2008                  Atonement (2007)
 
2007                  Babel (2006)

2006                  Brokeback Mountain (2005)

2005                  Aviator, The (2004)

2004                  Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

2003                  Hours, The (2002)

2002                  Beautiful Mind, A (2001)

2001                  Gladiator (2000)

2000                  American Beauty (1999)

1999                  Saving Private Ryan (1998)

1998                  Titanic (1997)

1997                  English Patient, The (1996)

1996                  Sense and Sensibility (1995)

1995                  Forrest Gump (1994)

1994                  Schindler's List (1993)

1993                  Scent of a Woman (1992)

1992                  Bugsy (1991)

1991                  Dances with Wolves (1990)

1990                  Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

1989                  Rain Man (1988)

1988                  Last Emperor, The (1987)

1987                  Platoon (1986)

1986                  Out of Africa (1985)

1985                  Amadeus (1984)

1984                  Terms of Endearment (1983)

1983                  E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

1982                  On Golden Pond (1981)

1981                  Ordinary People (1980)

1980                  Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

1979                  Midnight Express (1978)

1978                  Turning Point, The (1977)

1977                  Rocky (1976)

1976                  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

1975                  Chinatown (1974)

1974                  Exorcist, The (1973)

1973                  Godfather, The (1972)

1972                  French Connection, The (1971)

1971                  Love Story (1970)

1970                  Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

1969                  Lion in Winter, The (1968)

1968                  In the Heat of the Night (1967)

1967                  Man for All Seasons, A (1966)

1966                  Doctor Zhivago (1965)

1965                  Becket (1964)

1964                  Cardinal, The (1963)

1963                  Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

1962                  Guns of Navarone, The (1961)

1961                  Spartacus (1960)

1960                  Ben-Hur (1959)

1959                  Defiant Ones, The (1958)

1958                  Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

1957                  Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

1956                  East of Eden (1955)

1955                  On the Waterfront (1954)

1954                  Robe, The (1953)

1953                  Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)

1952                  Place in the Sun, A (1951)

1951                  Sunset Blvd. (1950)

1950                  All the King's Men (1949)

1949                  Johnny Belinda (1948)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)

1948                  Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

1947                  Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)

1946                  Lost Weekend, The (1945)

1945                  Going My Way (1944)

1944                  Song of Bernadette, The (1943)