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x Wings Wings William A. Wellman
Wings (1927) is a silent movie about World War I fighter pilots, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (production) and the only silent film ever to win...
Aug 12, 1927
x The Broadway Melody BroadwayMelodyy1929 Harry Beaumont
The Broadway Melody is a 1929 musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals...
Feb 1, 1929
x All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 war film set on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, and stars Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander. All Quiet on the Western...
1930
x Cimarron Cimarron Wesley Ruggles
Cimarron (1931) is a film directed by Wesley Ruggles and based on the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron. Despite America being in the depths of the Depression, RKO immediately prepared for a big-budget picture, investing more than 1.5 million dollars into...
Feb 9, 1931
x Grand Hotel Grand Hotel Edmund Goulding
Grand Hotel is a 1932 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by William A. Drake and Béla Balázs is based on the 1930 play of the same title by Drake, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum....
Apr 12, 1932
x Cavalcade Cavalcade Frank Lloyd
Cavalcade is a 1933 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward. Offering a view of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 through New...
Jan 5, 1933
x It Happened One Night It Happened One Night Frank Capra
It Happened One Night is an 1934 American comedy with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter ...
1934
x Mutiny on the Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty Frank Lloyd
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and directed by Frank Lloyd based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty. The film was one of the biggest hits of its time and remains a...
1935
x The Great Ziegfeld The Great Ziegfeld Robert Z. Leonard
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) is a musical film produced by MGM. Although the film is a fictionalized biography of Florenz Ziegfeld from his show business beginnings to his death, it showcases a series of spectacular musical productions. The film...
Apr 8, 1936
x The Life of Emile Zola /wikipedia/images/en_id/4970269 William Dieterle
The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement in the...
1937
x You Can't Take It With You You Can't Take It with You Frank Capra
You Can't Take It With You (1938) is a comedy film directed by Frank Capra adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The cast includes James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward...
Aug 23, 1938
x Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind George Cukor
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American drama romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name and directed by Victor Fleming (Fleming replaced George Cukor). The epic film, set in the American South in and around the time of...
1939
Victor Fleming
Sam Wood
x Rebecca Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca (1940) is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project, and his first film produced under his contract with David O. Selznick. The film's screenplay was an adaptation by Joan Harrison and Robert E....
1940
x How Green Was My Valley How Green Was My Valley John Ford
How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Ford. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, written by Philip Dunne, and based on the Richard Llewellyn novel of the same name. The film stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara...
1941
x Casablanca /guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000010273b47 Michael Curtiz
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Set during World War II, it focuses...
1942
x Mrs. Miniver Mrs. Miniver William Wyler
Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson in the title role. It was produced as a propaganda film aimed at ending American isolation from World War II, and was based on the fictional English housewife...
Jun 4, 1942
x Going My Way Going My Way Leo McCarey
Going My Way, a 1944 film directed by Leo McCarey. It is a light-hearted musical comedy/drama about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran (Barry Fitzgerald). Crosby sings five songs in the film. It was...
May 3, 1944
x The Lost Weekend The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder
The Lost Weekend is a 1945 dramatic film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. The film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks heavily out of frustration over the accusation...
1945
x The Best Years of Our Lives The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II. Samuel Goldwyn was motivated to produce the film after his wife Frances read an August...
1946
x Gentleman's Agreement Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 drama film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who goes undercover as a Jew to research antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. The movie was controversial in its time,...
1947
x Hamlet Hamlet Laurence Olivier
Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director, and also the second of his three Shakespeare films. It is the only one of...
1948
x All the King's Men All the King's Men Robert Rossen
All the King's Men is a 1949 drama film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. It was directed by Robert Rossen and starred Broderick Crawford in the role of Willie Stark. All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician...
Nov 8, 1949
x All About Eve All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve," by Mary Orr. The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne...
1950
x An American in Paris An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli
An American in Paris is a 1951 MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by...
1951
x The Greatest Show on Earth The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille
The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film was produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film's storyline is supported by...
Jan 10, 1952
x From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. It deals with the troubles of soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, and Ernest Borgnine stationed on Hawaii in the months...
1953
x On the Waterfront On the Waterfront Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J....
1954
x Marty Marty Delbert Mann
Marty is a teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky which was telecast live May 24, 1953 on The Goodyear Television Playhouse with Rod Steiger in the title role. The 1955 film adaptation was directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The...
1955
x Around the World in Eighty Days 56a John Farrow
Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson. John Farrow, the original director, was replaced by Anderson after a few days of shooting....
1956
Michael Anderson
x The Bridge on the River Kwai /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f59a26f David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942...
1957
Gus Agosti
Ted Sturgis
x Gigi Gigi Vincente Minnelli
Gigi is a 1958 American musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette. The film features songs with lyrics by Lerner; music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and...
1958
x Ben-Hur Ben-Hur William Wyler
Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It premiered at Loew's State Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1959. The film went on to win a...
Nov 18, 1959
x The Apartment The Apartment Billy Wilder
The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's follow up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot and was an equal...
1960
x West Side Story West Side Story Jerome Robbins
West Side Story is a 1961 American film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, which itself was adapted from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard...
1961
Robert Wise
x Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Austrian Sam Spiegel (through his British company, Horizon Pictures), from a script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. ...
1962
x Tom Jones Tom Jones Tony Richardson
Tom Jones is a 1963 British comedy film. It is an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749), starring Albert Finney as the titular hero. It was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies...
Oct 6, 1963
x My Fair Lady My Fair Lady George Cukor
My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, My Fair Lady, based on the film adaptation of the stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The ending and the ballroom scene are from the 1938 film Pygmalion...
1964
x The Sound of Music The Sound of Music Robert Wise
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar...
1965
x A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann
A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann who had...
Dec 12, 1966
x In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film based on the John Ball novel published in 1965, which tells the story of an African-American police detective from Philadelphia who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in...
1967
x Oliver! Oliver! Carol Reed
Oliver! is a 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the stage musical Oliver!, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart. The screenplay was written by Vernon Harris. Both the film and play are based on the famous...
Sep 26, 1968
x Midnight Cowboy Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. It was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and then-newcomer Jon Voight in the title role. Notable smaller...
1969
x Patton 70 patton Franklin Schaffner
Patton (UK: Patton: Lust for Glory) is a 1970 biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from...
1970
x The French Connection /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f59a12b William Friedkin
The French Connection is a 1971 American crime film directed by William Friedkin. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the non-fiction book by Robin Moore. It tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named ...
1971
x The Godfather /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f64e31c Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather is a 1972 American thriller film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne (uncredited). It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James...
1972
x The Sting The Sting George Roy Hill
The Sting is a 1973 caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). The story, created by screenwriter David S. Ward, was...
1973
x The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. The film is both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, chronicling the story of the Corleone family following the...
1974
x One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest poster Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman. The film is an adaptation of the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The movie was the first to win all five major Academy Awards (Best...
1975
x Rocky /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000fdd9e97 John G. Avildsen
Rocky is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. It tells the rags-to-riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in Philadelphia....
1976
x Annie Hall Annie Hall Woody Allen
Annie Hall a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002...
1977
x The Deer Hunter "The Deer Hunter" poster Michael Cimino
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. It is loosely inspired by the German novel Three Comrades (1937),...
1978
x Kramer vs. Kramer /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f4de72f Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 film adapted by Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, and directed by Benton. The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including the couple's young son. It...
1979
x Ordinary People "Ordinary People" poster Robert Redford
Ordinary People is a 1980 American film drama that marked the directorial debut of Robert Redford. The story concerns the disintegration of an upper middle class family in Lake Forest, Illinois, following the death of the oldest son. The screenplay...
1980
x Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson
Chariots of Fire is an inspirational fact-based 1981 British film. It tells the true story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to...
1981
x Gandhi /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f4d2867 Richard Attenborough
Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film based on the life of Mohandas Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and...
1982
x Terms of Endearment Terms of endearment James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment is a 1983 romantic comedy-drama film adapted by James L. Brooks from the novel by Larry McMurtry. Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) and Emma Greenway Horton (Debra Winger) are mother and daughter searching for love. Beginning with Emma's...
1983
x Amadeus amadeus.jpg Miloš Forman
Peter Shaffer's Amadeus is a 1984 musical film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers...
1984
x Out of Africa Out of Africa Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa is a 1985 film based loosely on the autobiographical book by Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Karen Blixen) published in 1937, as well as Dinesen's Shadows on the Grass and other sources. The movie received 28 film awards, including seven...
1985
x Platoon Platoon Oliver Stone
Platoon is a 1986 war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe, with a small supporting turn from Johnny Depp. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the...
1986
x The Last Emperor /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f64d16d Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor is a biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, whose autobiography was the basis for the screenplay written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci. It was directed by Bertolucci and released in 1987 by Columbia...
1987
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