List of Oscar Winning Films – Best Director Winners

Best Director Winners

2009. Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
2008. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
2007. No Country For Old Men (2007)
2006. The Departed (2006)
2005. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
2004. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2002. The Pianist (2002)
2001. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
2000. Traffic (2000)
1999. American Beauty (1999)
1998. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1997. Titanic (1997)
1996. The English Patient (1996)
1995. Braveheart (1995)
1994. Forrest Gump (1994)
1993. Schindler’s List (1993)
1992. Unforgiven (1992)
1991. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1990. Dances With Wolves (1990)
1989. Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
1988. Rain Man (1988)
1987. The Last Emperor (1987)
1986. Platoon (1986)
1985. Out of Africa (1985)
1984. Amadeus (1984)
1983. Terms of Endearment (1983)
1982. Gandhi (1982)
1981. Reds (1981)
1980. Ordinary People (1980)
1979. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
1978. The Deer Hunter (1978)
1977. Annie Hall (1977)
1976. Rocky (1976)
1975. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
1974. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
1973. The Sting (1973)
1972. Cabaret (1972)
1971. The French Connection (1971)
1970. Patton (1970)
1969. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
1968. Oliver! (1968)
1967. The Graduate (1967)
1966. A Man For All Seasons (1966)
1965. The Sound of Music (1965)
1964. My Fair Lady (1964)
1963. Tom Jones (1963)
1962. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1961. West Side Story (1961)
1960. The Apartment (1960)
1959. Ben-Hur (1959)
1958. Gigi (1958)
1957. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
1956. Giant (1956)
1955. Marty (1955)
1954. On the Waterfront (1954)
1953. From Here To Eternity (1953)
1952. The Quiet Man (1952)
1951. A Place In the Sun (1951)
1950. All About Eve (1950)
1949. A Letter To Three Wives (1949)
1948. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
1947. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
1946. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
1945. The Lost Weekend (1945)
1944. Going My Way (1944)
1943. Casablanca (1942)
1942. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1941. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1940. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
1939. Gone With the Wind (1939)
1938. You Can’t Take It With You (1938)
1937. The Awful Truth (1937)
1936. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
1935. The Informer (1935)
1934. It Happened One Night (1934)
1932-33. Cavalcade (1933)
1931-32. Bad Girl (1932)
1930-31. Skippy (1931)
1929-30. All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)
1928-29. The Divine Lady (1929)
1927-28. Two Arabian Knights (1927)
1927-28. Seventh Heaven (1927)