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Academy Award for Best Picture – 1929 bis 1997
1929–1930er (Anfänge des Kinos)
- 1929 – Wings
- 1930 – The Broadway Melody
- 1931 – All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1932 – Cimarron
- 1933 – Grand Hotel
- 1934 – Cavalcade
- 1935 – It Happened One Night
- 1936 – Mutiny on the Bounty
- 1937 – The Great Ziegfeld
- 1938 – The Life of Emile Zola
- 1939 – You Can't Take It with You
- 1940 – Gone with the Wind
1940er (Klassisches Hollywood)
- 1941 – Rebecca
- 1942 – How Green Was My Valley
- 1943 – Mrs. Miniver
- 1944 – Casablanca
- 1945 – Going My Way
- 1946 – The Lost Weekend
- 1947 – The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1948 – Gentleman's Agreement
- 1949 – Hamlet
1950er (Epische Filme & Studio-Ära)
- 1950 – All the King's Men
- 1951 – An American in Paris
- 1952 – A Place in the Sun
- 1953 – The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1954 – From Here to Eternity
- 1955 – On the Waterfront
- 1956 – Marty
- 1957 – Around the World in 80 Days
- 1958 – The Bridge on the River Kwai
- 1959 – Gigi
- 1960 – Ben-Hur
1960er (Neue Filmstile)
- 1961 – The Apartment
- 1962 – West Side Story
- 1963 – Lawrence of Arabia
- 1964 – Tom Jones
- 1965 – My Fair Lady
- 1966 – The Sound of Music
- 1967 – A Man for All Seasons
- 1968 – In the Heat of the Night
- 1969 – Oliver!
- 1970 – Midnight Cowboy
1970er (New Hollywood)
- 1971 – Patton
- 1972 – The French Connection
- 1973 – The Godfather
- 1974 – The Sting
- 1975 – The Godfather Part II
- 1976 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1977 – Rocky
- 1978 – Annie Hall
- 1979 – The Deer Hunter
- 1980 – Kramer vs. Kramer
1980er (Blockbuster & Prestige-Kino)
- 1981 – Ordinary People
- 1982 – Chariots of Fire
- 1983 – Gandhi
- 1984 – Terms of Endearment
- 1985 – Amadeus
- 1986 – Out of Africa
- 1987 – Platoon
- 1988 – The Last Emperor
- 1989 – Rain Man
- 1990 – Driving Miss Daisy
1990er (Moderne Klassiker)
- 1991 – Dances with Wolves
- 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs
- 1993 – Unforgiven
- 1994 – Schindler's List
- 1995 – Forrest Gump
- 1996 – Braveheart
- 1997 – The English Patient