1953

1. The Earrings of Madame de... 2. Tokyo Story 3. The Wages of Fear 4. Ugetsu 5. The Big Heat 6. Pickup on South Street 7. Therese Raquin 8. Stalag 17 9. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T 10. Sawdust and Tinsel

11. Il Vitelloni 12. El 13. A Geisha 14. From Here to Eternity 15. The Naked Spur 16. Roman Holiday 17. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday 18. Rue de l'Estrapade 19. Angel Face 20. Peter Pan

1. Max Ophüls, The Earrings of Madame de... 2. Yasujiro Ozu, Tokyo Story 3. Henri-Georges Clouzot, The Wages of Fear 4. Kenji Mizoguchi, Ugetsu 5. Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity

6. Fritz Lang, The Big Heat 7. Billy Wilder, Stalag 17 8. Samuel Fuller, Pickup on South Street 9. Federico Fellini, Il Vitelloni 10. Ingmar Bergman, Sawdust and Tinsel

1. Trevor Howard, The Heart of the Matter 2. Glenn Ford, The Big Heat 3. Charles Boyer, The Earrings of Madame de... 4. Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity 5. William Holden, Stalag 17

6. James Mason, Julius Caeser 7. James Stewart, The Naked Spur 8. Masauki Mori, Ugetsu 9. Arturo de Cordova, El 10. Vittorio Gassman, The Glass Wall

1. Anne Vernon, Rue de l'Estrapade 2. Barbara Stanwyck, All I Desire 3. Michiyo Kogure, A Geisha 4. Simone Signoret, Therese Raquin 5. Danielle Darrieux, The Earrings of Madame de...

6. Ava Gardner, Mogambo 7. Ida Lupino, The Bigamist 8. Hideko Takamine, Wild Geese 9. Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday 10. Jean Simmons, Angel Face

1. Robert Ryan, The Naked Spur 2. Hans Conried, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T 3. Alberto Sordi, Il Vitelloni 4. John Gielgud, Julius Caeser 5. Marlon Brando, Julius Caeser

6. Anders Ek, Sawdust and Tinsel 7. Roland Leseffre, Therese Raquin 8. Ernest Borgnine, From Here to Eternity 9. Jay Robinson, The Robe 10. Lee Marvin, The Wild One

1. Thelma Ritter, Pick Up on South Street 2. Hildergarde Knef, The Man Between 3. Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat 4. Setsuko Hara, Tokyo Story 5. Sylvie, Therese Raquin

6. Ann Sothern, The Blue Gardenia 7. Kinuyo Tanaka, Ugetsu 8. Carolyn Jones, The House of Wax 9. Celia Johnson, The Captain’s Paradise 10. Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity

1. Kazuo Miyagawa, Ugetsu 2. Christian Matras, The Earrings of Madame de... 3. Armand Thirard, The Wages of Fear 4. Kôhei Sugiyama, Gate of Hell 5. Yûharu Atsuta, Tokyo Story

6. Joseph MacDonald, Niagara 7. Loyal Griggs, Shane 8. Hilding Bladh & Sven Nykvist, Sawdust and Tinsel 9. Robert Burks, I Confess 10. Burnett Guffey, From Here to Eternity

1939

1. Gone with the Wind 2. The Wizard of Oz 3. Only Angels Have Wings 4. Stagecoach 5. The Rules of the Game 6. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 7. Le Jour se Lève 8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 9. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 10. Beau Geste

11. Ninotchka 12. Midnight 13. Four Feathers 14. The Roaring Twenties 15. Destry Rides Again 16. Dark Victory 17. Dodge City 18. Gunga Din 19. Young Mr. Lincoln 20. Of Mice and Man

1. Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind 2. Jean Renoir, The Rules of the Game 3. Victor Fleming, The Wizard of Oz 4. Howard Hawks, Only Angels Have Wings 5. John Ford, Stagecoach

6. Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 7. William A. Wellman, Beau Geste 8. Kenji Mizoguchi, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 9. William Dieterle, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 10. Marcel Carné, Le Jour se Lève

1. Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind 2. Charles Laughton, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 3. James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 4. Jean Gabin, Le Jour se Lève 5. Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights

6. James Cagney, The Roaring Twenties 7. Basil Rathbone, The Hound of Bakervilles 8. Cary Grant, Only Angels Have Wings 9. Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips 10. John Wayne, Stagecoach

1. Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind 2. Irene Dunne, Love Affair 3. Greta Garbo, Ninotchka 4. Claudette Colbert, Midnight 5. Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz

6. Claire Trevor, Stagecoach 7. Jean Arthur Only Angels Have Wings 8. Bette Davis, Dark Victory 9. Kakuko Mori, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 10. Jean Arthur, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1. Bert Lahr, The Wizard of Oz 2. Cedric Hardwicke, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 3. Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach 4. Frank Morgan, The Wizard of Oz 5. Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

6. Ray Bolger, The Wizard of Oz 7. Ralph Richardson, Four Feathers 8. Lee J. Cobb, Golden Boy 9. Thomas Mitchell, Gone with the Wind 10. Jack Haley, The Wizard of Oz

1. Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind 2. Margaret Hamilton, The Wizard of Oz 3. Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind 4. Gladys George, The Roaring Twenties 5. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights

6. Joan Crawford, The Women 7. Kay Francis, In Name Only 8. Rosalind Russell, The Women 9. Maria Ouspenskaya, Love Affair 10. Paulette Goddard, The Women

1. Ernest Haller & Ray Rennahan, Gone with the Wind 2. Alphen, Bachelet, Lemare & A. Renoir, The Rules of the Game 3. Gregg Toland, Wuthering Heights 4. Yozô Fuji & Minoru Miki, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 5. P. Agostini, A. Bac, A. Viguier & C. Courant, Le Jour se Lève

6. Harold Rosson, The Wizard of Oz 7. Joseph Walker, Only Angels Have Wings 8. Bernard Knowles & W.V. Skall, The Mikado 9. Robert H. Planck, The Man in the Iron Mask 10. Gregg Toland, Intermezzo: A Love Story

1948

1. Letter from an Unknown Woman 2. The Treasure of Sierra Madre 3. Brighton Rock 4. Red River 5. They Live By Night 6. Bicycle Thieves 7. The Red Shoes 8. The Big Clock 9. Germany, Year Zero 10. The Fallen Idol

11. Unfaithfully Yours 12. The Winslow Boy 13. Drunken Angel 14. Spring in a Small Town 15. Fort Apache 16. La Terra Trema 17. Moonrise 18. Naked City 19. Rope 20. Oliver Twist

1. John Huston, The Treasure of Sierra Madre 2. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell, The Red Shoes 3. Vittorio de Sica, Bicycle Thieves 4. John Boulting, Brighton Rock 5. Howard Hawks, Red River

6. Nicholas Ray, They Live by Night 7. Roberto Rossellini, Germany, Year Zero 8. Max Ophüls, Letter from an Unknown Woman 9. John Farrow, The Big Clock 10. Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol

1. Richard Attenborough, Brighton Rock 2. Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of Sierra Madre 3. Toshiro Mifune, Drunken Angel 4. Takashi Shimura, Drunken Angel 5. Rex Harrison, Unfaithfully Yours

6. Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol 7. Ray Milland, The Big Clock 8. Montgomery Clift, The Search 9. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet 10. James Stewart, Call Northside 777

1. Joan Fontaine, Letter from an Unknown Woman 2. Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit 3. Anna Magnani, L'amore 4. Yvonne de Bray, Les parents terribles 5. Kinuyo Tanaka, A Hen in the Wind

6. Edwige Feuillère, The Two-Headed Eagle 7. Irene Dunne, I Remember Mama 8. Nine-Christine Jönsson, Port of Call 9. Moira Shearer, The Red Shoes 10. Jarmila Novotna, The Search

1. Walter Huston, The Treasure of Sierra Madre 2. Robert Donat, The Winslow Boy 3. Alec Guinness, Oliver Twist 4. James Stewart, Rope 5. Edward G. Robinson, Key Largo

6. Ralph Richardson, Anna Karenina 7. Cecil Kellaway, The Luck of Irish 8. Cedric Hardwicke, The Winslow Boy 9. Thomas Gomez, Force of Evil 10. William Hartnell, Brighton Rock

1. Ethel Barrymore, The Portrait of Jennie 2. Hermione Baddeley, Brighton Rock 3. Margaret Leighton, The Winslow Boy 4. Gabrielle Doziart, Les parents terribles 5. Claire Trevor, Key Largo

6. Sonia Dresdel, The Fallen Idol 7. Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda 8. Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama 9. Jean Simmons, Hamlet 10. Silvia Monfort, The Two-Headed Eagle

1. Jack Cardiff, The Red Shoes 2. William H. Daniels, Naked City 3. Georges Périnal, The Fallen Idol 4. Carlo Montuori, Bicycle Thieves 5. Robert Juillard, Germany, Year Zero

6. Franz Planer, Letter from an Unknown Woman 7. John F. Seitz & Daniel L. Fapp, The Big Clock 8. Harry Waxman,  Brighton Rock 9. Ted D. McCord, The Treasure of Sierra Madre 10. Russell Harlan, Red River