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Academy Award Best Picture Winners
1927/28 – Wings directed by William A. Wellman ✓


1928/29 – The Broadway Melody directed by Harry Beaumont
1929/30 – All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
1930/31 – Cimarron directed by Wesley Ruggles
1931/32 – Grand Hotel directed by Edmond Goulding ✓
1932/33 – Calvacade directed by Frank Lloyd
1934 – It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra ✓
1935 – Mutiny on the Bounty directed by Frank Lloyd
1936 – The Great Ziegfeld directed by Robert Z. Leonard
1937 – The Life of Emile Zola directed by William Dieterle
1938 – You Can’t Take it with You directed by Frank Capra
1939 – Gone with the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
1940 – Rebecca directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1941 – How Green Was My Valley directed by John Ford
1942 – Mrs. Miniver directed by William Wyler
1943 – Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz
1944 – Going My Way directed by Leo McCarey
1945 – The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder
1946 – The Best Years of Our Lives directed by William Wyler
1947 – Gentlemen’s Agreement directed by Elia Kazan✓
1948 – Hamlet directed by Laurence Oliver
1949 – All the King’s Men directed by Robert Rossen
1950 – All About Eve directed by Joesph L. Mankiewicz
1951 – An American in Paris directed by Vincente Minnelli
1952 – The Greatest Show on Earth directed by Cecil B. DeMille
1953 – From Here to Eternity directed by Fred Zinnemann ✓

1954 – On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan
1955 – Marty directed by Delbert Mann
1956 – Around the World in 80 Days directed by Michael Anderson
1957 – The Bridge on the River Kwai directed by David Lean
1958 – Gigi directed by Vincente Minnelli ✓
1959 – Ben-Hur directed by William Wyler
1960 – The Apartment directed by Billy Wilder ✓

1961 – West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins✓
1962 – Lawrence of Arabia directed by David Lean
1963 – Tom Jones directed by Tony Richardson
1964 – My Fair Lady directed by George Cukor ✓
1965 – The Sound of Music directed by Robert Wise ✓
1966 – A Man for All Seasons directed by Fred Zinnemann
1967 – In the Heat of the Night directed by Norman Jewison
1968 – Oliver! directed by Carol Reed
1969 – Midnight Cowboy directed by John Schlesinger ✓
1970 – Patton directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
1971 – The French Connection directed by William Friedkin
1972 – The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola ✓
1973 – The Sting directed by George Roy Hill
1974 – The Godfather Part II directed by Francis Ford Coppola
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest directed by Miloš Forman ✓
1976 – Rocky directed by John G. Avildsen
1977 – Annie Hall directed by Woody Allen
1978 – The Deer Hunter directed by Michael Cimino ✓
1979 – Kramer vs. Kramer directed by Robert Benton ✓
1980 – Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford
1981 – Chariots of Fire directed by Hugh Hudson
1982 – Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough
1983 – Terms of Endearment directed by James L. Brooks
1984 – Amadeus directed by Miloš Forman
1985 – Out of Africa directed by Sydney Pollack ✓
1986 – Platoon directed by Oliver Stone
1987 – The Last Emperor directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
1988 – Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson ✓
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy directed by Bruce Beresford
1990 – Dances with Wolves directed by Kevin Costner
1991 – Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme ✓
1992 – Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood
1993 – Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg
1994 – Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis ✓
1995 – Braveheart directed by Mel Gibson
1996 – The English Patient directed by Anthony Minghella ✓
1997 – Titanic directed by James Cameron ✓
1998 – Shakespeare in Love directed by John Madden ✓
1999 – American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes ✓
2000 – Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott✓
2001 – A Beautiful Mind directed by Ron Howard ✓
2002 – Chicago directed by Rob Marshall ✓
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson
2004 – Million Dollar Baby directed by Cint Eastwood ✓

2005 – Crash directed by Paul Haggis ✓
2006 – The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese ✓
2007 – No Country for Old Men directed by Joel and Ethan Coen ✓
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle ✓
2009 – The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow ✓
2010 – The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper✓
2011 – The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius ✓
2012 – Argo directed by Ben Affleck
2013 – 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen ✓
2014 – Birdman directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu ✓
2015 – Spotlight directed by Tom McCarthy ✓
2016 – Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins ✓
2017 – The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro ✓
2018 – Green Book by Peter Farrelly