---
name: "Golden Globe Best Drama winners"
kind: "award"
canonical: "https://film.one/collections/golden-globe-drama"
films: 80
series: 0
years: "1943–2025"
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-20T09:11:25.938401+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Golden Globe Best Drama winners

*Award winners.*

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's, now the Golden Globe Foundation's, Best Motion Picture in the drama category since 1943, with the nominees.

**Order.** By year of the films, newest first.

Best on Fi1m: [*Chinatown*](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) (93).

## Every year, newest first

Winners in bold; a title without a link is one we have not reviewed yet.

- **2026** — 
- **2025** — **[*Hamnet*](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: [*Frankenstein*](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md) (Fi1m 74), *It Was Just an Accident*, [*The Secret Agent*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-agent.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Sentimental Value*](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md) (Fi1m 79), [*Sinners*](https://film.one/film/sinners.md) (Fi1m 79)
- **2024** — **[*The Brutalist*](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: [*A Complete Unknown*](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md) (Fi1m 68), [*Conclave*](https://film.one/film/conclave.md) (Fi1m 76), [*Dune: Part Two*](https://film.one/film/dune-part-two.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Nickel Boys*](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) (Fi1m 85), *September 5*
- **2023** — **[*Oppenheimer*](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md) (Fi1m 84)**. Nominees: [*Anatomy of a Fall*](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md) (Fi1m 86), [*Killers of the Flower Moon*](https://film.one/film/killers-of-the-flower-moon.md) (Fi1m 86), [*Maestro*](https://film.one/film/maestro.md) (Fi1m 72), [*Past Lives*](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md) (Fi1m 85), [*The Zone of Interest*](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md) (Fi1m 91)
- **2022** — **[*The Fabelmans*](https://film.one/film/the-fabelmans.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: [*Avatar: The Way of Water*](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md) (Fi1m 68), [*Elvis*](https://film.one/film/elvis.md) (Fi1m 66), [*Tár*](https://film.one/film/tar.md) (Fi1m 84), *Top Gun: Maverick*
- **2021** — **[*The Power of the Dog*](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) (Fi1m 84)**. Nominees: [*Belfast*](https://film.one/film/belfast.md) (Fi1m 66), [*CODA*](https://film.one/film/coda.md) (Fi1m 72), [*Dune*](https://film.one/film/dune.md) (Fi1m 76), [*King Richard*](https://film.one/film/king-richard.md) (Fi1m 68)
- **2020** — **[*Nomadland*](https://film.one/film/nomadland.md) (Fi1m 83)**. Nominees: [*The Father*](https://film.one/film/the-father.md) (Fi1m 89), *Mank*, [*Promising Young Woman*](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md) (Fi1m 72), *The Trial of the Chicago 7*
- **2019** — **[*1917*](https://film.one/film/1917.md) (Fi1m 78)**. Nominees: [*The Irishman*](https://film.one/film/the-irishman.md) (Fi1m 86), [*Joker*](https://film.one/film/joker.md) (Fi1m 63), [*Marriage Story*](https://film.one/film/marriage-story.md) (Fi1m 84), *The Two Popes*
- **2018** — **[*Bohemian Rhapsody*](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md) (Fi1m 55)**. Nominees: [*Black Panther*](https://film.one/film/black-panther.md) (Fi1m 80), [*BlacKkKlansman*](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md) (Fi1m 78), [*If Beale Street Could Talk*](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md) (Fi1m 81), [*A Star Is Born*](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **2017** — **[*Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*](https://film.one/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: [*Call Me by Your Name*](https://film.one/film/call-me-by-your-name.md) (Fi1m 86), [*Dunkirk*](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md) (Fi1m 86), [*The Post*](https://film.one/film/the-post.md) (Fi1m 74), [*The Shape of Water*](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md) (Fi1m 83)
- **2016** — **[*Moonlight*](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md) (Fi1m 89)**. Nominees: [*Hacksaw Ridge*](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md) (Fi1m 77), [*Hell or High Water*](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Lion*](https://film.one/film/lion.md) (Fi1m 78), [*Manchester by the Sea*](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md) (Fi1m 89)
- **2015** — **[*The Revenant*](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: [*Carol*](https://film.one/film/carol.md) (Fi1m 88), [*Mad Max: Fury Road*](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md) (Fi1m 88), [*Room*](https://film.one/film/room.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Spotlight*](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md) (Fi1m 85)
- **2014** — **[*Boyhood*](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md) (Fi1m 88)**. Nominees: [*Foxcatcher*](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md) (Fi1m 82), [*The Imitation Game*](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md) (Fi1m 73), [*Selma*](https://film.one/film/selma.md) (Fi1m 84), [*The Theory of Everything*](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md) (Fi1m 72)
- **2013** — **[*12 Years a Slave*](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md) (Fi1m 91)**. Nominees: [*Captain Phillips*](https://film.one/film/captain-phillips.md) (Fi1m 83), [*Gravity*](https://film.one/film/gravity.md) (Fi1m 85), [*Philomena*](https://film.one/film/philomena.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Rush*](https://film.one/film/rush.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **2012** — **[*Argo*](https://film.one/film/argo.md) (Fi1m 79)**. Nominees: [*Django Unchained*](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md) (Fi1m 78), [*Life of Pi*](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md) (Fi1m 78), [*Lincoln*](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Zero Dark Thirty*](https://film.one/film/zero-dark-thirty.md) (Fi1m 80)
- **2011** — **[*The Descendants*](https://film.one/film/the-descendants.md) (Fi1m 80)**. Nominees: [*The Help*](https://film.one/film/the-help.md) (Fi1m 66), [*Hugo*](https://film.one/film/hugo.md) (Fi1m 76), *The Ides of March*, [*Moneyball*](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md) (Fi1m 83), [*War Horse*](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md) (Fi1m 62)
- **2010** — **[*The Social Network*](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md) (Fi1m 91)**. Nominees: [*Black Swan*](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md) (Fi1m 82), [*The Fighter*](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md) (Fi1m 79), [*Inception*](https://film.one/film/inception.md) (Fi1m 80), [*The King's Speech*](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **2009** — **[*Avatar*](https://film.one/film/avatar.md) (Fi1m 70)**. Nominees: [*The Hurt Locker*](https://film.one/film/the-hurt-locker.md) (Fi1m 86), [*Inglourious Basterds*](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) (Fi1m 77), *Precious*, [*Up in the Air*](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md) (Fi1m 74)
- **2008** — **[*Slumdog Millionaire*](https://film.one/film/slumdog-millionaire.md) (Fi1m 78)**. Nominees: [*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*](https://film.one/film/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.md) (Fi1m 64), [*Frost/Nixon*](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md) (Fi1m 81), [*The Reader*](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md) (Fi1m 56), *Revolutionary Road*
- **2007** — **[*Atonement*](https://film.one/film/atonement.md) (Fi1m 83)**. Nominees: *American Gangster*, [*Eastern Promises*](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md) (Fi1m 79), *The Great Debaters*, [*Michael Clayton*](https://film.one/film/michael-clayton.md) (Fi1m 86), [*No Country for Old Men*](https://film.one/film/no-country-for-old-men.md) (Fi1m 91), [*There Will Be Blood*](https://film.one/film/there-will-be-blood.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **2006** — **[*Babel*](https://film.one/film/babel.md) (Fi1m 64)**. Nominees: *Bobby*, [*The Departed*](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md) (Fi1m 84), *Little Children*, [*The Queen*](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md) (Fi1m 84)
- **2005** — **[*Brokeback Mountain*](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md) (Fi1m 92)**. Nominees: [*The Constant Gardener*](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md) (Fi1m 82), *Good Night, and Good Luck*, [*A History of Violence*](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md) (Fi1m 88), *Match Point*
- **2004** — **[*The Aviator*](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: *Closer*, [*Finding Neverland*](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md) (Fi1m 64), [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (Fi1m 76), *Kinsey*, [*Million Dollar Baby*](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md) (Fi1m 86)
- **2003** — **[*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king.md) (Fi1m 88)**. Nominees: *Cold Mountain*, [*Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md) (Fi1m 86), [*Mystic River*](https://film.one/film/mystic-river.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Seabiscuit*](https://film.one/film/seabiscuit.md) (Fi1m 65)
- **2002** — **[*The Hours*](https://film.one/film/the-hours.md) (Fi1m 72)**. Nominees: [*About Schmidt*](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md) (Fi1m 77), [*Gangs of New York*](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md) (Fi1m 74), [*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md) (Fi1m 85), [*The Pianist*](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) (Fi1m 87)
- **2001** — **[*A Beautiful Mind*](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md) (Fi1m 62)**. Nominees: [*In the Bedroom*](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md) (Fi1m 84), [*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md) (Fi1m 90), [*The Man Who Wasn't There*](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-wasnt-there.md) (Fi1m 81), [*Mulholland Drive*](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md) (Fi1m 92)
- **2000** — **[*Gladiator*](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md) (Fi1m 84)**. Nominees: [*Billy Elliot*](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md) (Fi1m 81), [*Erin Brockovich*](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md) (Fi1m 78), *Sunshine*, [*Traffic*](https://film.one/film/traffic.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Wonder Boys*](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1999** — **[*American Beauty*](https://film.one/film/american-beauty.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: *The End of the Affair*, *The Hurricane*, [*The Insider*](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md) (Fi1m 89), [*The Talented Mr. Ripley*](https://film.one/film/the-talented-mr-ripley.md) (Fi1m 80)
- **1998** — **[*Saving Private Ryan*](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md) (Fi1m 84)**. Nominees: [*Elizabeth*](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Gods and Monsters*](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md) (Fi1m 82), *The Horse Whisperer*, [*The Truman Show*](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1997** — **[*Titanic*](https://film.one/film/titanic.md) (Fi1m 84)**. Nominees: *Amistad*, *The Boxer*, [*Good Will Hunting*](https://film.one/film/good-will-hunting.md) (Fi1m 82), [*L.A. Confidential*](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1996** — **[*The English Patient*](https://film.one/film/the-english-patient.md) (Fi1m 78)**. Nominees: [*Breaking the Waves*](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md) (Fi1m 82), *The People vs. Larry Flynt*, [*Secrets & Lies*](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) (Fi1m 88), [*Shine*](https://film.one/film/shine.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1995** — **[*Sense and Sensibility*](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md) (Fi1m 85)**. Nominees: [*Apollo 13*](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Braveheart*](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md) (Fi1m 68), [*The Bridges of Madison County*](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Leaving Las Vegas*](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1994** — **[*Forrest Gump*](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md) (Fi1m 66)**. Nominees: *Legends of the Fall*, *Nell*, [*Pulp Fiction*](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Quiz Show*](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md) (Fi1m 84)
- **1993** — **[*Schindler's List*](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md) (Fi1m 91)**. Nominees: [*The Age of Innocence*](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md) (Fi1m 86), [*In the Name of the Father*](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md) (Fi1m 83), [*The Piano*](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md) (Fi1m 88), [*The Remains of the Day*](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1992** — **[*Scent of a Woman*](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md) (Fi1m 75)**. Nominees: [*The Crying Game*](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md) (Fi1m 82), [*A Few Good Men*](https://film.one/film/a-few-good-men.md) (Fi1m 79), [*Howards End*](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Unforgiven*](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md) (Fi1m 92)
- **1991** — **[*Bugsy*](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: [*JFK*](https://film.one/film/jfk.md) (Fi1m 80), [*The Prince of Tides*](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-tides.md) (Fi1m 65), [*The Silence of the Lambs*](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md) (Fi1m 91), [*Thelma & Louise*](https://film.one/film/thelma-and-louise.md) (Fi1m 85)
- **1990** — **[*Dances with Wolves*](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) (Fi1m 80)**. Nominees: *Avalon*, [*The Godfather Part III*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) (Fi1m 63), [*Goodfellas*](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md) (Fi1m 93), [*Reversal of Fortune*](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md) (Fi1m 75)
- **1989** — **[*Born on the Fourth of July*](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: *Crimes and Misdemeanors*, [*Dead Poets Society*](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md) (Fi1m 80), [*Do the Right Thing*](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md) (Fi1m 93), [*Glory*](https://film.one/film/glory.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1988** — **[*Rain Man*](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: [*The Accidental Tourist*](https://film.one/film/the-accidental-tourist.md) (Fi1m 78), *A Cry in the Dark*, *Gorillas in the Mist*, [*Mississippi Burning*](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) (Fi1m 72), *Running on Empty*, *The Unbearable Lightness of Being*
- **1987** — **[*The Last Emperor*](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md) (Fi1m 80)**. Nominees: *Cry Freedom*, [*Empire of the Sun*](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md) (Fi1m 81), [*Fatal Attraction*](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) (Fi1m 70), *La Bamba*, *Nuts*
- **1986** — **[*Platoon*](https://film.one/film/platoon.md) (Fi1m 84)**. Nominees: [*Children of a Lesser God*](https://film.one/film/children-of-a-lesser-god.md) (Fi1m 66), [*The Mission*](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md) (Fi1m 64), [*Mona Lisa*](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md) (Fi1m 83), [*A Room with a View*](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Stand by Me*](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1985** — **[*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (Fi1m 54)**. Nominees: [*The Color Purple*](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md) (Fi1m 64), [*Kiss of the Spider Woman*](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md) (Fi1m 84), *Runaway Train*, [*Witness*](https://film.one/film/witness.md) (Fi1m 84)
- **1984** — **[*Amadeus*](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md) (Fi1m 91)**. Nominees: *The Cotton Club*, [*The Killing Fields*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) (Fi1m 82), [*Places in the Heart*](https://film.one/film/places-in-the-heart.md) (Fi1m 80), [*A Soldier's Story*](https://film.one/film/a-soldiers-story.md) (Fi1m 76)
- **1983** — **[*Terms of Endearment*](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md) (Fi1m 81)**. Nominees: *Reuben, Reuben*, [*The Right Stuff*](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md) (Fi1m 86), *Silkwood*, [*Tender Mercies*](https://film.one/film/tender-mercies.md) (Fi1m 86)
- **1982** — **[*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*](https://film.one/film/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.md) (Fi1m 91)**. Nominees: [*Missing*](https://film.one/film/missing-1982.md) (Fi1m 80), *An Officer and a Gentleman*, *Sophie's Choice*, [*The Verdict*](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md) (Fi1m 84)
- **1981** — **[*On Golden Pond*](https://film.one/film/on-golden-pond.md) (Fi1m 72)**. Nominees: *The French Lieutenant's Woman*, *Prince of the City*, *Ragtime*, [*Reds*](https://film.one/film/reds.md) (Fi1m 77)
- **1980** — **[*Ordinary People*](https://film.one/film/ordinary-people.md) (Fi1m 81)**. Nominees: [*The Elephant Man*](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md) (Fi1m 84), *The Ninth Configuration*, [*Raging Bull*](https://film.one/film/raging-bull.md) (Fi1m 91), *The Stunt Man*
- **1979** — **[*Kramer vs. Kramer*](https://film.one/film/kramer-vs-kramer.md) (Fi1m 82)**. Nominees: [*Apocalypse Now*](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md) (Fi1m 92), *The China Syndrome*, [*Manhattan*](https://film.one/film/manhattan.md) (Fi1m 78), [*Norma Rae*](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1978** — **[*Midnight Express*](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) (Fi1m 61)**. Nominees: [*Coming Home*](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md) (Fi1m 76), [*Days of Heaven*](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md) (Fi1m 85), [*The Deer Hunter*](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md) (Fi1m 84), [*An Unmarried Woman*](https://film.one/film/an-unmarried-woman.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1977** — **[*The Turning Point*](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md) (Fi1m 70)**. Nominees: [*Close Encounters of the Third Kind*](https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.md) (Fi1m 85), *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden*, [*Julia*](https://film.one/film/julia.md) (Fi1m 60), [*Star Wars*](https://film.one/film/star-wars.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1976** — **[*Rocky*](https://film.one/film/rocky.md) (Fi1m 85)**. Nominees: [*All the President's Men*](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md) (Fi1m 90), [*Bound for Glory*](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md) (Fi1m 71), [*Network*](https://film.one/film/network.md) (Fi1m 86), *Voyage of the Damned*
- **1975** — **[*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md) (Fi1m 86)**. Nominees: [*Barry Lyndon*](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md) (Fi1m 85), [*Dog Day Afternoon*](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md) (Fi1m 90), [*Jaws*](https://film.one/film/jaws.md) (Fi1m 93), [*Nashville*](https://film.one/film/nashville.md) (Fi1m 89)
- **1974** — **[*Chinatown*](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) (Fi1m 93)**. Nominees: [*The Conversation*](https://film.one/film/the-conversation.md) (Fi1m 92), *Earthquake*, [*The Godfather Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) (Fi1m 92), *A Woman Under the Influence*
- **1973** — **[*The Exorcist*](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md) (Fi1m 89)**. Nominees: *Cinderella Liberty*, [*The Day of the Jackal*](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md) (Fi1m 84), *Last Tango in Paris*, *Save the Tiger*, *Serpico*
- **1972** — **[*The Godfather*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) (Fi1m 93)**. Nominees: [*Deliverance*](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md) (Fi1m 85), *Frenzy*, *The Poseidon Adventure*, [*Sleuth*](https://film.one/film/sleuth.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1971** — **[*The French Connection*](https://film.one/film/the-french-connection.md) (Fi1m 85)**. Nominees: [*A Clockwork Orange*](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md) (Fi1m 78), [*The Last Picture Show*](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md) (Fi1m 89), *Mary, Queen of Scots*, *Summer of ‘42*
- **1970** — **[*Love Story*](https://film.one/film/love-story.md) (Fi1m 57)**. Nominees: [*Airport*](https://film.one/film/airport.md) (Fi1m 56), [*Five Easy Pieces*](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md) (Fi1m 88), *I Never Sang for My Father*, [*Patton*](https://film.one/film/patton.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1969** — **[*Anne of the Thousand Days*](https://film.one/film/anne-of-the-thousand-days.md) (Fi1m 60)**. Nominees: [*Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md) (Fi1m 84), [*Midnight Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md) (Fi1m 85), *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie*, *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?*
- **1968** — **[*The Lion in Winter*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md) (Fi1m 81)**. Nominees: *CHAЯLY*, *The Fixer*, *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter*, *The Shoes of the Fisherman*
- **1967** — **[*In the Heat of the Night*](https://film.one/film/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md) (Fi1m 85)**. Nominees: [*Bonnie and Clyde*](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md) (Fi1m 88), *Far from the Madding Crowd*, [*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md) (Fi1m 70), *In Cold Blood*
- **1966** — **[*A Man for All Seasons*](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md) (Fi1m 81)**. Nominees: *Born Free*, *The Professionals*, [*The Sand Pebbles*](https://film.one/film/the-sand-pebbles.md) (Fi1m 66), [*Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*](https://film.one/film/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf.md) (Fi1m 86)
- **1965** — **[*Doctor Zhivago*](https://film.one/film/doctor-zhivago.md) (Fi1m 70)**. Nominees: *The Collector*, *The Flight of the Phoenix*, *A Patch of Blue*, [*Ship of Fools*](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md) (Fi1m 62)
- **1964** — **[*Becket*](https://film.one/film/becket.md) (Fi1m 79)**. Nominees: *The Chalk Garden*, *Dear Heart*, *The Night of the Iguana*, [*Zorba the Greek*](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md) (Fi1m 67)
- **1963** — ***The Cardinal***. Nominees: [*America America*](https://film.one/film/america-america.md) (Fi1m 84), *Captain Newman, M.D.*, *The Caretakers*, [*Cleopatra*](https://film.one/film/cleopatra.md) (Fi1m 63), [*The Great Escape*](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md) (Fi1m 82), *Hud*, [*Lilies of the Field*](https://film.one/film/lilies-of-the-field.md) (Fi1m 70)
- **1962** — **[*Lawrence of Arabia*](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md) (Fi1m 90)**. Nominees: *The Chapman Report*, *Days of Wine and Roses*, *Freud: The Secret Passion*, *Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man*, *Lisa*, [*The Longest Day*](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md) (Fi1m 68), *The Miracle Worker*, [*Mutiny on the Bounty*](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md) (Fi1m 56), [*To Kill a Mockingbird*](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md) (Fi1m 84)
- **1961** — **[*The Guns of Navarone*](https://film.one/film/the-guns-of-navarone.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: *El Cid*, [*Fanny*](https://film.one/film/fanny.md) (Fi1m 70), [*Judgment at Nuremberg*](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md) (Fi1m 82), *Splendor in the Grass*
- **1960** — ***Spartacus***. Nominees: [*Elmer Gantry*](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md) (Fi1m 78), *Inherit the Wind*, [*Sons and Lovers*](https://film.one/film/sons-and-lovers.md) (Fi1m 64), *Sunrise at Campobello*
- **1959** — **[*Ben-Hur*](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md) (Fi1m 76)**. Nominees: [*Anatomy of a Murder*](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md) (Fi1m 87), [*The Diary of Anne Frank*](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md) (Fi1m 58), [*The Nun's Story*](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) (Fi1m 84), *On the Beach*
- **1958** — **[*The Defiant Ones*](https://film.one/film/the-defiant-ones.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*, *Home Before Dark*, *I Want to Live!*, [*Separate Tables*](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) (Fi1m 74)
- **1957** — **[*The Bridge on the River Kwai*](https://film.one/film/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai.md) (Fi1m 88)**. Nominees: [*12 Angry Men*](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md) (Fi1m 91), *Sayonara*, *Wild Is the Wind*, [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (Fi1m 87)
- **1956** — **[*Around the World in 80 Days*](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) (Fi1m 63)**. Nominees: [*Giant*](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md) (Fi1m 74), *Lust for Life*, *The Rainmaker*, *War and Peace*
- **1955** — ***East of Eden***
- **1954** — **[*On the Waterfront*](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md) (Fi1m 89)**
- **1953** — **[*The Robe*](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) (Fi1m 48)**
- **1952** — **[*The Greatest Show on Earth*](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md) (Fi1m 56)**. Nominees: *Come Back, Little Sheba*, *The Happy Time*, [*High Noon*](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md) (Fi1m 88), *The Thief*
- **1951** — **[*A Place in the Sun*](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md) (Fi1m 81)**. Nominees: *Bright Victory*, *Detective Story*, [*Quo Vadis*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) (Fi1m 65), [*A Streetcar Named Desire*](https://film.one/film/a-streetcar-named-desire.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1950** — **[*Sunset Boulevard*](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md) (Fi1m 93)**. Nominees: [*All About Eve*](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) (Fi1m 90), [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (Fi1m 76), *Cyrano de Bergerac*, *Harvey*
- **1949** — **[*All the King's Men*](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md) (Fi1m 74)**. Nominees: *Come to the Stable*
- **1948** — **[*Johnny Belinda*](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md) (Fi1m 78)**. Nominees: [*The Treasure of the Sierra Madre*](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md) (Fi1m 88)
- **1947** — **[*Gentleman's Agreement*](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md) (Fi1m 64)**
- **1946** — **[*The Best Years of Our Lives*](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md) (Fi1m 90)**
- **1945** — **[*The Lost Weekend*](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md) (Fi1m 82)**
- **1944** — **[*Going My Way*](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md) (Fi1m 74)**
- **1943** — **[*The Song of Bernadette*](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md) (Fi1m 63)**

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