In this article, we list all of those movies made between 1950 and 1969 that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. We have also highlighted the winning movie of each year.
How many Academy Award winners have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.
23rd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1950
Nominated Movies
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon’s Mines
Sunset Blvd
Best Picture Winner
All About Eve
24th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1951
Nominated Movies
An American in Paris
Decision Before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Picture Winner
An American in Paris
25th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1952
Nominated Movies
The Greatest Show on Earth
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
Best Picture Winner
The Greatest Show on Earth
26th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1953
Nominated Movies
From Here to Eternity
Julius Caesar
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Shane
Best Picture Winner
From Here to Eternity
27th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1954
Nominated Movies
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
On The Waterfront
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain
Best Picture Winner
On the Waterfront
28th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1955
Nominated Movies
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Marty
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
Best Picture Winner
Marty
29th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1956
Nominated Movies
Around the World in 80 Days
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
Best Picture Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
30th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1957
Nominated Movies
12 Angry Men
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peyton Place
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution
Best Picture Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
31st Academy Awards
Best Films of 1958
Nominated Movies
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
Gigi
Separate Tables
Best Picture Winner
Gigi
32nd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1959
Nominated Movies
Anatomy of a Murder
Ben-Hur
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun’s Story
Room at the Top
Best Picture Winner
Ben-Hur
33rd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1960
Nominated Movies
The Alamo
The Apartment
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers
The Sundowners
Best Picture Winner
The Apartment
34th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1961
Nominated Movies
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
Judgement at Nuremberg
West Side Story
Best Picture Winner
West Side Story
35th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1962
Nominated Movies
Lawrence of Arabia
The Longest Day
The Music Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Picture Winner
Lawrence of Arabia
36th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1963
Nominated Movies
America America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field
Tom Jones
Best Picture Winner
Tom Jones
37th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1964
Nominated Movies
Becket
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
Zorba the Greek
Best Picture Winner
My Fair Lady
38th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1965
Nominated Movies
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
The Sound of Music
A Thousand Clowns
Best Picture Winner
The Sound of Music
39th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1966
Nominated Movies
Alfie
A Man for All Seasons
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Picture Winner
A Man for All Seasons
40th Academy Awards
Best Films of 1967
Nominated Movies
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
In the Heat of the Night
Best Picture Winner
In the Heat of the Night
41st Academy Awards
Best Films of 1968
Nominated Movies
Funny Girl
The Lion in Winter
Oliver!
Rachel, Rachel
Romeo and Juliet
Best Picture Winner
Oliver!
42nd Academy Awards
Best Films of 1969
Nominated Movies
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello, Dolly!
Midnight Cowboy
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Best Picture Winner
Midnight Cowboy
How many Best Picture winners have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.