Best Picture or Foreign Language Film Winners by Year
2420
918
1947
Luigi Zampa
Aldo Fabrizi, Gar Moore, Mirella Monti, John Kitzmiller
Drama / War / Comedy
Italy
Italian
2675
995
1947
Jacques Becker
Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert
Romance / Comedy / Drama
France
French
2675
995
1947
René Clément
Michel Auclair, Paul Bernard, Anne Campion
Drama / War
France
French
101
59
1946
William Wyler
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2050
806
1946
Vincente Minnelli, Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Eugene Loring, George Sidney, Charles Walters, Norman Taurog
Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland
Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
USA
English
2321
881
1946
Jean Delannoy
Michèle Morgan, Pierre Blanchar
Drama / Romance / Religion
France
French
2683
997
1946
René Clément
Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand
Drama / War
France
French
94
55
1945
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
214
122
1945
David Lean
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
Romance / Drama
UK
English
2394
912
1945
Leopold Lindtberg
Ewart G. Morrison, John Hoy, Ray Reagan
War / Drama
Switzerland
English
2606
981
1945
Garson Kanin, Carol Reed
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert Harris, Peter Ustinov
Documentary / War / History
UK / USA
English
2675
995
1945
Lau Lauritzen, Bodil Ipsen
Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Per Buckhøj
War / Drama
Denmark
Danish
2675
995
1945
Fridrikh Ermler
Mikhail Derzhavin, Pyotr Andriyevsky, Yuri Tolubeyev
Drama / War / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian
299
159
1944
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton
Drama / War / History / Epic / Biography
UK
English
613
310
1944
Leo McCarey
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald
Comedy / Drama / Religion / Musical
USA
English
1454
632
1944
Alf Sjöberg
Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Olof Winnerstrand
Drama / Romance
Sweden
Swedish
2287
872
1944
Clifford Odets
Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez
Drama
USA
English
2375
903
1944
Emilio Fernández
Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán
Romance / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
379
198
1943
William A. Wellman
Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews
Drama / Western
USA
English
1087
496
1943
Herman Shumlin, Hal Mohr
Bette Davis, Paul Lukas
Drama / Spy / War
USA
English
1117
508
1943
Henry King
Jennifer Jones, William Eythe
Drama / Religion / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
20
11
1942
Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1050
484
1942
William Wyler
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
1279
572
1942
Noel Coward, David Lean
Noel Coward, John Mills
Drama / War
UK
English
2699
1008
1942
Augusto Genina
Amedeo Nazzari, Fosco Giachetti, Maria Von Tasnady, Vivi Gioi
Drama / War
Italy
Italian
2699
1008
1942
Veit Harlan
Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / History / War / Biography / Epic
Germany
German
1
1
1941
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
318
168
1941
John Ford
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara
Drama / Romance
USA
English
354
184
1941
Ben Sharpsteen, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Margaret Wright, Sterling Holloway, Cliff Edwards
Drama / Family / Animation / Musical / Fantasy
USA
English
2688
1000
1941
Alessandro Blasetti
Elisa Cegani, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli, Gino Cervi
Fantasy / Drama / History / Action / Adventure
Italy
Italian
2699
1008
1941
Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch
Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder
Biography / War
Germany
German
237
130
1940
Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
2699
1008
1940
Gustav Ucicky
Heinrich George, Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer, Hans Holt
Drama / Romance
Germany / Austria
German
2699
1008
1940
Augusto Genina
Fosco Giachetti, Mireille Balin, Maria Denis, Rafael Calvo
War / Drama
Italy / Spain
Italian
50
33
1939
Victor Fleming
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell
Drama / War / Romance / Epic
USA
English
365
190
1939
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1962
774
1939
Anatole Litvak
Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders
Drama / Spy / Action / Mystery / Detective / War
USA
English
2040
802
1939
Cecil B. DeMille
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston
Drama / Western / Epic
USA
English
2684
998
1939
Goffredo Alessandrini
Camillo Pilotto, Mario Ferrari, Enrico Glori, Amedeo Trilli
History / War / Drama / Religion
Italy
Italian
526
266
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
567
287
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
848
400
1938
Marcel Pagnol
Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Robert Vattier, Robert Bassac
Comedy / Drama
France
French
926
436
1938
Marcel Carné
Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan
Drama / Romance / Crime / Gangster / Pre-Noir
France
French
1428
623
1938
Frank Capra
Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2684
998
1938
Goffredo Alessandrini
Mario Ferrari, Germana Paolieri, Amedeo Nazzari, Roberto Villa
War / Drama / Adventure
Italy
Italian
52
35
1937
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
331
173
1937
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard
Drama / Biography
USA
English
847
399
1937
Julien Duvivier
Jean Gabin, Line Noro, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux, Gabriel Gabrio
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
1623
685
1937
Julien Duvivier
Harry Baur, Marie Bell, Pierre Blanchar, Fernandel
Drama / Romance
France
French
2287
872
1937
Richard Thorpe
Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Dame May Whitty
Thriller
USA
English
2419
917
1937
Carmine Gallone
Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Francesca Braggi
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Italy
Italian
359
186
1936
Frank Capra
Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1351
598
1936
Robert Z. Leonard
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer
Musical / Biography / Drama
USA
English
1448
630
1936
Anatole Litvak
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux,
Romance / Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
2691
1002
1936
Géza von Bolváry
Gina Falckenberg, Attila Hörbiger, Paula Wessely
Drama
Austria
German
2699
1008
1936
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker, Viktoria Von Ballasko, Elise Aulinger
Western / History / Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2699
1008
1936
Augusto Genina
Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa, Olinto Cristina, Fulvia Lanzi
War / Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
343
176
1935
Frank Lloyd
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
1569
671
1935
Clarence Brown
Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1721
713
1935
Jacques Feyder
Françoise Rosay, Micheline Cheirel, Lyne Clevers
Romance / War / Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France / Germany
French
2063
811
1935
Werner Hochbaum
Thekla Ahrens, Tom Kraa, Peter Petersen, Franz Schafheitlin
Drama / Fantasy
Austria / Switzerland
German
2699
1008
1935
Carmine Gallone
Mártha Eggerth, Phillips Holmes, Donald Calthrop
Biography / Drama / Musical
Italy
Italian
86
53
1934
Frank Capra
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas
Romance / Comedy / Family
USA
English
1584
674
1934
Robert J. Flaherty
Colman 'Tiger' King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane
Documentary
UK
English
2699
1008
1934
Guido Brignone
Marta Abba, Elsa De Giorgi, Nerio Bernardi, Luigi Cimara
Drama / Crime
Italy
Italian
1088
497
1933
Frank Lloyd
Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2462
932
1933
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
John Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Reginald Mason, Jobyna Howland
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
470
240
1932
Mervyn LeRoy
Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell
Crime / Pre-Noir / Drama
USA
English
1011
473
1932
Edmund Goulding
Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore
Drama / Romance
USA
English
1737
717
1931
Wesley Ruggles
Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier Jr.
Drama / Western / Epic
USA
English
253
138
1930
Lewis Milestone
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
War / Drama / Epic
USA
English
2216
854
1929
Harry Beaumont
Anita Page, Bessie Love
Musical / Romance
USA
English
1502
644
1927
William A. Wellman
Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Gary Cooper
Drama / Romance / War / Action / Adventure
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
