Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2005
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
2006
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
2007
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
2008
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2009
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Year
Winner
1950
The Bicycle Thief (Italy)
1951
No award given
1952
No award given
1953
No award given
1954
No award given
1955
Genevieve (United Kingdom), No Way Back (Germany), Twenty-Four Eyes (Japan), La mujer de las camelias (Argentina)
1956
Ordet (Denmark), Stella (Greece), Eyes of Children (Japan), Sons, Mothers, and a General (Germany), Dangerous Curves (United Kingdom)
1957
Richard III (United Kingdom), The White Reindeer (Finland), Before Sundown (Germany), The Girls in Black (Greece), Roses on the Arm (Japan), and War and Peace (Italy)
1958
Woman in a Dressing Gown (United Kingdom), Yellow Crow (Japan), The Confessions of Felix Krull (Germany), Tizoc (Mexico)
1959
A Night to Remember (United Kingdom), The Road a Year Long (Yugoslavia), The Girl and The River (France), The Girl Rosemarie (Germany)
1960
Black Orpheus (France), Odd Obsession (Japan), The Bridge (Germany), Wild Strawberries (Sweden), Aren't We Wonderful (Germany)
1961
The Man with the Green Carnation (United Kingdom), La vérité (France), The Virgin Spring (Sweden)
1962
Two Women (Italy)
1963
Best of Enemies (Italy), Divorce Italian Style (Italy)
1964
Any Number Can Win (France)
1965
Marriage Italian Style (Italy), Sallah (Israel), The Girl with the Green Eyes (United Kingdom)
1966
Darling (United Kingdom), Guilietta of the Spirits (Italy)
1967
Alfie (United Kingdom), A Man and A Woman (France)
1968
The Fox (Canada), Live for Life (France)
1969
Romeo and Juliet (Italy/United Kingdom), War and Peace (Russia)
1970
Oh, What a Lovely War (United Kingdom), Z (Algeria)
1971
Women in Love (United Kingdom), Rider on the Rain (France)
1972
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (United Kingdom), The Policeman (Israel)
1973
Young Winston (United Kingdom), The Emigrants--Part I and The New Land--Part II (Sweden)
1974
The Pedestrian (Germany)
1975
Scenes from a Marriage (Sweden)
1976
Lies My Father Told Me (Canada)
1977
Face to Face (Sweden)
1978
A Special Day (Italy)
1979
Autumn Sonata (Sweden)
1980
La cage aux folles (France/Italy)
1981
Tess (United Kingdom)
1982
Chariots of Fire (United Kingdom)
1983
Gandhi (United Kingdom/India)
1984
Fanny and Alexander (Sweden)
1985
A Passage to India (United Kingdom)
1986
The Official Story (Argentina)
1987
The Assault (The Netherlands)
1988
My Life as a Dog (Sweden)
1989
Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark/Sweden)
1990
Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
1991
Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
1992
Europa, Europa (Germany)
1993
Indochine (France)
1994
Farewell, My Concubine (China)
1995
Farinelli (Belgium)
1996
Les Miserables (France)
1997
Kolya (Czech Republic)
1998
Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink) (Belgium)
1999
Central Station (Brazil)
2000
Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother)(Spain)
2001
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan)
2002
No Man's Land (Bosnia)
2003
Talk to Her (Spain)
2004
Osama (Afghanistan)
2005
The Sea Inside (Spain)
2006
Paradise Now (Palestine)
2007
Letters from Iwo Jima (Japan/USA)
2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France/USA)
2009
Waltz with Bashir
YEAR
WINNER
1946
The House I Live In (United States)
1947
The Last Chance (Switzerland)
1948
No award given
1949
The Search (United States)
1950
The Hasty Heart (United Kingdom)
1951
Broken Arrow (United States)
1952
The Day the Earth Stood Still (United States)
1953
Anything Can Happen (United States)
1954
Little Boy Lost (United States)
1955
Broken Lance (United States)
1956
Love is a Many Splendored Thing (United States)
1957
Battle Hymn (United States)
1958
The Happy Road (United States)
1959
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (United States)
1960
The Diary of Anne Frank (United States)
1961
Hand in Hand (United Kingdom)
1962
A Majority of One (United States)
1963
To Kill a Mockingbird (United States)
1964
Lilies of the Field (United States)
Category was discontinued after 1964.
Year
Winner
1944
Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette
1945
Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight
1946
Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's
1947
Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny
1948
Rosalind Russell, Mourning Becomes Electra
1949
Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
1950
Olivia De Havilland, The Heiress
1951
Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
1952
Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil
1953
Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
1954
Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1955
Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
1956
Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
1957
Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
1958
Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
1959
Susan Hayward, I Want to Live
1960
Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer
1961
Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello
1962
Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
1963
Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth
1964
Leslie Caron, The L-Shaped Room
1965
Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater
1966
Samantha Eggar, The Collector
1967
Anouk Aimée, A Man and a Woman
1968
Dame Edith Evans, The Whisperers
1969
Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel
1970
Geneviève Bujold, Anne of the Thousand Days
1971
Ali MacGraw, Love Story
1972
Jane Fonda, Klute
1973
Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants
1974
Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty
1975
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
1976
Louise Fletcher, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977
Faye Dunaway, Network
1978
Jane Fonda, Julia
1979
Jane Fonda, Coming Home
1980
Sally Field, Norma Rae
1981
Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
1982
Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman
1983
Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
1984
Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
1985
Sally Field, Places in the Heart
1986
Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1987
Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
1988
Sally Kirkland, Anna
1989
Jodie Foster, The Accused; Shirley MacLaine, Madame Sousatzka; Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist
1990
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
1991
Kathy Bates, Misery
1992
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
1993
Emma Thompson, Howards End
1994
Holly Hunter, The Piano
1995
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
1996
Sharon Stone, Casino
1997
Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
1998
Judi Dench, (Her Majesty) Mrs. Brown
1999
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
2000
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
2001
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich
2002
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
2003
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
2004
Charlize Theron, Monster
2005
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
2006
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
2007
Helen Mirren, The Queen
2008
Julie Christie, Away from Her
2009
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Year
Winner
1944
Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine
1945
Alexander Knox, Wilson
1946
Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend
1947
Gregory Peck, The Yearling
1948
Ronald Colman, A Double Life
1949
Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
1950
Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men
1951
José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
1952
Fredric March, Death of a Salesman
1953
Gary Cooper, High Noon
1954
Spencer Tracy, The Actress
1955
Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
1956
Ernest Borgnine, Marty
1957
Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
1958
Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
1959
David Niven, Separate Tables
1960
Anthony Franciosa, Career
1961
Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry
1962
Maximilian Schell, Judgement at Nuremberg
1963
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
1964
Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
1965
Peter O'Toole, Becket
1966
Omar Sharif, Doctor Zhivago
1967
Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons
1968
Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night
1969
Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter
1970
John Wayne, True Grit
1971
George C. Scott, Patton
1972
Gene Hackman, The French Connection
1973
Marlon Brando, The Godfather
1974
Al Pacino, Serpico
1975
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
1976
Jack Nicholson, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977
Peter Finch, Network
1978
Richard Burton, Equus
1979
Jon Voight, Coming Home
1980
Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer
1981
Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
1982
Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
1983
Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
1984
Tom Courtenay, The Dresser; Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
1985
F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
1986
Jon Voight, Runaway Train
1987
Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa
1988
Michael Douglas, Wall Street
1989
Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
1990
Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July
1991
Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune
1992
Nick Nolte, Prince of Tides
1993
Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman
1994
Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
1995
Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump
1996
Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
1997
Geoffrey Rush, Shine
1998
Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold
1999
Jim Carrey, The Truman Show
2000
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane
2001
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
2002
Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
2003
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
2004
Sean Penn, Mystic River
2005
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
2006
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
2007
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
2008
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
2009
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Year
Winner
1951
Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
1952
June Allyson, Too Young to Kiss
1953
Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart
1954
Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam
1955
Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
1956
Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls
1957
Deborah Kerr, The King and I
1958
Kay Kendall, Les Girls
1959
Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
1960
Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot
1961
Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
1962
Rosalind Russell, A Majority of One
1963
Rosalind Russell, Gypsy
1964
Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce
1965
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
1966
Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
1967
Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl
1968
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
1969
Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl
1970
Patty Duke, Me, Natalie
1971
Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife
1972
Twiggy, The Boy Friend
1973
Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1974
Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class
1975
Raquel Welch, The Three Musketeers
1976
Ann-Margret, Tommy
1977
Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born
1978
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall; Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl
1979
Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year; Maggie Smith, California Suite
1980
Bette Midler, The Rose
1981
Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
1982
Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven
1983
Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria
1984
Julie Walters, Educating Rita
1985
Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone
1986
Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor
1987
Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
1988
Cher, Moonstruck
1989
Melanie Griffith, Working Girl
1990
Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
1991
Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman
1992
Bette Midler, For the Boys
1993
Miranda Richardson, Enchanted April
1994
Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do with It?
1995
Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies
1996
Nicole Kidman, To Die For
1997
Madonna, Evita
1998
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets
1999
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
2000
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds
2001
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
2002
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge!
2003
Renee Zellweger, Chicago
2004
Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give
2005
Annette Bening, Being Julia
2006
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
2007
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
2008
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
2009
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Year
Winner
1951
Fred Astaire, Three Little Words
1952
Danny Kaye, On the Riviera
1953
Donald O'Connor, Singing in the Rain
1954
David Niven, The Moon Is Blue
1955
James Mason, A Star Is Born
1956
Tom Ewell, Seven Year Itch
1957
Cantinflas, Around the World in 80 Days
1958
Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey
1959
Danny Kaye, Me and the Colonel
1960
Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot
1961
Jack Lemmon, The Apartment
1962
Glenn Ford, Pocketful of Miracles
1963
Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce-Italian Style
1964
Alberto Sordi, To Bed or Not to Bed
1965
Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
1966
Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
1967
Alan Arkin, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
1968
Richard Harris, Camelot
1969
Ron Moody, Oliver
1970
Peter O'Toole, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1971
Albert Finney, Scrooge
1972
Topol, Fiddler on the Roof
1973
Jack Lemmon, Avanti
1974
George Segal, A Touch of Class
1975
Art Carney, Harry and Tonto
1976
Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys
1977
Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born
1978
Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl
1979
Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait
1980
Peter Sellers, Being There
1981
Ray Sharkey, The Idolmaker
1982
Dudley Moore, Arthur
1983
Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie
1984
Michael Caine, Educating Rita
1985
Dudley Moore, Micki and Maude
1986
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor
1987
Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee
1988
Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam
1989
Tom Hanks, Big
1990
Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy
1991
Gérard Depardieu, Green Card
1992
Robin Williams, The Fisher King
1993
Tim Robbins, The Player
1994
Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire
1995
Hugh Grant, Four Weddings and a Funeral
1996
John Travolta, Get Shorty
1997
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
1998
Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets
1999
Michael Caine, Little Voice
2000
Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon
2001
George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2002
Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
2003
Richard Gere, Chicago
2004
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
2005
Jamie Foxx, Ray
2006
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
2007
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2008
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2009
Colin Farrell, In Bruges
Year
Winner
1944
Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls
1945
Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington
1946
Angela Lansbury, The Picture of Dorian Gray
1947
Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge
1948
Celeste Holm, Gentleman's Agreement
1949
Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
1950
Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men
1951
Josephine Hull, Harvey
1952
Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire
1953
Katy Jurado, High Noon
1954
Grace Kelly, Mogambo
1955
Jan Sterling, The High and the Mighty
1956
Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo
1957
Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
1958
Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution
1959
Hermione Gingold, Gigi
1960
Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life
1961
Janet Leigh, Psycho
1962
Rita Moreno, West Side Story
1963
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate
1964
Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s
1965
Agnes Moorehead, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1966
Ruth Gordon, Inside Daisy Clover
1967
Jocelyn Logarde, Hawaii
1968
Carol Channing, Thoroughly Modern Millie
1969
Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby
1970
Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower
1971
Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces and Maureen Stapleton, Airport
1972
Ann-Margret, Carnal Knowledge
1973
Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure
1974
Linda Blair, The Exorcist
1975
Karen Black, The Great Gatsby
1976
Brenda Vaccaro, Once Is Not Enough
1977
Katharine Ross, Voyage of the Damned
1978
Vanessa Redgrave, Julia
1979
Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait
1980
Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
1981
Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard
1982
Joan Hackett, Only When I Laugh
1983
Jessica Lange, Tootsie
1984
Cher, Silkwood
1985
Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
1986
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
1987
Maggie Smith, A Room with a View
1988
Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
1989
Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl
1990
Julia Roberts, Steel Magnolias
1991
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
1992
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King
1993
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April
1994
Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence
1995
Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway
1996
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite
1997
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces
1998
Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
1999
Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters
2000
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
2001
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
2002
Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind
2003
Meryl Streep, Adaptation
2004
Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain
2005
Natalie Portman, Closer
2006
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
2007
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
2008
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
2009
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Year
Winner
1944
Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls
1945
Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way
1946
J. Carrol Naish, A Medal for Benny
1947
Clifton Webb, The Razor's Edge
1948
Edmund Gwenn, The Miracle on 34th Street
1949
Walter Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1950
James Whitmore, Battleground
1951
Edmund Gwenn, Mister 880
1952
Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis?
1953
Millard Mitchell, My Six Convicts
1954
Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity
1955
Edmond O'Brien, The Barefoot Contessa
1956
Arthur Kennedy, Trial
1957
Earl Holliman, The Rainmaker
1958
Red Buttons, Sayonara
1959
Burl Ives, The Big Country
1960
Stephen Boyd, Ben-Hur
1961
Sal Mineo, Exodus
1962
George Chakiris, West Side Story
1963
Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia
1964
John Huston, The Cardinal
1965
Edmond O'Brien, Seven Days in May
1966
Oskar Werner, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1967
Richard Attenborough, The Sand Pebbles
1968
Richard Attenborough, Doctor Doolittle
1969
Daniel Massey, Star!
1970
Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1971
John Mills, Ryan's Daughter
1972
Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show
1973
Joel Grey, Cabaret
1974
John Houseman, The Paper Chase
1975
Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno
1976
Richard Benjamin, The Sunshine Boys
1977
Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man
1978
Peter Firth, Equus
1979
John Hurt, Midnight Express
1980
Melvyn Douglas, Being There and Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Note: In 1976 the category title was changed to 'Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture' and in 1980 it became 'New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture.'
YEAR
WINNER
1948
Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death
1949
No award given
1950
Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart
1951
Gene Nelson, Tea for Two
1952
Kevin McCarthy, Death of a Salesman
1953
Richard Burton, My Cousin Rachel
1954
Hugh O'Brian, Steve Forrest, Richard Egan
1955
Joe Adams, George Nader, Jeff Richards
1956
Ray Danton, Russ Tamblyn
1957
John Kerr, Paul Newman, Anthony Perkins
1958
James Garner, John Saxon, Patrick Wayne
1959
Bradford Dillman, John Gavin, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
1960
James Shigeta, Barry Coe, Troy Donahue, George Hamilton
1961
Michael Callan, Mark Damon, Brett Halsey
1962
Richard Beymer, Bobby Darin, Warren Beatty
1963
Keir Dullea, Omar Sharif, Terence Stamp
1964
Albert Finney, Robert Walker, Stathis Giallelis
1965
Harve Presnell, George Segal, Chaim Topol
1966
Robert Redford, Inside Daisy Clover
1967
James Farentino, The Pad
1968
Dustin Hoffman, The Graduate
1969
Leonard Whiting, Romeo and Juliet
1970
Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy
1971
James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope
1972
Desi Arnaz, Jr., Red Sky at Morning
1973
Edward Albert, Butterflies Are Free
1974
Paul LeMat, American Graffiti
1975
Joseph Bottoms, The Dove
1976
Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stay Hungry
1978
No award given
1979
Brad Davis, Midnight Express
1980
Ricky Schroeder, The Champ
1981
Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People
1982
No award given
1983
Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
Category was discontinued after 1983.
Note: In 1976 the category title was changed to 'Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture' and in 1980 it became 'New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture.'
Year
Winner
1948
George Seaton, The Miracle on 34th Street
1949
Richard Schweitzer, The Search
1950
Robert Pirosh, Battleground
1951
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
1952
Robert Buckner, Bright Victory
1953
Michael Wilson, Five Fingers
1954
Helen Deutsch, Lili
1955
Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman, Sabrina
1956
No award given
1957
No award given
1958
No award given
1959
No award given
1960
No award given
1961
No award given
1962
No award given
1963
No award given
1964
No award given
1965
No award given
1966
Robert Bolt, Dr. Zhivago
1967
Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
1968
Stirling Silliphant, In the Heat of the Night
1969
Stirling Silliphant, Charly
1970
John Hale, Bridget Boland, Richard Sokolove, Anne of the Thousand Days
1971
Erich Segal, Love Story
1972
Paddy Chayefsky, The Hospital
1973
Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, The Godfather
1974
William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist
1975
Robert Towne, Chinatown
1976
Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1977
Paddy Chayefsky, Network
1978
Neil Simon, The Goodbye Girl
1979
Oliver Stone, Midnight Express
1980
Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer
1981
William Peter Blatty, Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane
1982
Ernest Thompson, On Golden Pond
1983
John Briley, Gandhi
1984
James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
1985
Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
1986
Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo
1987
Robert Bolt, The Mission
1988
Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
1989
Naomi Foner, Running on Empty
1990
Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic, Born on the Fourth of July
1991
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
1992
Callie Khouri, Thelma & Louise
1993
Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman
1994
Steven Zaillian, Schindler's List
1995
Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
1996
Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility
1997
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, The People vs. Larry Flynt
1998
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting
1999
Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love
2000
Alan Ball, American Beauty
2001
Stephen Gaghan, Traffic
2002
Akiva Goldsman, A Beautiful Mind
2003
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, About Schmidt
2004
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
2005
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Sideways
2006
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
2007
Peter Morgan, The Queen
2008
Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
2009
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Year
Winner
1948
Max Steiner, Life with Father
1949
Brian Easdale, The Red Shoes
1950
Johnny Green, The Inspector General
1951
Franz Waxman, Sunset Boulevard
1952
Victor Young, A September Affair
1953
Dimitri Tiomkin, High Noon
1954
No award given
1955
No award given
1956
No award given
1957
No award given
1958
No award given
1959
No award given
1960
Ernest Gold, On the Beach
1961
Dimitri Tiomkin, The Alamo
1962
Dimitri Tiomkin, Guns of Navarone
1963
Elmer Bernstein, To Kill a Mockingbird
1964
No award given
1965
Dimitri Tiomkin, The Fall of the Roman Empire
1966
Maurice Jarre, Dr. Zhivago
1967
Elmer Bernstein, Hawaii
1968
Frederick Loewe, Camelot
1969
Alex North, The Shoes of the Fisherman
1970
Burt Bacharach, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1971
Francis Lai, Love Story
1972
Isaac Hayes, Shaft
1973
Nino Rota, The Godfather
1974
Neil Diamond, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1975
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, The Little Prince
1976
John Williams, Jaws
1977
Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher, A Star Is Born
1978
John Williams, Star Wars
1979
Giorgio Moroder, Midnight Express
1980
Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
1981
Dominic Frontiere, The Stunt Man
1982
No award given
1983
John Williams, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1984
Giorgio Moroder, Flashdance
1985
Maurice Jarre, A Passage to India
1986
John Barry, Out of Africa
1987
Ennio Morricone, The Mission
1988
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su, The Last Emperor
1989
Maurice Jarre, Gorillas in the Mist
1990
Alan Menken, The Little Mermaid
1991
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Horowitz, The Sheltering Sky
1992
Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast
1993
Alan Menken, Aladdin
1994
Kitaro, Heaven and Earth
1995
Hans Zimmer, The Lion King
1996
Maurice Jarre, A Walk in the Clouds
1997
Gabriel Yared, The English Patient
1998
James Horner, Titanic
1999
Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass, The Truman Show
2000
Ennio Morricone, The Legend of 1900
2001
Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Gladiator
2002
Craig Armstrong, Moulin Rouge!
2003
Elliott Goldenthal, Frida
2004
Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2005
Howard Shore, The Aviator
2006
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
2007
Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil
2008
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
2009
A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Year
Winner
1962
'Town Without Pity,' Town Without Pity; Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
1963
No award given
1964
No award given
1965
'Circus World,' Circus World; Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
1966
'Forget Domani,' The Yellow Rolls Royce
1967
'Strangers in the Night,' A Man Could Get Killled
1968
'If Ever I Should Leave You,' Camelot
1969
'The Windmills of Your Mind,' The Thomas Crown Affair
1970
'Jean,' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1971
'Whistling Away the Dark,' Darling Lili
1972
'Life Is What You Make It,' Kotch
1973
'Ben,' Ben; Walter Scharf, Don Black
1974
'The Way We Were,' The Way We Were; Marvin Hamlisch, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman
1975
'I Feel Love,' Benji; Euel and Betty Box
1976
'I'm Easy,' Nashville; Keith Carradine
1977
'Evergreen,' A Star Is Born
1978
'You Light Up My Life,' You Light Up My Life
1979
'Last Dance,' Thank God It's Friday
1980
'The Rose,' The Rose
1981
'Fame,' Fame; Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics)
1982
'Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do),' Arthur
1983
'Up Where We Belong,' An Officer and a Gentleman
1984
'Flashdance. . . What a Feeling,' Flashdance; Giorgio Moroder (music), Keith Forsey, Irene Cara (lyrics)
1985
'I Just Called to Say I Love You,' The Woman in Red; Stevie Wonder
1986
'Say You Say Me,' White Nights; Lionel Ritchie
1987
'Take My Breath Away,' Top Gun; Giorgio Moroder (music), Tom Whitlock (lyrics)
1988
'(I've Had) The Time of My Life,' Dirty Dancing; Frankie Previte, Donald Markowitz, John DeNico
1989
'Let the River Run,' Working Girl; Carly Simon; and 'Two Hearts,' Buster; Lamont Dozier (music), Phil Collins (lyrics)
1990
'Under the Sea,' The Little Mermaid; Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics)
1991
'Blaze of Glory,' Young Guns II; Jon Bon Jovi
1992
'Beauty and the Beast,' Beauty and the Beast; Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics)
1993
'A Whole New World,' Aladdin; Alan Menken (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
1994
'Streets of Philadelphia,' Philadelphia; Bruce Springsteen
1995
'Can You Feel the Love Tonight?' The Lion King; Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
1996
'Colors of the Wind,' Pocahontas; Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)
1997
'You Must Love Me,' Evita; Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
1998
'My Heart Will Go On,' Titanic; James Horner, Will Jennings
1999
'The Prayer,' The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot; David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager
2000
'You'll Be in My Heart,' Tarzan; Phil Collins
2001
'Things Have Changed,' Wonder Boys; Bob Dylan
2002
'Until ...' Kate & Leopold; Sting
2003
'The Hands That Built America,' Gangs of New York; U2
2004
'Into the West,' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox
2005
'Old Habits Die Hard,' Alfie; Mick Jagger, David A. Stewart
2006
'A Love That Will Never Grow Old,' Brokeback Mountain; Emmylou Harris
2007
'The Song of the Heart,' Happy Feet; Prince Rogers Nelson
2008
'Guaranteed,' Into the Wild; Eddie Vedder
2009
'The Wrestler,' The Wrestler; Bruce Springsteen
YEAR
WINNER
1949
Gabriel Figueroa, The Pearl
1950
Walt Disney Studios, Ichabod & Mr. Toad (color); Frank Planer, Champion (black and white)
1951
Robert Surtees, King Solomon's Mines (color); Frank Planer, Cyrano de Bergerac (black and white)
1952
Robert Surtees, William V. Skall, King Solomon's Mines (color); Frank Planer, Death of a Salesman (black and white)
1953
George Barnes, Peverell Marley, The Greatest Show on Earth (color); Floyd Crosby, High Noon (black and white)
1954
No award given
1955
Joseph Ruttenberg, Brigadoon (color); Boris Kaufman, On the Waterfront (black and white)
1956
No award given
1957
No award given
1958
No award given
1959
No award given
1960
No award given
1961
No award given
1962
No award given
1963
Lawrence of Arabia (color); The Longest Day (black and white)
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