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Academy Award for Best Picture
Summary of Award Winners        
Academy Awards Season Film Awards[A] Nominations Director Best Director Notes
Ceremony Year in Film Winner Nominee
1st 19271928 Wings 2 2 William A. Wellman [B] [C] [D]
2nd 19281929 The Broadway Melody 1 3 Harry Beaumont [E]
3rd 19291930 All Quiet on the Western Front 2 4 Lewis Milestone
4th 19301931 Cimarron 3 7 Wesley Ruggles [F]
5th 19311932 Grand Hotel 1 1 Edmund Goulding [G]
6th 19321933 Cavalcade 3 4 Frank Lloyd
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 Frank Capra
8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1 8 Frank Lloyd [H]
9th 1936 The Great Ziegfeld 3 7 Robert Z. Leonard [I]
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 3 10 William Dieterle [J]
11th 1938 You Can't Take It with You 2 7 Frank Capra
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind 8 13 Victor Fleming [K]
13th 1940 Rebecca 2 11 Alfred Hitchcock [L]
14th 1941 How Green Was My Valley 5 10 John Ford
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 6 12 William Wyler
16th 1943 Casablanca 3 8 Michael Curtiz
17th 1944 Going My Way 7 10 Leo McCarey
18th 1945 The Lost Weekend 4 7 Billy Wilder
19th 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives 7 8 William Wyler [M]
20th 1947 Gentleman's Agreement 3 8 Elia Kazan
21st 1948 Hamlet 4 7 Laurence Olivier [N]
22nd 1949 All the King's Men 3 7 Robert Rossen [O]
23rd 1950 All about Eve 6 14 Joseph L. Mankiewicz
24th 1951 An American in Paris 6 8 Vincente Minnelli [P]
25th 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth 2 5 Cecil B. DeMille [Q]
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity 8 13 Fred Zinnemann
27th 1954 On the Waterfront 8 12 Elia Kazan
28th 1955 Marty 4 8 Delbert Mann
29th 1956 Around the World in 80 Days 5 8 Michael Anderson [R]
30th 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai 7 8 David Lean
31st 1958 Gigi 9 9 Vincente Minnelli
32nd 1959 Ben-Hur 11 12 William Wyler
33rd 1960 The Apartment 5 10 Billy Wilder
34th 1961 West Side Story 10 11 Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 7 10 David Lean
36th 1963 Tom Jones 4 10 Tony Richardson
37th 1964 My Fair Lady 8 12 George Cukor
38th 1965 The Sound of Music 5 10 Robert Wise
39th 1966 A Man for All Seasons 6 8 Fred Zinnemann
40th 1967 In the Heat of the Night 5 7 Norman Jewison [S]
41st 1968 Oliver! 5 11 Carol Reed [T]
42nd 1969 Midnight Cowboy 3 7 John Schlesinger
43rd 1970 Patton 7 10 Franklin J. Schaffner
44th 1971 The French Connection 5 8 William Friedkin
45th 1972 The Godfather 3 10 Francis Ford Coppola [U] [V]
46th 1973 The Sting 7 10 George Roy Hill
47th 1974 The Godfather Part II 6 11 Francis Ford Coppola
48th 1975 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 5 9 Milos Forman
49th 1976 Rocky 3 10 John G. Avildsen
50th 1977 Annie Hall 4 5 Woody Allen
51st 1978 The Deer Hunter 5 9 Michael Cimino
52nd 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer 5 9 Robert Benton
53rd 1980 Ordinary People 4 6 Robert Redford
54th 1981 Chariots of Fire 4 7 Hugh Hudson [W]
55th 1982 Gandhi 8 11 Richard Attenborough
56th 1983 Terms of Endearment 5 11 James L. Brooks
57th 1984 Amadeus 8 11 Milos Forman
58th 1985 Out of Africa 7 11 Sydney Pollack
59th 1986 Platoon 4 8 Oliver Stone
60th 1987 The Last Emperor 9 9 Bernardo Bertolucci
61st 1988 Rain Man 4 8 Barry Levinson
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 4 9 Bruce Beresford [X]
63rd 1990 Dances With Wolves 7 12 Kevin Costner
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 5 7 Jonathan Demme
65th 1992 Unforgiven 4 9 Clint Eastwood
66th 1993 Schindler's List 7 12 Steven Spielberg
67th 1994 Forrest Gump 6 13 Robert Zemeckis
68th 1995 Braveheart 5 10 Mel Gibson
69th 1996 The English Patient 9 12 Anthony Minghella
70th 1997 Titanic 11 14 James Cameron
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love 7 13 John Madden [Y]
72nd 1999 American Beauty 5 8 Sam Mendes
73rd 2000 Gladiator 5 12 Ridley Scott [Z]
74th 2001 A Beautiful Mind 4 8 Ron Howard
75th 2002 Chicago 6 13 Rob Marshall [AA]
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 Peter Jackson
77th 2004 Million Dollar Baby 4 7 Clint Eastwood
78th 2005 Crash 3 6 Paul Haggis [AB]
79th 2006 The Departed 4 5 Martin Scorsese
80th 2007 No Country for Old Men 4 8 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
81st 2008 Slumdog Millionaire 8 10 Danny Boyle
82nd 2009 The Hurt Locker 6 9 Kathryn Bigelow
83rd 2010 The King's Speech 4 12 Tom Hooper
84th 2011 The Artist 5 10 Michel Hazanavicius
85th 2012 Argo 3 7 Ben Affleck [AC]
86th 2013 12 Years a Slave 3 9 Steve McQueen [AD]
87th 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 4 9 Alejandro G. Iñárritu
88th 2015 Spotlight 2 6 Tom McCarthy [AE]
89th 2016 Moonlight 3 8 Barry Jenkins [AF]
90th 2017 The Shape of Water 4 13 Guillermo del Toro
91st 2018 Green Book 3 5 Peter Farrelly [AG]
 
91
Ceremonies
92
Years in Film
91
Films
461
Awards
812
Nominations
80
Directors
65
Winners
86
Nominees
Column
Totals
Notes
  1. ^ This column includes competitive awards (i.e., Academy Awards of Merit) only. It does not include the following: Honorary Awards; Special Awards; Special Achievement Awards; and Scientific or Technical Awards.
  2. ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture (now known as Best Picture), while Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture. At the time, these two categories were seen as equally the top award of the night, intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior film-making. The following year, however, at the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Academy discontinued the Unique and Artistic Picture award and decided retroactively that the Outstanding Picture award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded.
  3. ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), the Best Director (Comedy Picture) Oscar was awarded to Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights, which was not nominated for Best Picture.
  4. ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), the Best Director (Dramatic Picture) Oscar was awarded to Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  5. ^ At the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady, which was not nominated for Best Picture.
  6. ^ At the 4th Academy Awards (1930–1931), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Norman Taurog for Skippy, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  7. ^ At the 5th Academy Awards (1931–1932), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Frank Borzage for Bad Girl, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  8. ^ At the 8th Academy Awards (1935), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Ford for The Informer, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  9. ^ At the 9th Academy Awards (1936), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  10. ^ At the 10th Academy Awards (1937), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  11. ^ Gone with the Wind received 8 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award and a Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
  12. ^ At the 13th Academy Awards (1940), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  13. ^ The Best Years of Our Lives received 7 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award.
  14. ^ At the 21st Academy Awards (1948), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  15. ^ At the 22nd Academy Awards (1949), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  16. ^ At the 24th Academy Awards (1951), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to George Stevens for A Place in the Sun, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  17. ^ At the 25th Academy Awards (1952), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Ford for The Quiet Man, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  18. ^ At the 29th Academy Awards (1956), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to George Stevens for Giant, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  19. ^ At the 40th Academy Awards (1967), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Mike Nichols for The Graduate, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  20. ^ Oliver! received 5 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received an Honorary Award.
  21. ^ The Godfather originally received 11 nominations. However, one nomination – Nino Rota for Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) – was subsequently rescinded by the Academy.
  22. ^ At the 45th Academy Awards (1972), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Bob Fosse for Cabaret, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  23. ^ At the 54th Academy Awards (1981), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Warren Beatty for Reds, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  24. ^ At the 62nd Academy Awards (1989), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  25. ^ At the 71st Academy Awards (1998), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  26. ^ At the 73rd Academy Awards (2000), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Steven Soderbergh for Traffic, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  27. ^ At the 75th Academy Awards (2002), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Roman Polanski for The Pianist, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  28. ^ At the 78th Academy Awards (2005), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  29. ^ At the 85th Academy Awards (2012), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Ang Lee for Life of Pi, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  30. ^ At the 86th Academy Awards (2013), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  31. ^ At the 88th Academy Awards (2015), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Alejandro G. Iñárritu for The Revenant, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  32. ^ At the 89th Academy Awards (2016), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Damien Chazelle for La La Land, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
  33. ^ At the 91st Academy Awards (2018), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Alfonso Cuarón for Roma, which was also nominated for Best Picture.

Stats

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  • best pic AND best director = 65 times
  • NO Best Director Award = 26 times ... first time / most recent time
  • NO Best Director Nomination = 5 times = list the 5 ... only 5 times ... Best Pic did NOT get a Best Director nomination
  • Best Picture winning films without a Best Director nomination ... 5 times




total ...............................91

BP and BD ...........................65

BP but no BD Win but yes nom .......21

BP but no BD win AND no BD nom .......5

total ...............................91

Trivia

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The individual who directed the most Best Picture winners was William Wyler, with three films: Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959).

Eleven other individuals each directed two Best Picture-winning films:

Frank Capra

Francis Ford Coppola

Clint Eastwood

Milos Forman

Elia Kazan

David Lean

Frank Lloyd

Vincente Minnelli

Billy Wilder

Robert Wise

Fred Zinnemann

No Best Director nomination = 5 times

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There have been only five times in Academy Award history that the director of the Best Picture winner was not nominated for Best Director:

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