BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR: FROM ‘WINGS’ TO ‘AMADEUS’

Here is a list of the best picture Oscar winners through the years. Dates represent the official period of competition for the film.

1927-28--”Wings.”

1928-29--”Broadway Melody.”

1929-30--”All Quiet on the Western Front.”

1930-31--”Cimarron.”

1931-32--”Grand Hotel.”

1932-33--”Cavalcade.”

1934--”It Happened One Night.”

1935--”Mutiny on the Bounty.”

1936--”The Great Ziegfeld.”

1937--”The Life of Emile Zola.”

1938--”You Can’t Take It With You.”

1939--”Gone With the Wind.”

1940--”Rebecca.”

1941--”How Green Was My Valley.”

1942--”Mrs. Miniver.”

1943--”Casablanca.”

1944--”Going My Way.”

1945--”The Lost Weekend.”

1946--”The Best Years of Our Lives.”

1947--”Gentlemen’s Agreement.”

1948--”Hamlet.”

1949--”All the King’s Men.”

1950--”All About Eve.”

1951--”An American in Paris.”

1952--”The Greatest Show on Earth.”

1953--”From Here to Eternity.”

1954--”On the Waterfront.”

1955--”Marty.”

1956--”Around the World in 80 Days.”

1957--”The Bridge on the River Kwai.”

1958--”Gigi.”

1959--”Ben-Hur.”

1960--”The Apartment.”

1961--”West Side Story.”

1962--”Lawrence of Arabia.”

1963--”Tom Jones.”

1964--”My Fair Lady.”

1965--”The Sound of Music.”

1966--”A Man for All Seasons.”

1967--”In the Heat of the Night.”

1968--”Oliver!”

1969--”Midnight Cowboy.”

1970--”Patton.”

1971--”The French Connection.”

1972--”The Godfather.”

1973--”The Sting.”

1974--”The Godfather, Part II.”

1975--”One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

1976--”Rocky.”

1977--”Annie Hall.”

1978--”The Deer Hunter.”

1979--”Kramer vs. Kramer.”

1980--”Ordinary People.”

1981--”Chariots of Fire.”

1982--”Gandhi.”

1983--”Terms of Endearment.”

1984--”Amadeus.”