Oskar za najboljši film (angleško The Academy Award for Best Picture) je ena od ameriških filmskih nagrad oskar, ki jih Ameriška filmska akademija podeljuje že od začetka podelitve leta 1929. Nagrado dobijo producent oz. producenti filma z največ glasovi članov akademije, ki lahko tudi predlagajo nominirance. Podelijo ga je ob koncu prireditve in velja za najprestižnejšega oskarja. Največkrat sta nagrado osvojila Sam Spiegel in Saul Zaentz, po trikrat, Steven Spielberg pa ima največ nominacij, štirinajst.
Zmagovalci in nominiranci 1920. Leto Film Studio 1927/28(1.) Wings Paramount Famous Lasky The Racket The Caddo Company Sedma nebesa (7th Heaven) Fox 1928/29<small>(2.) Melodija Broadwaya (The Broadway Melody) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Alibi Feature Productions Hollywood Revue Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In Old Arizona Fox Patriot (The Patriot) Paramount Famous Lasky
1930. Leto Film Studio 1929/30(3.) Na zahodu nič novega (All Quiet on the Western Front) Universal The Big House Cosmopolitan Disraeli Warner Bros. The Divorcee Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Love Parade Paramount Famous Lasky 1930/31(4.) Cimarron RKO Radio East Lynne Fox The Front Page The Caddo Company Skippy Paramount Publix Trader Horn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1931/32(5.) Grand Hotel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arrowsmith Samuel Goldwyn Productions Bad Girl Fox The Champ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Five Star Final First National One Hour with You Paramount Publix Šanghaj-ekspres (Shanghai Express) Paramount Publix Valčkov čar (The Smiling Lieutenant) Paramount Publix 1932/33<small>(6.) Cavalcade Fox 42nd Street Warner Bros. Zbogom, orožje (A Farewell to Arms) Paramount Jaz sem begunec iz Chain Ganga (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang) Warner Bros. Lady za en dan (Lady for a Day) Columbia Čas deklištva (Little Women) RKO Radio The Private Life of Henry VIII London Films She Done Him Wrong Paramount Smilin' Through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer State Fair Fox 1934<small>(7.) Zgodilo se je neke noči (It Happened One Night) Columbia The Barretts of Wimpole Street Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Kleopatra (Cleopatra) Paramount Flirtation Walk First National The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Here Comes the Navy Warner Bros. The House of Rothschild 20th Century Imitacija življenja (Imitation of Life) Universal Noč ljubezni (One Night of Love) Columbia The Thin Man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Viva Villa! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The White Parade Jesse L. Lasky (produkcijska družba) 1935<small>(8.) Upor na ladji Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Alice Adams RKO Radio Broadway Melody of 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Kapitan Blood (Captain Blood) Cosmopolitan David Copperfield Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ovaduh (The Informer) RKO Radio The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Paramount Sen kresne noči (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Warner Bros. Les Misérables 20th Century Naughty Marietta Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ruggles of Red Gap Paramount Top Hat RKO Radio 1936(9.) Veliki Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Anthony Adverse Warner Bros. Dodsworth Samuel Goldwyn Productions Lahkoživka (Libeled Lady) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Columbia Romeo in Julija (Romeo and Juliet) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer San Francisco Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Story of Louis Pasteur Cosmopolitan A Tale of Two Cities Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tri zlate deklice (Three Smart Girls) Universal 1937(10.) Vest človeštva (The Life of Emile Zola) Warner Bros. Strašna resnica (The Awful Truth) Columbia Pogumni kapitani (Captains Courageous) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ne vedo kaj delajo (Dead End) Samuel Goldwyn Productions Krik Vzhoda (The Good Earth) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In Old Chicago 20th Century-Fox Izgubljeno obzorje (Lost Horizon) Columbia One Hundred Men and a Girl Universal Stage Door RKO Radio Zvezda je rojena (A Star Is Born) Selznick International Pictures 1938(11.) Ničesar ne moreš vzeti s seboj (You Can't Take It with You) Columbia Pustolovščine Robina Hooda (The Adventures of Robin Hood) Warner Bros.-First National Fantom trubadur (Alexander's Ragtime Band) 20th Century-Fox Boys Town Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Citadel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Four Daughters Warner Bros.-First National Velika iluzija (Grand Illusion) Realization D'Art Cinematographique Jezebel Warner Bros. Pygmalion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Vragi neba (Test Pilot) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1939(12.) V vrtincu (Gone with the Wind) Selznick International Pictures Dark Victory Warner Bros.-First National Zbogom, gospod Chips (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ljubezenska afera (Love Affair) RKO Radio Mr. Smith v senatu (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) Columbia Ninočka (Ninotchka) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ljudje in miši (Of Mice and Men) Hal Roach (produkcijska družba) Poštna kočija (Stagecoach) Walter Wanger (produkcijska družba) Čarovnik iz Oza (The Wizard of Oz) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Viharni vrh (Wuthering Heights) Samuel Goldwyn Productions
1940. Leto Film Studio 1940(13.) Rebeka Selznick International Pictures In na koncu sreča (All This, and Heaven Too) Warner Bros. Dopisnik iz tujine (Foreign Correspondent) Walter Wanger (produkcijska družba) Sadovi jeze (The Grapes of Wrath) 20th Century-Fox Veliki diktator (The Great Dictator) Charles Chaplin Productions Kitty Foyle RKO Radio Pismo (The Letter) Warner Bros. Dolga pot domov (The Long Voyage Home) Argosy-Wanger Our Town Sol Lesser (produkcijska družba) Zgodba iz Philadelphije (The Philadelphia Story) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1941(14.) Kako zelena je bila moja dolina (How Green Was My Valley) 20th Century-Fox Blossoms in the Dust Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Državljan Kane (Citizen Kane) Mercury Prihaja gospod Jordan (Here Comes Mr. Jordan) Columbia Hold Back the Dawn Paramount The Little Foxes Samuel Goldwyn Productions Malteški sokol (The Maltese Falcon) Warner Bros. One Foot in Heaven Warner Bros. Narednik York (Sergeant York) Warner Bros. Sum (Suspicion) RKO Radio 1942(15.) Gospa Miniver (Mrs. Miniver) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 49. vzporednik (49th Parallel, The Invaders) Ortus Kraljeva vrsta (Kings Row) Warner Bros. Veličastni Ambersonovi (The Magnificent Ambersons) Mercury The Pied Piper 20th Century-Fox The Pride of the Yankees Samuel Goldwyn Productions Random Harvest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Talk of the Town Columbia Wake Island Paramount Yankee Doodle Dandy Warner Bros. 1943(16.) Casablanca Warner Bros. Komu zvoni (For Whom the Bell Tolls) Paramount Nebo lahko počaka (Heaven Can Wait) 20th Century-Fox Človeška komedija (The Human Comedy) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tisti, ki služijo na morju (In Which We Serve) Two Cities Films Madame Curie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The More the Merrier Columbia Zanka za nedolžnega (The Ox-Bow Incident) 20th Century-Fox The Song of Bernadette 20th Century-Fox Watch on the Rhine Warner Bros. 1944(17.) Hodi za menoj! (Going My Way) Paramount Dvojno zavarovanje (Double Indemnity) Paramount Plinska svetilka (Gaslight) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Since You Went Away Selznick International Pictures Wilson 20th Century-Fox 1945(18.) Pokvarjeni izlet (The Lost Weekend) Paramount Anchors Aweigh Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Marijini zvonovi (The Bells of St. Mary's) Rainbow Productions Mildred Pierce Warner Bros. Uročen (Spellbound) Selznick International Pictures 1946(19.) Najboljša leta našega življenja (The Best Years of Our Lives) Samuel Goldwyn Productions Henrik V. (Henry V) Two Cities Films Čudovito življenje (It's a Wonderful Life) Liberty Films The Razor's Edge 20th Century-Fox The Yearling Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1947(20.) Gentleman's Agreement 20th Century-Fox Škofova žena (The Bishop's Wife) Samuel Goldwyn Productions Navzkrižni ogenj (Crossfire) RKO Radio Veliko pričakovanje (Great Expectations) J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild Čudež na 34. ulici (Miracle on 34th Street) 20th Century-Fox 1948(21.) Hamlet J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. Rdeči čeveljci (The Red Shoes) J. Arthur Rank-Archers Kačje brezno (The Snake Pit) 20th Century-Fox Zaklad Sierra Madre (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) Warner Bros. 1949(22.) Vsi kraljevi možje (All the King's Men) Robert Rossen Productions Bojišče (Battleground) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dedinja (The Heiress) Paramount A Letter to Three Wives 20th Century-Fox Eskadra vzleti ob dvanajstih (Twelve O'Clock High) 20th Century-Fox
1950. Leto Film Studio/Producent(a/i) 1950(23.) Vse o Evi (All About Eve) 20th Century-Fox Rojena včeraj (Born Yesterday) Columbia Nevestin oče (Father of the Bride) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Rudniki kralja Salomona (King Solomon's Mines) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bulvar somraka (Sunset Boulevard) Paramount 1951(24.) Amerikanec v Parizu (An American in Paris) Arthur Freed Decision Before Dawn Anatole Litvak in Frank McCarthy Mesto pod soncem (A Place in the Sun) George Stevens Quo Vadis Sam Zimbalist Tramvaj Poželenje (A Streetcar Named Desire) Charles K. Feldman 1952(25.) Največja predstava na svetu (The Greatest Show on Earth) Cecil B. DeMille Točno opoldne (High Noon) Stanley Kramer Ivanhoe Pandro S. Berman Moulin Rouge John Huston, John in James Woolf Tihi mož (The Quiet Man) John Ford in Merian C. Cooper 1953(26.) Od tod do večnosti (From Here to Eternity) Buddy Adler Julij Cezar (Julius Caesar) John Houseman Ogrinjalo (The Robe) Frank Ross Rimske počitnice (Roman Holiday) William Wyler Shane George Stevens 1954(27.) Na pristaniški obali (On the Waterfront) Sam Spiegel Upor na ladji Caine (The Caine Mutiny) Stanley Kramer Podeželanka (The Country Girl) William Perlberg Sedem nevest za sedem bratov (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) Jack Cummings Three Coins in the Fountain Sol C. Siegel 1955(28.) Marty Harold Hecht Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Buddy Adler Mister Roberts Leland Hayward Picnic Fred Kohlmar The Rose Tattoo Hal B. Wallis 1956(29.) V 80 dneh okoli sveta (Around the World in 80 Days) Michael Todd Prijateljsko prepričevanje (Friendly Persuasion) William Wyler Velikan (Giant) George Stevens in Henry Ginsberg Kralj in jaz (The King in I) Charles Brackett Deset zapovedi (The Ten Commandments) Cecil B. DeMille 1957(30.) Most na reki Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai) Sam Spiegel 12 jeznih mož (12 Angry Men) Henry Fonda in Reginald Rose Mestece Peyton (Peyton Place) Jerry Wald Sayonara William Goetz Tožilčeva priča (Witness for the Prosecution) Arthur Hornblow Jr. 1958(31.) Gigi Arthur Freed Auntie Mame Jack L. Warner Mačka na vroči pločevinasti strehi (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) Lawrence Weingarten Beg v verigah (The Defiant Ones) Stanley Kramer Separate Tables Harold Hecht 1959(32.) Ben-Hur Sam Zimbalist Anatomija umora (Anatomy of a Murder) Otto Preminger Dnevnik Ane Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank) George Stevens Nuna (The Nun's Story) Henry Blanke Room at the Top John im James Woolf
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