The Best Picture for Each Year [1971-2012]

By: Jonas Silgali​s

From 1971 to 2012

• 01
  The French Connection
  William Friedkin
• 02
  The Godfather
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 03
  The Sting
  George Roy Hill
• 04
  The Godfather: Part II
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 05
  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  Miloš Forman
• 06
  Network
  Sidney Lumet
• 07
  Annie Hall
  Woody Allen
• 08
  The Deer Hunter
  Michael Cimino
• 09
  Alien
  Ridley Scott
• 10
  The Shining
  Stanley Kubrick
• 11
  Raiders of the Lost Ark
  Steven Spielberg
• 12
  Koyaanisqatsi
  Godfrey Reggio
• 13
  Scarface
  Brian De Palma
• 14
  Once Upon a Time in America
  Sergio Leone
• 15
  Brazil
  Terry Gilliam
• 16
  Hannah and Her Sisters
  Woody Allen
• 17
  Planes, Trains & Automobiles
  John Hughes
• 18
  Heathers
  Michael Lehmann
• 19
  Monsieur Hire
  Patrice Leconte
• 20
  Goodfellas
  Martin Scorsese
• 21
  The Silence of the Lambs
  Jonathan Demme
• 22
  Unforgiven
  Clint Eastwood
• 23
  Three Colors: Blue
  Krzysztof Kieślowski
• 24
  Pulp Fiction
  Quentin Tarantino
• 25
  Heat
  Michael Mann
• 26
  Fargo
  Joel Coen
• 27
  Jackie Brown
  Quentin Tarantino
• 28
  The Big Lebowski
  Joel Coen
• 29
  Magnolia
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 30
  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  Joel Coen
• 31
  Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 32
  The Pianist
  Roman Polanski
• 33
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  Peter Jackson
• 34
  The Aviator
  Martin Scorsese
• 35
  Munich
  Steven Spielberg
• 36
  Casino Royale
  Martin Campbell
• 37
  No Country for Old Men
  Ethan Coen
• 38
  Goodbye Solo
  Ramin Bahrani
• 39
  Moon
  Duncan Jones
• 40
  Inception
  Christopher Nolan
• 41
  The Artist
  Michel Hazanavicius
• 42
  Argo
  Ben Affleck