- 2024: Oppenheimer
- 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front
- 2022: Dune
- 2021: Soul
- 2020: Joker
- 2019: Black Panther
- 2018: The Shape of Water
- 2017: La La Land
- 2016: The Hateful Eight
- 2015: The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 2014: Gravity
- 2013: Life of Pi
- 2012: The Artist
- 2011: The Social Network
- 2010: Up
- 2009: Slumdog Millionaire
- 2008: Atonement
- 2007: Babel
- 2006: Brokeback Mountain
- 2005: Finding Neverland
- 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2003: Frida
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 2000: The Red Violin
- 1999: Life Is Beautiful, Shakespeare in Love
- 1998: Titanic, The Full Monty
- 1997: The English Patient, Emma
- 1996: The Postman, Pocahontas
- 1995: The Lion King
- 1994: Schindler's List
- 1993: Aladdin
- 1992: Beauty and the Beast
- 1991: Dances with Wolves
- 1990: The Little Mermaid
- 1989: The Milagro Beanfield War
- 1988: The Last Emperor
- 1987: Round Midnight
- 1986: Out of Africa
- 1985: A Passage to India, Purple Rain
- 1984: The Right Stuff, Yentl
- 1983: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Victor/Victoria
- 1982: Chariots of Fire
- 1981: Fame
- 1980: A Little Romance, All That Jazz
- 1979: Midnight Express, The Buddy Holly Story
- 1978: Star Wars, A Little Night Music
- 1977: The Omen, Bound for Glory
- 1976: Jaws, Barry Lyndon
- 1975: The Godfather Part II, The Great Gatsby
- 1974: The Way We Were, The Sting
- 1973: Limelight, Cabaret
- 1972: Summer of '42, Fiddler on the Roof
- 1971: Love Story, Let It Be
- 1970: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hello, Dolly!
- 1969: The Lion in Winter, Oliver!
- 1968: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Camelot
- 1967: Born Free, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- 1966: Doctor Zhivago, The Sound of Music
- 1965: Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady
- 1964: Tom Jones, Irma la Douce
- 1963: Lawrence of Arabia, The Music Man
- 1962: Breakfast at Tiffany's, West Side Story
- 1961: Exodus, Song Without End
- 1960: Ben-Hur, Porgy and Bess
- 1959: The Old Man and the Sea, Gigi
- 1958: The Bridge on the River Kwai
- 1957: Around the World in 80 Days, The King and I
- 1956: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Oklahoma!
- 1955: The High and the Mighty, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- 1954: Lili, Call Me Madam
- 1953: High Noon, With a Song in My Heart
- 1952: A Place in the Sun, An American in Paris
- 1951: Sunset Boulevard, Annie Get Your Gun
- 1950: The Heiress, On the Town
- 1949: The Red Shoes, Easter Parade
- 1948: A Double Life, Mother Wore Tights
- 1947: The Best Years of Our Lives, The Jolson Story
- 1946: Spellbound, Anchors Aweigh
- 1945: Since You Went Away, Cover Girl
- 1944: The Song of Bernadette, This Is the Army
- 1943: Now, Voyager, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1942: The Devil and Daniel Webster, Dumbo
- 1941: Pinocchio, Tin Pan Alley
- 1940: The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach
- 1939: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1938: One Hundred Men and a Girl
- 1937: Anthony Adverse
- 1936: The Informer
- 1935: One Night of Love
- 1934: Not Introduced
- 1933: Not Introduced
- 1932: Not Introduced
- 1931: Not Introduced
- 1930: Not Introduced
- 1929: Not Introduced
