| Film (Released, Director) | Best Picture: WON, LOST, or NOT? |
| The Sting (1973, George Roy Hill) | |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg) | |
| Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorcese) | |
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983, Richard Marquand) | |
| Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner) | |
| The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Frank Darabont) | |
| Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden) | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson) | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) | |
| King Kong (1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack) | |
| King Kong (1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack) | |
| Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) | |
| Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) | |
| Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles) | |
| Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles) | |
| It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra) | |
| It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra) | |
| All About Eve (1950, Joseph Mankiewicz) | |
| All About Eve (1950, Joseph Mankiewicz) | |
| Singin' in the Rain (1952, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen) | |
| Singin' in the Rain (1952, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen) | |
| North by Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock) | |
| North by Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock) | |
| The Sound of Music (1965, Robert Wise) | |
| The Sound of Music (1965, Robert Wise) | |
| The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols) | |
| The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols) | |
| The Sting (1973, George Roy Hill) | |
| The Sting (1973, George Roy Hill) | |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg) | |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg) | |
| Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorcese) | |
| Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorcese) | |
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983, Richard Marquand) | |
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983, Richard Marquand) | |
| Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner) | |
| Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner) | |
| The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Frank Darabont) | |
| The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Frank Darabont) | |
| Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden) | |
| Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden) | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson) | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson) | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) | |