1945

1. Brief Encounter 2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 3. Children of Paradise 4. Rome, Open City 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray 6. 'I Know Where I'm Going' 7. Objective, Burma! 8. Leave Her to Heaven 9. The Story of G.I. Joe 10. Scarlet Street

11. And Then There Were None 12. Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne 13. The Lost Weekend 14. Falbalas 15. Fallen Angel 16. Hangover Square 17. Mildred Pierce 18. The Clock 19. The Southerner 20. They Were Expandables

1. David Lean, Brief Encounter 2. Elia Kazan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 3. Marcel Carné, Children of Paradise 4. Roberto Rossellini, Rome, Open City 5. Albert Lewin, The Picture of Dorian Gray

6. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell, 'I Know Where I'm Going' 7. John Ford, They Were Expandables 8. Raoul Walsh, Objective, Burma! 9. Michael Curtiz, Mildred Pierce 10. William A. Wellman, The Story of G.I. Joe

1. Jean-Louis Barrault, Children of Paradise 2. Errol Flynn, Objective, Burma! 3. Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend 4. Laird Cregar, Hangover Square 5. Boris Karloff, The Body Snatcher

6. Edward G. Robinson, Scarlet Street 7. Roger Livesey, 'I Know Where I'm Going!' 8. Aldo Fabrizi, Rome, Open City 9. James Mason, The Seventh Veil 10. Dana Andrews, Fallen Angel

1. Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter 2. Peggy Ann Garner, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 3. Dorothy McGuire, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4. Margaret Lockwood, The Wicked Lady 5. Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven

6. Elina Laubordette, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne 7. Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce 8. Wendy Hiller, 'I Know Where I'm Going' 9. Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's 10. Arletty, Children of Paradise

1. James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 2. Michael Redgrave, Dead of Night 3. Marcel Herrand, Children of Paradise 4. Robert Mitchum, The Story of G.I. Joe 5. Michael Chekhov, Spellbound

6. Barry Fitzgerald, And Then There Were None 7. J. Carroll Naish, The Southerner 8. Mervyn Johns, Pink String and Sealing Wax 9. Sidney Greenstreet, Conflict 10. George Sanders, The Picture of Dorian Gray

1. Anna Magnani, Rome, Open City 2. Joan Blondell, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 3. Maria Casares, Children of Paradise 4. Linda Darnell, Fallen Angel 5. Margaret Rutherford, Blithe Spirit

6. Flora Robson, Great Day 7. Jessica Tandy, The Valley of the Decision 8. Geraldine Fitzgerald, The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 9. Florence Bates, Saratoga Trunk 10. Angela Lansbury, The Picture of Dorian Gray

1. Leon Shamroy, Leave Her to Heaven 2. Harry Stradling Sr., The Picture of Dorian Gray 3. Roger Hubert, Children of Paradise 4. Robert Krasker, Brief Encounter 5. Leon Shamroy, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

6. Joseph LaShelle, Hangover Square 7. Erwin Hillier, 'I Know Where I'm Going' 8. Ernest Haller, Mildred Pierce 9. John F. Seitz, The Lost Weekend 10. Philippe Agostini, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne

1947

1. Daisy Kenyon 2. Odd Man Out 3. Out of the Past 4. Black Narcissus 5. Quai des Orfèvres 6. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 7. Kiss of Death 8. The Lady from Shanghai 9. Miracle on 34th Street 10. Nightmare Alley

11. One Wonderful Sunday 12. The Cat Concerto 13. Brute Force  14. Monsieur Verdoux 15. It Always Rains on Sunday 16. Ride the Pink Horse 17. The Man I Love 18. Body and Soul 19. Antoine and Antoinette 20. Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell, Black Narcissus 2. Jacques Tourneur, Out of the Past 3. Carol Reed, Odd Man Out 4. Otto Preminger, Daisy Kenyon 5. Henri-Georges Clouzot, Quai des Orfèvres

6. Orson Welles,  The Lady from Shanghai 7. Robert Montgomery, Ride the Pink Horse 8. Henry Hathaway, Kiss of Death 9. Alfred Hitchcock,  The Paradine Case 10. Raoul Walsh, The Man I Love

1. James Mason, Odd Man Out 2. Pierre Fresnay, Monsieur Vincent 3. Tyrone Power, Nightmare Alley 4. Robert Mitchum, Out of the Past 5. Dana Andrews, Daisy Kenyon

6. John Garfield, Body and Soul 7. Henry Fonda, Daisy Kenyon 8. Rex Harrison, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 9. Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street 10. Charles Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux

1. Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus 2. Joan Crawford, Daisy Kenyon 3. Jane Greer, Out of the Past 4. Googie Withers, It Always Rains on Sunday 5. Joan Fontaine, Ivy

6. Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai 7. Anna Magnani, Angelina 8. Choko Iida, Record of a Tenement Gentleman 9. Susan Hayward, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 10. Chieko Nakakita, One Wonderful Sunday

1. Louis Jouvet, Quai des Orfèvres 2. Charles Bickford, The Woman on the Beach 3. Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death 4. F.J. McCormick, Odd Man Out 5. Toshiro Mifune, Snow Trail

6. Walter Slezak,  Born to Kill 7. Kirk Douglas, Out of the Past 8. Hume Cronyn, Brute Force 9. Noël Roquevert, Antoine and Antoinette 10. Robert Ryan, Crossfire

1. Kathleen Byron, Black Narcissus 2. Simone Renant, Quai des Orfèvres 3. Kathleen Ryan, Odd Man Out 4. Ann Todd, The Paradine Case 5. Natalie Wood, Miracle on 34th Street

6. Joan Blondell, Nightmare Alley 7. Gloria Grahame, Crossfire 8. Rhonda Fleming, Out of the Past 9. Celeste Holm Gentleman's Agreement 10. Coleen Gray Kiss of Death

1. Jack Cardiff, Black Narcissus 2. Robert Krasker, Odd Man Out 3. Nicholas Musuraca, Out of the Past 4. Charles Lawton Jr., The Lady from Shanghai 5. James Wong Howe, Body and Soul

6. Douglas Slocombe, It Always Rains on Sunday 7. Charles Lang, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 8. Lee Garmes,  Nightmare Alley 9. Leon Shamroy, Daisy Kenyon 10. Joseph Valentine, Possessed

1941

1. The Lady Eve 2. Citizen Kane 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Sullivan's Travels 5. Dumbo 6. The Little Foxes 7. The Sea Wolf 8. Hellzapoppin’ 9. The Devil and Daniel Webster 10. The Flame of New Orleans

11. The 47 Ronin 12. Ball of Fire 13. Suspicion 14. Hold Back the Dawn 15. Here Comes Mr. Jordan 16. 49th Parallel 17. How Green Was My Valley 18. Ornamental Hairpin 19. Unfinished Business 20. The Strawberry Blonde

1. Orson Welles, Citizen Kane 2. John Huston, The Maltese Falcon 3. Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels 4. Kenji Mizoguchi, The 47 Ronin 5. William Dieterle, The Devil and Daniel Webster

6. Preston Sturges, The Lady Eve 7. René Clair, The Flame of New Orleans 8. John Ford, How Green Was My Valley 9. William Wyler, The Little Foxes 10. Alfred Hitchcock, Suspicion

1. Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon 2. Edward G. Robinson, The Sea Wolf 3. Joel McCrea, Sullivan's Travels 4. William Powell, Sullivan's Travels 5. William Powell, Citizen Kane

6. Orson Welles, The Devil and Miss Jones 7. Charles Coburn, Ball of Fire 8. Gary Cooper, Love Crazy 9. Cary Grant, Suspicion 10. Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra

1. Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve 2. Joan Fontaine, Suspicion 3. Bette Davis, The Little Foxes 4. Margaret Sullavan, Back Street 5. Joan Crawford, A Woman's Face

6. Viviane Romance, Blind Venus 7. Irene Dunne, Penny Serenade 8. Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire 9. Marlene Dietrich,  The Flame of New Orleans 10. Olivia de Havilland, Hold Back the Dawn

1. Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon 2. Van Heflin, Johnny Eager 3. Herbert Marshall, The Little Foxes 4. Peter Lorre, The Maltese Falcon 5. Walter Huston, The Devil and Daniel Webster

6. Laird Cregar, I Wake Up Screaming 7. Edward Arnold, The Devil and Daniel Webster 8. Joseph Cotten, Citizen Kane 9. Conrad Veidt, A Woman's Face 10. Félix Bressart, Blossoms in the Dust

1. Patricia Collinge, The Little Foxes 2. Mary Astor, The Maltese Falcon 3. Veronica Lake, Sullivan's Travels 4. Theresa Harris, The Flame of New Orleans 5. Beulah Bondi, Penny Serenade

6. Ingrid Bergman, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 7. Rita Hayworth, The Strawberry Blonde 8. Marjorie Rambeau, Tobacco Road 9. Mary Astor, The Great Lie 10. Teresa Wright, The Little Foxes

1. Gregg Toland, Citizen Kane 2. Sol Polito, The Sea Wolf 3. Joseph August, The Devil and Daniel Webster 4. Gregg Toland, The Little Foxes 5. Arthur C. Miller, How Green Was My Valley

6. Leo Tover, Hold Back the Dawn 7. Ernest Palmer & Ray Rennahan, Blood and Sand 8. Rudolph Maté, The New Flame of New Orleans 9. Arthur C. Miller,  Tobacco Road 10. Rudolph Maté, The Hamilton Lady