1969
Musical or Comedy: Oliver!
Drama: The Lion in Winter
1968
Musical or Comedy: The Graduate
Drama: In the Heat of the Night
1967
Musical or Comedy: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Drama: A Man for All Seasons
1966
Musical or Comedy: The Sound of Music
Drama: Doctor Zhivago
1965
Musical or Comedy: My Fair Lady
Drama: Becket
1964
Musical or Comedy: Tom Jones
Drama: The Cardinal
1963
Musical or Comedy: The Touch of Mink
Drama: Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Musical or Comedy: A Majority of One
Drama: The Guns of Navarone
1961
Musical or Comedy: The Apartment
Drama: Spartacus
1960
Musical or Comedy: Some Like It Hot
Drama: Ben-Hur
1959
Musical: Gigi
Comedy: Auntie Mame
Drama: The Defiant Ones
1958
Musical or Comedy: Les Girls
Drama: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Musical or Comedy: The King and I
Drama: Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Musical or Comedy: Guys and Dolls
Drama: East of Eden
1955
Musical or Comedy: Carmen Jones
Drama: On the Waterfront
1954
Drama: The Robe
1953
Musical or Comedy: With a Song in My Heart
Drama: The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Musical or Comedy: An American in Paris
Drama: A Place in the Sun
1951
Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard
1950
Best Picture (tie): Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
1949
Best Picture (tie): Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
1948
Best Picture: Gentlemen's Agreement
1947
Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Best Picture: The Lost Weekend