British Academy Film Awards: Best of the Year

British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA): Movie of the Year, 1947-2024

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was established in 1947 as the British Film Academy. Since 1949, they have given out annual film awards. The 75th awards ceremony (celebrating 2024 nominees) was held on February 16, 2025. 2024: Conclave 2023: Oppenheimer 2022: All Quiet on the Western Front 2021: The Power of the Dog 2020: Nomadland 2019: 1917 2018: Roma 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2016: La La Land 2015: The Revenant 2014: Boyhood 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2012: Argo 2011: The Artist 2010: The King’s Speech 2009: The Hurt Locker 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2007: Atonement 2006: The Queen 2005: Brokeback Mountain 2004: The Aviator 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: The Pianist 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2000: Gladiator 1999: American Beauty 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1997: The Full Monty 1996: The English Patient 1995: Sense and Sensibility 1994: Four Weddings and a Funeral 1993: Schindler’s List 1992: Howards End 1991: The Commitments 1990: Goodfellas 1989: Dead Poets Society 1988: The Last Emperor 1987: Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) 1986: A Room with a View 1985: The Purple Rose of Cairo 1984: The Killing Fields 1983: Educating Rita 1982: Gandhi 1981: Chariots of Fire 1980: The Elephant Man 1979: Manhattan 1978: Julia 1977: Annie Hall 1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 1974: Lacombe, Lucien 1973: Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) 1972: Cabaret 1971: Sunday Bloody Sunday 1970: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969: Midnight Cowboy 1968: The Graduate 1967: A Man for All Seasons 1966: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1965: My Fair Lady 1964: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1963: Tom Jones 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1961: The Hustler / Ballad of a Soldier 1960: The Apartment 1959: Ben-Hur 1958: Room at the Top 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: Gervaise 1955: Richard III 1954: The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la Peur) 1953: Forbidden Games (aka “The Secret Game”) 1952: The Sound Barrier 1951: La Ronde 1950: All About Eve 1949: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) 1948: Hamlet 1947: The Best Years of Our Lives Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page BAFTA.org (official site) Wikipedia.org: BAFTA Award for Best Film Originally posted 3/30/2023; last updated 2/16/2025.