Oscars: Directing
Winners and nominees by ceremony year, newest first.
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- 2026One Battle After Another (2025)
GoodWatch score 84Nominated: Sinners, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, Marty Supreme
- 2025Anora (2024)
GoodWatch score 81Nominated: A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, The Substance
- 2024Oppenheimer (2023)
GoodWatch score 87 - 2023Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
GoodWatch score 80Nominated: TÁR, The Banshees of Inisherin, Triangle of Sadness, The Fabelmans
- 2022Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)GoodWatch score 80
Nominated: Belfast, West Side Story, Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza
- 2021Nomadland (2021)
GoodWatch score 81Nominated: Another Round, Promising Young Woman, Mank, Minari
- 2020Parasite (2019)
GoodWatch score 92Nominated: The Irishman, 1917, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Joker
- 2019Roma (2018)
GoodWatch score 86Nominated: Cold War, The Favourite, Vice, BlacKkKlansman
- 2018The Shape of Water (2017)
GoodWatch score 79Nominated: Dunkirk, Lady Bird, Get Out, Phantom Thread
- 2017La La Land (2016)
GoodWatch score 87Nominated: Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Hacksaw Ridge, Moonlight
- 2016The Revenant (2015)
GoodWatch score 77Nominated: The Big Short, Room, Spotlight, Mad Max: Fury Road
- 2015Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
GoodWatch score 83 - 2014Gravity (2013)
GoodWatch score 85Nominated: American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street, Nebraska
- 2013Life of Pi (2012)
GoodWatch score 77Nominated: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, Amour
- 2012The Artist (2011)
GoodWatch score 85Nominated: The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, Hugo, The Descendants
- 2011The King's Speech (2010)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: The Social Network, Black Swan, The Fighter, True Grit
- 2010The Hurt Locker (2008)
GoodWatch score 85 - 2009Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
GoodWatch score 81Nominated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader, Milk, Frost/Nixon
- 2008No Country for Old Men (2007)
GoodWatch score 87 - 2007The Departed (2006)
GoodWatch score 87Nominated: Babel, The Queen, Letters from Iwo Jima, United 93
- 2006Brokeback Mountain (2005)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck., Munich, Capote
- 2005Million Dollar Baby (2004)
GoodWatch score 85Nominated: Vera Drake, Ray, Sideways, The Aviator
- 2004The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
GoodWatch score 91 - 2003The Pianist (2002)
GoodWatch score 88Nominated: Gangs of New York, Chicago, Talk to Her, The Hours
- 2002A Beautiful Mind (2001)
GoodWatch score 75 - 2001Traffic (2000)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Gladiator, Billy Elliot
- 2000American Beauty (1999)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: The Insider, Being John Malkovich, The Sixth Sense, The Cider House Rules
- 1999Saving Private Ryan (1998)
GoodWatch score 88Nominated: Life Is Beautiful, The Thin Red Line, Shakespeare in Love, The Truman Show
- 1998Titanic (1997)
GoodWatch score 77Nominated: The Sweet Hereafter, L.A. Confidential, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting
- 1997The English Patient (1996)
GoodWatch score 79Nominated: Secrets & Lies, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Shine, Fargo
- 1996Braveheart (1995)
GoodWatch score 74Nominated: Babe, Dead Man Walking, Leaving Las Vegas, The Postman
- 1995Forrest Gump (1994)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: Bullets Over Broadway, Three Colors: Red, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show
- 1994Schindler's List (1993)
GoodWatch score 93Nominated: The Remains of the Day, Short Cuts, In the Name of the Father, The Piano
- 1993Unforgiven (1992)
GoodWatch score 87Nominated: Scent of a Woman, Howards End, The Player, The Crying Game
- 1992The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
GoodWatch score 85Nominated: Bugsy, Boyz n the Hood, JFK, Thelma & Louise
- 1991Dances with Wolves (1990)
GoodWatch score 80Nominated: The Grifters, GoodFellas, The Godfather Part III, Reversal of Fortune
- 1990Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
GoodWatch score 76 - 1989Rain Man (1988)
GoodWatch score 71 - 1988The Last Emperor (1987)
GoodWatch score 80Nominated: Hope and Glory, My Life as a Dog, Moonstruck, Fatal Attraction
- 1987Platoon (1986)
GoodWatch score 86Nominated: Blue Velvet, A Room with a View, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission
- 1986Out of Africa (1985)
GoodWatch score 69Nominated: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Witness, Ran, Prizzi's Honor
- 1985Amadeus (1984)
GoodWatch score 87 - 1984Terms of Endearment (1983)
GoodWatch score 77Nominated: Fanny and Alexander, The Dresser, Tender Mercies, Silkwood
- 1983Gandhi (1982)
GoodWatch score 82Nominated: The Verdict, Das Boot, Tootsie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- 1982Reds (1981)
GoodWatch score 79 - 1981Ordinary People (1980)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: The Elephant Man, Kagemusha, Raging Bull, Tess, The Stunt Man
- 1980Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
GoodWatch score 82Nominated: Apocalypse Now, All That Jazz, Breaking Away, La Cage aux Folles
- 1979The Deer Hunter (1978)
GoodWatch score 85Nominated: Midnight Express, Heaven Can Wait, Coming Home, Autumn Sonata, Interiors
- 1978Annie Hall (1977)
GoodWatch score 87Nominated: The Turning Point, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia, Star Wars
- 1977Rocky (1976)
GoodWatch score 76Nominated: Face to Face, All the President's Men, Seven Beauties, Network
- 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
GoodWatch score 88Nominated: Nashville, Amarcord, Dog Day Afternoon, Barry Lyndon
- 1975The Godfather Part II (1974)
GoodWatch score 89Nominated: A Woman Under the Influence, Lenny, Chinatown, Day for Night
- 1974The Sting (1973)
GoodWatch score 86Nominated: Last Tango in Paris, The Exorcist, Cries and Whispers, American Graffiti
- 1973Cabaret (1972)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: Sleuth, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Emigrants
- 1972The French Connection (1971)
GoodWatch score 87 - 1971Patton (1970)
GoodWatch score 82Nominated: M*A*S*H, Women in Love, Satyricon, Love Story
- 1970Midnight Cowboy (1969)
GoodWatch score 82 - 1969Oliver! (1968)
GoodWatch score 77 - 1968The Graduate (1967)
GoodWatch score 81 - 1967A Man for All Seasons (1966)
GoodWatch score 79 - 1966The Sound of Music (1965)
GoodWatch score 72Nominated: Woman in the Dunes, Darling, Doctor Zhivago, The Collector
- 1965My Fair Lady (1964)
GoodWatch score 86 - 1964Tom Jones (1963)
GoodWatch score 70Nominated: 8½, America America, Hud, The Cardinal
- 1963Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
GoodWatch score 91 - 1962West Side Story (1961)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: Judgment at Nuremberg, La Dolce Vita, The Hustler, The Guns of Navarone
- 1961The Apartment (1960)
GoodWatch score 90Nominated: Never on Sunday, The Sundowners, Sons and Lovers, Psycho
- 1960Ben-Hur (1959)
GoodWatch score 86 - 1959Gigi (1958)
GoodWatch score 75 - 1958The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
GoodWatch score 87Nominated: Sayonara, 12 Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution, Peyton Place
- 1957Giant (1956)
GoodWatch score 81 - 1956Marty (1955)
GoodWatch score 84Nominated: East of Eden, Picnic, Summertime, Bad Day at Black Rock
- 1955On the Waterfront (1954)
GoodWatch score 89Nominated: The High and the Mighty, Sabrina, Rear Window, The Country Girl
- 1954From Here to Eternity (1953)
GoodWatch score 81Nominated: Shane, Lili, Roman Holiday, Stalag 17
- 1953The Quiet Man (1952)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: 5 Fingers, Moulin Rouge, High Noon, The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1952A Place in the Sun (1951)
GoodWatch score 80 - 1951All About Eve (1950)
GoodWatch score 92Nominated: Born Yesterday, The Asphalt Jungle, Sunset Boulevard, The Third Man
- 1950A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
GoodWatch score 88Nominated: Battleground, The Heiress, The Fallen Idol, All the King's Men
- 1949The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
GoodWatch score 91Nominated: Johnny Belinda, Hamlet, The Snake Pit, The Search
- 1948Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
GoodWatch score 77Nominated: Crossfire, Great Expectations, A Double Life, The Bishop's Wife
- 1947The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89Nominated: The Killers, Brief Encounter, The Yearling, It's a Wonderful Life
- 1946The Lost Weekend (1945)
GoodWatch score 77Nominated: The Southerner, The Bells of St. Mary's, Spellbound, National Velvet
- 1945Going My Way (1944)
GoodWatch score 76Nominated: Wilson, Double Indemnity, Lifeboat, Laura
- 1944Casablanca (1943)
GoodWatch score 92 - 1943Mrs. Miniver (1942)
GoodWatch score 79Nominated: Random Harvest, Wake Island, Kings Row, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1942How Green Was My Valley (1941)
GoodWatch score 83Nominated: The Little Foxes, Citizen Kane, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Sergeant York
- 1941The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
GoodWatch score 90Nominated: Rebecca, Kitty Foyle, The Philadelphia Story, The Letter
- 1940Gone with the Wind (1939)
GoodWatch score 87 - 1939You Can't Take It with You (1938)
GoodWatch score 86Nominated: Four Daughters, The Citadel, Angels with Dirty Faces, Boys Town
- 1938The Awful Truth (1937)
GoodWatch score 80Nominated: Stage Door, The Life of Emile Zola, The Good Earth, A Star Is Born
- 1937Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
GoodWatch score 84Nominated: San Francisco, My Man Godfrey, Dodsworth, The Great Ziegfeld
- 1936The Informer (1935)
GoodWatch score 65 - 1935It Happened One Night (1934)
GoodWatch score 87Nominated: One Night of Love, The Thin Man
- 1932Bad Girl (1931)
GoodWatch score 57Nominated: The Champ, Shanghai Express
- 1931Skippy (1931)
GoodWatch score 62Nominated: A Free Soul, The Front Page, Cimarron, Morocco
- 1930All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
GoodWatch score 88Nominated: Weary River, Drag, Anna Christie, The Patriot, Hallelujah, The Love Parade, Romance, The Divorcee, The Broadway Melody, Madame X, In Old Arizona