1995 Mel Gibson - BRAVEHEART
1994 Robert Zemeckis - FORREST GUMP
1993 Steven Spielberg - SCHINDLER'S LIST
1992 Clint Eastwood - UNFORGIVEN
1991 Jonathan Demme - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990 Kevin Costner - DANCES WITH WOLVES
1989 Oliver Stone - BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
1988 Barry Levinson - RAIN MAN
1987 Bernardo Bertolucci - THE LAST EMPEROR
1986 Oliver Stone - PLATOON
1985 Sydney Pollack - OUT OF AFRICA
1984 Milos Forman - AMADEUS
1983 James L. Brooks - TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
1982 Richard Attenborough - GANDHI
1981 Warren Beatty - REDS
1980 Robert Redford - ORDINARY PEOPLE
1979 Robert Benton 2 - KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1978 Michael Cimino - THE DEER HUNTER
1977 Woody Allen - ANNIE HALL
1976 John G. Avildsen - ROCKY
1975 Milos Forman - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1974 Francis Ford Coppola - THE GODFATHER PART II
1973 George Roy Hill - THE STING
1972 Bob Fosse - CABARET
1971 William Friedkin - THE FRENCH CONNECTION
1970 Franklin J. Schaffner - PATTON
1969 John Schlesinger - MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1968 Carol Reed - OLIVER!
1967 Mike Nichols - THE GRADUATE
1966 Fred Zinnemann - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
1965 Robert Wise - THE SOUND OF MUSIC
1964 George Cukor - MY FAIR LADY
1963 Tony Richardson - TOM JONES
1962 David Lean - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
1961 Jerome Robbins WEST SIDE STORY Robert Wise - WEST SIDE STORY
1960 Billy Wilder - THE APARTMENT
1959 William Wyler - BEN-HUR
1958 Vincente Minnelli - GIGI
1957 David Lean - THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1956 George Stevens - GIANT
1955 Delbert Mann - MARTY
1954 Elia Kazan - ON THE WATERFRONT
1953 Fred Zinnemann - FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1952 John Ford - THE QUIET MAN
1951 George Stevens - A PLACE IN THE SUN
1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz - ALL ABOUT EVE
1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
1948 John Huston - THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1947 Elia Kazan - GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
1946 William Wyler - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
1945 Billy Wilder - THE LOST WEEKEND
1944 Leo McCarey - GOING MY WAY
1943 Michael Curtiz - CASABLANCA
1942 William Wyler - MRS. MINIVER
1941 John Ford - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
1940 John Ford - THE GRAPES OF WRATH
1939 Victor Fleming - GONE WITH THE WIND
1938 Frank Capra - YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
1937 Leo McCarey - THE AWFUL TRUTH
1936 Frank Capra - MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
1935 John Ford - THE INFORMER
1934 Frank Capra - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1933 Frank Lloyd - CAVALCADE
1932 Frank Borzage - BAD GIRL
1931 Norman Taurog - SKIPPY
1920 Lewis Milestone - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
1929 Frank Lloyd - THE DIVINE LADY
1928 Lewis Milestone - TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS - Frank Borzage - 7TH HEAVEN