| Year |
Academy Award |
Golden Globe |
Directors Guild of America |
BAFTA |
Critics' Choice
|
| 2017 |
Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water |
Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water |
Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water |
Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water |
Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water
|
| 2016 |
Damien Chazelle
La La Land |
Damien Chazelle
La La Land |
Damien Chazelle
La La Land |
Damien Chazelle
La La Land |
Damien Chazelle
La La Land
|
| 2015 |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant |
George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road
|
| 2014 |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Birdman |
Richard Linklater
Boyhood |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Birdman |
Richard Linklater
Boyhood |
Richard Linklater
Boyhood
|
| 2013 |
Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity |
Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity |
Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity |
Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity |
Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity
|
| 2012 |
Ang Lee
Life of Pi |
Ben Affleck
Argo |
Ben Affleck
Argo |
Ben Affleck
Argo |
Ben Affleck
Argo
|
| 2011 |
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist |
Martin Scorsese
Hugo |
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist |
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist |
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist
|
| 2010 |
Tom Hooper
The King's Speech |
David Fincher
The Social Network |
Tom Hooper
The King's Speech |
David Fincher
The Social Network |
David Fincher
The Social Network
|
| 2009 |
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker |
James Cameron
Avatar |
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker |
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker |
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
|
| 2008 |
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire |
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire |
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire |
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire |
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire
|
| 2007 |
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men |
Julian Schnabel
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon |
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men |
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men |
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
|
| 2006 |
Martin Scorsese
The Departed |
Martin Scorsese
The Departed |
Martin Scorsese
The Departed |
Paul Greengrass
United 93 |
Martin Scorsese
The Departed
|
| 2005 |
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain |
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain |
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain |
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain |
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain
|
| 2004 |
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby |
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby |
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby |
Mike Leigh
Vera Drake |
Martin Scorsese
The Aviator
|
| 2003 |
Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Peter Weir
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |
Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
| 2002 |
Roman Polanski
The Pianist |
Martin Scorsese
Gangs of New York |
Rob Marshall
Chicago |
Roman Polanski
The Pianist |
Steven Spielberg
Minority Report & Catch Me If You Can
|
| 2001 |
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind |
Robert Altman
Gosford Park |
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind |
Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind
|
| 2000 |
Steven Soderbergh
Traffic |
Ang Lee
Wo hu cang long |
Ang Lee
Wo hu cang long |
Ang Lee
Wo hu cang long |
Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich & Traffic
|
| 1999 |
Sam Mendes
American Beauty |
Sam Mendes
American Beauty |
Sam Mendes
American Beauty |
Pedro Almodóvar
Todo sobre mi madre |
Sam Mendes
American Beauty
|
| 1998 |
Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan |
Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan |
Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan |
Peter Weir
The Truman Show |
Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan
|
| 1997 |
James Cameron
Titanic |
James Cameron
Titanic |
James Cameron
Titanic |
Baz Luhrmann
Romeo + Juliet |
James Cameron
Titanic
|
| 1996 |
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient |
Miloš Forman
The People vs. Larry Flynt |
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient |
Joel Coen
Fargo |
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
|
| 1995 |
Mel Gibson
Braveheart |
Mel Gibson
Braveheart |
Ron Howard
Apollo 13 |
Michael Radford
Il Postino |
Mel Gibson
Braveheart
|
| 1994 |
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump |
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump |
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump |
Mike Newell
Four Weddings and a Funeral
|
| 1993 |
Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List |
Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List |
Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List |
Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List
|
| 1992 |
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven |
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven |
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven |
Robert Altman
The Player
|
| 1991 |
Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs |
Oliver Stone
JFK |
Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs |
Alan Parker
The Commitments
|
| 1990 |
Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves |
Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves |
Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves |
Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas
|
| 1989 |
Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July |
Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July
|
| 1988 |
Barry Levinson
Rain Man |
Clint Eastwood
Bird
|
| 1987 |
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor |
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor
|
| 1986 |
Oliver Stone
Platoon |
Oliver Stone
Platoon
|
| 1985 |
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa |
John Huston
Prizzi's Honor
|
| 1984 |
Miloš Forman
Amadeus |
Miloš Forman
Amadeus
|
| 1983 |
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment |
Barbra Streisand
Yentl
|
| 1982 |
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi |
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
|
| 1981 |
Warren Beatty
Reds |
Warren Beatty
Reds
|
| 1980 |
Robert Redford
Ordinary People |
Robert Redford
Ordinary People
|
| 1979 |
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer |
Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now
|
| 1978 |
Michael Cimino
The Deer Hunter |
Michael Cimino
The Deer Hunter
|
| 1977 |
Woody Allen
Annie Hall |
Herbert Ross
The Turning Point
|
| 1976 |
John G. Avildsen
Rocky |
Sidney Lumet
Network
|
| 1975 |
Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
| 1974 |
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II |
Roman Polanski
Chinatown
|
| 1973 |
George Roy Hill
The Sting |
William Friedkin
The Exorcist
|
| 1972 |
Bob Fosse
Cabaret |
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather
|
| 1971 |
William Friedkin
The French Connection |
William Friedkin
The French Connection
|
| 1970 |
Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton |
Arthur Hiller
Love Story
|
