2004: Million Dollar Baby
2003: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002: Chicago
2001: A Beautiful Mind
2000: Gladiator
1999: American Beauty
1998: Shakespeare in Love
1997: Titanic
1996: The English Patient
1995: Braveheart
1994: Forrest Gump
1993: Schindler's List
1992: Unforgiven
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1990: Dances With Wolves
1989: Driving Miss Daisy
1988: Rain Man
1987: The Last Emperor
1986: Platoon
1985: Out of Africa
1984: Amadeus
1983: Terms of Endearment
1982: Gandhi
1981: Chariots of Fire
1980: Ordinary People
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer
1978: The Deer Hunter
1977: Annie Hall
1976: Rocky
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1974: The Godfather Part II
1973: The Sting
1972: The Godfather
1971: The French Connection
1970: Patton
1969: Midnight Cowboy
1968: Oliver!
1967: In the Heat of the Night
1966: A Man for All Seasons
1965: The Sound of Music
1964: My Fair Lady
1963: Tom Jones
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1961: West Side Story
1960: The Apartment
1959: Ben-Hur
1958: Gigi
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956: Around the World in 80 Days
1955: Marty
1954: On the Waterfront
1953: From Here to Eternity
1952: The Greatest Show on Earth
1951: An American in Paris
1950: All About Eve
1949: All the King's Men
1948: Hamlet
1947: Gentleman's Agreement
1946: The Best Years of Our Lives
1945: The Lost Weekend
1944: Going My Way
1943: Casablanca
1942: Mrs. Miniver
1941: How Green Was My Valley
1940: Rebecca
1939: Gone With the Wind
1938: You Can't Take It With You
1937: The Life of Emile Zola
1936: The Great Ziegfeld
1935: Mutiny on the Bounty
1934: It Happened One Night
1932/33: Cavalcade
1931/32: Grand Hotel
1930/31: Cimarron
1929/30: All Quiet on the Western Front
1928/29: Broadway Melody
1927/28: Wings