman |  |

| 1973 | La nuit Américaine | François Truffaut |  |
| 1974 | Amarcord | Federico Fellini |  |

| 1975 | Nashville | Robert Altman |  |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula |  |

| 1977 | Annie Hall | Woody Allen |  |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Michael Cimino |  |

| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Robert Benton |  |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Robert Redford |  |

| 1981 | Reds | Warren Beatty |  |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Richard Attenborough |  |

| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | James L. Brooks |  |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | David Lean |  |

| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | John Huston |  |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen |  |

| 1987 | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks |  |
| 1988 | The Accidental Tourist | Lawrence Kasdan |  |

| 1989 | My Left Foot | Jim Sheridan |  |
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese |  |

| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme |  |
| 1992 | The Player | Robert Altman |  |

| 1993 | Schindler’s List | Steven Spielberg |  |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Robert Redford |  |

| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Mike Figgis |  |
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel Coen |  |

| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson |  |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg |  |

| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh |  |
| 2000 | Traffic | Steven Soderbergh |  |

| 2001 | Mulholland Drive | David Lynch |  |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes |  |

| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson |  |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne |  |

| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Ang Lee |  |
| 2006 | United 93 | Paul Greengrass |  |

| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Ethan und Joel Coen |  |
| 2008 | Milk | Gus Van Sant |  |