 | 2009 (82nd) The Hurt Locker |
 | 2008 (81st) Slumdog Millionaire |
 | 2007 (80th) No Country for Old Men |
 | 2006 (79th) The Departed |
 | 2005 (78th) Crash |
 | 2004 (77th) Million Dollar Baby |
 | 2003 (76th) Lord Of the Rings. Return of the King |
 | 2002 (75th) Chicago |
 | 2001 (74th) A Beautiful Mind |
 | 2000 (73rd) Gladiator |
 | 1999 (72nd) American Beauty |
 | 1998 (71st) Shakespeare in Love |
 | 1997 (70th) Titanic |
 | 1996 (69th) The English Patient |
 | 1995 (68th) Braveheart |
 | 1994 (67th) Forrest Gump |
 | 1993 (66th) Schindler's List |
 | 1992 (65th) Unforgiven |
 | 1991 (64th) The Silence of Lambs |
 | 1990 (63rd) Dances with Wolves |
 | 1989 (62th) Driving Miss Daisy |
 | 1988 (61th) Rain Man |
 | 1987 (60th) The Last Emperor |
 | 1986 (59th) Platoon |
 | 1985 (58th) Out of Africa |
 | 1984 (57th) Amadeus |
 | 1983 (56th) Terms of Endearment |
 | 1982 (55th) Gandhi |
 | 1981 (54th) Chariots of Fire |
 | 1980 (53rd) Ordinary People |
 | 1979 (52nd) Kramer vs. Kramer |
 | 1978 (51st) Deer Hunter |
 | 1977 (50th) Annie Hall |
 | 1976 (49th) Rocky |
 | 1975 (48th) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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 | 1974 (47th) The Godfather II |
 | 1973 (46th) The Sting |
 | 1972 (45th) The Godfather |
 | 1971 (44th) The French Connection |
 | 1970 (43rd) Patton |
 | 1969 (42nd) Midnight Cowboy |
 | 1968 (41st) Oliver! |
 | 1967 (40th) In the Heat of the Night |
 | 1966 (39th) A Man for all Seasons |
 | 1965 (38th) The Sound of Music |
 | 1964 (37th) My Fair Lady |
 | 1963 (36th) Tom Jones |
 | 1962 (35th) Lawrence of Arabia |
 | 1961 (34th) West Side Story |
 | 1960 (33rd) The Apartment |
 | 1959 (32nd) Ben Hur: a tale of the Christ |
 | 1958 (31st) Gigi |
 | 1957 (30th) The Bridge on the River Kwai |
 | 1956 (29th) Around the World in 80 Days |
 | 1955 (28th) Marty |
 | 1954 (27th) On the Waterfront |
 | 1953 (26th) From Here to Eternity |
 | 1952 (25th) The Greatest Show on Earth |
 | 1951 (24th) An American in Paris |
 | 1950 (23rd) All About Eve |
 | 1949 (22nd) All the Kings Men |
 | 1948 (21st) Hamlet |
 | 1947 (20th) Gentleman's Agreement |
 | 1946 (19th) The Best Year of Our Lives |
 | 1945 (18th) The Lost Weekend |
 | 1944 (17th) Going My Way |
 | 1943 (16th) Casablanca |
 | 1942 (15th) Mrs. Miniver |
 | 1941 (14th) How Green was my Valley |
 | 1940 (13th) Rebecca |
 | 1939 (12th) Gone with the Wind |
 | 1938 (11th) You Can't Take It With You |
 | 1937 (10th) The Life of Emile Zola |
 | 1936 (9th) The Great Ziegfeld |
 | 1935 (8th) Mutiny on the Bounty |
 | 1934 (7th) It Happened One Night |
 | 1933 (6th) Cavalcade |
 | 1932 (5th) Grand Hotel |
 | 1931 (4th) Cimarron |
 | 1930 (3rd) All Quiet on the Western Front |
 | 1929 (2nd) The Broadway Melody |
 | 1928 (1st) Wings |
