| Year |
Winnner |
| 1944 |
The Song of Bernadette |
| 1945 |
Going My Way |
| 1946 |
The Lost Weekend |
| 1947 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 1948 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1949 |
Johnny Belinda; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 1950 |
All the King's Men |
| 1951 |
Sunset Boulevard |
| 1952 |
A Place in the Sun |
| 1953 |
The Greatest Show on Earth |
| 1954 |
The Robe |
| 1955 |
On the Waterfront |
| 1956 |
East of Eden |
| 1957 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| 1958 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1959 |
The Defiant Ones |
| 1960 |
Ben-Hur |
| 1961 |
Spartacus |
| 1962 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| 1963 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1964 |
The Cardinal |
| 1965 |
Becket |
| 1966 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| 1967 |
A Man for All Seasons |
| 1968 |
In the Heat of the Night |
| 1969 |
The Lion in Winter |
| 1970 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
| 1971 |
Love Story |
| 1972 |
The French Connection |
| 1973 |
The Godfather |
| 1974 |
The Exorcist |
| 1975 |
Chinatown |
| 1976 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1977 |
Rocky |
| 1978 |
The Turning Point |
| 1979 |
Midnight Express |
| 1980 |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 1981 |
Ordinary People |
| 1982 |
On Golden Pond |
| 1983 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1984 |
Terms of Endearment |
| 1985 |
Amadeus |
| 1986 |
Out of Africa |
| 1987 |
Platoon |
| 1988 |
The Last Emperor |
| 1989 |
Rain Man |
| 1990 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
| 1991 |
Dances with Wolves |
| 1992 |
Bugsy |
| 1993 |
Scent of a Woman |
| 1994 |
Schindler's List |
| 1995 |
Forrest Gump |
| 1996 |
Sense and Sensibility |
| 1997 |
The English Patient |
| 1998 |
Titanic |
| 1999 |
Saving Private Ryan |
| 2000 |
American Beauty |
| 2001 |
Gladiator |
| 2002 |
A Beautiful Mind |
| 2003 |
The Hours |
| 2004 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2005 |
The Aviator |
| 2006 |
Brokeback Mountain |
| 2007 |
Babel |
