| Event | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Titanic |
| 1997 | English Patient, The |
| 1996 | Braveheart |
| 1995 | Forrest Gump |
| 1994 | Schindler's List |
| 1993 | Unforgiven |
| 1992 | Silence of the Lambs, The |
| 1991 | Dances with Wolves |
| 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1989 | Rain Man |
| 1988 | Last Emperor, The |
| 1987 | Platoon |
| 1986 | Out of Africa |
| 1985 | Amadeus |
| 1984 | Terms of Endearment |
| 1983 | Gandhi |
| 1982 | Chariots of Fire |
| 1981 | Ordinary People |
| 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 1979 | Deer Hunter, The |
| 1978 | Annie Hall |
| 1977 | Rocky |
| 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1975 | Godfather: Part II, The |
| 1974 | Sting, The |
| 1973 | Godfather, The |
| 1972 | French Connection, The |
| 1971 | Patton |
| 1970 | Midnight Cowboy |
| 1969 | Oliver! |
| 1968 | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1967 | Man for All Seasons, A |
| 1966 | Sound of Music, The |
| 1965 | My Fair Lady |
| 1964 | Tom Jones |
| 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1962 | West Side Story |
| 1961 | Apartment, The |
| 1960 | Ben-Hur |
| 1959 | Gigi |
| 1958 | Bridge on the River Kwai, The |
| 1957 | Around the World in 80 Days |
| 1956 | Marty |
| 1955 | On the Waterfront |
| 1954 | From Here to Eternity |
| 1953 | Greatest Show on Earth, The |
| 1952 | American in Paris, An |
| 1951 | All About Eve |
| 1950 | All the King's Men |
| 1949 | Hamlet |
| 1948 | Agreement |
| 1947 | Best Years of Our Lives, The |
| 1946 | Lost Weekend, The |
| 1945 | Going My Way |
| 1944 | Casablanca |
| 1943 | Mrs. Miniver |
| 1942 | How Green Was My Valley |
| 1941 | Rebecca |
| 1940 | Gone with the Wind |
| 1939 | You Can't Take It With You |
| 1938 | Life of Émile Zola, The |
| 1937 | Great Ziegfeld, The |
| 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| 1935 | It Happened One Night |
| 1934 | Cavalcade |
| 1933 | Grand Hotel |
| 1932 | Cimarron |
| 1931 | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 1930 | Broadway Melody, The |
| 1929 | Wings |
| Sunrise |