Academy Award Best Director

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Since the very first Oscar ceremony in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored the year’s most outstanding achievement in directing.

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  1. 1 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Two Arabian Knights

    1927, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    The Divine Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  4. 7 -

    Cavalcade

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 8 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 10 -

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 11 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 12 -

    You Can't Take It with You

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 16 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 17 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 20 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 21 -

    Gentleman's Agreement

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 23 -

    A Letter to Three Wives

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 25 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 26 -

    The Quiet Man

    1952, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 27 -

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 28 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  19. 29 -

    Marty

    1955, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 30 -

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 32 -

    Gigi

    1958, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 34 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 41 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 46 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 51 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 59 -

    Out of Africa

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 68 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 70 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 71 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 79 -

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 82 -

    Slumdog Millionaire

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 85 -

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 88 -

    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    2014, in 8 top lists Check
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