| Year / Picture nom w/o director nom | Director | Movie |
| 1944 / Gaslight | |
| 1944 / Since You Went Away | |
| 1945 / Anchors Aweigh | |
| 1945 / Mildred Pierce | |
| 1946 / Henry V | |
| 1946 / The Razor's Edge | |
| 1947 / Miracle on 34th Street | |
| 1948 / The Red Shoes | |
| 1949 / Twelve O'Clock High | |
| 1950 / Father of the Bride | |
| 1950 / King Solomon's Mines | |
| 1951 / Decision Before Dawn | |
| 1951 / Quo Vadis | |
| 1952 / Ivanhoe | |
| 1953 / Julius Caesar | |
| 1953 / The Robe | |
| 1954 / The Caine Mutiny | |
| 1954 / Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | |
| 1954 / Three Coins in the Fountain | |
| 1955 / Love is a many splendored thing | |
| 1955 / Mister Roberts | |
| 1955 / The Rose Tattoo | |
| 1956 / The Ten Commandments | |
| 1958 / Auntie Mame | |
| 1958 / Separate Tables | |
| 1959 / Anatomy of a Murder | |
| 1960 / The Alamo | |
| 1960 / Elmer Gantry | |
| 1961 / Fanny | |
| 1962 / The Longest Day | |
| 1962 / The Music Man | |
| | Year / Picture nom w/o director nom | Director | Movie |
| 1962 / Mutiny on the Bounty | |
| 1963 / Cleopatra | |
| 1963 / How the West was won | |
| 1963 / Lilies of the Field | |
| 1965 / Ship of Fools | |
| 1965 / A Thousand Clowns | |
| 1966 / Alfie | |
| 1966 / The Russians are coming ... | |
| 1966 / The Sand Pebbles | |
| 1967 / Doctor Dolittle | |
| 1968 / Funny Girl | |
| 1968 / Rachel, Rachel | |
| 1969 / Anne of the Thousand Days | |
| 1969 / Hello, Dolly ! | |
| 1970 / Airport | |
| 1970 / Five Easy Pieces | |
| 1971 / Nicholas and Alexandra | |
| 1972 / Sounder | |
| 1973 / A Touch of Class | |
| 1974 / The Conversation | |
| 1974 / The Towering Inferno | |
| 1975 / Jaws | |
| 1976 / Bound for Glory | |
| 1976 / Taxi Driver | |
| 1977 / The Goodbye Girl | |
| 1978 / An Unmarried Woman | |
| 1979 / Norma Rae | |
| 1980 / Coal Miner's Daughter | |
| 1982 / Missing | |
| 1983 / The Big Chill | |
| 1983 / The Right Stuff | |
| | Year / Picture nom w/o director nom | Director | Movie |
| 1984 / A Soldier's Story | |
| 1985 / The Color Purple | |
| 1986 / Children of a Lesser God | |
| 1987 / Broadcast News | |
| 1988 / The Accidental Tourist | |
| 1988 / Dangerous Liaisons | |
| 1989 / Driving Miss Daisy | |
| 1989 / Field of Dreams | |
| 1990 / Awakenings | |
| 1990 / Ghost | |
| 1991 / Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1991 / The Prince of Tides | |
| 1992 / A Few Good Men | |
| 1993 / The Fugitive | |
| 1994 / Four Weddings and a Funeral | |
| 1994 / The Shawshank Redemption | |
| 1995 / Apollo 13 | |
| 1995 / Sense and Sensibility | |
| 1996 / Jerry Maguire | |
| 1997 / As Good As It Gets | |
| 1998 / Elizabeth | |
| 1999 / The Green Mile | |
| 2000/ Chocolat | |
| 2001 / In the Bedroom | |
| 2001 / Moulin Rouge | |
| 2002 / Lord of the Rings The Two Towers | |
| 2003 / Seabiscuit | |
| 2004 / Finding Neverland | |
| 2006 / Little Miss Sunshine | |
| 2007 / Atonement | |
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