1954

1. Rear Window 2. On the Waterfront 3. La Strada 4. Seven Samurai 5. A Star is Born 6. Johnny Guitar 7. Touchez Pas au Grisbi 8. Journey to Italy 9. Sansho the Bailiff 10. The Caine Mutiny

11. The Crucified Lovers 12. An Inn at Osaka 13. Dial M for Murder 14. Twenty-Four Eyes 15. Late Chrysanthemums 16. Sound of the Mountain 17. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 18. The Far Country 19. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 20. Sabrina

1. Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai 2. Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window 3. Nicholas Ray, Johnny Guitar 4. Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront 5. Kenji Mizoguchi, Sansho the Bailiff

6. Federico Fellini, La Strada 7. George Cuckor, A Star is Born 8. Roberto Rosselini, Journey to Italy 9. Nicholas Ray, Johnny Guitar 10. Richard Fleischer, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1. Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront 2. James Stewart, Rear Window 3. James Mason, A Star is Born 4. Ray Milland, Dial M for Murder 5. Bing Crosby, The Country Girl

6. Jean Gabin, Touchez Pas au Grisbi 7. Anthony Quinn, La Strada 8. James Mason, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 9. Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny 10. Takashi Shimura, Seven Samurai

1. Judy Garland, A Star is Born 2. Giulietta Masina, La Strada 3. Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront 4. Grace Kelly, Rear Window 5. Haruko Sugimura, Late Chrysantemums

6. Ingrid Bergman, Jurney to Italy 7. Setsuko Hara, Sound of the Mountain 8. Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar 9. Hideko Takamine, Twenty-Four Eyes 10. Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones

1. Toshiro Mifune, Seven Samurai 2. Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront 3. Karl Malden, On the Waterfront 4. Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront 5. Alastair Sim, An Inspector Calls

6. Fredric March, Executive Suite 7. Peter Finch, The Detective 8. Van Johnson, The Caine Mutiny 9. Richard Basehart, La Strada 10. Kuroemon Onoe, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1. Kinuyo Tanaka, Sansho the Bailiff 2. Margaret Leighton, Carrington V.C. 3. Mercedes McCambridge, Johnny Guitar 4. Thelma Ritter, Rear Window 5. Kyôko Kagawa, Sansho the Bailiff

6. Nina Foch, Executive Suite 7. Yûko Mochizuki, Late Chrysanthemums 8. Chikako Hosokawa, Late Chrysanthemums 9. Shelley Winters, Executive Suite 10. Noelle Middleton, Carrington V.C.

1. Asakazu Nakai, Seven Samurai 2. Robert Burks, Rear Window 3. Boris Kaufman, On the Waterfront 4. Kazuo Miyagawa, Sansho the Bailiff 5. G.R. Aldo, Robert Krasker, Senso

6. William H. Clothier, Track of the Cat 7. Kenneth Anger, Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome 8. Hiroshi Kusuda, Twenty-Four Eyes 9. Sam Leavitt, A Star is Born 10. Kazuo Miyagawa, The Crucified Lovers

1950

1. Sunset Boulevard 2. In A Lonely Place 3. All About Eve 4. Orpheus 5. Rashomon 6. Night and the City 7. Los olvidados 8. The Asphalt Jungle 9. Gun Crazy 10. Wagon Master

11. Winchester '73 12. Caged 13. La Ronde 14. Stromboli 15. The Breaking Point 16. The Flowers of St. Francis 17. The Furies 18. Stars in My Crown 19. Devil's Doorway 20. Les enfants terribles

1. Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard 2. Jean Cocteau, Orpheus 3. Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon 4. Max Phüls, La Ronde 5. Anthony Mann, Winchester '73

6. Jules Dassin, Night and the City 7. Joseph H. Lewis, Gun Crazy 8. Nicholas Ray, In a Lonely Place 9. John Ford, Wagon Master 10. Michael Curtiz, The Breaking Point

1. Richard Widmark, Night and the City 2. Humphrey Bogart, In A Lonely Place 3. James Stewart, Winchester '73 4. Toshiro Mifune, Rashomon 5. John Garfield, The Breaking Point

6. Sterling Hayden, The Asphalt Jungle 7. José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac 8. William Holden, Sunset Boulevard 9. James Stewart, Harvey 10. Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride

1. Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard 2. Eleanor Parker, Caged 3. Bette Davis, All About Eve 4. Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday 5. Nicole Stephanie, Les enfants terribles

6. Anne Baxter, All About Eve 7. Peggy Cummins, Gun Crazy 8. Barbara Stanwyck, The Furies 9. Kinuyo Tanaka, The Munekata Sisters 10. Michiyo Kogure, Portrait of Madame Yuki

1. George Sanders, All About Eve 2. Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle 3. Masayuki Mori, Rashomon 4. Richard Attenborough, Morning Departure 5. Louis Calhern, The Asphalt Jungle

6. Alastair Sim, Stage Fright 7. Takashi Shimura, Rashomon 8. Anton Walbrook, La Ronde 9. Ward Bond, Wagon Master 10. Minoru Chiaki, Rashomon

1. Celeste Holm, All About Eve 2. Maria Casares, Orpheus 3. Josephine Hull, Harvey 4. Hope Hemerson, Caged 5. Machiko Kyô, Rashomon

6. Carla Del Poggio, Variety Lights 7. Agnes Moorehead, Caged 8. Patricia Neal, The Breaking Point 9. Noriko Honma, Rashomon 10. Giulietta Masina, Variety Lights

1. Christian Matras, La Ronde 2. Bert Glennon, Wagon Master 3. Nicolas Hayer, Orpheus 4. John F. Seitz, Sunset Boulevard 5. Kazuo Miyagawa, Rashomon

6. Mutz Greenbaum, Night and the City 7. Victor Milner & Lee Garmes, The Furies 8. Harold Rosson, The Asphalt Jungle 9. Otello Martelli, Stromboli 10. Gabriel Figueroa, Los Olvidados

1946

1. It's A Wonderful Life 2. The Best Years of Our Lives 3. Notorious 4. My Darling Clementine 5. The Killers 6. Beauty and the Beast 7. The Big Sleep 8. Paisan 9. Shoeshine 10. A Matter of Life and Death

11. The Postman Always Rings Twice 12. Panic 13. Gilda 14. Under the Bridges 15. Great Expectations 16. Let There Be Light 17. Pastoral Symphony 18. Angel on My Shoulder 19. L'idiot 20. The Murderers Are Among Us

1. Frank Capra, It's A Wonderful Life 2. William Wyler, The Best Year of Our Lives 3. Alfred Hitchcock, Notorious 4. Jean Cocteau, Beauty and the Beast 5. John Ford, My Darling Clementine

6. Roberto Rossellini, Paisan 7. Howard Hawks, The Big Sleep 8. Robert Siodmak, The Killers 9. David Lean, Great Expectations 10. Pressburger & Powell, A Matter of Life and Death

1. James Stewart, It's A Wonderful Life 2. Dana Andrews, The Best Years of Our Lives 3. Raimu, The Eternal Husband 4. Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives 5. Henry Fonda, My Darling Clementine

6. Gerard Philipe, L'idiot 7. Jean Marais, Beauty and the Beast 8. Humphrey Bogart, The Big Sleep 9. Cary Grant, Notorious 10. George Sanders, A Scandal in Paris

1. Ingrid Bergman, Notorious 2. Edwige Feuillère, L'idiot 3. Setsuko Hara, No Regrets for Our Youth 4. Ida Lupino, The Man I Love 5. Rita Hayworth, Gilda

6. Michèle Morgan, Pastoral Symphony 7. Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice 8. Haruko Sugimura, Morning for the Osone Family 9. Joan Crawford,  Humoresque 10. Deborah Kerr, I See a Dark Stranger

1. Claude Rains, Notorious 2. Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives 3. Lionel Barrymore, It's A Wonderful Life 4. Henry Travers, It's A Wonderful Life 5. Roger Livesey, A Matter of Life and Death

6. Thomas Mitchell, It's A Wonderful Life 7. Claude Rains, Deception 8. William Bendix, The Blue Dahlia 9. Claude Rains, A Angel on My Shoulder 10. Charles Coburn, The Green Years

1. Leopoldine Konstantin, Notorious 2. Donna Reed, It's A Wonderful Life 3. Myrna Loy, The Best Years of Our Lives 4. Teresa Wright, The Best Years of Our Lives 5. Line Noro, Pastoral Symphony

6. Martha Vickers, The Big Sleep 7. Gloria Grahame, It's A Wonderful Life 8. Lillian Gish, Duel in the Sun 9. Maria Michi, Paisan 10. Kinuyo Tanaka, Utamaro and His Five Women

1. Ted Tetzlaff, Notorious 2. Joseph MacDonald, My Darling Clementine 3. Henri Alekan, Beauty and the Beast 4. Lee Garmes, Ray Rennahan, Hal Rosson, Duel in the Sun 5. Gregg Toland, The Best Years of Our Lives

6. Jack Cardiff, A Matter of Life and Death 7. Elwood Bredell, The Killers 8. Joseph F. Biroc & Joseph Walker, It's A Wonderful Life 9. Otello Martelli, Paisan 10. Guy Green, Great Expectations