Statistics for Oscar Best Picture Winners And Nominees 1927-2008

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Answer Stats

Year of ReleaseDirectorAnswer% Correct
1975Steven SpielbergJaws
88%
2006Martin ScorseseThe Departed
88%
1972Francis Ford CoppolaThe Godfather
88%
1974Francis Ford CoppolaThe Godfather Part II
88%
2001Ron HowardA Beautiful Mind
75%
1999Sam MendesAmerican Beauty
75%
1979Francis Ford CoppolaApocalypse Now
75%
1995Ron HowardApollo 13
75%
1995Mel GibsonBraveheart
75%
1941Orson WellesCitizen Kane
75%
1990Kevin CostnerDances With Wolves
75%
1982Steven SpielbergE. T.
75%
1996Coen BrothersFargo
75%
1994Robert ZemeckisForrest Gump
75%
1982Richard AttenboroughGandhi
75%
2002Martin ScorseseGangs of New York
75%
2000Ridley ScottGladiator
75%
1939Victor FlemingGone With the Wind
75%
1990Martin ScorseseGoodfellas
75%
1997Gus Van SantGood Will Hunting
75%
1962David LeanLawrence of Arabia
75%
2001Peter JacksonLord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
75%
2003Sofia CoppolaLost in Translation
75%
2004Clint EastwoodMillion Dollar Baby
75%
2007Coen BrothersNo Country for Old Men
75%
1986Oliver StonePlatoon
75%
1994Quentin TarantinoPulp Fiction
75%
1980Martin ScorseseRaging Bull
75%
1993Steven SpielbergSchindler's List
75%
2008Danny BoyleSlumdog Millionaire
75%
1977George LucasStar Wars
75%
1976Martin ScorseseTaxi Driver
75%
1985Steven SpielbergThe Color Purple
75%
1980David LynchThe Elephant Man
75%
1999Frank DarabontThe Green Mile
75%
2003Peter JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
75%
2002Roman PolanskiThe Pianist
75%
1994Frank DarabontThe Shawshank Redemption
75%
1991Jonathan DemmeThe Silence of the Lambs
75%
1999M. Night ShyamalanThe Sixth Sense
75%
1992Clint EastwoodUnforgiven
75%
1957Sidney Lumet12 Angry Men
63%
1971Stanley KubrickA Clockwork Orange
63%
1950Joseph L. MankiewiczAll About Eve
63%
1984Miloš FormanAmadeus
63%
1973George LucasAmerican Graffiti
63%
1977Woody AllenAnnie Hall
63%
1951Elia KazanA Streetcar Named Desire
63%
1959William WylerBen-Hur
63%
2005Ang LeeBrokeback Mountain
63%
1991Barry LevinsonBugsy
63%
1943Michael CurtizCasablanca
63%
1981Hugh HudsonChariots of Fire
63%
2002Rob MarshallChicago
63%
2005Paul HaggisCrash
63%
1989Peter WeirDead Poets Society
63%
1989Bruce BeresfordDriving Miss Daisy
63%
1971Norman JewisonFiddler on the Roof
63%
2008Ron HowardFrost/Nixon
63%
1990Jerry ZuckerGhost
63%
1948Laurence OlivierHamlet
63%
1991Oliver StoneJFK
63%
2007
Jason Reitman
Juno
63%
1979Robert BentonKramer vs. Kramer
63%
1997Curtis HansonL.A. Confidential
63%
1998Roberto BenigniLife Is Beautiful
63%
1964Robert StevensonMary Poppins
63%
2007Tony GilroyMichael Clayton
63%
2008Gus Van SantMilk
63%
1964George CukorMy Fair Lady
63%
1989Jim SheridanMy Left Foot
63%
2003Clint EastwoodMystic River
63%
1968Carol ReedOliver!
63%
1975Miloš FormanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
63%
1954Elia KazanOn the Waterfront
63%
1985Sydney PollackOut of Africa
63%
1970Franklin J. SchaffnerPatton
63%
1981Steven SpielbergRaiders of the Lost Ark
63%
1988Barry LevinsonRain Man
63%
1976John G. AvildsenRocky
63%
1968Franco ZeffirelliRomeo and Juliet
63%
1936George CukorRomeo and Juliet
63%
1998Steven SpielbergSaving Private Ryan
63%
1992Martin BrestScent of a Woman
63%
1950Billy WilderSunset Boulevard
63%
1960Billy WilderThe Apartment
63%
2004Martin ScorseseThe Aviator
63%
1971William FriedkinThe French Connection
63%
1999Michael MannThe Insider
63%
1965Robert WiseThe Sound of Music
63%
1998Terrence MalickThe Thin Red Line
63%
1997James CameronTitanic
63%
1962Robert MulliganTo Kill a Mockingbird
63%
2000Steven SoderberghTraffic
63%
1961Robert WiseWest Side Story
63%
1927/28William E. WellmanWings
63%
1939Victor FlemingWizard of Oz
63%
1969Costa-GavrasZ
63%
1992Rob ReinerA Few Good Men
50%
1979Bob FosseAll That Jazz
50%
1949Robert RossenAll the King's Men
50%
1976Alan J. PakulaAll the Presidents Men
50%
1966Fred ZinnemanA Man for All Seasons
50%
1986James IvoryA Room With a View
50%
1956Michael AndersonAround the World in 80 Days
50%
1997James L. BrooksAs Good as it Gets
50%
1995Chris NoonanBabe
50%
2006Alejandro González IñárrituBabel
50%
1991Gary Trousdale & Kirk WiseBeauty and the Beast
50%
1967Arthur PennBonnie and Clyde
50%
1989Oliver StoneBorn on the Fourth of July
50%
1979Peter YatesBreaking Away
50%
1969George Roy HillButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
50%
1972Bob FosseCabaret
50%
2005Bennett MillerCapote
50%
1958Richard BrooksCat on a Hot Tin Roof
50%
1932/33Frank LloydCavalcade
50%
1986Randa HainesChildren of a Lesser God
50%
1974Roman PolanskiChinatown
50%
2000Lasse HallströmChocolat
50%
1930/31Wesley RugglesCimarron
50%
1934Cecil B. DeMilleCleopatra
50%
1963Joseph L. MankiewiczCleopatra
50%
1972John BoormanDeliverance
50%
1964Stanley KubrickDr. Strangelove
50%
1998Shekhar KapurElizabeth
50%
2000Steven SoderberghErin Brockovich
50%
1987Adrian LyneFatal Attraction
50%
1989Phil Alden RobinsonField of Dreams
50%
1953Fred ZinnemanFrom Here to Eternity
50%
1958Vincente MinelliGigi
50%
1944Leo McCareyGoing My Way
50%
1931/32Edmund GouldingGrand Hotel
50%
1992James IvoryHowards End
50%
1941John FordHow Green Was My Valley
50%
1967Norman JewisonIn the Heat of the Night
50%
1993Jim SheridanIn the Name of the Father
50%
1934Frank CapraIt Happened One Night
50%
1946Frank CapraIt's a Wonderful Life
50%
1996Cameron CroweJerry Maguire
50%
1977Fred ZinnemanJulia
50%
2006Clint EastwoodLetters from Iwo Jima
50%
1955Delbert MannMarty
50%
1970Robert AltmanM*A*S*H
50%
1969John SchlesingerMidnight Cowboy
50%
1947George SeatonMiracle on 34th Street
50%
1988Alan ParkerMississippi Burning
50%
1987Norman JewisonMoonstruck
50%
1942William WylerMrs. Miniver
50%
2005Steven SpielbergMunich
50%
1962Lewis MilestoneMutiny on the Bounty
50%
1935Frank LloydMutiny on the Bounty
50%
1976Sidney LumetNetwork
50%
1981Mark RydellOn Golden Pond
50%
1980Robert RedfordOrdinary People
50%
1985John HustonPrizzi's Honor
50%
1994Robert RedfordQuiz Show
50%
2004Taylor HackfordRay
50%
1940Alfred HitchcockRebecca
50%
1981Warren BeattyReds
50%
1996Mike LeighSecrets & Lies
50%
1995Ang LeeSense and Sensibility
50%
1998John MaddenShakespeare In Love
50%
2004Alexander PayneSideways
50%
1983James L. BooksTerms of Endearment
50%
1946William WylerThe Best Years of Our Lives
50%
1957David LeanThe Bridge on the River Kwai
50%
1928/29Harry BeaumontThe Broadway Melody
50%
1974Francis Ford CoppolaThe Conversation
50%
1992Neil JordanThe Crying Game
50%
2008David FincherThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
50%
1978Michael CiminoThe Deer Hunter
50%
1996Anthony MinghellaThe English Patiennt
50%
1973William FriedkinThe Exorcist
50%
1993Andrew DavisThe Fugitive
50%
1997Peter CattaneoThe Full Monty
50%
1990Francis Ford CoppolaThe Godfather Part III
50%
1967Mike NicholsThe Graduate
50%
1940John FordThe Grapes of Wrath
50%
1940Charlie ChaplinThe Great Dictator
50%
1952Cecil B. DeMilleThe Greatest Show on Earth
50%
1936Robert Z. LeonardThe Great Ziegfeld
50%
1984Roland JofféThe Killing Fields
50%
1987Bernardo BertolucciThe Last Emperor
50%
1971Peter BogdanovichThe Last Picture Show
50%
1940William WylerThe Letter
50%
1937William DieterleThe Life of Emile Zola
50%
2002Peter JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
50%
1945Billy WilderThe Lost Weekend
50%
1941John HustonThe Maltese Falcon
50%
1993Jane CampionThe Piano
50%
2006Stephen FrearsThe Queen
50%
1952John FordThe Quiet Man
50%
2007Paul Thomas AndersonThere Will Be Blood
50%
1973George Roy HillThe Sting
50%
1956Cecil B. DeMilleThe Ten Commandments
50%
1963Tony RichardsonTom Jones
50%
1985Peter WeirWitness
50%
1957Billy WilderWitness for the Prosecution
50%
1938Frank CapraYou Can't Take It With You
50%
1970George SeatonAirport
38%
1949Joseph L. MankiewiczA Letter to Three Wives
38%
1929/30Lewis MilestoneAll Quiet on the Western Front
38%
1963Elia KazanAmerica America
38%
1951Vincente MinelliAn American In Paris
38%
1959Otto PremingerAnatomy of a Murder
38%
1978Paul MazurskyAn Unmarried Woman
38%
1984David LeanA Passage to India
38%
1951George StevensA Place in the Sun
38%
1937William A. WellmanA Star Is Born
38%
1981Louis MalleAtlantic City
38%
2007Joe WrightAtonement
38%
1990Penny MarshallAwakenings
38%
1975Stanley KubrickBarry Lyndon
38%
1949William A. WellmanBattleground
38%
1950George CukorBorn Yesterday
38%
1976Hal AshbyBound for Glory
38%
1938Norman TaurogBoys Town
38%
1987James L. BrooksBroadcast News
38%
1980Michael AptedCoal Miner's Daughter
38%
1978Hal AshbyComing Home
38%
1973Ingmar BergmanCries and Whispers
38%
2000Ang LeeCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
38%
1965John SchlesingerDarling
38%
1986Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters
38%
1967Richard FleischerDoctor Dolittle
38%
1965David LeanDoctor Zhivago
38%
1975Sidney LumetDog Day Afternoon
38%
1944Billy WilderDouble Indemnity
38%
1960Richard BrooksElmer Gantry
38%
1961Joshua LoganFanny
38%
1950Vincente MilleniFather of the Bride
38%
2004Marc FosterFinding Neverland
38%
1970Bob RafelsonFive Easy Pieces
38%
1994Mike NewellFour Weddings and a Funeral
38%
1956William WylerFriendly Persuasion
38%
1968William WylerFunny Girl
38%
1947Elia KazanGentleman's Agreement
38%
1956George StevensGiant
38%
1939Sam WoodGoodbye, Mr. Chips
38%
2005George ClooneyGood Night, and Good Luck
38%
2001Robert AltmanGosford Park
38%
1967Stanley KramerGuess Who's Coming to Dinner
38%
1943Ernst LubitschHeaven Can Wait
38%
1978Warren Beatty & Buck HenryHeaven Can Wait
38%
1969Gene KellyHello, Dolly
38%
1946Laurence OlivierHenry V
38%
1952Fred ZinnemanHigh Noon
38%
1987John BoormanHope and Glory
38%
1963Henry HathawayHow the West Was Won
38%
2001Todd FieldIn The Bedroom
38%
1938William WylerJezebel
38%
1948Jean NegulescoJohnny Belinda
38%
1961Stanley KramerJudgement at Nuremberg
38%
1985David LeanKiss of the Spider-Woman
38%
1974Bob FosseLenny
38%
2006Jonathan Dayton & Valerie FarisLittle Miss Sunshine
38%
1970Erich SegalLove Story
38%
1943Mervyn LeRoyMadame Curie
38%
2003Peter WeirMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
38%
1978Alan ParkerMidnight Express
38%
1945Michael CurtizMildred Pierce
38%
1982Costa-GavrasMissing
38%
1955John Ford & Mervyn LeRoyMister Roberts
38%
1952John HustonMoulin Rouge
38%
2001Baz LuhrmannMoulin Rouge!
38%
1939Frank CapraMr. Smith Goes to Washington
38%
1975Robert AltmanNashville
38%
1971Franklin J. SchaffnerNicholas and Alexandra
38%
1939Ernst LubitschNinotchka
38%
1979Martin RittNorma Rae
38%
1939Lewis MilestoneOf Mice and Men
38%
1957Mark RobsonPeyton Place
38%
1955Joshua LoganPicnic
38%
1984Robert BentonPlaces in the Heart
38%
1938Anthony Asquith & Leslie HowardPygmalion
38%
1968Paul NewmanRachel, Rachel
38%
1953William WylerRoman Holiday
38%
1957Joshua LoganSayonara
38%
1953George StevensShane
38%
1996Scott HicksShine
38%
1965Stanley KramerShip of Fools
38%
1960Jack CardiffSons and Lovers
38%
1972Martin RittSounder
38%
1939John FordStagecoach
38%
1937Gregory La CavaStage Door
38%
1941Alfred HitchcockSuspicion
38%
1983Bruce BeresfordTender Mercies
38%
1980Roman PolanskiTess
38%
1988Lawrence KasdanThe Accidental Tourist
38%
1938Michael Curtiz & William KeightleyThe Adventures of Robin Hood
38%
1983Lawrence KasdanThe Big Chill
38%
1954Edward DmytrykThe Caine Mutiny
38%
1999Lasse HallströmThe Cider House Rules
38%
1958Stanley KramerThe Defiant Ones
38%
1983Peter YatesThe Dresser
38%
1972Jan TroellThe Emigrants
38%
1977Herbert RossThe Goodbye Girl
38%
1937Sidney FranklinThe Good Earth
38%
2002Stephen DaldryThe Hours
38%
1961Robert RossenThe Hustler
38%
1956Walter LangThe King and I
38%
1968Anthony HarveyThe Lion in Winter
38%
1941William WylerThe Little Foxes
38%
1962Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, & Bernhard WickiThe Longest Day
38%
1940John FordThe Long Voyage Home
38%
1986Roland JofféThe Mission
38%
1959Fred ZinnemanThe Nun's Story
38%
1940George CukorThe Philadelphia Story
38%
1995Michael RadfordThe Postman / Il Postino
38%
1991Barbra StreisandThe Prince of Tides
38%
2008Stephen DaldryThe Reader
38%
1948Michael PowellThe Red Shoes
38%
1993James IvoryThe Remains of the Day
38%
1983Philip KaufmanThe Right Stuff
38%
1955Daniel MannThe Rose Tattoo
38%
1966Norman JewisonThe Russians Are Coming
38%
1966Robert WiseThe Sand Pebbles
38%
1960Fred ZinnemanThe Sundowners
38%
1977Herbert RossThe Turning Point
38%
1982Sidney LumetThe Verdict
38%
1946Clarence BrownThe Yearling
38%
1954Jean NegulescoThree Coins in the Fountain
38%
1982Sydney PollackTootsie
38%
1949Henry KingTwelve O'Clock High
38%
1942John FarrowWake Island
38%
1943Herman ShumlinWatch on the Rhine
38%
1966Mike NicholsWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
38%
1944Henry KingWilson
38%
1988Mike NicholsWorking Girl
38%
1939William WylerWuthering Heights
38%
1942Michael CurtizYankee Doodle Dandy
38%
1964Michael CacaoyannisZorba the Greek
38%
1938Henry KingAlexander's Ragtime Band
25%
1966Lewis GilbertAlfie
25%
1940Anatole LitvakAll This, and Heaven Too
25%
1935Max ReinhardtA Midsummer Night's Dream
25%
1945George SidneyAnchors Aweigh
25%
1969Charles JarrottAnne of the Thousand Days
25%
1984Norman JewisonA Soldier's Story
25%
1936Jack ConwayA Tale of Two Cities
25%
1965Fred CoeA Thousand Clowns
25%
1973Melvin FrankA Touch of Class
25%
1958Morton DaCostaAuntie Mame
25%
1964Peter GlenvilleBecket
25%
1941Mervyn LeRoyBlossoms in the Dust
25%
1937Freddie BartholomewCaptains Courageous
25%
1947Edward DmytrykCrossfire
25%
1988Stephen FrearsDangerous Liaisons
25%
1935George CukorDavid Copperfield
25%
1937William WylerDead End
25%
1951Anatole LitvakDecision Before Dawn
25%
1944George CukorGaslight
25%
1947David LeanGreat Expectations
25%
1941Alexander HallHere Comes Mr. Jordan
25%
1941Mitchell LeisenHold Back the Dawn
25%
1937Henry KingIn Old Chicago
25%
1943Noel CowardIn Which We Serve
25%
1952Richard ThorpeIvanhoe
25%
1950Compton Bennett & Andrew MartonKing Solomon's Mines
25%
1942Sam WoodKings Row
25%
1940Sam WoodKitty Foyle
25%
1963Ralph NelsonLilies of the Field
25%
1932/33George CukorLittle Women
25%
1939Leo McCareyLove Affair
25%
1955Henry KingLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing
25%
1936Frank CapraMr. Deeds Goes to Town
25%
1941Irving RapperOne Foot In Heaven
25%
1937Henry KosterOne Hundred Men and a Girl
25%
1940Thornton WilderOur Town
25%
1951Mervyn LeRoyQuo Vadis
25%
1959Jack ClaytonRoom at the Top
25%
1936W. S. Van DykeSan Francisco
25%
2003Gary RossSeabiscuit
25%
1958Delbert MannSeparate Tables
25%
1941Howard HawksSergeant York
25%
1954Stanley DonenSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
25%
1944John CromwellSince You Went Away
25%
1945Alfred HitchcockSpellbound
25%
1960John WayneThe Alamo
25%
1947Henry KosterThe Bishop's Wife
25%
1938King VidorThe Citadel
25%
1959George StevensThe Diary of Anne Frank
25%
1961J. Lee ThompsonThe Guns of Navarone
25%
1949William WylerThe Heiress
25%
1943Clarence BrownThe Human Comedy
25%
1942Orson WellesThe Magnificent Ambersons
25%
1943George StevensThe More the Merrier
25%
1962Morton DaCostaThe Music Man
25%
1943William A. WellmanThe Ox-Bow Incident
25%
1942Irving PichelThe Pied Piper
25%
1942Sam WoodThe Pride of the Yankees
25%
1953Henry KosterThe Robe
25%
1948Anatole LitvakThe Snake Pit
25%
1943Henry KingThe Song of Bernadette
25%
1934W. S. Van DykeThe Thin Man
25%
1948John HustonThe Treasure of Sierra Madre
25%
1932/33Frank BorzageA Farewell to Arms
13%
1931/32Frank BorzageBad Girl
13%
1935Roy Del RuthBroadway Melody of 1936
13%
1935Michael CurtizCaptain Blood
13%
1939Edmund GouldingDark Victory
13%
1929/30Alfred E. GreenDisraeli
13%
1936William WylerDodsworth
13%
1940Alfred HitchcockForeign Correspondant
13%
1943Sam WoodFor Whom The Bell Tolls
13%
1938Michael CurtizFour Daughters
13%
1934Lloyd BaconHere Comes the Navy
13%
1928/29Irving Cummings & Raoul WalshIn Old Arizona
13%
1953Joseph L. MankiewiczJulius Caeser
13%
1935Richard BoleslawskiLes Miserables
13%
1937Frank CapraLost Horizon
13%
1935Robert Z. Leonard & W. S. Van DykeNaughty Marietta
13%
1931/32George Cukor & Ernst LubitschOne Hour With You
13%
1934Victor SchertzingerOne Night of Love
13%
1942Mervyn LeRoyRandom Harvest
13%
1935Leo McCareyRuggles of Red Gap
13%
1930/31Norman TaurogSkippy
13%
1942George StevensTalk of the Town
13%
1937Leo McCareyThe Awful Truth
13%
1934Sidney FranklinThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
13%
1929/30George HillThe Big House
13%
1931/32King VidorThe Champ
13%
1954George SeatonThe Country Girl
13%
1929/30Robert Z. LeonardThe Divorcee
13%
1930/31Lewis MilestoneThe Front Page
13%
1934Mark SandrichThe Gay Divorcee
13%
1935John FordThe Informer
13%
1935Henry HathawayThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
13%
1929/30Ernst LubitschThe Love Parade
13%
1928/29Ernst LubitschThe Patriot
13%
1932/33Alexander KordaThe Private Life of Henry VIII
13%
1946Edmund GouldingThe Razor's Edge
13%
1931/32Ernst LubistchThe Smiling Lieutenant
13%
1974John GuillerminThe Towering Inferno
13%
1934Irving CummingsThe White Parade
13%
1934Jack ConwayViva Villa!
13%
1932/33Lloyd Bacon42nd Street
0%
1942Michael Powell49th Parallel
0%
1927/28Frank Borzage7th Heaven
0%
1928/29Roland WestAlibi
0%
1935George StevensAlice Adams
0%
1936Mervyn LeRoyAnthony Adverse
0%
1931/32John FordArrowsmith
0%
1930/31Frank LloydEast Lynne
0%
1931/32Mervyn LeRoyFive Star Final
0%
1934Frank BorzageFlirtation Walk
0%
1938Jean RenoirGrand Illusion
0%
1928/29Charles ReisnerHollywood Revue
0%
1932/33Mervyn LeRoyI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
0%
1934John M. StahlImitation of Life
0%
1932/33Frank CapraLady for a Day
0%
1936Jack ConwayLibeled Lady
0%
1938Victor FlemingPilot Test
0%
1931/32Josef von SternbergShanghai Express
0%
1932/33Lowell ShermanShe Done Him Wrong
0%
1932/33Sidney FranklinSmilin Through
0%
1932/33Henry KingState Fair
0%
1945Leo McCareyThe Bell of St. Mary's
0%
1934Alfred L. WerkerThe House of Rothschild
0%
1927/28Lewis MilestoneThe Racket
0%
1936Henry BlankeThe Story of Louis Pastour
0%
1936Henry RosterThree Smart Girls
0%
1935Mark SandrichTop Hat
0%
1930/31W. S. Van DykeTrader Horn
0%

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