In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. The year is the one in which the award was made, and the candidates must have been released in the USA during the previous calendar year. For example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2006 Best Picture Oscar .
Each individual entry shows the title followed by the Production Company , and the Producer . When the film was produced anywhere other than the United States, its country and original title, if applicable, are shown in parentheses.
This award was originally called .
A point of contention is the lack of consideration for non- film '' Il Postino '' was nominated in 1995 .)
also known as "Best Artistic Quality of Production" was only presented in the first year.
(Not official nominations, according to AMPAS records for 1928/29)
The name of the award becomes
- '' The Silence Of The Lambs '' - Orion Pictures Corp. - Edward Saxon , Kenneth Utt , Ron Bozman '''
- --- '' Beauty And The Beast '' - Walt Disney Pictures - Don Hahn - The ONLY animated film ever nominated for Best Picture.
- --- '' Bugsy '' - Baltimore Pictures, Desert Vision, Mulholland Productions, TriStar Pictures - Mark Johnson , Barry Levinson , Warren Beatty
- --- '' JFK '' - Alcor Films, Camelot, Ixtlan Corp., Le Studio Canal+, Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - A. Kitman Ho , Oliver Stone
- --- '' The Prince Of Tides '' - Barwood Films, Columbia Pictures, Longfellow Pictures - Barbra Streisand , Andrew S. Karsch
- '' Unforgiven '' - Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. - Clint Eastwood '''
- --- '' The Crying Game '' - British Screen, Channel Four Films, Eurotrustees, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Palace, Miramax Films - (UK) - Stephen Woolley
- --- '' A Few Good Men '' - Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corp. - David Brown , Rob Reiner , Andrew Scheinman
- --- '' Howards End '' - Channel Four Films, Cinema 10, Ide Films, Imagica, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Merchant-Ivory Productions, Nippon Film Development and Finance, Sumitomo (Japan/UK in English), Sony Pictures Classics - Ismail Merchant
- --- '' Scent Of A Woman '' - City Light Films, Universal Pictures - Martin Brest
- '' Schindler's List '' - Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Steven Spielberg , Gerald R. Molen , Branko Lustig '''
- --- '' The Fugitive '' - Warner Bros. - Arnold Kopelson
- --- '' In The Name Of The Father '' - Hell's Kitchen Films, Universal Pictures - Jim Sheridan
- --- '' The Piano '' (Australia, France, New Zealand) (in English, Sign Language and Maori) - Australian Film Commission, CiBy 2000, New South Wales Film and Television Office - Jane Campion
- --- '' The Remains Of The Day '' - Columbia Pictures Corp., Merchant-Ivory Productions - Mike Nichols , John Calley , Ismail Merchant
- '' Forrest Gump '' - Paramount Pictures - Wendy Finerman , Steve Tisch , Steve Starkey '''
- --- '' Four Weddings And A Funeral '' (United Kingdom) - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Film Entertainment, Working Title Films - Duncan Kenworthy
- --- '' Pulp Fiction '' - A Band Apart, Jersey Films, Miramax Films - Lawrence Bender
- --- '' Quiz Show '' - Baltimore Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises - Michael Jacobs , Julian Krainin , Michael Nozick , Robert Redford
- --- '' The Shawshank Redemption '' - Castle Rock Entertainmen, Columbia Pictures Corp. - Niki Marvin
- '' Braveheart '' - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company - Mel Gibson , Alan Ladd, Jr. , Bruce Davey '''
- ---'' Apollo 13 '' - Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures - Brian Grazer
- ---'' Babe '' - Kennedy Miller Productions, Universal Pictures - Bill Miller , George Miller , Doug Mitchell
- ---'' Il Postino '' (France, Italy, Belgium) (in Italian and Spanish) - Blue Dahlia Productions, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Penta Films S. L., Miramax - Mario Cecchi Gori , Vittorio Cecchi Gori , Gaetano Danieli
- ---'' Sense And Sensibility '' - Columbia Pictures Corp., Mirage - Lindsay Doran
- '' The English Patient '' - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions - Saul Zaentz '''
- ---'' Fargo '' - Gramercy Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Ethan Coen
- ---'' Jerry Maguire '' - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks , Laurence Mark , Richard Sakai , Cameron Crowe
- ---'' Secrets & Lies '' - Channel Four Films, CiBy 2000, Thin Man Films, October Films - Simon Channing-Williams
- ---'' Shine '' (Australia) - AFFC, Film Victoria, Momentum Films, Fine Line Features - Jane Scott
- '' Titanic '' - 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Pictures - James Cameron , Jon Landau '''
- ---'' As Good As It Gets '' - Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures - James L. Brooks , Bridget Johnson , Kristi Zea
- ---'' The Full Monty '' - 20th Century Fox, Channel Four Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Redwave Films - Uberto Pasolini
- ---'' Good Will Hunting '' - Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership, Lawrence Bender Productions, Miramax Films - Lawrewnce Bender
- ---'' L.A. Confidential '' - Monarchy Enterprises B. V., Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. - Curtis Hanson , Arnon Milchan , Michael G. Nathanson
- '' Shakespeare In Love '' - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures - David Parfitt , Donna Gigliotti , Harvey Weinstein , Edward Zwick , Marc Norman '''
- ---'' Elizabeth '' - Channel Four Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films - Alison Owen , Eric Fellner , Tim Bevan
- ---'' Life Is Beautiful '' (''La vita è bella'') (Italy) - Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Melampo Cinematografica, Miramax Films - Elda Ferri , Gianluigi Braschi
- ---'' Saving Private Ryan '' - Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Mark Gordon Productions, Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures - Steven Spielberg , Ian Bryce , Mark Gordon , Gary Levinsohn
- ---'' The Thin Red Line '' - Fox 2000 Pictures, Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures - Robert Michael Geisler , John Roberdeau , Grant Hill .
- '' American Beauty '' - DreamWorks SKG, Jinks/Cohen Company - Bruce Cohen , Dan Jinks '''
- ---'' The Sixth Sense '' - Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company - Frank Marshall , Kathleen Kennedy , Barry Mendel
- ---'' The Cider House Rules '' - Film Colony, Miramax Films - Richard N. Gladstein
- ---'' The Green Mile '' - Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions, Warner Bros. - Frank Darabont , David Valdes
- ---'' The Insider '' - Blue Light Productions, Forward Pass, Kaitz Productions, Mann/Roth Productions, Touchstone Pictures - Pirter An Brugge , Michael Mann
- '' Gladiator '' - Universal & DreamWorks - Douglas Wick , David Franzoni , & Branko Lustig '''
- ---'' Chocolat '' - David Brown , Kit Golden , & Leslie Holleran
- ---'' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '' (''Wo hu cang long'', Republic of China) - Sony Pictures Classics - William Kong , Li-Kong Hsu , & Ang Lee
- ---'' Erin Brockovich '' - Columbia & Universal - Danny DeVito , Michael Shamberg , & Stacey Sher
- ---'' Traffic '' - USA Films - Edward Zwick , Marshall Herskovitz , & Laura Bickford
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