nominated for best picture ☆ | best picture winner ★

—— 1931 - 1950

• all about eve (1950) ★
  • director: joseph l. mankiewicz.
  • starring: bette davis, anne baxter.
• arsenic and old lace (1944)
  • director: frank capra.
  • starring: cary grant, raymond massey, peter lorre.
• bringing up baby (1938)
  • director: howard hawks.
  • starring: cary grant, katharine hepburn.
• casablanca (1942) ★
  • director: michael kurtiz.
  • starring: humphrey bogart, ingrid bergman.
• citizen kane (1941) ☆
  • director: orson welles.
  • starring: orson welles, joseph cotten, dorothy comingore.
• double indemnity (1944) ☆
  • director: billy wilder.
  • starring: fred macmurray, barbara stanwyck.
• duck soup (1933)
  • director: leo mccarey.
  • starring: the marx brothers.
• for whom the bell tolls (1943)
  • director: sam wood.
  • starring: gary cooper, ingrid bergman.
• gone with the wind (1939) ★
  • director: victor fleming.
  • starring: clark gable, vivien leigh.
• harvey (1950)
  • director: henry koster.
  • starring: james stewart, josephine hull.
• his girl friday (1940)
  • director: howard hawks.
  • starring: cary grant, rosalind russell.
• holiday (1938)
  • director: george cukor.
  • starring: cary grant, katharine hepburn.
• how green was my valley (1941) ★
  • director: john ford.
  • starring: walter pidgeon, maureen o'hara.
• it happened one night (1934) ★
  • director: frank capra.
  • starring: clark gable, claudette colbert.
• it's a wonderful life (1946) ☆
  • director: frank capra.
  • starring: james stewart, donna reed.
• king kong (1933)
  • director: merian c. cooper, ernest b. schoedsack.
  • starring: fay wray, robert armstrong.
• la règle du jeu (1939)
  • director: jean renoir.
  • starring: nora gregor, paulette dubost, marcel dalio.
• laura (1944)
  • director: otto preminger.
  • starring: dana andrews, gene tierney.
• m (1931)
  • director: fritz lang.
  • starring: peter lorre, otto wernicke.
• mr. smith goes to washington (1939)
  • director: frank capra.
  • starring: james stewart, jean arthur.
• mutiny on the bounty (1935) ★
  • director: frank lloyd.
  • starring: charles laughton, clark gable.
• notorious (1946)
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: cary grant, ingrid bergman, claude rains.
• rebecca (1940) ★
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: laurence olivier, joan fontaine.
• rope (1948)
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: james stewart.
• spellbound (1945) ☆
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: gregory peck, ingrid bergman.
• sunset boulevard (1950) ☆
  • director: billy wilder.
  • starring: william holden, gloria swanson.
• suspicion (1941) ☆
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: cary grant, joan fontaine.
• the 39 steps (1935)
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: robert donat, madeleine carroll.
• the adventures of robin hood (1938) ☆
  • director: michael curtiz, william keighley.
  • starring: errol flynn, olivia de havilland.
• the awful truth (1937) ☆
  • director: leo mccarey.
  • starring: cary grant, irene dunn.
• the bicycle thief (1948)
  • director: vittorio de sica.
  • starring: enzo staiola, lamberto maggiorani.
• the big sleep (1946)
  • director: howard hawks.
  • starring: humphrey bogart, lauren bacall.
• the grapes of wrath (1940) ☆
  • director: john ford.
  • starring: henry fonda, jane darwell.
• the great dictator (1940) ☆
  • director: charlie chaplin.
  • starring: charlie chaplin, paulette goddard.
• the heiress (1949) ☆
  • director: william wyler.
  • starring: montgomery clift, olivia de havilland.
• the invisible man (1933)
  • director: james whale.
  • starring: claude rains, gloria stuart.
• the lady vanishes (1938)
  • director: alfred hitchcock.
  • starring: margaret lockwood, michael redgrave.
• the life of emile zola (1937) ★
  • director: william dieterle.
  • starring: paul muni, gloria holden.
• the lost weekend (1945) ★
  • director: billy wilder.
  • starring: ray milland, jane wyman.
• the magnificent ambersons (1942) ☆
  • director: orson welles.
  • starring: joseph cotten, dolores costello.
• the maltese falcon (1941) ☆
  • director: john huston.
  • starring: humphrey bogart, mary astor.
• the philadelphia story (1940) ☆
  • director: george cukor.
  • starring: cary grant, katharine hepburn.
• the postman always rings twice (1946)
  • director: tay garnett.
  • starring: john garfield, lana turner.
• the red shoes (1948) ☆
  • director: michael powell.
  • starring: anton walbrook, marius goring, moira shearer.
• the thin man (1934) ☆
  • director: w. s. van dyke.
  • starring: william powell, myrna loy.
• the third man (1949)
  • director: carol reed.
  • starring: joseph cotten, alida valli, orson welles.
• the wizard of oz (1939) ☆
  • director: victor fleming.
  • starring: judy garland, frank morgan.
• top hat (1939) ☆
  • director: mark sandrich.
  • starring: fred astaire, ginger rogers.
• topper (1937)
  • director: norman z. mcleod.
  • starring: cary grant, constance bennett.
• white heat (1949)
  • director: raoul walsh.
  • starring: james cagney, virgina mayo.

—— 1951 - 1970

• a place in the sun (1951) ☆
  • director: george stevens.
  • starring: montgomery clift, elizabeth taylor.
• from here to eternity (1953) ★
  • director: fred zinnemann.
  • starring: burt lancaster, montgomery clift, frank sinatra, donna reed, deborah kerr.
• rebel without a cause (1955) ☆
  • director: nicholas ray.
  • starring: james dean, natalie wood.