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2026
•Bugonia
•Frankenstein
•Hamnet
•One Battle After Another
•Sinners
2025
•Conclave
•Emilia Perez
•The Brutalist
•The Wild Robot
•Wicked
2024
•American Fiction
•Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
•Killers of the Flower Moon
•Oppenheimer
•Poor Things
2023
•All Quiet on the Western Front
•Babylon
•Everything Everywhere All at Once
•The Banshees of Inisherin
•The Fabelmans
2022
•Don't Look Up
•Dune
•Encanto
•Parallel Mothers
•The Power of the Dog
2021
•Da 5 Bloods
•Mank
•Minari
•News of the World
•Soul
2020
•1917
•Joker
•Little Women
•Marriage Story
•Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
•Black Panther
•BlacKkKlansman
•If Beale Street Could Talk
•Isle of Dogs
•Mary Poppins Returns
2018
•Dunkirk
•Phantom Thread
•Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
•The Shape of Water
•Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
•Jackie
•La La Land
•Lion
•Moonlight
•Passengers
2016
•Bridge of Spies
•Carol
•Sicario
•Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
•The Hateful Eight
2015
•Interstellar
•Mr. Turner
•The Grand Budapest Hotel
•The Imitation Game
•The Theory of Everything
2014
•Gravity
•Her
•Philomena
•Saving Mr. Banks
•The Book Thief
2013
•Anna Karenina
•Argo
•Life of Pi
•Lincoln
•Skyfall
2012
•Hugo
•The Adventures of Tintin
•The Artist
•Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
•War Horse
2011
•127 Hours
•How to Train Your Dragon
•Inception
•The King's Speech
•The Social Network
2010
•Avatar
•Fantastic Mr. Fox
•Sherlock Holmes
•The Hurt Locker
•Up
2009
•Defiance
•Milk
•Slumdog Millionaire
•The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
•WALL·E
2008
•3:10 to Yuma
•Atonement
•Michael Clayton
•Ratatouille
•The Kite Runner
2007
•Babel
•Notes on a Scandal
•Pan's Labyrinth
•The Good German
•The Queen
2006
•Brokeback Mountain
•Memoirs of a Geisha
•Munich
•Pride & Prejudice
•The Constant Gardener
2005
•Finding Neverland
•Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
•Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
•The Passion of the Christ
•The Village
2004
•Big Fish
•Cold Mountain
•Finding Nemo
•House of Sand and Fog
•The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
•Catch Me If You Can
•Far from Heaven
•Frida
•Road to Perdition
•The Hours
2002
•A Beautiful Mind
•A.I. Artificial Intelligence
•Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
•Monsters, Inc.
•The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
•Chocolat
•Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
•Gladiator
•Malena
•The Patriot
2000
•American Beauty
•Angela's Ashes
•The Cider House Rules
•The Red Violin
•The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
DramaMusical or Comedy
•Elizabeth •A Bug's Life
•Life Is Beautiful •Mulan
•Pleasantville •Patch Adams
•Saving Private Ryan •Shakespeare in Love
•The Thin Red Line •The Prince of Egypt
1998
DramaMusical or Comedy
•Amistad •Anastasia
•Good Will Hunting •As Good as It Gets
•Kundun •Men in Black
•L.A. Confidential •My Best Friend's Wedding
•Titanic •The Full Monty
1997
DramaMusical or Comedy
•Hamlet •Emma
•Michael Collins •James and the Giant Peach
•Shine •The First Wives Club
•Sleepers •The Hunchback of Notre Dame
•The English Patient •The Preacher's Wife
1996
DramaMusical or Comedy
•Apollo 13 •Pocahontas
•Braveheart •Sabrina
•Il postino •The American President
•Nixon •Toy Story
•Sense and Sensibility •Unstrung Heroes
1995
•Forrest Gump
•Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
•Little Women
•The Lion King
•The Shawshank Redemption
1994
•Schindler's List
•The Age of Innocence
•The Firm
•The Fugitive
•The Remains of the Day
1993
•A River Runs Through It
•Aladdin
•Basic Instinct
•Chaplin
•Howards End
1992
•Beauty and the Beast
•Bugsy
•JFK
•The Fisher King
•The Prince of Tides
1991
•Avalon
•Dances with Wolves
•Ghost
•Havana
•Home Alone
1990
•Born on the Fourth of July
•Field of Dreams
•Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
•The Fabulous Baker Boys
•The Little Mermaid
1989
•Dangerous Liaisons
•Gorillas in the Mist
•Rain Man
•The Accidental Tourist
•The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
•Cry Freedom
•Empire of the Sun
•The Last Emperor
•The Untouchables
•The Witches of Eastwick
1987
•'Round Midnight
•Aliens
•Hoosiers
•Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
•The Mission
1986
•Agnes of God
•Out of Africa
•Silverado
•The Color Purple
•Witness
1985
OriginalMusical
•A Passage to India •Purple Rain
•Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom •Songwriter
•The Natural •The Muppets Take Manhattan
•The River
•Under the Volcano
1984
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•Cross Creek •The Sting II
•Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi •Trading Places
•Terms of Endearment •Yentl
•The Right Stuff
•Under Fire
1983
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•An Officer and a Gentleman •Annie
•E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial •One from the Heart
•Gandhi •Victor Victoria
•Poltergeist
•Sophie's Choice
1982
•Chariots of Fire
•Dragonslayer
•On Golden Pond
•Ragtime
•Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
•Altered States
•Fame
•Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
•Tess
•The Elephant Man
1980
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•10 •All That Jazz
•A Little Romance •Breaking Away
•Star Trek: The Motion Picture •The Muppet Movie
•The Amityville Horror
•The Champ
1979
OriginalAdaptation
•Days of Heaven •Pretty Baby
•Heaven Can Wait •The Buddy Holly Story
•Midnight Express •The Wiz
•Superman
•The Boys from Brazil
1978
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•Close Encounters of the Third Kind •A Little Night Music
•Julia •Pete's Dragon
•Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope •The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
•The Message
•The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•Obsession •A Star Is Born
•Taxi Driver •Bound for Glory
•The Omen •Bugsy Malone
•The Outlaw Josey Wales
•Voyage of the Damned
1976
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•Birds Do It, Bees Do It •Barry Lyndon
•Bite the Bullet •Funny Lady
•Jaws •Tommy
•One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
•The Wind and the Lion
1975
DramaMusical or Adaptation
•Chinatown •Phantom of the Paradise
•Murder on the Orient Express •The Great Gatsby
•Shanks •The Little Prince
•The Godfather: Part II
•The Towering Inferno
1974
DramaMusical or Adaptation
•A Touch of Class •Jesus Christ Superstar
•Cinderella Liberty •The Sting
•Papillon •Tom Sawyer
•The Day of the Dolphin
•The Way We Were
1973
DramaMusical or Adaptation
•Images •Cabaret
•Limelight •Lady Sings the Blues
•Napoleon and Samantha •Man of La Mancha
•Sleuth
•The Godfather
•The Poseidon Adventure
1972
DramaMusical or Adaptation
•Mary, Queen of Scots •Bedknobs and Broomsticks
•Nicholas and Alexandra •Fiddler on the Roof
•Shaft •Tchaikovsky
•Straw Dogs •The Boy Friend
•Summer of '42 •Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
OriginalMusical
•Airport •A Boy Named Charlie Brown
•Cromwell •Darling Lili
•Love Story •Let It Be
•Patton •Scrooge
•Sunflower •The Baby Maker
1970
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•Anne of the Thousand Days •Goodbye, Mr. Chips
•Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid •Hello, Dolly!
•The Reivers •Paint Your Wagon
•The Secret of Santa Vittoria •Sweet Charity
•The Wild Bunch •They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
OriginalMusical or Adaptation
•Planet of the Apes •Finian's Rainbow
•The Fox •Funny Girl
•The Lion in Winter •Oliver!
•The Shoes of the Fisherman •Star!
•The Thomas Crown Affair •The Young Girls of Rochefort
1968
OriginalAdaptation
•Cool Hand Luke •Camelot
•Doctor Dolittle •Doctor Dolittle
•Far from the Madding Crowd •Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
•In Cold Blood •Thoroughly Modern Millie
•Thoroughly Modern Millie •Valley of the Dolls
1967
OriginalAdaptation
•Born Free •A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
•Hawaii •Return of the Magnificent Seven
•The Bible: In the Beginning... •Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
•The Sand Pebbles •The Gospel According to St. Matthew
•Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? •The Singing Nun
1966
OriginalAdaptation
•A Patch of Blue •A Thousand Clowns
•Doctor Zhivago •Cat Ballou
•The Agony and the Ecstasy •The Pleasure Seekers
•The Greatest Story Ever Told •The Sound of Music
1965
OriginalAdaptation
•Becket •A Hard Day's Night
•Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte •Mary Poppins
•Mary Poppins •My Fair Lady
•The Fall of the Roman Empire •Robin and the 7 Hoods
•The Pink Panther •The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
•The Umbrellas of Cherbourg •The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
OriginalAdaptation
•55 Days at Peking •A New Kind of Love
•Cleopatra •Bye Bye Birdie
•How the West Was Won •Irma la Douce
•It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World •The Sword in the Stone
•Tom Jones
1963
OriginalAdaptation
•Freud •Billy Rose's Jumbo
•Lawrence of Arabia •Gigot
•Mutiny on the Bounty •Gypsy
•Taras Bulba •Sundays and Cybèle
•To Kill a Mockingbird •The Music Man
•The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Breakfast at Tiffany's •Babes in Toyland
•El Cid •Flower Drum Song
•Fanny •Khovanschina
•Summer and Smoke •Paris Blues
•The Guns of Navarone •West Side Story
1961
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Elmer Gantry •Bells Are Ringing
•Exodus •Can-Can
•Spartacus •Let's Make Love
•The Alamo •Pepe
•The Magnificent Seven •Song Without End
1960
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Ben-Hur •Li'l Abner
•On the Beach •Porgy and Bess
•Pillow Talk •Say One for Me
•The Diary of Anne Frank •Sleeping Beauty
•The Nun's Story •The Five Pennies
1959
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Separate Tables •Damn Yankees
•The Big Country •Gigi
•The Old Man and the Sea •Mardi Gras
•The Young Lions •South Pacific
•White Wilderness •The Bolshoi Ballet
1958
•An Affair to Remember
•Boy on a Dolphin
•Perri
•Raintree County
•The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Anastasia •High Society
•Around the World in 80 Days •Meet Me in Las Vegas
•Between Heaven and Hell •The Best Things in Life Are Free
•Giant •The Eddy Duchin Story
•The Rainmaker •The King and I
1956
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Battle Cry •Daddy Long Legs
•Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing •Guys and Dolls
•Picnic •It's Always Fair Weather
•The Man with the Golden Arm •Love Me or Leave Me
•The Rose Tattoo •Oklahoma!
1955
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Genevieve •A Star Is Born
•On the Waterfront •Carmen Jones
•The Caine Mutiny •Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
•The High and the Mighty •The Glenn Miller Story
•The Silver Chalice •There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Above and Beyond •Calamity Jane
•From Here to Eternity •Call Me Madam
•Julius Caesar •Kiss Me Kate
•Lili •The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
•This Is Cinerama •The Band Wagon
1953
Drama or ComedyMusical
•High Noon •Hans Christian Andersen
•Ivanhoe •Singin' in the Rain
•The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima •The Jazz Singer
•The Thief •The Medium
•Viva Zapata! •With a Song in My Heart
1952
Drama or ComedyMusical
•A Place in the Sun •Alice in Wonderland
•A Streetcar Named Desire •An American in Paris
•David and Bathsheba •On the Riviera
•Death of a Salesman •Show Boat
•Quo Vadis •The Great Caruso
1951
Drama or ComedyMusical
•All About Eve •Annie Get Your Gun
•No Sad Songs for Me •Cinderella
•Samson and Delilah •I'll Get By
•Sunset Blvd. •The West Point Story
•The Flame and the Arrow •Three Little Words
1950
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Beyond the Forest •Jolson Sings Again
•Champion •Look for the Silver Lining
•The Heiress •On the Town
1949
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Hamlet •Easter Parade
•Joan of Arc •Romance on the High Seas
•Johnny Belinda •The Emperor Waltz
•The Red Shoes •The Pirate
•The Snake Pit •When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
Drama or ComedyMusical
•A Double Life •Fiesta
•Captain from Castile •Mother Wore Tights
•Forever Amber •My Wild Irish Rose
•Life with Father •Road to Rio
•The Bishop's Wife •Song of the South
1947
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Anna and the King of Siam •Blue Skies
•Henry V •Centennial Summer
•Humoresque •Night and Day
•The Best Years of Our Lives •The Harvey Girls
•The Killers •The Jolson Story
1946
Drama or ComedyMusical
•A Song to Remember •Anchors Aweigh
•Brewster's Millions •Belle of the Yukon
•Captain Kidd •Can't Help Singing
•Flame of Barbary Coast •Hitchhike to Happiness
•G.I. Honeymoon •Incendiary Blonde
•Guest in the House •Rhapsody in Blue
•Guest Wife •State Fair
•Love Letters •Sunbonnet Sue
•Objective, Burma! •The Three Caballeros
•Paris Underground •Tonight and Every Night
•Spellbound •Why Girls Leave Home
•Story of G.I. Joe •Wonder Man
•The Bells of St. Mary's
•The Enchanted Cottage
•The Keys of the Kingdom
•The Lost Weekend
•The Man Who Walked Alone
•The Southerner
•The Valley of Decision
•The Woman in the Window
•This Love of Ours
1945
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Address Unknown •Brazil
•Casanova Brown •Cover Girl
•Christmas Holiday •Higher and Higher
•Double Indemnity •Hollywood Canteen
•It Happened Tomorrow •Irish Eyes Are Smiling
•Jack London •Knickerbocker Holiday
•Kismet •Lady in the Dark
•None But the Lonely Heart •Lady, Let's Dance
•Since You Went Away •Meet Me in St. Louis
•Summer Storm •Minstrel Man
•The Adventures of Mark Twain •Sensations of 1945
•The Bridge of San Luis Rey •Song of the Open Road
•The Fighting Seabees •The Merry Monahans
•The Hairy Ape •Up in Arms
•The Princess and the Pirate
•The Woman of the Town
•Three Russian Girls
•Up in Mabel's Room
•Voice in the Wind
•Wilson
1944
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Casablanca •Coney Island
•Commandos Strike at Dawn •Hit Parade of 1943
•For Whom the Bell Tolls •Phantom of the Opera
•Hangmen Also Die! •Saludos Amigos
•Hi Diddle Diddle •Something to Shout About
•In Old Oklahoma •Stage Door Canteen
•Johnny Come Lately •Star Spangled Rhythm
•Lady of Burlesque •The Sky's the Limit
•Madame Curie •This Is the Army
•The Amazing Mrs. Holliday •Thousands Cheer
•The Fallen Sparrow
•The Kansan
•The Moon and Sixpence
•The North Star
•The Song of Bernadette
•Victory Through Air Power
1943
Drama or ComedyMusical
•Arabian Nights •Flying with Music
•Bambi •For Me and My Gal
•Flying Tigers •Holiday Inn
•I Married a Witch •It Started with Eve
•Joan of Paris •Johnny Doughboy
•Klondike Fury •My Gal Sal
•Now, Voyager •Yankee Doodle Dandy
•Random Harvest •You Were Never Lovelier
•Silver Queen
•Take a Letter, Darling
•The Black Swan
•The Corsican Brothers
•The Gold Rush
•The Jungle Book
•The Pride of the Yankees
•The Shanghai Gesture
•The Talk of the Town
•To Be or Not to Be
1942
DramaMusical
•Back Street •All-American Co-Ed
•Ball of Fire •Birth of the Blues
•Cheers for Miss Bishop •Buck Privates
•Citizen Kane •Dumbo
•Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde •Ice-Capades
•Hold Back the Dawn •Sun Valley Serenade
•How Green Was My Valley •Sunny
•King of the Zombies •The Chocolate Soldier
•Ladies in Retirement •The Strawberry Blonde
•Lydia •You'll Never Get Rich
•Mercy Island
•Sergeant York
•So Ends Our Night
•Sundown
•Suspicion
•Tanks a Million
•That Uncertain Feeling
•The Devil and Daniel Webster
•The Little Foxes
•This Woman Is Mine
1941
Original ScoreScoring
•Arizona •Arise, My Love
•Dark Command •Hit Parade of 1941
•My Favorite Wife •Irene
•North West Mounted Police •Our Town
•One Million B.C. •Second Chorus
•Our Town •Spring Parade
•Pinocchio •Strike Up the Band
•Rebecca •The Sea Hawk
•The Fight for Life •Tin Pan Alley
•The Great Dictator
•The House of the Seven Gables
•The Howards of Virginia
•The Letter
•The Long Voyage Home
•The Mark of Zorro
•The Thief of Bagdad
•Waterloo Bridge
1940
Original ScoreScoring
•Dark Victory •Babes in Arms
•Eternally Yours •First Love
•Golden Boy •Intermezzo
•Gone with the Wind •Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
•Gulliver's Travels •Of Mice and Men
•Man of Conquest •She Married a Cop
•Nurse Edith Cavell •Stagecoach
•Of Mice and Men •Swanee River
•The Man in the Iron Mask •The Great Victor Herbert
•The Rains Came •The Hunchback of Notre Dame
•The Wizard of Oz •The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
•Wuthering Heights •They Shall Have Music
•Way Down South
1939
Original ScoreScoring
•Army Girl •Alexander's Ragtime Band
•Block-Heads •Carefree
•Blockade •Girls' School
•Breaking the Ice •Jezebel
•If I Were King •Mad About Music
•Marie Antoinette •Storm Over Bengal
•Pacific Liner •Sweethearts
•Suez •The Goldwyn Follies
•The Adventures of Robin Hood •The Young in Heart
•The Cowboy and the Lady •There Goes My Heart
•The Young in Heart •Tropic Holiday
1938
•In Old Chicago
•Lost Horizon
•Make a Wish
•Maytime
•One Hundred Men and a Girl
•Portia on Trial
•Quality Street
•Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
•Something to Sing About
•Souls at Sea
•The Hurricane
•The Life of Emile Zola
•The Prisoner of Zenda
•Way Out West
1937
•Anthony Adverse
•The Charge of the Light Brigade
•The Garden of Allah
•The General Died at Dawn
•Winterset
1936
•Captain Blood
•Mutiny on the Bounty
•Peter Ibbetson
•The Informer
1935
•One Night of Love
•The Gay Divorcee
•The Lost Patrol