Academy Award for Best Picture explained

Academy Award for Best Picture
Awarded For:Best Motion Picture of the Year
Presenter:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Country:United States
Year: (for films released during the 1927/1928 film season)
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:Oppenheimer (2023)

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot.[1] The Best Picture category is traditionally the final award of the night and is widely considered as the most prestigious honor of the ceremony.[2] [3] [4]

The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception.[5] There have been 601 films nominated for Best Picture and 96 winners.[6]

History

Category name changes

At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony held in 1929 (for films made in 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the night: "Outstanding Picture" and "Unique and Artistic Picture," the former being won by the war epic Wings, and the latter by the art film Sunrise. Each award was intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior filmmaking. In particular, The Jazz Singer was disqualified from both awards, since its use of synchronized sound made the film a sui generis item that would have unfairly competed against either category, and the Academy granted the film an honorary award instead.[7]

The following year, the Academy dropped the Unique and Artistic Picture award, deciding retroactively that the award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded, and allowed synchronized sound films to compete for the award.[8] Although the award kept the title Outstanding Picture for the next ceremony, the name underwent several changes over the years, as seen below. Since 1962, the award has been simply called Best Picture.[6]

Recipients

Until 1950, this award was presented to a representative of the production company. That year the protocol was changed so that the award was presented to all credited producers. This rule was modified in 1999 to apply a maximum limit of three producers receiving the award, after the five producers of Shakespeare in Love had received the award.[9] [10] [11]

, the "Special Rules for the Best Picture of the Year Award" limit recipients to those who meet two main requirements:[12]

The rules allow a Latin: bona fide team of not more than two people to be considered a single "producer" if the two individuals have had an established producing partnership as determined by the Producers Guild of America Producing Partnership Panel. Final determination of the qualifying producer nominees for each nominated picture will be made by the Producers Branch Executive Committee, including the right to name any additional qualified producer as a nominee.[12]

The Academy can make exceptions to the limit, as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously included among the four producers nominated for The Reader.[13] the Producers Branch Executive Committee determines such exceptions, noting they take place only in "rare and extraordinary circumstance[s]."[12]

Steven Spielberg currently holds the record for most nominations at thirteen, winning one, while Kathleen Kennedy holds the record for most nominations without a win at eight. Sam Spiegel and Saul Zaentz tie for the most wins with three each. As for the time when the Oscar was given to production companies instead, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer holds the record with five wins and 40 nominations.

Best Picture and Best Director

The Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been closely linked throughout their history. Of the 96 films that have won Best Picture, 69 have also been awarded Best Director. Only six films have been awarded Best Picture without receiving a Best Director nomination: Wings directed by William A. Wellman (1927/28), Grand Hotel directed by Edmund Goulding (1931/32), Driving Miss Daisy directed by Bruce Beresford (1989), Argo directed by Ben Affleck (2012), Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly (2018), and CODA directed by Sian Heder (2021). The only two Best Director winners to win for films that did not receive a Best Picture nomination were during the early years of the awards: Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights (1927/28), and Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady (1928/29).[14]

Nomination limit increased

On June 24, 2009, AMPAS announced that the number of films to be nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from 5 to 10, starting with the 82nd Academy Awards (2009).[15] Although the Academy never officially said so, many commenters noted the expansion was likely in part a response to public criticism of The Dark Knight and WALL-E (both 2008) (and, in previous years, other blockbusters and popular films) not being nominated for Best Picture.[16] [17] [18] Officially, the Academy said the rule change was a throwback to the Academy's early years in the 1930s and 1940s, when 8 to 12 films were nominated each year. "Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," AMPAS President Sid Ganis said in a press conference. "I can't wait to see what that list of 10 looks like when the nominees are announced in February."

At the same time, the voting system was switched from first-past-the-post to instant runoff voting (also known as preferential voting).[19] In 2011, the Academy revised the rule again so that the number of films nominated was between 5 and 10; nominated films must earn either 5% of first-place rankings or 5% after an abbreviated variation of the single transferable vote nominating process.[20] Bruce Davis, the Academy executive director at the time, said, "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number."[21] This system lasted until 2021, when the Academy reverted back to a set number of ten nominees from the 94th Academy Awards onward.[22]

Language and country of origin

Only seventeen non-English language films have been nominated in the category: La Grande Illusion (French, 1938); Z (French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972); Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); The Postman (Il Postino) (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful (Italian, 1998); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese, 2006, but ineligible for Best Foreign Language Film because it was an American production); Amour (French, 2012); Roma (Spanish/Mixtec, 2018); Parasite (Korean, 2019); Minari (Korean, 2020, but ineligible for Best International Feature Film because it was an American production);[23] Drive My Car (Japanese/Korean/Mandarin Chinese/German/Korean Sign Language, 2021), All Quiet on the Western Front (German, 2022), Anatomy of a Fall (French, 2023), Past Lives (Korean, 2023, but ineligible for Best International Feature Film because it was an American production), and The Zone of Interest (German/Polish/Yiddish, 2023). Parasite became the first film not in English to win Best Picture.[24] [25]

Only ten films wholly financed outside the United States have won Best Picture, eight of which were financed, in part or in whole, by the United Kingdom: Hamlet (1948), Tom Jones (1963), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Chariots of Fire (1981), Gandhi (1982), The Last Emperor (1987), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), and The King's Speech (2010). The ninth film, The Artist (2011), was financed in France, and the tenth film, Parasite (2019), was financed in South Korea.[26]

Rating

Since 1968, most Best Picture winners have been rated R under the Motion Picture Association's rating system. Oliver! is the only G-rated film and Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film (what is categorized as an NC-17 film today), so far, to win Best Picture; they won in back-to-back years, 1968 and 1969. The latter has since been changed to an R rating. Eleven films have won with a PG rating: the first was Patton (1970) and the most recent was Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Eleven more films have won with a PG-13 rating (which was introduced in 1984): the first was The Last Emperor (1987) and the most recent was CODA (2021).

Genres and mediums

Only three animated films have been nominated for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast (1991), Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010). The latter two were nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees, but none have won.

No comic book film has won, and only three have ever been nominated: Skippy (1931), Black Panther (2018), and Joker (2019).[27]

Only two fantasy films have won: (2003) and The Shape of Water (2017), although more have been nominated.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is the only horror film to win Best Picture, and only five others have been nominated for Best Picture: The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), The Sixth Sense (1999), Black Swan (2010), and Get Out (2017).

Several science-fiction films have been nominated for Best Picture, though Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) was the first one to win.[28]

Titanic (1997) is the only disaster film to win Best Picture, though other such films have been nominated, including Airport (1970) and The Towering Inferno (1974).

No documentary feature has been nominated for Best Picture, however Chang was nominated in the equally prestigious Unique and Artistic Picture category at the 1927/28 awards. A Best Documentary Feature category would later be introduced in 1941.

Several musical adaptations based on material previously filmed in non-musical form have won Best Picture, including Gigi, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Oliver!, and Chicago.

Several epics or historical epic films have won Best Picture, including the first recipient Wings. Others include Cimarron, Cavalcade, Gone with the Wind, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Patton, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Last Emperor, Dances with Wolves, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, The English Patient, Titanic, Gladiator, , and Oppenheimer.

Sequel nominations and winners

Nine films that were presented as direct sequels have been nominated for Best Picture: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945; the sequel to the 1944 winner, Going My Way), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990), (2002), (2003), Toy Story 3 (2010), (2015), (2022) and (2022).

Toy Story 3, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun: Maverick are the only sequels to be nominated without any predecessors being nominated. The Godfather Part II and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are the only sequels to have won the award, and their respective trilogies are the only series to have three films nominated. The Godfather series is the only film series with multiple Best Picture winners, with the first film winning the award for 1972 and the second film winning the award for 1974.

Another nominee, Broadway Melody of 1936, was a follow-up of sorts to previous winner The Broadway Melody, but beyond the title and some music, the two films have mutually independent stories. The Silence of the Lambs was adapted from the sequel novel to Red Dragon. The latter had been adapted for film as Manhunter by a different studio, and the two films have different casts and creative teams and were not presented as a series.[29]

The Lion in Winter features Peter O'Toole as King Henry II, a role he had played previously in the film Becket, but The Lion in Winter is not a sequel to Becket. Similarly, The Queen features Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, a role he had played previously in the television film The Deal. Christine Langan, producer of both productions, described The Queen as not being a direct sequel, only that it reunited the same creative team.[30]

Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima was a companion piece to his film Flags of Our Fathers that was released earlier the same year. These two films depict the same battle from the different viewpoints of Japanese and United States military forces; the two films were shot back-to-back.

In addition, Black Panther is a continuation of the events that occurred in and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Remake nominations and winners

Along similar lines to sequels, there have been few nominees and winners that are either remakes or adaptations of the same source materials or subjects. Ben-Hur, which won Best Picture of 1959, is a remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title and both were adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel . The Departed, which won Best Picture of 2006, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and is the first remake of a non-English language or international film to win. Other nominees include 1963's Cleopatra about the titular last queen of Egypt following the 1934 version, 2018's A Star is Born following the 1937 film of the same name, and 2019's Little Women following the 1933 film of the same name with both being adaptations of the 1868 novel.[31] True Grit, which was nominated for Best Picture of 2010, is the second adaptation of Charles Portis's 1968 novel following the 1969 film of the same name.

Four of the nominees for the 94th ceremony were based on source material previously made into films: CODA, Dune, Nightmare Alley, and West Side Story. The 2021 version of West Side Story became the second adaptation of the same source material for a previous Best Picture winner to be nominated for the same award after 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty.[32] For that same ceremony, CODA became the second remake of a non-English-language or international film to win.

The 2022 German-language All Quiet on the Western Front is the second adaptation of the 1929 novel after the 1930 English-language film, and the third adaptation of the same source material of a previous Best Picture winner.[33]

Silent film winners

At the 1st Academy Awards, the Best Picture award (then named "Academy Award for Outstanding Picture") was presented to the 1927 silent film Wings.

The Artist (2011) was the first essentially silent (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and a dream sequence with sound effects) film since Wings to win Best Picture. It was the first silent nominee since 1928's The Patriot. It was the first Best Picture winner to be produced entirely in black-and-white since 1960's The Apartment. (Schindler's List, the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but contains some color sequences.)

Version availability

No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Lawrence of Arabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form. This has usually been due to editing for reissue (and subsequently partly restored by archivists). Other winners and nominees, such as Tom Jones (prior to its 2018 reissues by The Criterion Collection and the British Film Institute) and Star Wars, are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. The Broadway Melody originally had some sequences photographed in two-color Technicolor. This footage survives only in black and white.[34]

The 1928 film The Patriot is the only Best Picture nominee that is lost (about one-third is extant).[35] The Racket, also from 1928, was believed lost for many years until a print was found in Howard Hughes' archives. It has since been restored and shown on Turner Classic Movies.[36] The only surviving complete prints of 1931's East Lynne and 1934's The White Parade exist within the UCLA film archive.[37]

Diversity standards

The Academy has established a set of "representation and inclusion standards", called Academy Aperture 2025, which a film will be required to satisfy in order to compete in the Best Picture category, starting with the 96th Academy Awards for films released in 2023.[38] [39] There are four general standards, of which a film must satisfy two to be considered for Best Picture: (a) on-screen representation, themes and narratives; (b) creative leadership and project team; (c) industry access and opportunities; and (d) audience development. As explained by Vox, the standards "basically break down into two big buckets: standards promoting more inclusive representation and standards promoting more inclusive employment".[40] The standards are intended to provide greater opportunities for employment, in cast, crew, studio apprenticeships and internships, and development, marketing, publicity, and distribution executives, among underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, women, LGBTQ+ people, and persons with cognitive or physical disabilities (not counting intellectual disabilities like the autism spectrum), or who are deaf or hard of hearing.[41]

For the 94th and 95th Academy Awards (films released in 2021 and 2022), filmmakers were required to submit a confidential Academy Inclusion Standards form to be considered for Best Picture but were not required to fulfill the standards. These standards will only apply to the Best Picture category and do not affect a film's eligibility in other Oscar categories.

2016 ceremony mistake

At the 89th Academy Awards on February 26, 2017, presenter Faye Dunaway read La La Land as the winner of the award. However, she and Warren Beatty had mistakenly been given the duplicate envelope for the "Best Actress in a Leading Role" award, which Emma Stone had won for her role in La La Land. While accepting the award, La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz, who was given the correct envelope, realized the mistake and announced that Moonlight had won the award.[42]

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the gold row, followed by the other nominees. Except for the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film first premiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release; however, it may be the year after first release (as with Casablanca and, if the film-festival premiere is considered, Crash and The Hurt Locker). This is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by nominee.

Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer or producers. The Academy used the producer credits of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) until 1998, when all five producers of Shakespeare in Love made speeches after its win.[9] [10] A three-producer limit has been applied some years since.[10] [11] There was controversy over the exclusion of some PGA-credited producers of Crash and Little Miss Sunshine. The Academy can make exceptions to the limit, as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously among the four nominated for The Reader.[13] However, now any number of producers on a film can be nominated for Best Picture, should they be deemed eligible.

For the first ceremony, three films were nominated for the award. For the following three years, five films were nominated for the award. This was expanded to eight in 1933, to ten in 1934, and to twelve in 1935, before being dropped back to ten in 1937. In 1945, it was further reduced to five. This number remained until 2009, when the limit was raised to ten; it was adjusted from 2011 to 2020 to vary between five and ten, but has been a full ten since 2022.

For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd Academy Awards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. This has been the rule every year since except 2020, when the end date was extended to February 28, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2021, which was correspondingly limited to March 1 to December 31.

1920s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmFilm Studio
1927/28
WingsFamous Players–Lasky (Lucien Hubbard, Jesse L. Lasky, B.P. Schulberg, & Adolph Zukor, producers)
7th HeavenFox (William Fox, producer)
The RacketThe Caddo Company (Howard Hughes, producer)
1928/29

The Broadway MelodyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg & Lawrence Weingarten, producers)
AlibiFeature Productions (Roland West, producer)
Hollywood RevueMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg & Harry Rapf, producers)
In Old ArizonaFox (Winfield Sheehan, producer)
The PatriotParamount Famous Lasky

1930s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmFilm Studio/Producer(s)
1929/30
All Quiet on the Western FrontUniversal (Carl Laemmle Jr., producer)
The Big HouseCosmopolitan (Irving Thalberg, producer)
DisraeliWarner Bros. (Jack L. Warner & Darryl F. Zanuck, producers)
The DivorceeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Robert Z. Leonard, producer)
The Love ParadeParamount Famous Lasky (Ernst Lubitsch, producer)
1930/31
CimarronRKO Radio (William LeBaron, producer)
East LynneFox
The Front PageThe Caddo Company (Howard Hughes & Lewis Milestone, producers)
SkippyParamount Publix (Jesse L. Lasky, B.P. Schulberg, & Adolph Zukor, producers)
Trader HornMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg, producer)
1931/32
Grand HotelMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg, producer)
ArrowsmithSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
Bad GirlFox
The ChampMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (King Vidor, producer)
Five Star FinalFirst National (Hal B. Wallis, producer)
One Hour with YouParamount Publix (Ernst Lubitsch, producer)
Shanghai ExpressParamount Publix (Adolph Zukor, producer)
The Smiling LieutenantParamount Publix (Ernst Lubitsch, producer)
1932/33

CavalcadeFox (Frank Lloyd & Winfield Sheehan, producers)
42nd StreetWarner Bros.
A Farewell to ArmsParamount
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangWarner Bros.
Lady for a DayColumbia
Little WomenRKO Radio
The Private Life of Henry VIIILondon Films
She Done Him WrongParamount
Smilin' ThroughMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
State FairFox
1934

It Happened One NightColumbia (Frank Capra & Harry Cohn, producer)
The Barretts of Wimpole StreetMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CleopatraParamount
Flirtation WalkFirst National
The Gay DivorceeRKO Radio
Here Comes the NavyWarner Bros.
The House of Rothschild20th Century
Imitation of LifeUniversal
One Night of LoveColumbia
The Thin ManMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Viva Villa!Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The White ParadeJesse L. Lasky (production company)
1935

Mutiny on the BountyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Frank Lloyd & Irving Thalberg, producers)
Alice AdamsRKO Radio
Broadway Melody of 1936Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Captain BloodCosmopolitan
David CopperfieldMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The InformerRKO Radio
The Lives of a Bengal LancerParamount
A Midsummer Night's DreamWarner Bros.
Les Misérables20th Century
Naughty MariettaMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ruggles of Red GapParamount
Top HatRKO Radio
1936
The Great ZiegfeldMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Hunt Stromberg, producer)
Anthony AdverseWarner Bros.
DodsworthSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
Libeled LadyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mr. Deeds Goes to TownColumbia
Romeo and JulietMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
San FranciscoMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Story of Louis PasteurCosmopolitan
A Tale of Two CitiesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Three Smart GirlsUniversal
1937
The Life of Emile ZolaWarner Bros. (Henry Blanke, producer)
The Awful TruthColumbia
Captains CourageousMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Dead EndSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
The Good EarthMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
In Old Chicago20th Century-Fox
Lost HorizonColumbia
One Hundred Men and a GirlUniversal
Stage DoorRKO Radio
A Star Is BornSelznick International Pictures
1938
You Can't Take It with YouColumbia (Frank Capra, producer)
The Adventures of Robin HoodWarner Bros.-First National
Alexander's Ragtime Band20th Century-Fox
Boys TownMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The CitadelMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Four DaughtersWarner Bros.-First National
Grand IllusionRéalisation d'art Cinématographique
JezebelWarner Bros.
PygmalionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Test PilotMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1939
Gone with the WindSelznick International Pictures (David O. Selznick, producer)
Dark VictoryWarner Bros.-First National
Goodbye, Mr. ChipsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Love AffairRKO Radio
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonColumbia
NinotchkaMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Of Mice and MenHal Roach (production company)
StagecoachWalter Wanger (production company)
The Wizard of OzMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Wuthering HeightsSamuel Goldwyn Productions

1940s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmFilm Studio
1940
RebeccaSelznick International Pictures (David O. Selznick, producer)
All This, and Heaven TooWarner Bros.
Foreign CorrespondentWalter Wanger (production company)
The Grapes of Wrath20th Century-Fox
The Great DictatorCharles Chaplin Productions
Kitty FoyleRKO Radio
The LetterWarner Bros.
The Long Voyage HomeArgosy-Wanger
Our TownSol Lesser (production company)
The Philadelphia StoryMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1941
How Green Was My Valley20th Century-Fox (Darryl F. Zanuck, producer)
Blossoms in the DustMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Citizen KaneMercury
Here Comes Mr. JordanColumbia
Hold Back the DawnParamount
The Little FoxesSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
The Maltese FalconWarner Bros.
One Foot in HeavenWarner Bros.
Sergeant YorkWarner Bros.
SuspicionRKO Radio
1942
Mrs. MiniverMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Sidney Franklin, producer)
49th Parallel[43] Ortus
Kings RowWarner Bros.
The Magnificent AmbersonsMercury
The Pied Piper20th Century-Fox
The Pride of the YankeesSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
Random HarvestMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Talk of the TownColumbia
Wake IslandParamount
Yankee Doodle DandyWarner Bros.
1943
CasablancaWarner Bros. (Hal B. Wallis, producer)
For Whom the Bell TollsParamount
Heaven Can Wait20th Century-Fox
The Human ComedyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
In Which We ServeTwo Cities Films
Madame CurieMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The More the MerrierColumbia
The Ox-Bow Incident20th Century-Fox
The Song of Bernadette20th Century-Fox
Watch on the RhineWarner Bros.
1944

Going My WayParamount (Leo McCarey, producer)
Double IndemnityParamount
GaslightMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Since You Went AwaySelznick International Pictures (David O. Selznick, producer)
Wilson20th Century-Fox
1945
The Lost WeekendParamount (Charles Brackett, producer)
Anchors AweighMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Bells of St. Mary'sRainbow Productions
Mildred PierceWarner Bros.
SpellboundSelznick International Pictures (David O. Selznick, producer)
1946
The Best Years of Our LivesSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
Henry VTwo Cities Films
It's a Wonderful LifeLiberty Films
The Razor's Edge20th Century-Fox
The YearlingMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1947
Gentleman's Agreement20th Century-Fox (Darryl F. Zanuck, producer)
The Bishop's WifeSamuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, producer)
CrossfireRKO Radio
Great ExpectationsJ. Arthur Rank-Cineguild
Miracle on 34th Street20th Century-Fox
1948
HamletJ. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films (Laurence Olivier, producer)
Johnny BelindaWarner Bros.
The Red ShoesJ. Arthur Rank-Archers
The Snake Pit20th Century-Fox
The Treasure of the Sierra MadreWarner Bros.
1949
All the King's MenColumbia (Robert Rossen, producer)
BattlegroundMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The HeiressParamount
A Letter to Three Wives20th Century-Fox
Twelve O'Clock High20th Century-Fox

1950s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmFilm Studio/Producer(s)
1950
All About Eve20th Century-Fox (Darryl F. Zanuck, producer)
Born YesterdayColumbia
Father of the BrideMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
King Solomon's MinesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sunset BoulevardParamount
1951
An American in ParisArthur Freed
Decision Before DawnAnatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy
A Place in the SunGeorge Stevens
Quo VadisSam Zimbalist
A Streetcar Named DesireCharles K. Feldman
1952
The Greatest Show on EarthCecil B. DeMille
High NoonStanley Kramer
IvanhoePandro S. Berman
Moulin Rouge John and James Woolf
The Quiet ManJohn Ford and Merian C. Cooper
1953
From Here to EternityBuddy Adler
Julius CaesarJohn Houseman
The RobeFrank Ross
Roman HolidayWilliam Wyler
ShaneGeorge Stevens
1954
On the WaterfrontSam Spiegel
The Caine MutinyStanley Kramer
The Country GirlWilliam Perlberg
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersJack Cummings
Three Coins in the FountainSol C. Siegel
1955
MartyHarold Hecht
Love Is a Many-Splendored ThingBuddy Adler
Mister RobertsLeland Hayward
PicnicFred Kohlmar
The Rose TattooHal B. Wallis
1956
Around the World in 80 DaysMichael Todd
Friendly PersuasionWilliam Wyler
GiantGeorge Stevens and Henry Ginsberg
The King and ICharles Brackett
The Ten CommandmentsCecil B. DeMille
1957
The Bridge on the River KwaiSam Spiegel
12 Angry MenHenry Fonda and Reginald Rose
Peyton PlaceJerry Wald
SayonaraWilliam Goetz
Witness for the ProsecutionArthur Hornblow Jr.
1958
GigiArthur Freed
Auntie MameJack L. Warner
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofLawrence Weingarten
The Defiant OnesStanley Kramer
Separate TablesHarold Hecht
1959
Ben-HurSam Zimbalist
Anatomy of a MurderOtto Preminger
The Diary of Anne FrankGeorge Stevens
The Nun's StoryHenry Blanke
Room at the TopJohn Woolf and James Woolf

1960s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
1960
The ApartmentBilly Wilder
The AlamoJohn Wayne
Elmer GantryBernard Smith
Sons and LoversJerry Wald
The SundownersFred Zinnemann
1961
West Side StoryRobert Wise
FannyJoshua Logan
The Guns of NavaroneCarl Foreman
The HustlerRobert Rossen
Judgment at NurembergStanley Kramer
1962

Lawrence of ArabiaSam Spiegel
The Longest DayDarryl F. Zanuck
The Music ManMorton DaCosta
Mutiny on the BountyAaron Rosenberg
To Kill a MockingbirdAlan J. Pakula
1963
Tom JonesTony Richardson
America AmericaElia Kazan
CleopatraWalter Wanger
How the West Was WonBernard Smith
Lilies of the FieldRalph Nelson
1964
My Fair LadyJack L. Warner
BecketHal B. Wallis
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombStanley Kubrick
Mary PoppinsWalt Disney and Bill Walsh
Zorba the GreekMichael Cacoyannis
1965
The Sound of MusicRobert Wise
DarlingJoseph Janni
Doctor ZhivagoCarlo Ponti
Ship of FoolsStanley Kramer
A Thousand ClownsFred Coe
1966
A Man for All SeasonsFred Zinnemann
AlfieLewis Gilbert
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are ComingNorman Jewison
The Sand PebblesRobert Wise
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Ernest Lehman
1967
In the Heat of the NightWalter Mirisch
Bonnie and ClydeWarren Beatty
Doctor DolittleArthur P. Jacobs
The GraduateLawrence Turman
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerStanley Kramer
1968
Oliver!John Woolf
Funny GirlRay Stark
The Lion in WinterMartin Poll
Rachel, RachelPaul Newman
Romeo and JulietAnthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne
1969
Midnight CowboyJerome Hellman
Anne of the Thousand DaysHal B. Wallis
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidJohn Foreman
Hello, Dolly!Ernest Lehman
ZJacques Perrin and Ahmed Rachedi

1970s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
1970
PattonFrank McCarthy
AirportRoss Hunter
Five Easy PiecesBob Rafelson and Richard Wechsler
Love StoryHoward G. Minsky
M*A*S*HIngo Preminger
1971
The French ConnectionPhilip D'Antoni
A Clockwork OrangeStanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the RoofNorman Jewison
The Last Picture ShowStephen J. Friedman
Nicholas and AlexandraSam Spiegel
1972
The GodfatherAlbert S. Ruddy
CabaretCy Feuer
DeliveranceJohn Boorman
The EmigrantsBengt Forslund
SounderRobert B. Radnitz
1973
The StingTony Bill, Michael Phillips, and Julia Phillips
American GraffitiFrancis Ford Coppola and Gary Kurtz
Cries and WhispersIngmar Bergman
The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
A Touch of ClassMelvin Frank
1974
The Godfather Part IIFrancis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, and Fred Roos
ChinatownRobert Evans
The ConversationFrancis Ford Coppola
LennyMarvin Worth
The Towering InfernoIrwin Allen
1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMichael Douglas and Saul Zaentz
Barry LyndonStanley Kubrick
Dog Day AfternoonMartin Bregman and Martin Elfand
JawsRichard D. Zanuck and David Brown
NashvilleRobert Altman
1976
RockyIrwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
All the President's MenWalter Coblenz
Bound for GloryRobert F. Blumofe and Harold Leventhal
NetworkHoward Gottfried
Taxi DriverMichael Phillips and Julia Phillips
1977
Annie HallCharles H. Joffe
The Goodbye GirlRay Stark
JuliaRichard Roth
Star WarsGary Kurtz
The Turning PointHerbert Ross and Arthur Laurents
1978
The Deer HunterBarry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, and John Peverall
Coming HomeJerome Hellman
Heaven Can WaitWarren Beatty
Midnight ExpressAlan Marshall and David Puttnam
An Unmarried WomanPaul Mazursky and Anthony Ray
1979
Kramer vs. KramerStanley R. Jaffe
All That JazzRobert Alan Aurthur
Apocalypse NowFrancis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, and Tom Sternberg
Breaking AwayPeter Yates
Norma RaeTamara Asseyev and Alex Rose

1980s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
1980
Ordinary PeopleRonald L. Schwary
Coal Miner's DaughterBernard Schwartz
The Elephant ManJonathan Sanger
Raging BullIrwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
TessClaude Berri and Timothy Burrill
1981
Chariots of FireDavid Puttnam
Atlantic CityDenis Héroux
On Golden PondBruce Gilbert
Raiders of the Lost ArkFrank Marshall
RedsWarren Beatty
1982
GandhiRichard Attenborough
E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
MissingEdward Lewis and Mildred Lewis
TootsieSydney Pollack and Dick Richards
The VerdictRichard D. Zanuck and David Brown
1983
Terms of EndearmentJames L. Brooks
The Big ChillMichael Shamberg
The DresserPeter Yates
The Right StuffIrwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
Tender MerciesPhilip S. Hobel
1984
AmadeusSaul Zaentz
The Killing FieldsDavid Puttnam
A Passage to IndiaJohn Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin
Places in the HeartArlene Donovan
A Soldier's StoryNorman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, and Patrick Palmer
1985
Out of AfricaSydney Pollack
The Color PurpleSteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Quincy Jones
Kiss of the Spider WomanDavid Weisman
Prizzi's HonorJohn Foreman
WitnessEdward S. Feldman
1986
PlatoonArnold Kopelson
Children of a Lesser GodBurt Sugarman and Patrick J. Palmer
Hannah and Her SistersRobert Greenhut
The MissionFernando Ghia and David Puttnam
A Room with a ViewIsmail Merchant
1987
The Last EmperorJeremy Thomas
Broadcast NewsJames L. Brooks
Fatal AttractionStanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing
Hope and GloryJohn Boorman
MoonstruckPatrick J. Palmer and Norman Jewison
1988
Rain ManMark Johnson
The Accidental TouristLawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, and Michael Grillo
Dangerous LiaisonsNorma Heyman and Hank Moonjean
Mississippi BurningFrederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry
Working GirlDouglas Wick
1989
Driving Miss DaisyRichard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck
Born on the Fourth of JulyA. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone
Dead Poets SocietySteven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, and Tony Thomas
Field of DreamsLawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon
My Left FootNoel Pearson

1990s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
1990
Dances with WolvesJim Wilson and Kevin Costner
AwakeningsWalter Parkes and Lawrence Lasker
GhostLisa Weinstein
The Godfather Part IIIFrancis Ford Coppola
GoodfellasIrwin Winkler
1991
The Silence of the LambsEdward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ron Bozman
Beauty and the BeastDon Hahn
BugsyMark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty
JFKA. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone
The Prince of TidesBarbra Streisand and Andrew S. Karsch
1992
UnforgivenClint Eastwood
The Crying GameStephen Woolley
A Few Good MenDavid Brown, Rob Reiner, and Andrew Scheinman
Howards EndIsmail Merchant
Scent of a WomanMartin Brest
1993
Schindler's ListSteven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig
The FugitiveArnold Kopelson
In the Name of the FatherJim Sheridan
The PianoJan Chapman
The Remains of the DayMike Nichols, John Calley, and Ismail Merchant
1994
Forrest GumpWendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, and Steve Starkey
Four Weddings and a FuneralDuncan Kenworthy
Pulp FictionLawrence Bender
Quiz ShowMichael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik, and Robert Redford
The Shawshank RedemptionNiki Marvin
1995
BraveheartMel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., and Bruce Davey
Apollo 13Brian Grazer
BabeBill Miller, George Miller, and Doug Mitchell
The Postman (Il Postino)Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, and Gaetano Daniele
Sense and SensibilityLindsay Doran
1996
The English PatientSaul Zaentz
FargoEthan Coen
Jerry MaguireJames L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, and Cameron Crowe
Secrets & LiesSimon Channing-Williams
ShineJane Scott
1997
TitanicJames Cameron and Jon Landau
As Good as It GetsJames L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, and Kristi Zea
The Full MontyUberto Pasolini
Good Will HuntingLawrence Bender
L.A. ConfidentialCurtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, and Michael Nathanson
1998
Shakespeare in LoveDavid Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman
ElizabethAlison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan
Life Is BeautifulElda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi
Saving Private RyanSteven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn
The Thin Red LineRobert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, and Grant Hill
1999
American BeautyBruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
The Cider House RulesRichard N. Gladstein
The Green MileFrank Darabont and David Valdes
The InsiderPieter Jan Brugge and Michael Mann
The Sixth SenseFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel

2000s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
2000
GladiatorDouglas Wick, David Franzoni, and Branko Lustig
ChocolatDavid Brown, Kit Golden, and Leslie Holleran
Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonWilliam Kong, Hsu Li-kong, and Ang Lee
Erin BrockovichDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher
TrafficEdward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and Laura Bickford
2001
A Beautiful MindBrian Grazer and Ron Howard
Gosford ParkRobert Altman, Bob Balaban, and David Levy
In the BedroomGraham Leader, Ross Katz, and Todd Field
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Barrie M. Osborne
Moulin Rouge!Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, and Fred Baron
2002
ChicagoMartin Richards
Gangs of New YorkAlberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein
The HoursScott Rudin and Robert Fox
Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, and Peter Jackson
The PianistRoman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, and Alain Sarde
2003
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh
Lost in TranslationRoss Katz and Sofia Coppola
Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, and Duncan Henderson
Mystic RiverRobert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, and Clint Eastwood
SeabiscuitKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Gary Ross
2004
Million Dollar BabyClint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, and Tom Rosenberg
The AviatorMichael Mann and Graham King
Finding NeverlandRichard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower
RayTaylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, and Howard Baldwin
SidewaysMichael London
2005
CrashPaul Haggis and Cathy Schulman
Brokeback MountainDiana Ossana and James Schamus
CapoteCaroline Baron, William Vince, and Michael Ohoven
Good Night, and Good LuckGrant Heslov
MunichSteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel
2006
The DepartedGraham King
BabelAlejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, and Jon Kilik
Letters from Iwo JimaClint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Lorenz
Little Miss SunshineDavid T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, and Marc Turtletaub
The QueenAndy Harries, Christine Langan, and Tracey Seaward
2007
No Country for Old MenScott Rudin, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
AtonementTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster
JunoLianne Halfon, Mason Novick, and Russell Smith
Michael ClaytonJennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, and Sydney Pollack
There Will Be BloodPaul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, and JoAnne Sellar
2008
Slumdog MillionaireChristian Colson
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Ceán Chaffin
Frost/NixonRon Howard, Brian Grazer, and Eric Fellner
MilkBruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
The ReaderAnthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, and Redmond Morris
2009
The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro
AvatarJames Cameron and Jon Landau
The Blind SideGil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, and Broderick Johnson
District 9Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham
An EducationFinola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
Inglourious BasterdsLawrence Bender
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireLee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and Gary Magness
A Serious ManJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
UpJonas Rivera
Up in the AirDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, and Jason Reitman

2010s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
2010
The King's SpeechIain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
Black SwanScott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver
The FighterDavid Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg
InceptionChristopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All RightGary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray
127 HoursDanny Boyle, John Smithson, and Christian Colson
The Social NetworkDana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
Toy Story 3Darla K. Anderson
True GritJoel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Scott Rudin
Winter's BoneAlix Madigan and Anne Rosellini
2011
The ArtistThomas Langmann
The DescendantsJim Burke, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor
Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseScott Rudin
The HelpBrunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan
HugoGraham King and Martin Scorsese
Midnight in ParisLetty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
MoneyballMichael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt
The Tree of LifeSarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill
War HorseSteven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
2012
ArgoGrant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney
AmourMargaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz
Beasts of the Southern WildDan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald
Django UnchainedStacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone
Life of PiGil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark
LincolnSteven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
Les MisérablesTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh
Silver Linings PlaybookDonna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, and Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark ThirtyMark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Ellison
2013
12 Years a SlaveBrad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas
American HustleCharles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon
Captain PhillipsScott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca
Dallas Buyers ClubRobbie Brenner and Rachel Winter
GravityAlfonso Cuarón and David Heyman
HerMegan Ellison, Spike Jonze, and Vincent Landay
NebraskaAlbert Berger and Ron Yerxa
PhilomenaGabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward
The Wolf of Wall StreetMartin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole
American SniperClint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, Bradley Cooper, and Peter Morgan
BoyhoodRichard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, and Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation GameNora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman
SelmaChristian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner
The Theory of EverythingTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten
WhiplashJason Blum, Helen Estabrook, and David Lancaster
2015
SpotlightBlye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Michael Sugar
The Big ShortDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Brad Pitt
Bridge of SpiesSteven Spielberg, Marc Platt, and Kristie Macosko Krieger
BrooklynFinola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
Doug Mitchell and George Miller
The MartianSimon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, and Mark Huffam
The RevenantArnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon
RoomEd Guiney
2016
MoonlightAdele Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner
ArrivalShawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, and David Linde
FencesScott Rudin, Denzel Washington, and Todd Black
Hacksaw RidgeBill Mechanic and David Permut
Hell or High WaterCarla Hacken and Julie Yorn
Hidden FiguresDonna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, and Theodore Melfi
La La LandFred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt
LionEmile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Angie Fielder
Manchester by the SeaMatt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, and Kevin J. Walsh
2017
The Shape of WaterGuillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale
Call Me by Your NamePeter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, and Marco Morabito
Darkest HourTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, and Douglas Urbanski
DunkirkEmma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
Get OutSean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., and Jordan Peele
Lady BirdScott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O'Neill
Phantom ThreadJoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison, and Daniel Lupi
The PostAmy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriGraham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
2018
Green BookJim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga
Black PantherKevin Feige
BlacKkKlansmanSean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, and Spike Lee
Bohemian RhapsodyGraham King
The FavouriteCeci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos
RomaGabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is BornBill Gerber, Bradley Cooper, and Lynette Howell Taylor
ViceDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick
2019
ParasiteKwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho
Ford v FerrariPeter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and James Mangold
The IrishmanMartin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Jojo RabbitCarthew Neal, Taika Waititi, and Chelsea Winstanley
JokerTodd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Little WomenAmy Pascal
Marriage StoryNoah Baumbach and David Heyman
1917Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, and Callum McDougall
Once Upon a Time in HollywoodDavid Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, and Quentin Tarantino

2020s

Year of Film ReleaseFilmProducer(s)
2020
(93rd)
NomadlandFrances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao
The FatherDavid Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne
Judas and the Black MessiahShaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler
MankCeán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski
MinariChristina Oh
Promising Young WomanBen Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, and Josey McNamara
Sound of MetalBert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche
The Trial of the Chicago 7Marc Platt and Stuart M. Besser
2021
(94th)
CODAPhilippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, and Patrick Wachsberger
BelfastLaura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas
Don't Look UpAdam McKay and Kevin Messick
Drive My CarTeruhisa Yamamoto
DuneMary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, and Cale Boyter
King RichardTim White, Trevor White, and Will Smith
Licorice PizzaSara Murphy, Adam Somner, and Paul Thomas Anderson
Nightmare AlleyGuillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Bradley Cooper
The Power of the DogJane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Roger Frappier
West Side StorySteven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger
2022
(95th)
Everything Everywhere All at OnceDaniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
All Quiet on the Western FrontMalte Grunert
James Cameron and Jon Landau
The Banshees of InisherinGraham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
ElvisBaz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss
The FabelmansKristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner
TárTodd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer
Triangle of SadnessErik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober
Women TalkingDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand
2023
(96th)
Oppenheimer Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
American FictionBen LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson
Anatomy of a FallMarie-Ange Luciani and David Thion
BarbieDavid Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner
The HoldoversMark Johnson
Killers of the Flower MoonDan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese, and Daniel Lupi
MaestroBradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Past LivesDavid Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler
Poor ThingsEd Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma Stone
The Zone of InterestJames Wilson

Individuals with multiple wins

3 wins
2 wins

Individuals with multiple nominations

13 nominations[44] [45]
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Production companies with multiple nominations and wins

Columbia Pictures has the most wins with 12, while 20th Century Studios has the most nominations with 63. Focus Features has the most nominations without a win with 12.

Production CompanyNominationsWins
Columbia Pictures5612
Paramount Pictures2211
Universal Pictures3610
20th Century Studios639
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer409
Warner Bros. Pictures279
Searchlight Pictures225
Miramax Films164
DreamWorks134
Orion Pictures84
Plan B Entertainment83
A2472
The Weinstein Company62
Selznick International Pictures52
RKO Pictures111
Samuel Goldwyn Productions81
Apple31
J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films31
New Line Cinema31
Neon31
Hear/Say Productions21
Focus Features120
Netflix90
Touchstone Pictures60
Annapurna Pictures50
Walt Disney Pictures40
30
Amazon MGM Studios30
Pixar Animation Studios20
Hollywood Pictures20
The Caddo Company20
Walter Wanger Productions20
Mercury20

See also

External links

Notes and References

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