Academy Award for Best Picture

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Academy Award for Best Picture
Awarded for Best Picture of the Year
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1929 (for films released in 1927 and 1928)
Currently held by Argo (2012)
Official website www.oscars.org

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to producers working in the motion picture industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to nominate for. Best Picture is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a film. Consequently, Best Picture is the final award and the conclusion of the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception 85 years ago.

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History [edit]

At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony (for 1927 and 1928), there were two categories that were seen as equally the top award of the night: Outstanding Picture and Unique and Artistic Production, the previous being won by the war epic Wings, and the latter by the art film Sunrise. The awards were intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior filmmaking, and in fact the judges and studio bosses who sought to influence their decisions paid more attention to the latter - MGM head Louis B. Mayer, who had disliked the realism of King Vidor's nominated film The Crowd (the third film nominated was Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness), pressured the judges not to honor his own studio's film, and to select Sunrise instead. The following year, the Academy dropped the Unique and Artistic Production award, and decided retroactively that the award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded. Though the award kept the title Outstanding Picture for the next ceremony, the name underwent several changes over the years as seen below, the last being in 1962 when it became Best Picture.

  • 1927/28 → 1928/29: Academy Award for Outstanding Picture
  • 1929/30 → 1940: Academy Award for Outstanding Production
  • 1941 → 1943: Academy Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
  • 1944 → 1961: Academy Award for Best Motion Picture
  • 1962 → present: Academy Award for Best Picture

As of the 85th Academy Awards ceremony (for 2012), there have been 503 films nominated for the Best Picture award. Notably, the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 85 films that have been awarded Best Picture, 62 have also been awarded Best Director.[1] Only four films have won Best Picture without their directors being nominated: Wings (1927/28), Grand Hotel (1931/32), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), and Argo (2012). The only two Best Director winners to win for films which did not receive a Best Picture nomination are distinctly during the early years: Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights (1927/28), and Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady (1928/29).

On June 24, 2009, AMPAS announced that the number of films nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from five to ten, starting with the 82nd Academy Awards (2009).[2] The expansion was a throwback to the Academy's early years in the 1930s and 1940s, when eight to twelve films were nominated. "Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," AMPAS President Sid Ganis said in a press conference. "I can't wait to see what that list of 10 looks like when the nominees are announced in February."[2] At the same time, the voting system was switched from first-past-the-post to Alternative Vote (also known as Instant Run-off Vote).[3] Two years after this change, the Academy revised the rule again so that the number of films nominated was between 5 and 10, provided that the film earned 5% of the first-place votes during the nominating process. Academy Executive Bruce Davis stated, "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number."[4]

The Award is not without controversy. One point of contention is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for Best Picture. To date, only nine foreign language films have been nominated in the category: Grand Illusion (French, 1938); Z (French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972); Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); Il Postino (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful (Italian, 1998); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese, 2006, but ineligible for Best Foreign Language Film, as it was an American production); and Amour (French, 2012).

Other points of contention include the lack of animated films being nominated (Disney's Beauty and the Beast became the 1st film to get nominated, and Disney-Pixar's Up and Toy Story 3 were nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees); no science fiction film has won despite a number of successful nominees; and only two comedies (Shakespeare in Love, 1998; and The Artist, 2011) have won in the last 30 years. Also to date, there has yet to be a documentary nominated for Best Picture, the closest being Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness which was nominated for Unique and Artistic Production in the first year of the Awards.

Twelve films exclusively financed outside the United States have won Best Picture, eleven of which were financed, in part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films were, in chronological order: Hamlet, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Tom Jones, A Man for All Seasons, Oliver!, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, The Last Emperor, Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech. The twelfth film, The Artist, was financed by France.

Only a small number of sequels have been nominated for Best Picture of which two have won; Godfather Part II and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Other nominees include Bells of St. Mary, Godfather Part III, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Toy Story 3. Notably, the only remake to win is The Departed, though a few other winners, such as Mutiny on the Bounty and Ben-Hur, were heavily inspired and influenced by previous films of the same name, they were nevertheless adaptations of the same novel.

No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Lawrence of Arabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form, usually due to editing for reissue (and subsequently partly restored by archivists). Other winners and nominees such as Tom Jones and Star Wars are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. The 1928 film The Patriot is the only Best Picture nominee that is lost; The Racket was believed lost for many years but a print existed in producer Howard Hughes' archives and it has since been shown on Turner Classic Movies while the only surviving complete print of 1931's East Lynne exists within the UCLA film archive.

The Artist (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue) was the first silent film since Wings to win Best Picture. The film was also the first silent nominee since The Patriot, as well as the first Best Picture winner shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's The Apartment. (Schindler's List, the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but contained some color sequences.)

Winners and nominees [edit]

Best Picture Oscar to Argo live from the Diplomatic Room of the White House, February 24, 2013

In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Except for the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film first premiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release, but it may be the year after first release (as with Casablanca and, if the film-festival premiere is considered, Crash). This is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer.

For the first ceremony, three films were nominated for the award. For the following three years, five films were nominated for the award. This was expanded to eight in 1933, to ten in 1934, and to twelve in 1935, before being dropped back to ten in 1937. In 1945 it was further reduced to five. This number remained until 2009, when the limit was raised to ten and later adjusted in 2011, to vary between five and ten.

For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd Academy Awards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

Winners are listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees.

1920s [edit]

1927/28[A] (1st)
Film Production Company(s) Producer(s)
Wings Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky Lucien Hubbard
The Racket Caddo, Paramount Howard Hughes
Seventh Heaven Fox William Fox
1928/29 (2nd)
Film Production Company(s) Producer(s)
The Broadway Melody Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [L] Irving Thalberg & Lawrence Weingarten
Alibi Feature Productions, United Artists Roland West
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Harry Rapf
In Old Arizona Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
The Patriot Paramount Ernst Lubitsch

1930s [edit]

1929/30[B] (3rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Carl Laemmle, Jr.
The Big House Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
Disraeli Warner Bros. Jack Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck
The Divorcee Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Robert Z. Leonard
The Love Parade Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
1930/31 (4th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Cimarron RKO Radio William LeBaron
East Lynne Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
The Front Page Caddo, United Artists Howard Hughes
Skippy Paramount Adolph Zukor
Trader Horn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving G. Thalberg
1931/32 (5th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Grand Hotel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
Arrowsmith Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn
Bad Girl Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
The Champ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer King Vidor
Five Star Final First National Hal B. Wallis
One Hour with You Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
Shanghai Express Paramount Adolph Zukor
The Smiling Lieutenant Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
1932/33 (6th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Cavalcade [H] Fox Winfield Sheehan [G]
A Farewell to Arms[H] Paramount Adolph Zukor
42nd Street Warner Bros. Darryl F. Zanuck
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
Lady for a Day Columbia Frank Capra
Little Women[H] RKO Radio Merian C. Cooper, Kenneth MacGowan
The Private Life of Henry VIII London Films Alexander Korda
She Done Him Wrong Paramount William LeBaron
Smilin' Through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
State Fair Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
1934 (7th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
It Happened One Night [I] Columbia Harry Cohn & Frank Capra
The Barretts of Wimpole Street[I] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
Cleopatra Paramount Cecil B. DeMille
Flirtation Walk First National Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, Robert Lord
The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
Here Comes the Navy Warner Bros. Lou Edelman
The House of Rothschild[I] 20th Century, United Artists Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, Raymond Griffith
Imitation of Life Universal John M. Stahl
One Night of Love Columbia Harry Cohn, Everett Riskin
The Thin Man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg
Viva Villa! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
The White Parade Fox Jesse L. Lasky
1935 (8th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Mutiny on the Bounty [J] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin
Alice Adams RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
Broadway Melody of 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John W. Considine, Jr.
Captain Blood[J] Warner Bros., Cosmopolitan Hal B. Wallis, Harry Joe Brown, Gordon Hollingshead
David Copperfield Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
The Informer[J] RKO Radio Cliff Reid
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Paramount Louis D. Lighton
A Midsummer Night's Dream Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
Les Misérables 20th Century, United Artists Darryl F. Zanuck
Naughty Marietta Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg
Ruggles of Red Gap Paramount Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Top Hat RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
1936 (9th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Great Ziegfeld Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg
Anthony Adverse Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
Dodsworth Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulbert
Libeled Lady Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lawrence Weingarten
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Columbia Frank Capra
Romeo and Juliet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
San Francisco Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John Emerson, Bernard H. Hyman
The Story of Louis Pasteur Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
A Tale of Two Cities Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
Three Smart Girls Universal Joe Pasternak, Charles R. Rogers
1937 (10th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Life of Emile Zola Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
The Awful Truth Columbia Leo McCarey, Everett Riskin
Captains Courageous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis Lighton
Dead End Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulbert
The Good Earth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin
In Old Chicago 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Kenneth MacGowan
Lost Horizon Columbia Frank Capra
One Hundred Men and a Girl Universal Charles R. Rogers, Joe Pasternak
Stage Door RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
A Star Is Born Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick
1938 (11th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
You Can't Take It With You Columbia Frank Capra
The Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Alexander's Ragtime Band 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Harry Joe Brown
Boys Town Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John W. Considine, Jr.
The Citadel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Victor Saville
Four Daughters Warner Bros., First National Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Grand Illusion R. A. O., World Pictures Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch
Jezebel Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Pygmalion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Gabriel Pascal
Test Pilot Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis Lighton
1939 (12th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gone with the Wind Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
Dark Victory Warner Bros. David Lewis
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Victor Saville
Love Affair RKO Radio Leo McCarey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Columbia Frank Capra
Ninotchka Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
Of Mice and Men Roach, United Artists Lewis Milestone
Stagecoach United Artists Walter Wanger
The Wizard of Oz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mervyn LeRoy
Wuthering Heights Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn

1940s [edit]

1940 (13th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Rebecca Selznick, United Artists David O. Selznick
All This, and Heaven Too Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, David Lewis
Foreign Correspondent Wanger, United Artists Walter Wanger
The Grapes of Wrath 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson
The Great Dictator Chaplin, United Artists Charlie Chaplin
Kitty Foyle RKO Radio David Hempstead
The Letter Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
The Long Voyage Home Argosy, Wanger, United Artists John Ford
Our Town Lesser, United Artists Sol Lesser
The Philadelphia Story Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1941[C] (14th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
Blossoms in the Dust Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Asher
Citizen Kane RKO Radio Orson Welles
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Columbia Everett Riskin
Hold Back the Dawn Paramount Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
The Little Foxes RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
The Maltese Falcon Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
One Foot in Heaven Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
Sergeant York Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Jesse L. Lasky
Suspicion RKO Radio Alfred Hitchcock
1942 (15th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Mrs. Miniver Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
49th Parallel GFD, Columbia Michael Powell
Kings Row Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
The Magnificent Ambersons Mercury, RKO Radio Orson Welles
The Pied Piper 20th Century Fox Nunnally Johnson
The Pride of the Yankees Goldwyn, RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
Random Harvest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
The Talk of the Town Columbia George Stevens
Wake Island Paramount Joseph Sistrom
Yankee Doodle Dandy Warner Bros. Jack Warner, Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney
1943 (16th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Casablanca Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
For Whom the Bell Tolls Paramount Sam Wood
Heaven Can Wait 20th Century Fox Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Clarence Brown
In Which We Serve Two Cities Films Noël Coward
Madame Curie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
The More the Merrier Columbia George Stevens
The Ox-Bow Incident 20th Century Fox Lamar Trotti
The Song of Bernadette 20th Century Fox William Perlberg
Watch on the Rhine Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
1944[D] (17th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Going My Way Paramount Leo McCarey
Double Indemnity Paramount Joseph Sistrom
Gaslight Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Since You Went Away Selznick, United Artists David O. Selznick
Wilson 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
1945 (18th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Lost Weekend Paramount Charles Brackett
Anchors Aweigh Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Joe Pasternak
The Bells of St. Mary's RKO Radio Leo McCarey
Mildred Pierce Warner Bros. Jerry Wald
Spellbound United Artists David O. Selznick
1946 (19th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Best Years of Our Lives RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
Henry V Two Cities Films Laurence Olivier
It's a Wonderful Life RKO Radio Frank Capra
The Razor's Edge 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
The Yearling Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
1947 (20th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gentleman's Agreement 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
The Bishop's Wife RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
Crossfire RKO Radio Adrian Scott
Great Expectations Cineguild Ronald Neame
Miracle on 34th Street 20th Century Fox William Perlberg
1948 (21st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Hamlet Two Cities Films Laurence Olivier
Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. Jerry Wald
The Red Shoes Independent Producers, The Archers Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Snake Pit 20th Century Fox Anatole Litvak, Robert Bassler
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
1949 (22nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
All the King's Men Rossen, Columbia Robert Rossen
Battleground Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dore Schary
The Heiress Paramount William Wyler
A Letter to Three Wives 20th Century Fox Sol C. Siegel
Twelve O'Clock High 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck

1950s [edit]

1950 (23rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
All About Eve 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
Born Yesterday Columbia S. Sylvan Simon
Father of the Bride Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sam Zimbalist
King Solomon's Mines Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sam Zimbalist
Sunset Boulevard Paramount Charles Brackett
1951 (24th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
An American in Paris Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Freed
Decision Before Dawn 20th Century Fox Anatole Litvak, Frank McCarthy
A Place in the Sun Paramount George Stevens
Quo Vadis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sam Zimbalist
A Streetcar Named Desire Warner Bros. Charles K. Feldman
1952 (25th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount Cecil B. DeMille
High Noon United Artists Stanley Kramer
Ivanhoe Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pandro S. Berman
Moulin Rouge Romulus Films John Huston, John and James Woolf
The Quiet Man Republic John Ford, Merian C. Cooper
1953 (26th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
From Here to Eternity Columbia Buddy Adler
Julius Caesar Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John Houseman
The Robe 20th Century Fox Frank Ross
Roman Holiday Paramount William Wyler
Shane Paramount George Stevens
1954 (27th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
On the Waterfront Columbia Sam Spiegel [N]
The Caine Mutiny Columbia Stanley Kramer
The Country Girl Paramount William Perlberg
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Jack Cummings
Three Coins in the Fountain 20th Century Fox Sol C. Siegel
1955 (28th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Marty Steven Productions, Hecht-Lancaster Productions Harold Hecht
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 20th Century Fox Buddy Adler
Mister Roberts Warner Bros. Leland Hayward
Picnic Columbia Fred Kohlmar
The Rose Tattoo Paramount Hal B. Wallis
1956 (29th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Around the World in 80 Days Michael Todd Productions Michael Todd
Friendly Persuasion Allied Artists William Wyler
Giant Warner Bros. George Stevens, Henry Ginsberg
The King and I 20th Century Fox Charles Brackett
The Ten Commandments Paramount Cecil B. DeMille
1957 (30th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia, Horizon Pictures Sam Spiegel
Peyton Place 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald
Sayonara Warner Bros. William Goetz
12 Angry Men United Artists Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose
Witness for the Prosecution United Artists Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
1958 (31st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gigi Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Freed
Auntie Mame Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lawrence Weingarten
The Defiant Ones Kramer, United Artists Stanley Kramer
Separate Tables United Artists Harold Hecht
1959 (32nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sam Zimbalist
Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Otto Preminger
The Diary of Anne Frank 20th Century Fox George Stevens
The Nun's Story Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
Room at the Top Remus Films John and James Woolf

1960s [edit]

1960 (33rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Apartment The Mirisch Company Billy Wilder
The Alamo Batjac Productions John Wayne
Elmer Gantry United Artists Bernard Smith
Sons and Lovers 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald
The Sundowners Warner Bros. Fred Zinnemann
1961 (34th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
West Side Story United Artists Robert Wise
Fanny Warner Bros. Joshua Logan
The Guns of Navarone Columbia Carl Foreman
The Hustler 20th Century Fox Robert Rossen
Judgment at Nuremberg United Artists Stanley Kramer
1962[E] (35th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Lawrence of Arabia Columbia Sam Spiegel
The Longest Day 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
The Music Man Warner Bros. Morton DaCosta
Mutiny on the Bounty Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Aaron Rosenberg
To Kill a Mockingbird U-I Alan J. Pakula
1963 (36th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Tom Jones Woodfall Films Tony Richardson
America, America Warner Bros. Elia Kazan
Cleopatra 20th Century Fox Walter Wanger
How the West Was Won Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Bernard Smith
Lilies of the Field United Artists Ralph Nelson
1964 (37th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
My Fair Lady Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner
Becket Paramount Hal B. Wallis
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Columbia Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins Disney Walt Disney, Bill Walsh
Zorba the Greek 20th Century Fox Michael Cacoyannis
1965 (38th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Robert Wise
Darling Embassy Joseph Janni
Doctor Zhivago Vic Films, Appia Films Carlo Ponti
Ship of Fools Columbia Stanley Kramer
A Thousand Clowns United Artists Fred Coe
1966 (39th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
A Man for All Seasons Highland Films Fred Zinnemann
Alfie Paramount Lewis Gilbert
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Sheldrake Films Norman Jewison
The Sand Pebbles 20th Century Fox Robert Wise
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros. Ernest Lehman
1967 (40th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
In the Heat of the Night United Artists Walter Mirisch
Bonnie and Clyde Warner Bros., Seven Arts Warren Beatty
Doctor Dolittle 20th Century Fox Arthur P. Jacobs
The Graduate Embassy Lawrence Turman
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Columbia Stanley Kramer
1968 (41st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Oliver! Romulus Films, Warwick Film Productions John Woolf
Funny Girl Columbia Ray Stark
The Lion in Winter Haworth Productions Martin Poll
Rachel, Rachel Warner Bros. Paul Newman
Romeo and Juliet B.H.E. Productions, Verona Produzione, Dino De Laurentiis Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne
1969 (42nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Midnight Cowboy United Artists Jerome Hellman
Anne of the Thousand Days Universal Hal B. Wallis
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox John Foreman
Hello, Dolly! 20th Century Fox Ernest Lehman
Z[K] O.N.C.I.C., Cinema V Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi

1970s [edit]

1970 (43rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Patton 20th Century Fox Frank McCarthy
Airport Universal Ross Hunter
Five Easy Pieces Columbia Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
Love Story Paramount Howard G. Minsky
MASH 20th Century Fox Ingo Preminger
1971 (44th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The French Connection 20th Century Fox Philip D'Antoni
A Clockwork Orange Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the Roof United Artists Norman Jewison
The Last Picture Show Columbia Stephen J. Friedman
Nicholas and Alexandra Columbia Sam Spiegel
1972 (45th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Godfather Paramount Albert S. Ruddy
Cabaret Allied Artists Cy Feuer
Deliverance Warner Bros. John Boorman
The Emigrants[K] Svensk Filmindustri Bengt Forslund
Sounder 20th Century Fox Robert B. Radnitz
1973 (46th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Sting Universal Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
American Graffiti Lucasfilm, Universal, Coppola Co. Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz
Cries and Whispers[K] Cinematograph, Svenska Filminstitutet Ingmar Bergman
The Exorcist Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty
A Touch of Class Avco Embassy, Gordon Film Productions Melvin Frank
1974 (47th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Godfather Part II [O] Paramount Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
Chinatown Paramount, Coppola Co. Robert Evans
The Conversation Paramount Francis Ford Coppola
Lenny United Artists Marvin Worth
The Towering Inferno 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. Irwin Allen
1975 (48th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists Saul Zaentz[N], Michael Douglas
Barry Lyndon Warner Bros., Peregrine Productions, Hawk Films Stanley Kubrick
Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand
Jaws Universal Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown
Nashville Paramount Robert Altman
1976 (49th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Rocky United Artists Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
All the President's Men Warner Bros. Walter Coblenz
Bound for Glory United Artists Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal
Network Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Howard Gottfried
Taxi Driver Columbia Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
1977 (50th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Annie Hall United Artists Charles H. Joffe
The Goodbye Girl Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Ray Stark
Julia 20th Century Fox Richard Roth
Star Wars Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox Gary Kurtz
The Turning Point 20th Century Fox Herbert Ross, Arthur Laurents
1978 (51st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Deer Hunter EMI Films, Universal Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
Coming Home United Artists Jerome Hellman
Heaven Can Wait Paramount Warren Beatty
Midnight Express Columbia Alan Marshall, David Puttnam
An Unmarried Woman 20th Century Fox, Casablanca Filmworks Paul Mazursky, Tony Ray
1979 (52nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Kramer vs. Kramer Columbia Stanley R. Jaffe
All That Jazz 20th Century Fox Robert Alan Aurthur
Apocalypse Now Zoetrope Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg
Breaking Away 20th Century Fox Peter Yates
Norma Rae 20th Century Fox Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose

1980s [edit]

1980 (53rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Ordinary People Paramount Ronald L. Schwary
Coal Miner's Daughter Universal Bernard Schwartz
The Elephant Man Paramount, Brooksfilms Jonathan Sanger
Raging Bull United Artists Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Tess Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions Claude Berri, Timothy Burrill
1981 (54th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Chariots of Fire Enigma Film Productions David Puttnam
Atlantic City Cine-Neighbor, Selta Films Denis Héroux
On Golden Pond ITC, Universal Bruce Gilbert
Raiders of the Lost Ark Lucasfilm, Paramount Frank Marshall
Reds Paramount Warren Beatty
1982 (55th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gandhi Columbia Richard Attenborough
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy[M]
Missing Universal Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Tootsie Columbia Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
The Verdict 20th Century Fox Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
1983 (56th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Terms of Endearment Paramount James L. Brooks
The Big Chill Columbia Michael Shamberg
The Dresser Goldcrest, World Film Services Peter Yates
The Right Stuff Warner Bros., The Ladd Company Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Tender Mercies EMI Films, Universal Philip S. Hobel
1984 (57th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Amadeus Orion Saul Zaentz
The Killing Fields Enigma Film Productions David Puttnam
A Passage to India G.W. Films, Thorn EMI John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin
Places in the Heart Tri-Star Arlene Donovan
A Soldier's Story Columbia Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer
1985 (58th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Out of Africa Universal, Mirage Enterprises Sydney Pollack
The Color Purple Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones
Kiss of the Spider Woman Island Alive, FilmDallas Pictures, HB Filmes David Weisman
Prizzi's Honor 20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures John Foreman
Witness Paramount Edward S. Feldman
1986 (59th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Platoon Hemdale Arnold Kopelson
Children of a Lesser God Paramount Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer
Hannah and Her Sisters Orion Robert Greenhut
The Mission Enigma Film Productions, Goldcrest Films, Kingsmere Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
A Room with a View Merchant Ivory Ismail Merchant
1987 (60th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Last Emperor [O] Recorded Picture Company, Yanco Films, TAO Films, AAA, Soprofilms Jeremy Thomas
Broadcast News 20th Century Fox James L. Brooks
Fatal Attraction Paramount Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
Hope and Glory Goldcrest Films, Nelson Entertainment John Boorman
Moonstruck Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison
1988 (61st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Rain Man United Artists Mark Johnson
The Accidental Tourist Warner Bros. Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
Dangerous Liaisons Warner Bros., Lorimar, N.F.H. Productions Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
Mississippi Burning Orion Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
Working Girl 20th Century Fox Douglas Wick
1989 (62nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
Born on the Fourth of July Universal A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
Dead Poets Society Touchstone Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
Field of Dreams Universal Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
My Left Foot Ferndale Films, Granada Television International Noel Pearson

1990s [edit]

1990 (63rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Dances with Wolves TIG Productions Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Awakenings Columbia Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Ghost Paramount Lisa Weinstein
The Godfather Part III Paramount, American Zoetrope Francis Ford Coppola
Goodfellas Warner Bros. Irwin Winkler
1991 (64th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Silence of the Lambs Orion Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Feature Animation Don Hahn
Bugsy TriStar, Mulholland, Baltimore Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
JFK Warner Bros. A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
The Prince of Tides Columbia Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch
1992 (65th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Unforgiven Warner Bros., Malpaso Clint Eastwood
The Crying Game Palace Pictures Stephen Woolley
A Few Good Men Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
Howards End Merchant Ivory Ismail Merchant
Scent of a Woman Universal Martin Brest
1993 (66th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Schindler's List Universal, Amblin Entertainment Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
The Fugitive Warner Bros. Arnold Kopelson
In the Name of the Father Universal, Hell's Kitchen Jim Sheridan
The Piano Jan Chapman Productions Jan Chapman
The Remains of the Day Columbia, Merchant Ivory Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant
1994 (67th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Forrest Gump Paramount Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
Four Weddings and a Funeral PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films Duncan Kenworthy
Pulp Fiction Miramax Lawrence Bender
Quiz Show Hollywood Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik, Robert Redford
The Shawshank Redemption Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment Niki Marvin
1995 (68th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Braveheart Paramount, Icon, 20th Century Fox Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey
Apollo 13 Universal, Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer
Babe Universal, Kennedy Miller Productions Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
The Postman (Il Postino)[K] Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Blue Dahlia, Penta Film Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele
Sense and Sensibility Columbia, Mirage Lindsay Doran
1996 (69th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The English Patient Miramax, Tiger Moth Productions Saul Zaentz
Fargo PolyGram Ethan Coen
Jerry Maguire Gracie Films, TriStar James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
Secrets & Lies Thin Man Films Simon Channing-Williams
Shine Momentum Films Jane Scott
1997 (70th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Titanic Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment' James Cameron, Jon Landau
As Good as It Gets TriStar James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
The Full Monty Redwave Films Umberto Pasolini
Good Will Hunting Miramax Lawrence Bender
L.A. Confidential Warner Bros. Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson
1998 (71st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Shakespeare in Love Miramax, Universal, Bedford Falls Company David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
Elizabeth PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
Life Is Beautiful[K] Melampo Cinematografica, Pacific Pictures Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
Saving Private Ryan DreamWorks, Paramount Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
The Thin Red Line 20th Century Fox Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill
1999 (72nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
American Beauty DreamWorks Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Cider House Rules Miramax, FilmColony Richard N. Gladstein
The Green Mile Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros. Frank Darabont, David Valdes
The Insider Touchstone, Forward Pass Productions Pieter Jan Brugge, Michael Mann
The Sixth Sense Hollywood, Spyglass Entertainment Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel

2000s [edit]

2000 (73rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gladiator DreamWorks, Universal Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig
Chocolat Miramax David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[K] Sony Pictures Classics William Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee
Erin Brockovich Universal, Columbia, Jersey Films Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Traffic USA Films, Bedford Falls Company Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford
2001 (74th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
A Beautiful Mind Universal, DreamWorks Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Gosford Park Sandcastle 5 Productions, Zestwick Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David Levy
In the Bedroom Miramax Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema, Wingnut Films Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M. Osborne
Moulin Rouge! 20th Century Fox, Bazmark Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron
2002 (75th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Chicago Miramax Martin Richards
Gangs of New York Miramax Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
The Hours Paramount, Miramax Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema, Wingnut Films Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
The Pianist RP Productions, Heritage Films, Babelsberg Studios, Runteam Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
2003 (76th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema, Wingnut Films Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh
Lost in Translation Focus Features Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Universal Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson
Mystic River Warner Bros., Malpaso Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood
Seabiscuit Universal, DreamWorks Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross
2004 (77th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Million Dollar Baby Warner Bros., Malpaso Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
The Aviator Warner Bros., Miramax Michael Mann, Graham King
Finding Neverland Miramax Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower
Ray Universal, Anvil Films Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin
Sideways Fox Searchlight Michael London
2005 (78th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Crash BlackFriar's Bridge, Harris Company, ApolloProScreen Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
Brokeback Mountain Focus Features Diana Ossana, James Schamus
Capote United Artists, A-Line Pictures, Cooper's Town Productions, Infinity Media Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
Good Night, and Good Luck Section Eight Productions Grant Heslov
Munich DreamWorks, Universal Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
2006 (79th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Departed Warner Bros., Plan B Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Vertigo Entertainment Graham King
Babel Paramount Vantage, Anonymous Content, Zeta Film Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik
Letters from Iwo Jima[K] Warner Bros., Malpaso Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
The Queen Granada Productions Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward
2007 (80th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
No Country for Old Men Miramax, Paramount Vantage Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Atonement Working Title Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Juno Fox Searchlight Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
Michael Clayton Warner Bros. Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack
There Will Be Blood Paramount Vantage, Miramax Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar
2008 (81st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Slumdog Millionaire [O] Celador, Film 4 Christian Colson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Paramount, Warner Bros. Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
Frost/Nixon Universal, Imagine, Working Title Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner
Milk Focus Features Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Reader The Weinstein Co., Mirage, Neunte Babelsberg Film Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
2009 (82nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Hurt Locker Voltage Pictures, First Light Productions, Kingsgate Films Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Avatar Lightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Fox James Cameron, Jon Landau
The Blind Side Warner Bros. Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson
District 9 Wingnut Films Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
An Education Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Inglourious Basterds The Weinstein Co., Universal, Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg Film Lawrence Bender
Precious Lions Gate Entertainment Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
A Serious Man Focus Features Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up Pixar, Disney Jonas Rivera
Up in the Air Paramount Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman

2010s [edit]

2010 (83rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The King's Speech Bedlam Productions, See-Saw Films Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
Black Swan Fox Searchlight Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy and Brian Oliver
The Fighter Paramount David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg
Inception Warner Bros. Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All Right Focus Features Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray
127 Hours Cloud Eight, Decibel Films, Darlow Smithson Productions Danny Boyle, John Smithson and Christian Colson
The Social Network Columbia Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca and Scott Rudin
Toy Story 3 Pixar, Disney Darla K. Anderson
True Grit Paramount Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin
Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini
2011 (84th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Artist La Petite Reine, ARP Sélection Thomas Langmann
The Descendants Fox Searchlight Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Warner Bros. Scott Rudin
The Help Touchstone, DreamWorks Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan
Hugo Paramount Graham King and Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris Sony Pictures Classics Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
Moneyball Columbia Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt
The Tree of Life Fox Searchlight Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill
War Horse Touchstone, DreamWorks Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
2012 (85th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Argo Warner Bros. Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney
Amour[K] Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film Production Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz
Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained The Weinstein Co., Columbia Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone
Les Misérables Universal, Working Title Films Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi 20th Century Fox Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark
Lincoln Touchstone, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Co. Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, and Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty Columbia Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Ellison

Notes [edit]

A : The official name of the award from 1927/1928 to 1928/29 was Outstanding Picture.
B : The official name of the award from 1929/30 to 1940 was Outstanding Production.
C : The official name of the award from 1941 to 1943 was Outstanding Motion Picture.
D : The official name of the award from 1944 to 1961 was Best Motion Picture.
E : The official name of the award since 1962 has been Best Picture.
F : There were two categories that were seen as equally the top award at the time: "Outstanding Picture" and Unique and Artistic Production where the winner for the latter was Sunrise (production company: Fox; producer: William Fox). This category was dropped immediately after the first year of the Academy Award and the former category was retroactively seen as the top award.[5]
G1 2 3 4 5 : Head of studio
H1 2 3 : The Academy also announced that A Farewell to Arms came in second, and Little Women third.
I1 2 3 : The Academy also announced that The Barretts of Wimpole Street came in second, and The House of Rothschild third.
J1 2 3 : The Academy also announced that The Informer came in second, and Captain Blood third.
K1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 : Nominated motion picture with non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language film).[6] Four of which – Z; Life is Beautiful; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Amour – won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[7]
L : Production company with the most nominations (38) and the most awards (5). Applying only from 1927/1928 to 1950.[8]
M : Person with the most nominations (8 nominations, 0 awards). Applying only from 1951 to 2012.[8]
N : Person with the most awards (3 awards, Spiegel 4 nominations, Zaentz 3 nominations). Applying only from 1951 to 2008.[8]
O1 2 3 : Winner with partly non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language).[9]

See also [edit]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ a b Joyce Eng (24 June 2009). "Oscar Expands Best Picture Race to 10 Nominees". TV Guide Online. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
  3. ^ Poll: Vote on the Oscars Like an Academy Member, Rob Richie, Huffington Post, 16 February 2011
  4. ^ Nikki Finke (2011-06-14). "OSCAR SHOCKER! Academy Builds Surprise & Secrecy Into Best Picture Race: Now There Can Be Anywhere From 5 To 10 Nominees". Deadline Hollywood. MMC. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Best Pictures - Facts & Trivia (part 1)". Filmsite.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  6. ^ "Oscar Trivia". Oscars.org. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
  7. ^ Variety Staff (2007-03-01). "Best Foreign Film". Variety. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
  8. ^ a b c "Academy Awards Statistics". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
  9. ^ "Best Pictures - Facts & Trivia (part 2)". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 

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