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Academy Award Winners

Year Best Picture Best Director
1927-1928 Wings Frank Borzage, Seventh Heaven
1928-1929 Broadway Melody Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady
1929-1930 All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-1931 Cimarron Norman Taurog, Skippy
1931-1932 Grand Hotel Frank Borzage, Bad Girl
1932-1933 Cavalcade Frank Lloyd, Cavalcade
1934 It Happened One Night Frank Capra, It Happened One Night
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty John Ford, The Informer
1936 The Great Ziegfeld Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1937 Life of Émile Zola Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth
1938 You Can't Take It with You Frank Capra, You Can't Take It With You
1939 Gone With the Wind Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind
1940 Rebecca John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath
1941 How Green Was My Valley John Ford, How Green Was My Valley
1942 Mrs. Miniver William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver
1943 Casablanca Michael Curtiz, Casablanca
1944 Going My Way Leo McCarey, Going My Way
1945 The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement
1948 Hamlet John Huston, TheTreasure of the Sierra Madre
1949 All the King's Men Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
1950 All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
1951 An American in Paris George Stevens, A Place in the Sun
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth John Ford, The Quiet Man
1953 From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront
1955 Marty Delbert Mann, Marty
1956 Around the World in 80 Days George Stevens, Giant
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 Gigi Vincente Minnelli, Gigi
1959 Ben-Hur William Wyler, Ben-Hur
1960 The Apartment Billy Wilder, The Apartment
1961 West Side Story Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, West Side Story
1962 Lawrence of Arabia David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
1963 Tom Jones Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
1964 My Fair Lady George Cukor, My Fair Lady
1965 The Sound of Music Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
1966 A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons
1967 In the Heat of the Night Mike Nichols, The Graduate
1968 Oliver! Carol Reed, Oliver!
1969 Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
1970 Patton Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton
1971 The French Connection William Friedkin, The French Connection
1972 The Godfather Bob Fosse, Cabaret
1973 The Sting George Roy Hill, The Sting
1974 The Godfather, Part II Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, Part II
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Miloš Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 Rocky John G. Avildsen, Rocky
1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen, Annie Hall
1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 Ordinary People Robert Redford, Ordinary People
1981 Chariots of Fire Warren Beatty, Reds
1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough, Gandhi
1983 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
1984 Amadeus Miloš Forman, Amadeus
1985 Out of Africa Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa
1986 Platoon Oliver Stone, Platoon
1987 The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
1988 Rain Man Barry Levinson, Rain Man
1989 Driving Miss Daisy Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July
1990 Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Unforgiven Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
1993 Schindler's List Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List
1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump
1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson, Braveheart
1996 The English Patient Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
1997 Titanic James Cameron, Titanic
1998 Shakespeare in Love Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes, American Beauty
2000 Gladiator Steven Soderbergh, Traffic
2001 A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind
2002 Chicago Roman Polanski, The Pianist
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
2005 Crash Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese, The Departed
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.