2016

• moonlight
• arrival
• fences
• hacksaw ridge
• hell or highwater
• hidden figures
• la la land
• lion
• manchester by the sea

2015

• spotlight (tom mccarthy)
• the big short (adam mckay)
• bridge of spies (steven spielberg)
• brooklyn (john crowley)
• mad max: fury road (george miller)
• the martian (ridley scott)
• the revenant (alejandro inarritu)
• room (lenny abrahamson)

2014

• birdman (alejandro inarritu)
• american sniper (clint eastwood)
• boyhood (richard linklater)
• the grand budapest hotel (wes anderson)
• the imitation game (morten tyldum)
• selma (ava duvernay)
• the theory of everything (james marsh)
• whiplash (damien chazelle)

2013

• 12 years a slave (steve mcqueen)
• american hustle (david o. russell)
• captain phillips (paul greengrass)
• dallas buyers club (jean-marc vallee)
• gravity (alfonso cuaron)
• her (spike jonze)
• nebraska (alexander payne)
• philomena (stephen frears)
• the wolf of wall street (martin scorsese)

2012

• argo (ben affleck)
• amour (michael haneke)
• beasts of the southern wild (benh zeitlin)
• django unchained (quentin tarantino)
• les miserables (tom hooper)
• life of pi (ang lee)
• lincoln (steven spielberg)
• silver linings playbook (david o. russell)
• zero dark thirty (kathryn bigelow)

2011

• the artist (michel hazanavicius)
• the descendants (alexander payne)
• extremely loud and incredibly close (stephen daldry)
• the help (tate taylor)
• hugo (martin scorsese)
• midnight in paris (woody allen)
• moneyball (bennett miller)
• the tree of life (terrence malick)
• war horse (steven spielberg)

2010

• the king's speech (tom hooper)
• 127 hours (danny boyle)
• black swan (darren aronofsky)
• the fighter (david o. russell)
• inception (christopher nolan)
• the kids are all right (lisa cholodenko)
• the social network (david fincher)
• toy story 3 (lee unkrich)
• true grit (joel/ethan coen)
• winter's bone (debra granik)

2009

• the hurt locker (kathryn bigelow)
• avatar (james cameron)
• the blind side (john lee hancock)
• district 9 (neil blomkamp)
• an education (lone scherfig)
• inglorious basterds (quentin tarantino)
• precious (lee daniels)
• a serious man (joel/ethan coen)
• up (pete docter)
• up in the air (jason reitman)

2008

• slumdog millionaire (danny boyle)
• the curious case of benjamin button (david fincher)
• frost/nixon (ron howard)
• milk (gus van sant)
• the reader (stephen daldry)

2007

• no country for old men (joel/ethan coen)
• atonement (joe wright)
• juno (jason reitman)
• michael clayton (tony gilroy)
• there will be blood (paul thomas anderson)

2006

• the departed (martin scorsese)
• babel (alejandro inarritu)
• letters from iwo jima (clint eastwood)
• little miss sunshine (jonathan dayton)
• the queen (stephen frears)

2005

• crash (paul haggis)
• brokeback mountain (ang lee)
• capote (bennett miller)
• good night, and good luck (george clooney)
• munich (steven spielberg)

2004

• million dollar baby (clint eastwood)
• the aviator (martin scorsese)
• finding neverland (marc forster)
• ray (taylor hackford)
• sideways (alexander payne)

2003

• the lord of the rings: the return of the king (peter jackson)
• lost in translation (sofia coppola)
• master and commander (peter weir)
• mystic river (clint eastwood)
• seabiscuit (gary ross)

2002

• chicago (rob marshall)
• gangs of new york (martin scorsese)
• the hours (stephen daldry)
• the lord of the rings: the two towers (peter jackson)
• the pianist (roman polanski)

2001

• a beautiful mind (ron howard)
• gosford park (robert altman)
• in the bedroom (todd field)
• the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring (peter jackson)
• moulin rouge! (baz luhrman)

2000

• gladiator (ridley scott)
• chocolat (lasse hallstrom)
• crouching tiger, hidden dragon (ang lee)
• erin brokovich (steven soderbergh)
• traffic (steven soderbergh)

1999

• american beauty (sam mendes)
• the cider house rules (lasse hallstrom)
• the green mile (frank darabont)
• the insider (michael mann)
• the sixth sense (m. night shyamalan

1998

• shakespeare in love (john madden)
• elizabeth (shekhar kapur)
• life is beautiful (roberto benigni)
• saving private ryan (steven spielberg)
• the thin red line (terrence malick)

1997

• titanic (james cameron)
• as good as it gets (james l. brooks)
• the full monty (peter cattaneo)
• good will hunting (gus van sant)
• L.A. confidential (curtis hanson)

1996

• the english patient (anthony minghella)
• fargo (joel/ethan coen)
• jerry maguire (cameron crowe)
• secrets & lies (mike leigh)
• shine (scott hicks)

1995

• braveheart (mel gibson)
• apollo 13 (ron howard)
• babe (chris noonan)
• the postman (michael radford)
• sense and sensibility (ang lee)

1994

• forrest gump (robert zemeckis)
• four weddings and a funeral (mike newell)
• pulp fiction (quentin tarantino)
• quiz show (robert redford)
• the shawshank redemption (frank darabont)

1993

• schindler's list (steven spielberg)
• the fugitive (andrew davis)
• in the name of the father (jim sheridan)
• the piano (jane campion)
• the remains of the day (james ivory)

1992

• unforgiven (clint eastwood)
• the crying game (neil jordan)
• a few good men (rob reiner)
• howards end (james ivory)
• scent of a woman (martin brest)

1991

• the silence of the lambs (jonathan demne)
• beauty and the beast (gary trousdale)
• bugsy (barry levinson)
• JFK (oliver stone)
• the prince of tides (barbra streisand)

1990

• dances with wolves (kevin costner)
• awakenings (penny marshall)
• ghost (jerry zucker)
• the godfather part iii (francis ford coppola)
• goodfellas (martin scorsese)

1989

• born on the fourth of july (oliver stone)
• dead poets society (peter weir)
• field of dreams (phil alden robinson)
• my left foot (jim sheridan)

1988

• rain man (barry levinson)
• the accidental tourist (lawrence kasdan)
• dangerous liaisons (stephen frears)
• mississippi burning (alan parker)
• working girl (mike nichols)

1987

• the last emperor (bernardo bertolucci)
• broadcast news (james l. brooks)
• fatal attraction (adrian lyne)
• hope and glory (john boorman)
• moonstruck (norman jewison)

1986

• platoon (oliver stone)
• children of a lesser god (randa haines)
• hannah and her sisters (woody allen)
• the mission (roland joffe)
• a room with a view (james ivory)

1985

• out of africa (sydney pollack)
• the color purple (steven spielberg)
• kiss of the spider woman (hector barbenco)
• prizzi's honor (john huston)
• witness (peter weir)