| 2025 | One Battle after Another IMDB | Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers |
| 2024 | Anora IMDB | Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer IMDB | Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once IMDB | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers |
| 2021 | CODA IMDB | Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers |
| 2020 | Nomadland IMDB | Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers |
| 2019 | Parasite IMDB | Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers |
| 2018 | Green Book IMDB | Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water IMDB | Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers |
| 2016 | Moonlight IMDB | Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers |
| 2015 | Spotlight IMDB | Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDB | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave IMDB | Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers |
| 2012 | Argo IMDB | Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers |
| 2011 | The Artist IMDB | Thomas Langmann, Producer |
| 2010 | The King's Speech IMDB | Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker IMDB | Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire IMDB | Christian Colson, Producer |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men IMDB | Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers |
| 2006 | The Departed IMDB | Graham King, Producer |
| 2005 | Crash IMDB | Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby IMDB | Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB | Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers |
| 2002 | Chicago IMDB | Martin Richards, Producer |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind IMDB | Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers |
| 2000 | Gladiator IMDB | Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers |
| 1999 | American Beauty IMDB | Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love IMDB | David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers |
| 1997 | Titanic IMDB | James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers |
| 1996 | The English Patient IMDB | Saul Zaentz, Producer |
| 1995 | Braveheart IMDB | Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump IMDB | Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Producers |
| 1993 | Schindler's List IMDB | Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig, Producers |
| 1992 | Unforgiven IMDB | Clint Eastwood, Producer |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs IMDB | Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers |
| 1990 | Dances With Wolves IMDB | Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy IMDB | Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers |
| 1988 | Rain Man IMDB | Mark Johnson, Producer |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor IMDB | Jeremy Thomas, Producer |
| 1986 | Platoon IMDB | Arnold Kopelson, Producer |
| 1985 | Out of Africa IMDB | Sydney Pollack, Producer |
| 1984 | Amadeus IMDB | Saul Zaentz, Producer |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment IMDB | James L. Brooks, Producer |
| 1982 | Gandhi IMDB | Richard Attenborough, Producer |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire IMDB | David Puttnam, Producer |
| 1980 | Ordinary People IMDB | Ronald L. Schwary, Producer |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer IMDB | Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter IMDB | Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers |
| 1977 | Annie Hall IMDB | Charles H. Joffe, Producer |
| 1976 | Rocky IMDB | Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers |
| 1975 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest IMDB | Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II IMDB | Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers |
| 1973 | The Sting IMDB | Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers |
| 1972 | The Godfather IMDB | Albert S. Ruddy, Producer |
| 1971 | The French Connection IMDB | Philip D'Antoni, Producer |
| 1970 | Patton IMDB | Frank McCarthy, Producer |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy IMDB | Jerome Hellman, Producer |
| 1968 | Oliver! IMDB | John Woolf, Producer |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night IMDB | Walter Mirisch, Producer |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons IMDB | Fred Zinnemann, Producer |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music IMDB | Robert Wise, Producer |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady IMDB | Jack L. Warner, Producer |
| 1963 | Tom Jones IMDB | Tony Richardson, Producer |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia IMDB | Sam Spiegel, Producer |
| 1961 | West Side Story IMDB | Robert Wise, Producer |
| 1960 | The Apartment IMDB | Billy Wilder, Producer |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur IMDB | Sam Zimbalist, Producer |
| 1958 | Gigi IMDB | Arthur Freed, Producer |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai IMDB | Sam Spiegel, Producer |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days IMDB | Michael Todd, Producer |
| 1955 | Marty IMDB | Harold Hecht, Producer |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront IMDB | Sam Spiegel, Producer |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity IMDB | Buddy Adler, Producer |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth IMDB | Cecil B. DeMille, Producer |
| 1951 | An American in Paris IMDB | Arthur Freed, Producer |
| 1950 | All about Eve IMDB | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1949 | All the King's Men IMDB | Robert Rossen Productions |
| 1948 | Hamlet IMDB | J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement IMDB | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives IMDB | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend IMDB | Paramount |
| 1944 | Going My Way IMDB | Paramount |
| 1943 | Casablanca IMDB | Warner Bros. |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley IMDB | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1940 | Rebecca IMDB | Selznick International Pictures |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind IMDB | Selznick International Pictures |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You IMDB | Columbia |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola IMDB | Warner Bros. |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night IMDB | Columbia |
| 1932/33 | Cavalcade IMDB | Fox |
| 1931/32 | Grand Hotel IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1930/31 | Cimarron IMDB | RKO Radio |
| 1929/30 | All Quiet on the Western Front IMDB | Universal |
| 1928/29 | The Broadway Melody IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1927/28 | Wings IMDB | Paramount Famous Lasky |