Past Academy Award Winners for Best Director
# All Quiet on the Western Front
Tahun: 2022 | Negara: DE
Sutradara: Edward Berger
Pemeran: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald
Sinopsis
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
# Gone with the Wind
Tahun: 1939 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Victor Fleming
Pemeran: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel
Sinopsis
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
# Casablanca
Tahun: 1943 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Michael Curtiz
Pemeran: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Sinopsis
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
# All About Eve
Tahun: 1950 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Pemeran: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Sinopsis
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
# On the Waterfront
Tahun: 1954 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Elia Kazan
Pemeran: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning
Sinopsis
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two
# Ben-Hur
Tahun: 1959 | Negara: US
Sutradara: William Wyler
Pemeran: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Sinopsis
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
# The Apartment
Tahun: 1960 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Billy Wilder
Pemeran: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Sinopsis
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi
# West Side Story
Tahun: 2021 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Steven Spielberg
Pemeran: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist
Sinopsis
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
# Lawrence of Arabia
Tahun: 1962 | Negara: GB
Sutradara: David Lean
Pemeran: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Sinopsis
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
# Tom Jones
Tahun: 1963 | Negara: United Kingdom
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Sinopsis
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
# The Sting
Tahun: 1973 | Negara: United States of America
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Sinopsis
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
# The Godfather Part II
Tahun: 1974 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Francis Ford Coppola
Pemeran: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale
Sinopsis
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vega
# One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Tahun: 1975 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Miloš Forman
Pemeran: Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, William Redfield
Sinopsis
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
# Rocky
Tahun: 1976 | Negara: US
Sutradara: John G. Avildsen
Pemeran: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith
Sinopsis
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
# Ordinary People
Tahun: 2018 | Negara: KR
Sutradara: Im Jin-soon
Pemeran: Don Lee, Kim Sae-ron, Jang Gwang, Lee Sang-yeob, Shin Se-hwi
Sinopsis
A gym teacher and his female student look for her missing friend. But as they investigate, they find that her disappearance is a part of a larger conspiracy.
# Gandhi
Tahun: 1982 | Negara: IN
Sutradara: Richard Attenborough
Pemeran: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard
Sinopsis
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
# Amadeus
Tahun: 1984 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Miloš Forman
Pemeran: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice
Sinopsis
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
# Platoon
Tahun: 1986 | Negara: GB
Sutradara: Oliver Stone
Pemeran: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Kevin Dillon, Forest Whitaker
Sinopsis
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
# Rain Man
Tahun: 1988 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Barry Levinson
Pemeran: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock
Sinopsis
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
# Born on the Fourth of July
Tahun: 1989 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Oliver Stone
Pemeran: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Holly Marie Combs, Kyra Sedgwick
Sinopsis
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
# Dances with Wolves
Tahun: 1990 | Negara: GB
Sutradara: Kevin Costner
Pemeran: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Sinopsis
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
# Unforgiven
Tahun: 1992 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Clint Eastwood
Pemeran: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Jaimz Woolvett, Richard Harris
Sinopsis
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
# Schindler's List
Tahun: 1993 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Steven Spielberg
Pemeran: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall
Sinopsis
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
# Forrest Gump
Tahun: 1994 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Robert Zemeckis
Pemeran: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field
Sinopsis
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has
# Braveheart
Tahun: 1995 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Mel Gibson
Pemeran: Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Sinopsis
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
# The English Patient
Tahun: 1996 | Negara: United Kingdom, United States of America
Sutradara: Anthony Minghella
Pemeran: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews
Sinopsis
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World W
# Titanic
Tahun: 1997 | Negara: AS
Sutradara: James Cameron
Pemeran: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Sinopsis
101-year-old Rose recalls her voyage on the Titanic, from its departure to its sinking on April 15, 1912.
# Saving Private Ryan
Tahun: 1998 | Negara: United States of America
Sutradara: Steven Spielberg
Pemeran: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper
Sinopsis
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating
# American Beauty
Tahun: 1999 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Sam Mendes
Pemeran: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari
Sinopsis
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
# Traffic
Tahun: 2000 | Negara: Germany, United States of America
Sutradara: Steven Soderbergh
Pemeran: Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Tomás Milián, Russell G. Jones
Sinopsis
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his
# A Beautiful Mind
Tahun: 2001 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Ron Howard
Pemeran: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer
Sinopsis
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
# The Pianist
Tahun: 2002 | Negara: FR
Sutradara: Roman Polanski
Pemeran: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox
Sinopsis
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
# The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Tahun: 2003 | Negara: NZ
Sutradara: Peter Jackson
Pemeran: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis
Sinopsis
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
# Million Dollar Baby
Tahun: 2004 | Negara: CH
Sutradara: Clint Eastwood
Pemeran: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter
Sinopsis
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
# Brokeback Mountain
Tahun: 2005 | Negara: CA
Sutradara: Ang Lee
Pemeran: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid
Sinopsis
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
# The Departed
Tahun: 2006 | Negara: HK
Sutradara: Martin Scorsese
Pemeran: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
Sinopsis
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
# No Country for Old Men
Tahun: 2007 | Negara: United States of America
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Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail.
# The King's Speech
Tahun: 2010 | Negara: United Kingdom, United States of America
Sutradara: Tom Hooper
Pemeran: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall
Sinopsis
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr
# The Artist
Tahun: 2011 | Negara: BE
Sutradara: Michel Hazanavicius
Pemeran: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller
Sinopsis
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
# Life of Pi
Tahun: 2012 | Negara: IN
Sutradara: Ang Lee
Pemeran: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain
Sinopsis
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
# Gravity
Tahun: 2013 | Negara: GB
Sutradara: Alfonso Cuarón
Pemeran: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma
Sinopsis
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
# The Revenant
Tahun: 2015 | Negara: CA
Sutradara: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Pemeran: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck
Sinopsis
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
# La La Land
Tahun: 2016 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Damien Chazelle
Pemeran: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Sinopsis
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
# The Shape of Water
Tahun: 2017 | Negara: US
Sutradara: Guillermo del Toro
Pemeran: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg
Sinopsis
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
# Parasite
Tahun: 2019 | Negara: South Korea
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All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
# Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tahun: 2022 | Negara: United States of America
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An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
# Oppenheimer
Tahun: 2023 | Negara: United Kingdom, United States of America
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The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.