1928 (1st) | Sunrise Wings |
| 1929 (2nd) | The Broadway Melody |
| 1930 (3rd) | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 1931 (4th) | Cimarron |
| 1932 (5th) | Grand Hotel |
| 1933 (6th) | Cavalcade |
| 1934 (7th) | It Happened One Night |
| 1935 (8th) | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| 1936 (9th) | The Great Ziegfeld |
| 1937 (10th) | The Life of Emile Zola |
| 1938 (11th) | You Can't Take It With You |
| 1939 (12th) | Gone with the Wind |
| 1940 (13th) | Rebecca |
| 1941 (14th) | How Green Was My Valley |
| 1942 (15th) | Mrs. Miniver |
| 1943 (16th) | Casablanca |
| 1944 (17th) | Going My Way |
| 1945 (18th) | The Lost Weekend |
| 1946 (19th) | The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 1947 (20th) | Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1948 (21st) | Hamlet (1948) |
| 1949 (22nd) | All the King's Men |
| 1950 (23rd) | All about Eve |
| 1951 (24th) | An American in Paris |
| 1952 (25th) | The Greatest Show on Earth |
| 1953 (26th) | From Here to Eternity |
| 1954 (27th) | On the Waterfront |
| 1955 (28th) | Marty |
| 1956 (29th) | Around the World in 80 Days |
| 1957 (30th) | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1958 (31st) | Gigi |
| 1959 (32nd) | Ben-Hur |
| 1960 (33rd) | The Apartment |
| 1961 (34th) | West Side Story |
| 1962 (35th) | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1963 (36th) | Tom Jones |
| 1964 (37th) | My Fair Lady |
| 1965 (38th) | The Sound of Music |
| 1966 (39th) | A Man for All Seasons |
| 1967 (40th) | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1968 (41st) | Oliver! |
| 1969 (42nd) | Midnight Cowboy |
| 1970 (43rd) | Patton |
| 1971 (44th) | The French Connection |
| 1972 (45th) | The Godfather |
| 1973 (46th) | The Sting |
| 1974 (47th) | The Godfather Part II |
| 1975 (48th) | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1976 (49th) | Rocky |
| 1977 (50th) | Annie Hall |
| 1978 (51st) | The Deer Hunter |
| 1979 (52nd) | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 1980 (53rd) | Ordinary People |
| 1981 (54th) | Chariots of Fire |
| 1982 (55th) | Gandhi |
| 1983 (56th) | Terms of Endearment |
| 1984 (57th) | Amadeus |
| 1985 (58th) | Out of Africa |
| 1986 (59th) | Platoon |
| 1987 (60th) | The Last Emperor |
| 1988 (61st) | Rain Man |
| 1989 (62nd) | Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1990 (63rd) | Dances With Wolves |
| 1991 (64th) | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1992 (65th) | Unforgiven |
| 1993 (66th) | Schindler's List |
| 1994 (67th) | Forrest Gump |
| 1995 (68th) | Braveheart |
| 1996 (69th) | The English Patient |
| 1997 (70th) | Titanic (1997) |
| 1998 (71st) | Shakespeare in Love |
| 1999 (72nd) | American Beauty |
| 2000 (73rd) | Gladiator |
| 2001 (74th) | A Beautiful Mind |
| 2002 (75th) | Chicago |
| 2003 (76th) | The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King |
| 2004 (77th) | Million Dollar Baby |
| 2005 (78th) | Crash |
| 2006 (79th) | The Departed |
| 2007 (80th) | No Country for Old Men |
| 2008 (81th) | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2009 (82th) | The Hurt Locker |
| 2010 (83th) | The King's Speech |
