| 1915 | based on the novel "The Clansman" by Thomas Dixon | The Birth of a Nation |
| 1933 | contains the line "Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast" | King Kong |
| 1934 | first movie to win all 5 top Oscars; has a scene where the female lead flashes some leg to successfully hitchhike | It Happened One Night |
| 1937 | Disney's first animated feature; contains the songs "Someday My Prince Will Come" & "Whistle While You Work" | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 1939 | based on a novel by L. Frank Baum; features the song "Over the Rainbow" | The Wizard of Oz |
| 1939 | Best Picture Oscar winner; produced by David O. Selznick; based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell; has a scene of Atlanta burning; Clark Gable says the line "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"; Vivien Leigh says the final line "After all, tomorrow is another day" | Gone with the Wind |
| 1940 | contains the song "When You Wish Upon A Star"; based on a novel by Carlo Collodi | Pinocchio |
| 1940 | contains the songs "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", "Dance of the Hours" & "Night on Bald Mountain" | Fantasia |
| 1941 | allegedly based on William Randolph Hearst & Marion Davies; Xanadu is the name of the main character's estate; written by Herman Mankiewicz & Orson Welles | Citizen Kane |
| 1941 | based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett | The Maltese Falcon |
| 1941 | contains the songs "When I See An Elephant Fly" & "Pink Elephants On Parade" | Dumbo |
| 1942 | based on the novel by Felix Salten | Bambi |
| 1942 | Best Picture Oscar winner (of 1943); based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's"; features the song "As Time Goes By"; Bogart says "I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray. You wore blue."; Bogart says "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"; Bogart says "Here's looking at you, kid"; Bogart says "We'll always have Paris"; Bogart says "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" | Casablanca |
| 1946 | has the line "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" | It's a Wonderful Life |
| 1948 | based on the novel by B. Traven; has the lines "I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" & "I know what gold does to men's souls" | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 1948 | Best Picture Oscar winner | Hamlet |
