2000s

2007: "No Country for Old Men"
2006: "The Departed"
2005: "Crash"
2004: "Million Dollar Baby"
2003: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2002: "Chicago"
2001: "A Beautiful Mind"
2000: "Gladiator"

1990s

1999: "American Beauty"
1998: "Shakespeare in Love"
1997: "Titanic"
1996: "The English Patient"
1995: "Braveheart"
1994: "Forrest Gump"
1993: "Schindler's List"
1992: "Unforgiven"
1991: "The Silence of the Lambs"
1990: "Dances with Wolves"

1980s

1989: "Driving Miss Daisy"
1988: "Rain Man"
1987: "The Last Emperor"
1986: "Platoon"
1985: "Out of Africa"
1984: "Amadeus"
1983: "Terms of Endearment"
1982: "Gandhi"
1981: "Chariots of Fire"
1980: "Ordinary People"

1970s

1979: "Kramer vs. Kramer"
1978: "The Deer Hunter"
1977: "Annie Hall"
1976: "Rocky"
1975: "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest"
1974: "The Godfather Part II"
1973: "The Sting"
1972: "The Godfather"
1971: "The French Connection"
1970: "Patton"

1960s

1969: "Midnight Cowboy"
1968: "Oliver!"
1967: "In the Heat of the Night"
1966: "A Man for All Seasons"
1965: "The Sound of Music"
1964: "My Fair Lady"
1963: "Tom Jones"
1962: "Lawrence of Arabia"
1961: "West Side Story"
1960: "The Apartment"

1950s

1959: "Ben-Hur"
1958: "Gigi"
1957: "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956: "Around the World in 80 Days"
1955: "Marty"
1954: "On the Waterfront"
1953: "From Here to Eternity"
1952: "The Greatest Show on Earth"
1951: "An American in Paris"
1950: "All About Eve"

1940s

1949: "All the King's Men"
1948: "Hamlet"
1947: "Gentleman's Agreement"
1946: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
1945: "The Lost Weekend"
1944: "Going My Way"
1943: "Casablanca"
1942: "Mrs. Miniver"
1941: "How Green Was My Valley"
1940: "Rebecca"

1930s

1939: "Gone with the Wind"
1938: "You Can't Take It with You"
1937: "The Life of Emile Zola"
1936: "The Great Ziegfeld"
1935: "Mutiny on the Bounty"
1934: "It Happened One Night"
1932/33: "Cavalcade"
1931/32: "Grand Hotel"
1930/31: "Cimarron"

1920s

1929/30: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
1928/29: "Broadway Melody"
1927/28: "Wings"