This
Academy Award is given to the
motion picture voted best each year by the Academy.
This page shows the winner first followed by the nominees for that year.
Each entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. When the film was produced in a country other than the United States that is shown in parentheses after the production company.
The years shown are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies made in 1967.
This award was originally called Best Production.
Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production also known as "Best Artistic Quality of Production" was only presented in the first year.
Best Production
The name of the award becomes Best Picture
- 1930-31 Cimarron - RKO Radio - William LeBaron
- 1931-32 Grand Hotel - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg
- 1932-33 Cavalcade - Fox - Winfield Sheehan studio head
- 1934 It Happened One Night - Columbia - Harry Cohn
- 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Irving Thalberg with Albert Lewin
- 1936 The Great Ziegfeld - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hunt Stromberg
- 1937 The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros. - Henry Blanke
- 1938 You Can't Take it With You - Columbia - Frank Capra
- 1939 Gone With the Wind - Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - David O. Selznick
- 1940 Rebecca - Selznick, United Artists - David O. Selznick
- 1941 How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- 1942 Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sidney Franklin
- 1943 Casablanca - Warner Bros. - Hal B. Wallis
- 1944 Going My Way - Paramount - Leo McCarey
- 1945 The Lost Weekend - Paramount - Charles Bracken
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - Goldwyn, RKO Radio - Samuel Goldwyn
- 1947 Gentleman's Agreement - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- 1948 Hamlet - J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films, U-I (British) - Laurence Olivier
- 1949 All the King's Men - Rossen, Columbia - Robert Rossen
- 1950 All About Eve - 20th Century-Fox - Darryl F. Zanuck
- 1951 American in Paris">An American in Paris - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Freed
- 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth - DeMille, Paramount - Cecil B. DeMille
- 1953 From Here to Eternity - Columbia - Buddy Adler
- 1954 On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- 1955 Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists - Harold Hecht
- 1956 Around the World in Eighty Days - Todd, United Artists - Michael Todd
- 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - Horizon, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- 1958 Gigi - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Arthur Freed
- 1959 Ben-Hur - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Sam Zimbalist
- 1960 The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists - Billy Wilder
- 1961 West Side Story - Mirisch-B&P Enterprises, United Artists - Robert Wise
- 1962 Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia - Sam Spiegel
- 1963 Tom Jones - Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British) - Tony Richardson
- 1964 My Fair Lady - Warner Bros. - Jack L. Warner
- 1965 The Sound of Music - Argyle, 20th Century-Fox - Robert Wise
- 1966 A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia - Fred Zinnemann
- 1967 In the Heat of the Night - Mirisch, United Artists - Walter Mirisch
- 1968 Oliver! - Romulus, Columbia - John Woolf
- 1969 Midnight Cowboy Hellman-Schlesinger, United Artists - Jerome Hellman
- 1970 Patton - 20th Century-Fox - Frank McCarthy
- 1971 The French Connection - D'Antoni-Schine-Moore, 20th Century-Fox - Philip D'Antoni
- 1972 The Godfather - Ruddy, Paramount - Albert S. Ruddy
- 1973 The Sting - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal - Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
- 1974 The Godfather, Part II - Coppola Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
- 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Fantasy Films, United Artists - Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
- 1976 Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists - Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
- 1977 Annie Hall - Rollins-Joffe, United Artists - Charles H. Joffe
- 1978 The Deer Hunter - EMI Films/Cimino, Universal - Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
- 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia - Stanley R. Jaffe
- 1980 Ordinary People - Wildwood, Paramount - Ronald L. Schwary
- 1981 Chariots of Fire - Enigma, The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. - David Puttnam
- 1982 Gandhi - Indo-British Films, Columbia - Richard Attenborough
- 1983 Terms of Endearment - Brooks, Paramount - James L. Brooks
- 1984 Amadeus - Zaentz, Orion - Saul Zaentz
- 1985 Out of Africa - Universal - Sydney Pollack
- 1986 Platoon - Hemdale, Orion - Arnold Kopelson
- 1987 The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia - Jeremy Thomas
- 1988 Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists - Mark Johnson
- 1989 Driving Miss Daisy - Majestic Films International, Zanuck Company., Warner Bros. - Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
- 1990 Dances With Wolves - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International - Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
- 1991 The Silence of the Lambs - Orion Pictures Corp. - Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
- Beauty and the Beast - Walt Disney Pictures - Don Hahn
- Bugsy - Baltimore Pictures, Desert Vision, Mulholland Productions, TriStar Pictures - Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
- JFK - Alcor Films, Camelot, Ixtlan Corp., Le Studio Canal+, Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
- The Prince of Tides - Barwood Films, Columbia Pictures, Longfellow Pictures - Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch
- 1992 Unforgiven - Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. - Clint Eastwood
- The Crying Game - British Screen, Channel Four Films, Eurotrustees, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Palace - (UK) - Stephen Woolley
- A Few Good Men - Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corp., New Line Cinema - David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
- Howards End - Channel Four Films, Cinema 10, Ide Films, Imagica, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Merchant-Ivory Productions, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Sumitomo (Japan/UK in English) - Ismail Merchant
- Scent of a Woman - City Light Films, Universal Pictures - Martin Brest
- 1993 Schindler's List - Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
- 1994 Forrest Gump - Paramount Pictures - Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (United Kingdom) - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Film Entertainments, Working Title Films - Duncan Kenworthy
- Pulp Fiction - A Band Apart, Jersey Films, Miramax Films - Lawrence Bender
- Quiz Show - Baltimore Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises - Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozick, Robert Redford
- The Shawshank Redemption - Castle Rock Entertainmen, Columbia Pictures Corp. - Niki Marvin
- 1995 Braveheart - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company - Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey
- Apollo 13 - Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Brian Grazer
- Babe - Kennedy Miller Productions, Universal Pictures - Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
- Il Postino (France, Italy, Belgium) (in Italian and Spanish) - Blue Dahlia Productions, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Penta Films S. L. - Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Danieli
- Sense and Sensibility - Columbia Pictures Corp., Mirage - Lindsay Doran
- 1996 The English Patient - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions - Saul Zaentz
- Fargo - Gramercy Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Ethan Coen
- Jerry Maguire - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
- Secrets and Lies - Channel Four Films, CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films - Simon Channing-Williams
- Shine (Australia) - AFFC, Film Victoria, Momentum Films - Jane Scott
- 1997 Titanic - 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Poctures - James Cameron, Jon Landau
- As Good As It Gets - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
- The Full Monty - 20th Century Fox, Channel Four Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Redwave Films - Uberto Pasolini
- Good Will Hunting - Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership, Lawrence Bender Productions, Miramax Films - Lawrewnce Bender
- L.A. Confidential - Monarchy Enterprises B. V., Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson
- 1998 Shakespeare in Love - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures - David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
- Elizabeth - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
- Is Beautiful">Life Is Beautiful (Le Vita è bella) - Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Melampo Cinematografica - Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
- Saving Private Ryan - Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Mark Gordon Productions, Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures - Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
- The Thin Red Line - Fox 2000 Pictures, Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures - Michael Geisler">Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill
- 1999 American Beauty - DreamWorks SKG, Jinks/Cohen Company - Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
- The Cider House Rules - Film Colony, Miramax Films - Richard N. Gladstein
- The Green Mile - Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions, Warner Bros. - Frank Darabont, David Valdes
- The Insider - Blue Light Productions, Forward Pass, Kaitz Productions, Mann/Roth Productions, Touchstone Pictures - Pirter an Brugge, Michael Mann
- The Sixth Sense - Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company -