1930
Morocco - director Josef von Sternberg (US)
1931
The Public Enemy - director William A. Wellman (US)1932
Shanghai Express - director Josef von Sternberg (US)
1933
King Kong - director Melville C Cooper, Ernest B Schoedsack
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty - director Frank Lloyd (US)Top Hat - director Mark Sandrich (US)
1936
My Man Godfrey - director Gregory La Cava (US)Rembrandt - director Alexander Korda (UK)
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood - director William Keighley, Michael Curtiz (US)
Angels with Dirty Faces - director Michael Curtiz (US) The Lady Vanishes - director Alfred Hitchcock (UK)
Pygmalion - director Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard (UK)
Quai des Brumes - director Marcel Carné (France)
Goodbye Mr Chips - director Sam Wood (UK)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - director William Dieterle (US)
Pygmalion - director Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard (UK)
Quai des Brumes - director Marcel Carné (France)
1939
The Four Feathers - director Zoltan Korda (UK)Goodbye Mr Chips - director Sam Wood (UK)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - director William Dieterle (US)
Mr Smith Goes to Washington - director Frank Capra (US)
Young Mr Lincoln - director John Ford (US)
The Magnificent Ambersons - director Orson Welles (US)
The Ox Bow Incident - director William A. Wellman (US)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington - director Roy William Neill (US)
The Song of Bernadette - director Henry King (US)
Laura - director Otto Preminger (US)
Young Mr Lincoln - director John Ford (US)
1940
The Letter - director William Wyler (US)
Foreign Correspondent - director Alfred Hitckcock (US)
Pride and Prejudice - director Robert Z. Leonard (US)
The Westerner - director William Wyler (US)
1941
Citizen Kane - director Orson Welles (US)
How Green Was My Valley - director John Ford (US)
Here Comes Mr Jordan - director Alexander Hall (US)
The Lady Eve - director Preston Sturges (US)
Sullivan's Travels - director Preston Sturges (US)
Suspicion - director Alfred Hitchcock (US)
1942
In Which We Serve - director Noël Coward, David Lean (UK)The Magnificent Ambersons - director Orson Welles (US)
1943
Hangman Also Die! - director Fritz Lang (US)The Ox Bow Incident - director William A. Wellman (US)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington - director Roy William Neill (US)
The Song of Bernadette - director Henry King (US)
1944
Double Indemnity - director Billy Wilder (US)Laura - director Otto Preminger (US)
Lifeboat - director Alfred Hitchcock (US)
Ministry of Fear - director Fritz Lang (US)
Les Enfants du Paradis - director Marcel Carné (Fr)
I Know Where I'm Going! - director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (UK)
The Lost Weekend - director, Billy Wilder (US)
Ministry of Fear - director Fritz Lang (US)
1945
Brief Encounter - director David Lean (UK)Les Enfants du Paradis - director Marcel Carné (Fr)
I Know Where I'm Going! - director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (UK)
The Lost Weekend - director, Billy Wilder (US)
1946
It's a Wonderful Life - director Frank Capra (US)
The Killers - director Robert Siodmark (US)
My Darling Clementine - director John Ford (US) 1947
Black Narcissus - director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (UK)Odd Man Out - director Carol Reed (UK)
They Made Me a Fugitive - director Alberto Cavalcanti (UK)
Fort Apache - director John Ford (US)
1948
Bicycle Thieves - director Vittorio de Sica (Italy)Fort Apache - director John Ford (US)
Joan of Arc - director Victor Fleming (US)
Scott of the Antarctic - director Charles Frend (UK)
The Snake Pit - director Anatole Litvak (US)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - director John Huston (US)
A Letter to Three Wives - director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (US)
The Reckless Moment - director Max Ophuls (US)
The Third Man - director Carol Reed (UK/US)
White Heat - director Raoul Walsh (US)
Orphée - director Jean Cocteau (France)
Panic in the Streets - director Elia Kazan (US)
Rashomon - director Akira Kurosawa (Japan)
Rio Grande - director John Ford (US)
Sunset Boulevard - director Billy Wilder (US)
The African Queen - director John Huston (US)
The Desert Fox - director Henry Hathaway (US)
Quo Vadis - director Mervyn LeRoy (US)
1952
The Cruel Sea - director Charles Frend (UK)
Scott of the Antarctic - director Charles Frend (UK)
The Snake Pit - director Anatole Litvak (US)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - director John Huston (US)
1949
Adam's Rib - director George Cukor (US)A Letter to Three Wives - director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (US)
The Reckless Moment - director Max Ophuls (US)
The Third Man - director Carol Reed (UK/US)
White Heat - director Raoul Walsh (US)
1950
Born Yesterday - director George Cukor (US)Orphée - director Jean Cocteau (France)
Panic in the Streets - director Elia Kazan (US)
Rashomon - director Akira Kurosawa (Japan)
Rio Grande - director John Ford (US)
Sunset Boulevard - director Billy Wilder (US)
1951
Ace in the Hole - director Billy Wilder (US)The African Queen - director John Huston (US)
The Desert Fox - director Henry Hathaway (US)
Quo Vadis - director Mervyn LeRoy (US)
1952
Ivanhoe - director Richard Thorpe (US)
Moulin Rouge - director John Huston (US)
Singin' in the Rain - director Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly (US)
The Sound Barrier - director David Lean (UK)
1953
Beat the Devil - director John Huston (US)
The Big Heat - director Fritz Lang (US) The Cruel Sea - director Charles Frend (UK)
Shane - director George Stevens (US)
Stalag 17 - director Billy Wilder (US)
Tokyo Story - director Yasujiro Ozu (Japan)
The Wages of Fear - director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Fr/Ita)
A Star is Born - director George Cukor (US)
Les Diaboliques - director Henri-Georges Clouzot (France)
Marty - director Delbert Mann (US)
Rififi - director Jules Dassin (France)
To Catch a Thief - director Alfred Hitchcock (US)
Moby Dick - director John Huston (US)
Reach for the Sky - director Lewis Gilbert (UK)
Stalag 17 - director Billy Wilder (US)
Tokyo Story - director Yasujiro Ozu (Japan)
The Wages of Fear - director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Fr/Ita)
1954
On the Waterfront - director Elia Kazan (US)A Star is Born - director George Cukor (US)
1955
The Dam Busters - director Michael Anderson (UK)Les Diaboliques - director Henri-Georges Clouzot (France)
Marty - director Delbert Mann (US)
Rififi - director Jules Dassin (France)
To Catch a Thief - director Alfred Hitchcock (US)
1956
The Agony and the Ecstasy - director Carol Reed (US)
Around the World in Eighty Days - director Michael Anderson (US)
Bad Day at Black Rock - director John Sturges (US)Moby Dick - director John Huston (US)
Reach for the Sky - director Lewis Gilbert (UK)
The Searchers - director John Ford (US)
23 Paces to Baker Street - director Henry Hathaway (US)
Paths of Glory - director Stanley Kubrick (US)
The Seventh Seal - director Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)
Sweet Smell of Success - director Alexander Mackendrick (US)
12 Angry Men - director Sidney Lumet (US)
Touch of Evil - director Orson Welles (US)
The Vikings - director Richard Fleischer (US)
23 Paces to Baker Street - director Henry Hathaway (US)
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai - director David Lean (US)Paths of Glory - director Stanley Kubrick (US)
The Seventh Seal - director Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)
Sweet Smell of Success - director Alexander Mackendrick (US)
12 Angry Men - director Sidney Lumet (US)
1958
Gigi - director Vincente Minnelli (US)Touch of Evil - director Orson Welles (US)
The Vikings - director Richard Fleischer (US)
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles - director Terence Fisher (UK)
North by Northwest - director Alfred Hitchcock (US)