The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.
This award was originally for Interior Decoration
- 1928 William Cameron Menzies - The Dove and Tempest
- Harry Oliver - Seventh Heaven
- Rochus Gliese - Sunrise
- 1929 Cedric Gibbons - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Mitchell Leisen - Dynamite
- Cedric Gibbons - Hollywood Review
- William Cameron Menzies - The Iron Mask
- Hans Dreier - The Patriot
- Harry Oliver - Sweet Angel
- 1930 Herman Rosse - King of Jazz
- William Cameron Menzies - Bulldog Drummond
- Hans Dreier - The Love Parade
- Jack Okey - Sally
- Hans Dreier - The Vagabond King
- 1931 Max Ree - Cimarron
- Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras - Just Imagine
- Hans Dreier - Morocco
- Anton Grot - Svengali
- Richard Day - Whoopee
- 1932 Gordon Wiles - Transatlantic
- Lazare Meerson - A Nous la liberté
- Richard Day - Arrowsmith
- 1933 William S. Darling - Cavalcade
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - A Farewell to Arms
- Cedric Gibbons - When Ladies Meet
- 1934 Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope - The Merry Widow
- Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark - The Gay Divorcee
- Richard Day - Affairs of Cellini
- 1935 Richard Day - The Dark Angel
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- Carroll Clark, Van Nest Polglase - Top Hat
- 1936 Richard Day - Dodsworth
- Anton Grot - Anthony Adverse
- Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis - The Great Ziegfeld
- William S. Darling - Lloyds of London
- Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson - The Magnificent Brute
- Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope, Edwin B. Willis - Romeo and Juliet
- Perry Ferguson - Winterset
- 1937 Stephen Goosson - Lost Horizon
- Cedric Gibbons, William Horning - Conquest
- Carroll Clark - A Damsel in Distress
- Ward Ihnen - Every Day's a Holiday
- Anton Grot - The Life of Emile Zola
- John Victor MacKay - Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
- Lyle Wheeler - The Prisoner of Zenda
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - Souls at Sea
- Alexander Toluboff - Vogues of 1938
- William S. Darling, David Hall - Wee Willie Winkie
- Jack Otterson - You're a Sweetheart
- 1938 Carl J. Weyl - The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Lyle Wheeler - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Alexander Toluboff - Algiers
- Van Nest Polglase - Carefree
- Richard Day - Goldwyn Follies
- Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks - Holiday
- Jack Otterson - Mad About Music
- Cedric Gibbons - Marie Antoinette
- Charles D. Hall - Merrily We Live
- 1939 Lyle Wheeler - Gone With the Wind
- Hans Dreier, Robert Odell - Beau Geste
- Charles D. Hall - Captain Fury
- Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina - First Love
- Van Nest Polglase, Al Herman - Love Affair
- John Victor Mackay - Man of Conquest
- Lionel Banks - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Anton Grot - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- William Darling, George Dudley - The Rains Came
- Alexander Toluboff - Stagecoach
- Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning - The Wizard of Oz
- James Basevi - Wuthering Heights
- 1940 Black-and-white Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse - Pride and Prejudice
- Hans Dreier, Robert Usher - Arise, My Love
- Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson - Arizona
- John Otterson - The Boys from Syracuse
- John Victor Mackay - Dark Command
- Alexander Golitzen - Foreign Correspondent
- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright - Lillian Russell
- Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk - My Favorite Wife
- John DuCasse Schulze - My Son, My Son
- Lewis J. Rachmil - Our Town
- Lyle Wheeler - Rebecca
- Anton Grot - The Sea Hawk
- James Basevi - The Westerner
- 1940 Color Vincent Korda - The Thief of Bagdad
- Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie - Bitter Sweet
- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright - Down Argentine Way
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - North West Mounted Police
- 1941 Black-and-White Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little - How Green Was My Valley
- Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera - Citizen Kane
- Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman - Flame of New Orleans
- Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer - Hold Back the Dawn
- Lionel Banks, George Montgomery - Ladies in Retirement
- Stephen Goosson, Howard Bristol - The Little Foxes
- John Hughes, Fred MacLean - Sergeant York
- John DuCasse Schultze, Edward G. Boyle - Son of Monte Cristo
- Alexander Golitzen, Richard Irvine - Sundown
- Vincent Korda, Julia Heron - That Hamilton Woman
- Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis - When Ladies Meet
- 1941 Color Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis - Blossoms in the Dust
- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - Blood and Sand
- Raoul Pene du Bois, Stephen A. Seymour - Louisiana Purchase
- 1942 Black-and-White Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little - This Above All
- Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk, Casey Roberts - George Washington Slept Here
- Albert S. D'Agostino, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera - The Magnificent Ambersons
- Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol - The Pride of the Yankees
- Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore - Random Harvest
- Boris Leven - The Shanghai Gesture
- Ralph Berger, Emile Kuri - Silver Queen
- John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson - The Spoilers
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer - Take a Letter, Darling
- Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad, Fay Babcock - The Talk of the Town
- 1942 Color Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little - My Gal Sal
- Alexander Golitzen, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - Arabian Nights
- Ted Smith, Casey Roberts - Captains of the Clouds
- Vincent Korda, Julia Heron - Jungle Book
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, George Sawley - Reap the Wild Wind
- 1943 Black-and-White James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little - The Song of Bernadette
- Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Bertram Granger - Five Graves to Cairo
- Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller - Flight for Freedom
- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Madame Curie
- Carl Weyl, George J. Hopkins - Mission to Moscow
- Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol - The North Star
- 1943 Color Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - Phantom of the Opera
- Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas, Bertram Granger - For Whom the Bell Tolls
- James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - The Gang's All Here
- John Hughes, John Koenig, George J. Hopkins - This Is the Army
- Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau - Thousands Cheer
- 1944 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis - Gaslight
- Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher, Joseph Kish - Address Unknown
- John J. Hughes, Fred MacLean - The Adventures of Mark Twain
- Perry Ferguson, Julia Heron - Casanova Brown
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little - Laura
- Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer - No Time for Love
- Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin - Since You Went Away
- Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter - Step Lively
- 1944 Color Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little - Wilson
- John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - The Climax
- Lionel Banks, Cary Odell, Fay Babcodk - Cover Girl
- Charles Novi, Jack McConaghy - The Desert Song
- Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle - Kismet
- Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois, Ray Moyer - Lady in the Dark
- Ernst Fegte, Howard Bristol - The Princess and the Pirate
- 1945 Black-and-White Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields - Blood on the Sun
- Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter - Experiment Perilous
- James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - The Keys of the Kingdom
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Love Letters
- Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar, Hugh Hunt - The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 1945 Color Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Samuel M. Comer - Frenchman's Creek
- Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Littel - Leave Her to Heaven
- Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths - National Velvet
- Ted Smith, Jack McConaghy - San Antonio
- Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad, Frank Tuttle - A Thousand and One Nights
- 1946 Black-and-White William Darling, Lyle Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - Anna and the King of Siam
- Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Kitty
- Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - The Razor's Edge
- 1946 Color Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis - The Yearling
- John Bryan - Caesar and Cleopatra
- Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon - Henry V
- 1947 Black-and-White John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton - Great Expectations
- Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - The Foxes of Harrow
- 1947 Color Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus
- Robert M. Haas, George James Hopkins - Life with Father
- 1948 Black-and-White Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon - Hamlet
- Robert Haas, William Wallace - Johnny Belinda
- 1948 Color Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson - The Red Shoes
- Richard Day, Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish - Joan of Arc
- 1949 Black-and-White Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri - The Heiress
- Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - Come to the Stable
- Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle - Madame Bovary
- 1949 Color Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore - Little Women
- Edward Carrere, Lyle Reifsnider - Adventures of Don Juan
- Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph - Saraband for Dead Lovers
- 1950 Black-and-White Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sunset Blvd
- Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott - All About Eve
- Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - The Red Danube
- 1950 Color Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Samson And Delilah
- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle - Annie Get Your Gun
- Ernst Fegte, George Sawley - Destination Moon
- 1951 Black-and-White Richard Day, George James Hopkins - A Streetcar Named Desire
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode - Fourteen Hours
- Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - House on Telegraph Hill
- Jean d'Eaubonne - La Ronde
- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Wills, Jack D. Moore - Too Young to Kiss
- 1951 Color Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - An American in Paris
- Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - David and Bathsheba
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott - On the Riviera
- William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt - Quo Vadis
- Hein Heckroth - Tales of Hoffmann
- 1952 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - The Bad and the Beautiful
- Emile Kuri - Carrie
- Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott - My Cousin Rachel
- Matsuyama H. Matsumoto - Rashomon
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter - Viva Zapata
- 1952 Color Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertes - Moulin Rouge
- Richard Day, Antoni Clavé, Howard Bristol - Hans Christian Andersen
- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams - The Merry Widow
- Frank Hotaling, John McCarthy, Jr, Charles Thompson - The Quiet Man
- Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- 1953 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Julius Caesar
- Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz - Martin Luther
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Paul S. Fox - The President's Lady
- Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler - Roman Holiday
- Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Stuart Reiss - Titanic
- 1953 Color Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - The Robe
- Alfred Junge, Hans Peters. John Jarvis - Knights of the Round Table
- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams - Lili
- Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore - The Story of Three Loves
- Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore - Young Bess
- 1954 Black-and-White Richard Day - On the Waterfront
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - The Country Girl
- Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri - Executive Suite
- Max Ophuls - Le Plaisir
- Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sabrina
- 1954 Color John Meehan, Emile Kuri - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - Brigadoon
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - Desirée
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Red Garters
- Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff, George James Hopkins - A Star Is Born
- 1955 Black-and-White Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - The Rose Tattoo
- Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace - Blackboard Jungle
- Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt - I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Joseph C. Wright, Darrell Silvera - The Man With the Golden Arm
- Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds, Robert Priestley - Marty
- 1955 Color William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley - Picnic
- Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - Daddy Long Legs
- Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright, Howard Bristol - Guys and Dolls
- Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - To Catch a Thief
- 1956 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason - Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Takashi Matsuyama - The Magnificent Seven
- Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy - The Proud and the Profane
- Ross Bellah, William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage - The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Teenage Rebel
- 1956 Color Lyle R. Wheeler, John Decuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - The King and I
- James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross J. Dowd - Around the World in 80 Days
- Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst - Giant
- Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason - Lust for Life
- Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - The Ten Commandments
- 1957 Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley - Sayonara
- Hal Pereira, George W. Davis, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Funny Face
- William A. Horning, Gene Allen, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle - Les Girls
- Walter Holscher, William Kiernan, Louis Diage - Pal Joey
- William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Raintree County
- 1958 William A. Horning, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason - Gigi
- Malcolm Bert, George James Hopkins - Auntie Mame
- Cary Odell, Louis Diage - Bell, Book and Candle
- Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - A Certain Smile
- Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead, Samuel M. Comer, Frank McKelvy - Vertigo
- 1959 Black-and-White Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - The Diary of Anne Frank
- Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams, - Career
- Carl Anderson, William Kiernan - The Last Angry Man
- Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle - Some Like It Hot
- Oliver Messel, William Kellner, Scot Slimon - Suddenly, Last Summer
- 1959 Color William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt - Ben-Hur
- John De Cuir, Julia Heron - The Big Fisherman
- Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal. Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish - Journey to the Center of the Earth
- William A. Horning, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy - North by Northwest
- Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt - Pillow Talk
- 1960 Black-and-White Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle - The Apartment
- Joseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd - The Facts of Life
- Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo - Psycho
- Tom Morahan, Lionel Couch - Sons and Lovers
- Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - Visit to a Small Planet
- 1960 Color Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron - Spartacus
- George W. Davis, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel - Cimarron
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Arrigo Breschi - It Started in Naples
- Ted Haworth, William Kiernan - Pepe
- Edward Carrere, George James Hopkins - Sunrise at Campobello
- 1961 Black-and-White Harry Horner, Gene Callahan - The Hustler
- Carroll Clark, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - The Absent-Minded Professor
- Fernando Carrere, Edward G. Boyle - The Children's Hour
- Rudolf Sternad, George Milo - Judgment at Nuremberg
- Piero Gherardi - La Dolce Vita
- 1961 Color Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin - West Side Story
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Veniero Colasanti, John Moore - El Cid
- Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright, Howard Bristol - Flower Drum Song
- Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - Summer and Smoke
- 1962 Black-and-White Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Joseph Wright, George James Hopkins - Days of Wine and Roses
- Ted Haworth, Leon Barasa, Vincent Korda, Gabriel Bechir - The Longest Day
- George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle - Period of Adjustment
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy - The Pigeon That Took Rome
- 1962 Color John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni - Lawrence of Arabia
- Paul Groesse, George James Hopkins - The Music Man
- George W. Davis, J. McMillan Johnson, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Mutiny on the Bounty
- Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo - That Touch of Mink
- George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle - The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
- 1963 Black-and-White Gene Callahan - America America
- Piero Gherardi - 8 1/2
- Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Robert Benton - Hud
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - Love With the Proper Stranger
- George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Twilight of Honor
- 1963 Color John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer - Cleopatra
- Lyle Wheeler, Gene Callahan - The Cardinal
- Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, James Payne - Come Blow Your Horn
- George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Don Greenwood Jr, Jack Mills - How the West Was Won
- Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert, Josie MacAvin - Tom Jones
- 1964 Black-and-White Vassilis Fotopoulos - Zorba the Greek
- George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott, Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton - The Americanization of Emily
- William Glasgow, Raphael Bretton - Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Stephen Grimes - The Night of the Iguana
- Cary Odell, Edward G. Boyle - Seven Days in May
- 1964 Color Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins - My Fair Lady
- John Bryan, Maurice Carter, Patrick McLoyghlin, Robert Cartwright - Becket
- Carroll Clark, William H, Tuntke, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - Mary Poppins
- George W. Davis, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
- Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - What a Way to Go
- 1965 Black-and-White Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish - Ship of Fools
- Robert Emmet Smith, Frank Tuttle - King Rat
- George W. Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson - A Patch of Blue
- Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Robert Benton, Joseph Kish - The Slender Thread
- Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall, Josie MacAvin - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- 1965 Color John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni - Doctor Zhivago
- John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Dario Simoni - The Agony and the Ecstasy
- Richard Day, William Creber, David Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean, Norman Rockett - The Greatest Story Ever Told
- Robert Clatworthy, George James Hopkins - Inside Daisy Clover
- Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt - The Sound of Music
- 1966 Black-and-White Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
- Robert Luthardt, Edward G. Boyle - The Fortune Cookie
- Luigi Scaccianoce - The Gospel According to St. Matthew
- Willy Holt, Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy - Is Paris Burning
- George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Mister Buddwing
- 1966 Color Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Fantastic Voyage
- Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, John McCarthy, John Austin - Gambit
- Piero Gherardi - Juliet of the Spirits
- Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan, Robert Benton, James Payne - The Oscar
- Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan - The Sand Pebbles
- 1967 John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown - Camelot
- Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Doctor Dolittle
- Robert Clatworthy, Frank Tuttle - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani, Dario Simoni, Luigi Gervasi - The Taming of the Shrew
- Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Howard Bristol - Thoroughly Modern Millie
- 1968 John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston - Oliver
- George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno - The Shoes of the Fisherman
- Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol - Star
- Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Mikhail Bogdanov, Gennady Myasnikov, Georgi Koshelev, Vladimir Uvarov - War and Peace
- 1969 John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton - Hello, Dolly
- Maurice Carter, Lionel Couch, Patrick McLoughlin - Anne of the Thousand Days
- Robert Boyle, George B. Chan, Edward Boyle, Carl Biddiscombe - Gaily, Gaily
- Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Jack D. Moore - Sweet Charity
- Harry Horner, Frank McKelvy - They Shoot Horses, Don't They
- 1970 Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet - Patton
- Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels - Airport
- Tambi Larsen, Darrell Silvera - The Molly MaGuires
- Terry Marsh, Bob Cartwright, Pamela Cornell - Scrooge
- Jack Martin Smith, Yoshiro Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe - Tora! Tora! Tora
- 1971 John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon - Nicholas and Alexandra
- Boris Leven, William Tuntke, Ruby Levitt - The Andromeda Strain
- John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Robert Boyle, Michael Stringer, Peter Lamont - Fiddler on the Roof
- Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright, Peter Howitt - Mary, Queen of Scots
- 1972 Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel - Cabaret
- Carl Anderson, Reg Allen - Lady Sings the Blues
- William Creber, Raphael Bretton - The Poseidon Adventure
- John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing - Travels with My Aunt
- Don Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson, Peter James - Young Winston
- 1973 Henry Bumstead, James Payne - The Sting
- Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta, Carmelo Patrono - Brother Sun, Sister Moon
- Bill Malley, Jerry Wunderlich - The Exorcist
- Philip Jefferies, Robert de Vestel - Tom Sawyer
- Stephen Grimes, William Kiernan - The Way We Were
- 1974 Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson - The Godfather Part II
- Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby Levitt - Chinatown
- Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank McKelvy - Earthquake
- Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman - The Island at the Top of the World
- William Creber, Ward Preston. Raphael Bretton - The Towering Inferno
- 1975 Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon - Barry Lyndon
- Edward Carfagno, Frank McKelvy - The Hindenburg
- Alexander Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James - The Man Who Would Be King
- Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, George Gaines - Shampoo
- Albert Brenner, Marvin March - The Sunshine Boys
- 1976 George Jenkins, George Gaines - All the President's Men
- Elliot Scott, Norman Reynolds - The Incredible Sarah
- Gene Callahan, Jack Collis, Jerry Wunderlich - The Last Tycoon
- Dale Hennesy, Robert de Vestel - Logan's Run
- Robert F. Boyle, Arthur Jeph Parker - The Shootist
- 1977 John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian - Star Wars
- George C. Webb, Mickey S. Michaels - Airport '77
- Joe Alves, Dan Lomino, Phil Abramson - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Hugh Scaife - The Spy Who Loved Me
- Albert Brenner, Marvin March - The Turning Point
- 1978 Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines - Heaven Can Wait
- Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson
- Albert Brenner, Marvin March - California Suite
- Mel Bourne, Daniel Robert - Interiors
- Tony Walton, Philip Rosenberg, Edward Stewart, Robert Drumheller - The Wiz
- 1979 Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary Brink - All That Jazz
- Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker - Alien
- Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson - Apocalypse Now
- George Jenkins, Arthur Jeph Parker - The China Syndrome
- Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone, Linda Descenna - Star Trek - The Motion Picture
- 1980 Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens - Tess
- 1981 Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael Ford (Set Decoration) - Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 1982 Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Michael Seirton (Set Decoration) - Gandhi
- 1983 Anna Asp - Fanny & Alexander
- 1984 Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Cerny (Set Decoration) - Amadeus
- 1985 Stephen Grimes; Josie Macavin (Set Decoration) - Out of Africa
- 1986 Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura (Set Decoration) - A Room with a View
- 1987 Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration) - The Last Emperor
- 1988 Stuart Craig; Gerard James (Set Decoration) - Dangerous Liaisons
- 1989 Anton Furst; Peter Young (Set Decoration) - Batman
- 1990 Richard Sylbert; Rick Simpson (Set Decoration) - Dick Tracy
- 1991 Dennis Gassner; Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) - Bugsy
- 1992 Luciana Arrighi; Ian Whittaker (Set Decoration) - Howards End
- 1993 Allan Starski; Ewa Braun (Set Decoration) - Schindler's List
- 1994 Ken Adam; Carolyn Scott (Set Decoration) - The Madness of King George
- 1995 Eugenio Zanetti - Restoration
- 1996 Stuart Craig; Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) - The English Patient
- 1997 Peter Lamont; Michael Ford (Set Decoration) - Titanic
- 1998 Martin Childs; Jill Quertier (Set Decoration) - Shakespeare in Love
- 1999 Rick Heinrichs; Peter Young (Set Decoration) - Sleepy Hollow
- 2002 John Myhre (art director), Gordon Sim (set decorator) - Chicago
- Felipe Fernández del Paso (art director), Hannia Robledo (set decorator) - Frida
- Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca LoSchiavo (set decorator) - Gangs of New York
- Grant Major (art director), Dan Hennah (set decorator), Alan Lee (set decorator) - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Dennis Gassner (art director), Nancy Haigh (set decorator) - Road to Perdition