From 'Gone With the Wind' to 'Birdman,' THR rounds up all of the notable films that took home the most coveted Academy Award dating back to the very first Oscars ceremony in 1929.

• Wings, 1929

  1st Academy Awards

  

  Director: William A. Wellman

  Cast: 
  Clara Bow
  Charles "Buddy" Rogers
  Richard Arlen
  Gary Cooper

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Roy Pomeroy, Best Engineering Effects

• The Broadway Melody, 1930

  2nd Academy Awards

  Director: Harry Beaumont

  Cast:
  Charles King
  Anita Page
  Bessie Love
  Jed Prouty

   

• All Quiet on the Western Front, 1931

  3rd Academy Awards

  Director: Lewis Milestone

  Cast: 
  Lew Ayres
  Louis Wolheim

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Lewis Milestone, Best Directing
• Cimarron, 1932

  4th Academy Awards

  Director: Wesley Ruggles

  Cast:
  Richard Dix
  Irene Dunne

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Max Rée, Best Art Direction
  Howard Estabrook, Best Writing (Adaptation)

• Grand Hotel, 1933

  5th Academy Awards

  Director: Edmund Goulding

  Cast:
  Greta Garbo
  John Barrymore
  Joan Crawford
  Wallace Beery
  Lionel Barrymore
  Lewis Stone
  Jean Hersholt

• Cavalcade, 1934

  6th Academy Awards

  Director: Frank Lloyd

  Cast:
  Diana Wynyard
  Clive Brook
  Una O'Connor
  Herbert Mundin

  Other Oscar Wins:
  William S. Darling, Best Art Direction
  Frank Lloyd, Best Directing
• It Happened One Night, 1935

  7th Academy Awards

  Director: Frank Capra

  Cast:
  Clark Gable
  Claudette Colbert

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Clark Gable, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Claudette Colbert, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Frank Capra, Best Directing
  Robert Riskin, Best Writing (Adaptation)

• Mutiny on the Bounty, 1936

  8th Academy Awards

  Director: Frank Lloyd

  Cast:
  Charles Laughton
  Clark Gable
  Franchot Tone
  Movita Castaneda
  Mamo Clark

• The Great Ziegfeld, 1937

  9th Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Z. Leonard

  Cast:
  William Powell
  Myrna Loy
  Luise Rainer

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Luise Rainer, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," Seymour Felix, Best Dance Direction
• The Life of Emile Zola, 1938

  10th Academy Awards

  Director: William Dieterle

  Cast:
  Paul Muni
  Gloria Holden
  Gale Sondergaard
  Joseph Schildkraut

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Joseph Schildkraut, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Best Writing (Screenplay)

• You Can't Take It With You, 1939

  11th Academy Awards

  Director: Frank Capra

  Cast:
  Jean Arthur
  Lionel Barrymore
  James Stewart
  Edward Arnold

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Frank Capra, Best Directing

• Gone With the Wind, 1940

  12th Academy Awards

  Director: Victor Fleming

  Cast:
  Clark Gable
  Vivien Leigh
  Leslie Howard
  Olivia de Havilland

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Vivien Leigh, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Hattie McDaniel, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Lyle Wheeler, Best Art Direction
  Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Victor Fleming, Best Directing
  Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom, Best Film Editing
  Sidney Howard, Best Writing (Screenplay)
• Rebecca, 1941

  13th Academy Awards

  Director: Alfred Hitchcock

  Cast:
  Laurence Olivier
  Joan Fontaine

  Other Oscar Wins:
  George Barnes, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• How Green Was My Valley, 1942

  14th Academy Awards

  Director: John Ford

  Cast: 
  Walter Pidgeon
  Maureen O'Hara
  Anna Lee
  Donald Crisp
  Roddy McDowall

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Donald Crisp, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Arthur Miller, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
  John Ford, Best Directing
  Richard Day, Nathan Juran (Art Direction); Thomas Little (Interior Direction), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• Mrs. Miniver, 1943

  15th Academy Awards

  Director: William Wyler

  Cast:
  Greer Garson
  Walter Pidgeon

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Greer Garson, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Teresa Wright, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Joseph Ruttenberg, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
  William Wyler, Best Directing
  Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Best Writing (Screenplay)
• Casablanca, 1944

  16th Academy Awards

  Director: Michael Curtiz

  Cast:
  Humphrey Bogart
  Ingrid Bergman
  Paul Henreid

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Michael Curtiz, Best Directing
  Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Best Writing (Screenplay)

• Going My Way, 1945

  17th Academy Awards

  Director: Leo McCarey

  Cast:
  Bing Crosby
  Barry Fitzgerald
  Risë Stevens

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Bing Crosby, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Barry Fitzgerald, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Leo McCarey, Best Directing
  Leo McCarey, Best Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
  Frank Butler, Frank Cavett, Best Writing (Screenplay)
  "Swinging On A Star," Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Best Music (Song)

• The Lost Weekend, 1946

  18th Academy Awards

  Director: Billy Wilder

  Cast:
  Ray Milland
  Jane Wyman

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Ray Milland, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Billy Wilder, Best Directing
  Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Best Writing (Screenplay)
• The Best Years of Our Lives, 1947

  19th Academy Awards

  Director: William Wyler

  Cast:
  Myrna Loy
  Fredric March
  Dana Andrews
  Teresa Wright
  Virginia Mayo
  Harold Russell

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Fredric March, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Harold Russell, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  William Wyler, Best Directing
  Daniel Mandell, Best Film Editing
  Hugo Friedhofer, Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
  Robert E. Sherwood, Best Writing (Screenplay)

• Gentleman's Agreement, 1948

  20th Academy Awards

  Director: Elia Kazan

  Cast:
  Gregory Peck
  Dorothy McGuire
  John Garfield
  Celeste Holm
  June Havoc
  Anne Revere

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Celeste Holm, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Elia Kazan, Best Directing

• Hamlet, 1949

  21st Academy Awards

  Director: Laurence Olivier

  Cast:
  Laurence Olivier
  Jean Simmons
  John Laurie
  Esmond Knight

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Laurence Olivier, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Roger K. Furse, Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
  Roger K. Furse (Art Direction); Carmen Dillon (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
• All the King's Men, 1950

  22nd Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Rossen

  Cast:
  Broderick Crawford
  John Ireland
  Joanne Dru
  John Derek

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Broderick Crawford, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Mercedes McCambridge, Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• All About Eve, 1951

  23rd Academy Awards

  Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  Cast:
  Bette Davis
  Anne Baxter
  George Sanders
  Celeste Holm

  Other Oscar Wins:
  George Sanders, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Edith Head, Charles LeMaire, Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Best Directing
  Thomas T. Moulton, Best Sound Recording
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Best Writing (Screenplay)

• An American in Paris, 1952

  24th Academy Awards

  Director: Vincente Minnelli

  Cast:
  Gene Kelly
  Leslie Caron
  Oscar Levant
  Georges Guétary
  Nina Foch

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Alfred Gilks; John Alton (Ballet Photography), Best Cinematography (Color)
  Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff, Best Costume Design (Color)
  Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
  Alan Jay Lerner, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)
  Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames (Art Direction); Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)
• The Greatest Show on Earth, 1953

  25th Academy Awards

  Director: Cecil B. DeMille

  Cast:
  Betty Hutton
  Cornel Wilde
  Charlton Heston
  James Stewart
  Dorothy Lamour
  Gloria Grahame
  Lyle Bettger

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett, Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)

• From Here to Eternity, 1954

  26th Academy Awards

  Director: Fred Zinnemann

  Cast:
  Burt Lancaster
  Montgomery Clift
  Deborah Kerr
  Donna Reed
  Frank Sinatra
  Ernest Borgnine
  Philip Ober
  Jack Warden

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Frank Sinatra, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Donna Reed, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Burnett Guffey, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
  Fred Zinnemann, Best Directing
  William Lyon, Best Film Editing
  John P. Livadary, Best Sound Recording
  Daniel Taradash, Best Writing (Screenplay)

• On the Waterfront, 1955

  27th Academy Awards

  Director: Elia Kazan

  Cast:
  Marlon Brando
  Karl Malden
  Lee J. Cobb
  Rod Steiger
  Pat Henning
  Eva Marie Saint

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Marlon Brando, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Eva Marie Saint, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Richard Day, Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
  Boris Kaufman, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
  Elia Kazan, Best Directing
  Gene Milford, Best Film Editing
  Budd Schulberg, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)
• Marty, 1956

  28th Academy Awards

  Director: Delbert Mann

  Cast:
  Ernest Borgnine
  Betsy Blair
  Joe Mantell
  Frank Sutton
  Karen Steele
  Jerry Paris
  Esther Minciotti
  Augusta Ciolli

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Ernest Borgnine, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Delbert Mann, Best Directing
  Paddy Chayefsky, Best Writing (Screenplay)

• Around the World in 80 Days, 1957

  29th Academy Awards

  Director: Michael Anderson

  Cast:
  Cantinflas
  David Niven
  Robert Newton
  Shirley MacLaine

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Lionel Lindon, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax, Best Film Editing
  Victor Young, Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
  James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1958

  30th Academy Awards

  Director: David Lean

  Cast: 
  William Holden
  Jack Hawkins
  Alec Guinness
  Sessue Hayakawa
  James Donald
  André Morell
  Peter Williams
  John Boxer
  Percy Herbert
  Harold Goodwin
  Ann Sears
  Geoffrey Horne

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Alec Guinness, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Jack Hildyard, Best Cinematographer
  David Lean, Best Directing
  Peter Taylor, Best Film Editing
  Malcolm Arnold, Best Music (Scoring)
  Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)
• Gigi, 1959

  31st Academy Awards

  Director: Vincente Minnelli

  Cast:
  Leslie Caron
  Louis Jourdan
  Maurice Chevalier
  Hermione Gingold

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Joseph Ruttenberg, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Cecil Beaton, Best Costume Design
  Vincente Minnelli, Best Directing
  Adrienne Fazan, Best Film Editing
  Andre Previn, Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
  Alan Jay Lerner, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)
  "Gigi," Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Best Music (Song)
  William A. Horning, Preston Ames (Art Direction); Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

• Ben-Hur, 1960

  32nd Academy Awards

  Director: William Wyler

  Cast:
  Charlton Heston
  Jack Hawkins
  Haya Harareet
  Stephen Boyd
  Hugh Griffith

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Charlton Heston, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Hugh Griffith, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Robert L. Surtees, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Elizabeth Haffenden, Best Costume Design (Color)
  William Wyler, Best Directing
  Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, Best Film Editing
  Miklos Rozsa, Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
  Franklin E. Milton, Best Sound
  A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald (Visual Effects); Milo Lory (Audible Effects), Best Special Effects
  William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno (Art Direction); Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

   

• The Apartment, 1961

  33rd Academy Awards

  Director: Billy Wilder

  Cast:
  Jack Lemmon
  Shirley MacLaine
  Fred MacMurray
  Jack Kruschen

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Billy Wilder, Best Directing
  Daniel Mandell, Best Film Editing
  Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay — Written Directly for the Screen)
  Alexander Trauner (Art Direction); Edward G. Boyle (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
• West Side Story, 1962

  34th Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

  Cast:
  Natalie Wood
  Richard Beymer
  Rita Moreno
  George Chakiris
  Russ Tamblyn

  Other Oscar Wins:
  George Chakiris, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Rita Moreno, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Boris Leven (Art Direction); Victor A. Gangelin (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)
  Daniel L. Fapp, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Irene Sharaff, Best Costume Design (Color)
  Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, Best Directing
  Thomas Stanford, Best Film Editing
  Fred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer, Best Sound
  Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal, Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 

• Lawrence of Arabia, 1963

  35th Academy Awards

  Director: David Lean

  Cast:
  Alec Guinness
  Anthony Quinn
  Jack Hawkins
  José Ferrer
  Anthony Quayle
  Claude Rains
  Arthur Kennedy
  Omar Sharif
  Peter O'Toole

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Fred A. Young, Best Cinematography (Color)
  David Lean, Best Directing
  Anne Coates, Best Film Editing
  Maurice Jarre, Best Music (Music Score — Substantially Original)
  John Cox, Best Sound
  John Box, John Stoll (Art Direction); Dario Simoni (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

• Tom Jones, 1964

  36th Academy Awards

  Director: Tony Richardson

  Cast:
  Albert Finney
  Susannah York
  Hugh Griffith
  Edith Evans
  Diane Cilento
  Joyce Redman

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Tony Richardson, Best Directing
  John Addison, Best Music (Music Score — Substantially Original)
  John Osborne, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)
• My Fair Lady, 1965

  37th Academy Awards

  Director: George Cukor

  Cast:
  Audrey Hepburn
  Rex Harrison
  Stanley Holloway
  Wilfrid Hyde-White
  Gladys Cooper
  Jeremy Brett

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Rex Harrison, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Harry Stradling, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Cecil Beaton, Best Costume Design (Color)
  George Cukor, Best Directing
  Andre Previn, Best Music (Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment)
  George R. Groves, Best Sound
  Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton (Art Direction); George James Hopkins (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction (Color)

• The Sound of Music, 1966

  38th Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Wise

  Cast:
  Julie Andrews
  Christopher Plummer
  Angela Cartwright
  Charmian Carr
  Debbie Turner
  Duane Chase
  Heather Menzies-Urich
  Kym Karath
  Nicholas Hammond

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Robert Wise, Best Directing
  William Reynolds, Best Film Editing
  Irwin Kostal, Best Music (Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment)
  James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes, Best Sound

• A Man for All Seasons, 1967

  39th Academy Awards

  Director: Fred Zinnemann

  Cast:
  Paul Scofield
  Wendy Hiller
  Leo McKern
  Orson Welles
  Robert Shaw
  Susannah York

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Paul Scofield, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Ted Moore, Best Cinematography (Color)
  Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge, Best Costume Design (Color)
  Fred Zinnemann, Best Directing
  Robert Bolt, Best Writing (Best Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)
• In the Heat of the Night, 1968

  40th Academy Awards

  Director: Norman Jewison

  Cast:
  Sidney Poitier
  Rod Steiger
  Warren Oates
  Lee Grant

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Rod Steiger, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Hal Ashby, Best Film Editing
  Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Best Sound
  Stirling Silliphant, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

• Oliver!, 1969

  41st Academy Awards

  Director: Carol Reed

  Cast:
  Ron Moody
  Oliver Reed
  Harry Secombe
  Shani Wallis
  Mark Lester
  Jack Wild

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Carol Reed, Best Directing
  John Green, Best Music (Score of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation)
  Shepperton Studio Sound Department, Best Sound
  John Box, Terence Marsh (Art Direction); Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

• Midnight Cowboy, 1970

  42nd Academy Awards

  Director: John Schlesinger

  Cast:
  Dustin Hoffman
  Jon Voight
  Sylvia Miles
  Brenda Vaccaro

  Other Oscar Wins:
  John Schlesinger, Best Directing
  Waldo Salt, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)
• Patton, 1971

  43rd Academy Awards

  Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

  Cast:
  George C. Scott
  Karl Malden
  Michael Bates
  Karl Michael Vogler

  Other Oscar Wins:
  George C. Scott, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Franklin J. Schaffner, Best Directing
  Hugh S. Fowler, Best Film Editing
  Douglas Williams, Don Bassman, Best Sound
  Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo (Art Direction); Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay — Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced)

• The French Connection, 1972

  44th Academy Awards

  Director: William Friedkin

  Cast:
  Gene Hackman
  Fernando Rey
  Roy Scheider
  Tony Lo Bianco
  Marcel Bozzuffi

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Gene Hackman, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  William Friedkin, Best Directing
  Jerry Greenberg, Best Film Editing
  Ernest Tidyman, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

• The Godfather, 1973

  45th Academy Awards

  Director: Francis Ford Coppola

  Cast:
  Marlon Brando
  Al Pacino
  James Caan

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Marlon Brando, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Best Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium)

   
• The Sting, 1974

  46th Academy Awards

  Director: George Roy Hill

  Cast:
  Paul Newman
  Robert Redford
  Robert Shaw

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Henry Bumstead (Art Direction); James Payne (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  Edith Head, Best Costume Design
  George Roy Hill, Best Directing
  William Reynolds, Best Film Editing
  Marvin Hamlisch, Best Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation)
  David S. Ward, Best Writing (Story and Screenplay — Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced)

   

• The Godfather Part II, 1975

  47th Academy Awards

  Director: Francis Ford Coppola

  Cast:
  Al Pacino
  Robert De Niro
  Robert Duvall

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Robert De Niro, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham (Art Direction); George R. Nelson (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  Francis Ford Coppola, Best Directing
  Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola, Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)
  Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Best Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material)

   

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1976

  48th Academy Awards

  Director: Milos Forman

  Cast:
  Jack Nicholson
  Louise Fletcher
  Michael Berryman

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Jack Nicholson, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Louise Fletcher, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Milos Forman, Best Directing
  Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Best Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material)
• Rocky, 1977

  49th Academy Awards

  Director: John G. Avildsen

  Cast:
  Sylvester Stallone
  Talia Shire
  Burt Young

  Other Oscar Wins:
  John G. Avildsen, Best Directing
  Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad, Best Film Editing

   

• Annie Hall, 1978

  50th Academy Awards

  Director: Woody Allen

  Cast:
  Woody Allen
  Diane Keaton
  Tony Roberts

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Diane Keaton, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Woody Allen, Best Directing
  Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen — Based on Factual Material or on Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced)

• The Deer Hunter, 1979

  51st Academy Awards

  Director: Michael Cimino

  Cast:
  Robert De Niro
  Christopher Walken
  John Cazale

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Christopher Walken, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Michael Cimino, Best Directing
  Peter Zinner, Best Film Editing
  Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight, Best Sound

   
• Kramer vs. Kramer, 1980

  52nd Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Benton

  Cast:
  Dustin Hoffman
  Meryl Streep
  Jane Alexander

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Meryl Streep, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Robert Benton, Best Directing
  Robert Benton, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)  

   

• Ordinary People, 1981

  53rd Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Redford

  Cast:
  Donald Sutherland
  Mary Tyler Moore
  Judd Hirsch
  Timothy Hutton

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Timothy Hutton, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Robert Redford, Best Directing
  Alvin Sargent, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

• Chariots of Fire, 1982

  54th Academy Awards

  Director: Hugh Hudson

  Cast:
  Ben Cross
  Ian Charleson
  Nicholas Farrell

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Milena Canonero, Best Costume Design
  Vangelis, Best Music (Original Score)
  Colin Welland, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
• Gandhi, 1983

  55th Academy Awards

  Director: Richard Attenborough

  Cast:
  Ben Kingsley
  John Gielgud
  Candice Bergen

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Ben Kingsley, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor, Best Cinematography
  John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya, Best Costume Design
  Richard Attenborough, Best Directing
  John Bloom, Best Film Editing
  John Briley, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
  Stuart Craig, Bob Laing (Art Direction); Michael Seirton (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

• Terms of Endearment, 1984

  56th Academy Awards

  Director: James L. Brooks

  Cast:
  Shirley MacLaine
  Debra Winger
  Jack Nicholson

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Jack Nicholson, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Shirley MacLaine, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  James L. Brooks, Best Directing
  James L. Brooks, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

• Amadeus, 1985

  57th Academy Awards

  Director: Milos Forman

  Cast:
  F. Murray Abraham
  Tom Hulce
  Elizabeth Berridge

  Other Oscar Wins:
  F. Murray Abraham, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Patrizia Von Brandenstein (Art Direction); Karel Cerny (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  Theodor Pistek, Best Costume Design
  Milos Forman, Best Directing
  Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith, Best Makeup
  Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman, Best Sound
  Peter Shaffer, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)
• Out of Africa, 1986

  58th Academy Awards

  Director: Sydney Pollack

  Cast:
  Meryl Streep
  Robert Redford
  Klaus Maria Brandauer

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Stephen Grimes (Art Direction); Josie MacAvin (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  David Watkin, Best Cinematography
  Sydney Pollack, Best Directing
  John Barry, Best Music (Original Score)
  Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford, Best Sound
  Kurt Luedtke, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)

• Platoon, 1987

  59th Academy Awards

  Director: Oliver Stone

  Cast:
  Charlie Sheen
  Tom Berenger
  Willem Dafoe

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Oliver Stone, Best Directing
  Claire Simpson, Best Film Editing
  John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye, Best Sound

• The Last Emperor, 1988

  60th Academy Awards

  Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

  Cast:
  John Lone
  Joan Chen
  Peter O'Toole

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Vittorio Storaro, Best Cinematography
  James Acheson, Best Costume Design
  Bernardo Bertolucci, Best Directing
  Gabriella Cristiani, Best Film Editing
  Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su, Best Music (Original Score)
  Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock, Best Sound
  Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)
  Ferdinando Scarfiotti (Art Direction); Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
• Rain Man, 1989

  61st Academy Awards

  Director: Barry Levinson

  Cast:
  Dustin Hoffman
  Tom Cruise
  Valeria Golino

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Barry Levinson, Best Directing
  Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• Driving Miss Daisy, 1990

  62nd Academy Awards

  Director: Bruce Beresford

  Cast:
  Morgan Freeman
  Jessica Tandy
  Dan Aykroyd

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Jessica Tandy, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney, Best Makeup
  Alfred Uhry, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

• Dances With Wolves, 1991

  63rd Academy Awards

  Director: Kevin Costner

  Cast:
  Kevin Costner
  Mary McDonnell
  Graham Greene

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Dean Semler, Best Cinematography
  Kevin Costner, Best Directing
  Neil Travis, Best Film Editing
  John Barry, Best Music (Original Score)
  Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II, Best Sound
  Michael Blake, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium)
• The Silence of the Lambs, 1992

  64th Academy Awards

  Director: Jonathan Demme

  Cast:
  Jodie Foster
  Anthony Hopkins
  Lawrence A. Bonney

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Jodie Foster, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Jonathan Demme, Best Directing
  Ted Tally, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

• Unforgiven, 1993

  65th Academy Awards

  Director: Clint Eastwood

  Cast:
  Clint Eastwood
  Gene Hackman
  Morgan Freeman
  Richard Harris

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Gene Hackman, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Clint Eastwood, Best Directing
  Joel Cox, Best Film Editing
   

• Schindler's List, 1994

  66th Academy Awards

  Director: Steven Spielberg

  Cast:
  Liam Neeson
  Ralph Fiennes
  Ben Kingsley

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Janusz Kaminski, Best Cinematography
  Steven Spielberg, Best Directing
  Michael Kahn, Best Film Editing
  John Williams, Best Music (Original Score)
  Steven Zaillian, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
  Allan Starski (Art Direction); Ewa Braun (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
• Forrest Gump, 1995

  67th Academy Awards

  Director: Robert Zemeckis

  Cast:
  Tom Hanks
  Robin Wright
  Gary Sinise

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Tom Hanks, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Robert Zemeckis, Best Directing
  Arthur Schmidt, Best Film Editing
  Eric Roth, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
  Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall, Best Visual Effects

• Braveheart, 1996

  68th Academy Awards

  Director: Mel Gibson

  Cast:
  Mel Gibson
  Sophie Marceau
  Patrick McGoohan

  Other Oscar Wins:
  John Toll, Best Cinematography
  Mel Gibson, Best Directing
  Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell, Best Makeup
  Lon Bender, Per Hallberg, Best Sound Effects Editing

• The English Patient, 1997

  69th Academy Awards

  Director: Anthony Minghella

  Cast:
  Ralph Fiennes
  Juliette Binoche
  Willem Dafoe

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Juliette Binoche, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  John Seale, Best Cinematography
  Ann Roth, Best Costume Design
  Anthony Minghella, Best Directing
  Walter Murch, Best Film Editing
  Gabriel Yared, Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)
  Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman, Best Sound
  Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
• Titanic, 1998

  70th Academy Awards

  Director: James Cameron

  Cast:
  Leonardo DiCaprio
  Kate Winslet
  Billy Zane
  Kathy Bates
  Frances Fisher

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Russell Carpenter, Best Cinematography
  Deborah L. Scott, Best Costume Design
  James Cameron, Best Directing
  Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris, Best Film Editing
  James Horner, Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)
  "My Heart Will Go On," Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Will Jennings, Best Music (Original Song)
  Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano, Best Sound
  Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes, Best Sound Effects Editing
  Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer, Best Visual Effects
  Peter Lamont (Art Direction); Michael Ford (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction

• Shakespeare in Love, 1999

  71st Academy Awards

  Director: John Madden

  Cast:
  Gwyneth Paltrow
  Joseph Fiennes
  Geoffrey Rush  
  Judi Dench

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Gwyneth Paltrow, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Judi Dench, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Sandy Powell, Best Costume Design
  Stephen Warbeck, Best Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
  Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
  Martin Childs (Art Direction); Jill Quertier (Set Direction), Best Art Direction

• American Beauty, 2000

  72nd Academy Awards

  Director: Sam Mendes

  Cast:
  Kevin Spacey
  Annette Bening
  Thora Birch

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Kevin Spacey, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Conrad L. Hall, Best Cinematography
  Sam Mendes, Best Directing
  Alan Ball, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
• Gladiator, 2001

  73rd Academy Awards

  Director: Ridley Scott

  Cast:
  Russell Crowe
  Joaquin Phoenix
  Connie Nielsen

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Russell Crowe, Actor in a Leading Role
  Janty Yates, Best Costume Design
  Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston, Best Sound
  John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey, Best Visual Effects

• A Beautiful Mind, 2002

  74th Academy Awards

  Director: Ron Howard

  Cast:
  Russell Crowe
  Ed Harris
  Jennifer Connelly

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Jennifer Connelly, Actress in a Supporting Role
  Ron Howard, Best Directing
  Akiva Goldsman, Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

• Chicago, 2003

  75th Academy Awards

  Director: Rob Marshall

  Cast:
  Renée Zellweger
  Catherine Zeta-Jones
  Richard Gere

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  Colleen Atwood, Best Costume Design
  Martin Walsh, Best Film Editing
  Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee, Best Sound

   
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2004

  76th Academy Awards

  Director: Peter Jackson

  Cast:
  Elijah Wood
  Viggo Mortensen
  Ian McKellen
  Sean Astin

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration), Best Art Direction
  Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor, Best Costume Design
  Peter Jackson, Best Directing
  Jamie Selkirk, Best Film Editing
  Richard Taylor and Peter King, Best Makeup
  Howard Shore, Best Music (Original Score)
  "Into The West," Music and Lyrics by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox, Best Music (Original Song)
  Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek, Best Sound Mixing
  Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke, Best Visual Effects
  Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Million Dollar Baby, 2005

  77th Academy Awards

  Director: Clint Eastwood

  Cast:
  Hilary Swank
  Clint Eastwood
  Morgan Freeman

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Morgan Freeman, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Hilary Swank, Best Actress in a Leading Role
  Clint Eastwood, Best Directing

   

• Crash, 2006

  78th Academy Awards

  Director: Paul Haggis

  Cast:
  Don Cheadle
  Sandra Bullock
  Thandie Newton

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Hughes Winborne, Best Film Editing
  Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
• The Departed, 2007

  79th Academy Awards

  Director: Martin Scorsese

  Cast:
  Leonardo DiCaprio
  Matt Damon
  Jack Nicholson

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Martin Scorsese, Best Directing
  Thelma Schoonmaker, Best Film Editing
  William Monahan, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• No Country for Old Men, 2008

  80th Academy Awards

  Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

  Cast:
  Tommy Lee Jones
  Javier Bardem
  Josh Brolin

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Javier Bardem, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Best Directing
  Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Slumdog Millionaire, 2009

  81st Academy Awards

  Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan

  Cast:
  Dev Patel
  Freida Pinto
  Saurabh Shukla

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Anthony Dod Mantle, Best Cinematography
  Danny Boyle, Best Directing
  Chris Dickens, Best Film Editing
  A.R. Rahman, Best Music (Original Score)
  Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, Best Sound Mixing
  Simon Beaufoy, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
  "Jai Ho," Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Gulzar, Best Music (Original Song)
• The Hurt Locker, 2010

  82nd Academy Awards

  Director: Kathryn Bigelow

  Cast:
  Jeremy Renner
  Anthony Mackie
  Brian Geraghty

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Kathryn Bigelow, Best Directing
  Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, Best Film Editing
  Paul N.J. Ottosson, Best Sound Editing
  Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett, Best Sound Mixing
  Mark Boal, Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• The King's Speech, 2011

  83rd Academy Awards

  Director: Tom Hooper

  Cast:
  Colin Firth
  Helena Bonham Carter  
  Geoffrey Rush

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Colin Firth, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Tom Hooper, Best Directing
  David Seidler, Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

   

• The Artist, 2012

  84th Academy Awards

  Director: Michel Hazanavicius

  Cast:
  Jean Dujardin
  Bérénice Bejo
  John Goodman

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Jean Dujardin, Best Actor in a Leading Role
  Mark Bridges, Best Costume Design
  Michel Hazanavicius, Best Directing
  Ludovic Bource, Best Music (Original Score)
   
• Argo, 2013

  85th Academy Awards

  Director: Ben Affleck

  Cast:
  Ben Affleck
  Bryan Cranston
  John Goodman
  Alan Arkin

  Other Oscar Wins:
  William Goldenberg, Best Film Editing
  Chris Terrio, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• 12 Years a Slave, 2014

  86th Academy Awards

  Director: Steve McQueen  

  Cast:
  Chiwetel Ejiofor
  Michael Fassbender
  Lupita Nyong'o
  Brad Pitt
  Sarah Paulson

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Lupita Nyong'o, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  John Ridley, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), 2015

  87th Academy Awards

  Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

  Cast:
  Michael Keaton
  Zach Galifianakis  
  Edward Norton
  Emma Stone

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Emmanuel Lubezki, Best Cinematography
  Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Directing
  Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo, Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
• Spotlight, 2016

  88th Academy Awards

  Director: Tom McCarthy

  Cast:
  Mark Ruffalo
  Michael Keaton
  Rachel McAdams
  Liev Schreiber

  Other Oscar Wins: 
  Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Best Original Screenplay

• Moonlight, 2017

  89th Academy Awards

  Director: Barry Jenkins

  Cast:
  Mahershala Ali
  Naomie Harris
  Janelle Monáe
  Trevante Rhodes
  Alex R. Hibbert
  André Holland
  Ashton Sanders
  Jharrel Jerome

  Other Oscar Wins:
  Mahershala Ali, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Shape of Water, 2018

  Director: Guillermo del Toro

  Cast:
  Sally Hawkins
  Octavia Spencer
  Michael Shannon
  Richard Jenkins
  Michael Stuhlbarg
  Doug Jones

  Other Oscar Wins: 
  Guillermo del Toro, Best Directing
  Alexandre Desplat, Best Original Score
  Paul D. Austerberry, Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin, Best Production Design