• 1944 - The Song of Bernadette
• 1945 - Going My Way
• 1946 - The Lost Weekend
• 1947 - The Best Years of Our Lives
• 1948 - Gentleman's Agreement
• 1949 - Johnny Belinda; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• 1950 - All the King's Men
• 1951 - Sunset Boulevard
• 1952 - A Place in the Sun
• 1953 - The Greatest Show on Earth
• 1954 - The Robe
• 1955 - On the Waterfront
• 1956 - East of Eden
• 1957 - Around the World in Eighty Days
• 1958 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
• 1959 - The Defiant Ones
• 1960 - Ben-Hur
• 1961 - Spartacus
• 1962 - The Guns of Navarone
• 1963 - Lawrence of Arabia
• 1964 - The Cardinal
• 1965 - Becket
• 1966 - Doctor Zhivago
• 1967 - A Man for All Seasons
• 1968 - In the Heat of the Night
• 1969 - The Lion in Winter
• 1970 - Anne of the Thousand Days
• 1971 - Love Story
• 1972 - The French Connection
• 1973 - The Godfather
• 1974 - The Exorcist
• 1975 - Chinatown
• 1976 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• 1977 - Rocky
• 1978 - The Turning Point
• 1979 - Midnight Express
• 1980 - Kramer vs. Kramer
• 1981 - Ordinary People
• 1982 - On Golden Pond
• 1983 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• 1984 - Terms of Endearment
• 1985 - Amadeus
• 1986 - Out of Africa
• 1987 - Platoon
• 1988 - The Last Emperor
• 1989 - Rain Man
• 1990 - Born on the Fourth of July
• 1991 - Dances with Wolves
• 1992 - Bugsy
• 1993 - Scent of a Woman
• 1994 - Schindler's List
• 1995 - Forrest Gump
• 1996 - Sense and Sensibility
• 1997 - The English Patient
• 1998 - Titanic
• 1999 - Saving Private Ryan
• 2000 - American Beauty
• 2001 - Gladiator
• 2002 - A Beautiful Mind
• 2003 - The Hours
• 2004 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2005 - The Aviator

See also Golden Globe Award