Year | Drama | Musical/Comedy | Drama Actor | Musical/Comedy Actor | Drama Actress | Musical/Comedy Actress | Director |
1951–1952 | A Place in the Sun | An American in Paris | Fredric March, Death of a Salesman | Danny Kaye, On the Riviera | Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil | June Allyson, Too Young to Kiss | Laslo Benedek, Death of a Salesman |
1952–1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | With a Song in My Heart | Gary Cooper, High Noon | Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain | Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba | Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart | Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth |
1953–1954 | The Robe | No award | Spencer Tracy, The Actress | David Niven, The Moon Is Blue | Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday | Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam | Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity |
1954–1955 | On the Waterfront | Carmen Jones | Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront | James Mason, A Star Is Born | Grace Kelly, The Country Girl | Judy Garland, A Star Is Born | Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront |
1955–1956 | East of Eden | Guys and Dolls | Ernest Borgnine, Marty | Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch | Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo | Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls | Joshua Logan, Picnic |
1956–1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | The King and I | Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life | Cantinflas, Around the World in 80 Days | Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia | Deborah Kerr, The King and I | Elia Kazan, Baby Doll |
1957–1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Les Girls | Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai | Frank Sinatra, Pal Joey | Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve | Taina Elg, Les Girls and Kay Kendall, Les Girls (TIE) | David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai |
1958–1959 | The Defiant Ones | Gigi Auntie Mame | David Niven, Separate Tables | Danny Kaye, Me and the Colonel | Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! | Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame | Vincente Minnelli, Gigi |
1959–1960 | Ben-Hur | Porgy and Bess Some Like It Hot | Anthony Franciosa, Career | Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot | Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer | Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot | William Wyler, Ben-Hur |
1960–1961 | Spartacus | Song Without End The Apartment | Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry | Jack Lemmon, The Apartment | Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello | Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment | Jack Cardiff, Sons and Lovers |
1961–1962 | The Guns of Navarone | West Side Story A Majority of One | Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg | Glenn Ford, Pocketful of Miracles | Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke | Rosalind Russell, A Majority of One | Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nuremberg |
1962–1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | The Music Man That Touch of Mink | Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird | Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce Italian Style | Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth | Rosalind Russell, Gypsy | David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia |
1963–1964 | The Cardinal | Tom Jones | Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field | Alberto Sordi, The Devil | Leslie Caron, The L-Shaped Room | Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce | Elia Kazan, America America |
1964–1965 | Becket | My Fair Lady | Peter O'Toole, Becket | Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady | Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater | Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins | George Cukor, My Fair Lady |
1965–1966 | Doctor Zhivago | The Sound of Music | Omar Sharif, Doctor Zhivago | Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou | Samantha Eggar, The Collector | Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music | David Lean, Doctor Zhivago |
1966–1967 | A Man for All Seasons | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons | Alan Arkin, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Anouk Aimée, A Man and a Woman | Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl | Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons |
1967–1968 | In the Heat of the Night | The Graduate | Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night | Richard Harris, Camelot | Edith Evans, The Whisperers | Anne Bancroft, The Graduate | Mike Nichols, The Graduate |
1968–1969 | The Lion in Winter | Oliver! | Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter | Ron Moody, Oliver! | Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel | Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl | Paul Newman, Rachel, Rachel |
1969–1970 | Anne of the Thousand Days | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | John Wayne, True Grit | Peter O'Toole, Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Geneviève Bujold, Anne of the Thousand Days | Patty Duke, Me, Natalie | Charles Jarrott, Anne of the Thousand Days |
1970–1971 | Love Story | M*A*S*H | George C. Scott, Patton | Albert Finney, Scrooge | Ali MacGraw, Love Story | Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife | Arthur Hiller, Love Story |
1971–1972 | The French Connection | Fiddler on the Roof | Gene Hackman, The French Connection | Chaim Topol, Fiddler on the Roof | Jane Fonda, Klute | Twiggy, The Boy Friend | William Friedkin, The French Connection |
1972–1973 | The Godfather | Cabaret | Marlon Brando, The Godfather | Jack Lemmon, Avanti! | Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants | Liza Minnelli, Cabaret | Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather |
1973–1974 | The Exorcist | American Graffiti | Al Pacino, Serpico | George Segal, A Touch of Class | Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty | Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class | William Friedkin, The Exorcist |
1974–1975 | Chinatown | The Longest Yard | Jack Nicholson, Chinatown | Art Carney, Harry and Tonto | Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence | Raquel Welch, The Three Musketeers | Roman Polanski, Chinatown |
1975–1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | The Sunshine Boys | Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | George Burns, The Sunshine Boys and Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys (TIE) | Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ann-Margret, Tommy | Miloš Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
1976–1977 | Rocky | A Star Is Born | Peter Finch, Network | Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born | Faye Dunaway, Network | Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born | Sidney Lumet, Network |
1977–1978 | The Turning Point | The Goodbye Girl | Richard Burton, Equus | Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl | Jane Fonda, Julia | Diane Keaton, Annie Hall and Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl (TIE) | Herbert Ross, The Turning Point |
1978–1979 | Midnight Express | Heaven Can Wait | Jon Voight, Coming Home | Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait | Jane Fonda, Coming Home | Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year and Maggie Smith, California Suite (TIE) | Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter |
1979–1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Breaking Away | Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer | Peter Sellers, Being There | Sally Field, Norma Rae | Bette Midler, The Rose | Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now |
1980–1981 | Ordinary People | Coal Miner's Daughter | Robert De Niro, Raging Bull | Ray Sharkey, The Idolmaker | Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People | Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter | Robert Redford, Ordinary People |
1981–1982 | On Golden Pond | Arthur | Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond | Dudley Moore, Arthur | Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman | Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven | Warren Beatty, Reds |
1982–1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Tootsie | Ben Kingsley, Gandhi | Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie | Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice | Julie Andrews, Victor Victoria | Richard Attenborough, Gandhi |
1983–1984 | Terms of Endearment | Yentl | Tom Courtenay, The Dresser and Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies (TIE) | Michael Caine, Educating Rita | Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment | Julie Walters, Educating Rita | Barbra Streisand, Yentl |
1984–1985 | Amadeus | Romancing the Stone | F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus | Dudley Moore, Micki & Maude | Sally Field, Places in the Heart | Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone | Miloš Forman, Amadeus |
1985–1986 | Out of Africa | Prizzi's Honor | Jon Voight, Runaway Train | Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor | Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple | Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor | John Huston, Prizzi's Honor |
1986–1987 | Platoon | Hannah and Her Sisters | Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa | Paul Hogan, "Crocodile" Dundee | Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God | Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart | Oliver Stone, Platoon |
1987–1988 | The Last Emperor | Hope and Glory | Michael Douglas, Wall Street | Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam | Sally Kirkland, Anna | Cher, Moonstruck | Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor |
1988–1989 | Rain Man | Working Girl | Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man | Tom Hanks, Big | Jodie Foster, The Accused, Shirley MacLaine, Madame Sousatzka and Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist (TIE) | Melanie Griffith, Working Girl | Clint Eastwood, Bird |
1989–1990 | Born on the Fourth of July | Driving Miss Daisy | Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July | Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy | Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys | Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July |
1990–1991 | Dances with Wolves | Green Card | Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune | Gérard Depardieu, Green Card | Kathy Bates, Misery | Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman | Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves |
1991–1992 | Bugsy | Beauty and the Beast | Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides | Robin Williams, The Fisher King | Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs | Bette Midler, For the Boys | Oliver Stone, JFK |
1992–1993 | Scent of a Woman | The Player | Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman | Tim Robbins, The Player | Emma Thompson, Howards End | Miranda Richardson, Enchanted April | Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven |
1993–1994 | Schindler's List | Mrs. Doubtfire | Tom Hanks, Philadelphia | Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire | Holly Hunter, The Piano | Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do with It | Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List |
1994–1995 | Forrest Gump | The Lion King | Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump | Hugh Grant, Four Weddings and a Funeral | Jessica Lange, Blue Sky | Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies | Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump |
1995–1996 | Sense and Sensibility | Babe | Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas | John Travolta, Get Shorty | Sharon Stone, Casino | Nicole Kidman, To Die For | Mel Gibson, Braveheart |
1996–1997 | The English Patient | Evita | Geoffrey Rush, Shine | Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire | Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies | Madonna, Evita | Miloš Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt |
1997–1998 | Titanic | As Good as It Gets | Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold | Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets | Judi Dench, Mrs Brown | Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets | James Cameron, Titanic |
1998–1999 | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | Jim Carrey, The Truman Show | Michael Caine, Little Voice | Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth | Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love | Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan |
1999–2000 | American Beauty | Toy Story 2 | Denzel Washington, The Hurricane | Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon | Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry | Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds | Sam Mendes, American Beauty |
2000–2001 | Gladiator | Almost Famous | Tom Hanks, Cast Away | George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich | Renée Zellweger, Nurse Betty | Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
2001–2002 | A Beautiful Mind | Moulin Rouge! | Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind | Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums | Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom | Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! | Robert Altman, Gosford Park |
2002–2003 | The Hours | Chicago | Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt | Richard Gere, Chicago | Nicole Kidman, The Hours | Renée Zellweger, Chicago | Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York |
2003–2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Lost in Translation | Sean Penn, Mystic River | Bill Murray, Lost in Translation | Charlize Theron, Monster | Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give | Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2004–2005 | The Aviator | Sideways | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator | Jamie Foxx, Ray | Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby | Annette Bening, Being Julia | Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby |
2005–2006 | Brokeback Mountain | Walk the Line | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote | Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line | Felicity Huffman, Transamerica | Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain |
2006–2007 | Babel | Dreamgirls | Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland | Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat | Helen Mirren, The Queen | Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada | Martin Scorsese, The Departed |
2007–2008 | Atonement | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood | Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Julie Christie, Away from Her | Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose | Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
2008–2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler | Colin Farrell, In Bruges | Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road | Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire |
2009–2010 | Avatar | The Hangover | Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart | Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes | Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side | Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia | James Cameron, Avatar |
2010–2011 | The Social Network | The Kids Are All Right | Colin Firth, The King's Speech | Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version | Natalie Portman, Black Swan | Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right | David Fincher, The Social Network |
2011–2012 | The Descendants | The Artist | George Clooney, The Descendants | Jean Dujardin, The Artist | Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady | Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn | Martin Scorsese, Hugo |
2012–2013 | Argo | Les Misérables | Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln | Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables | Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty | Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook | Ben Affleck, Argo |
2013–2014 | 12 Years a Slave | American Hustle | Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street | Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine | Amy Adams, American Hustle | Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity |
2014–2015 | Boyhood | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything | Michael Keaton, Birdman | Julianne Moore, Still Alice | Amy Adams, Big Eyes | Richard Linklater, Boyhood |
2015–2016 | The Revenant | The Martian | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant | Matt Damon, The Martian | Brie Larson, Room | Jennifer Lawrence, Joy | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant |
2016–2017 | Moonlight | La La Land | Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea | Ryan Gosling, La La Land | Isabelle Huppert, Elle | Emma Stone, La La Land | Damien Chazelle, La La Land |
2017–2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Lady Bird | Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour | James Franco, The Disaster Artist | Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird | Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water |
2018–2019 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Green Book | Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody | Christian Bale, Vice | Glenn Close, The Wife | Olivia Colman, The Favourite | Alfonso Cuarón, Roma |
2019–2020 | 1917 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Joaquin Phoenix, Joker | Taron Egerton, Rocketman | Renée Zellweger, Judy | Awkwafina, The Farewell | Sam Mendes, 1917 |
2020–2021 | Nomadland | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot | Chloé Zhao, Nomadland |
2021–2022 | The Power of the Dog | West Side Story | Will Smith, King Richard | Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos | Rachel Zegler, West Side Story | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog |
2022–2023 | The Fabelmans | The Banshees of Inisherin | Austin Butler, Elvis | Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin | Cate Blanchett, Tár | Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once | Steven Spielberg The Fabelmans |
2023–2024 | Oppenheimer | Poor Things | Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer | Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers | Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon | Emma Stone, Poor Things | Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer |