| The Brutalist | Lol Crawley | 2024 | Winner |
| Dune: Part Two | Greig Fraser | 2024 | Nominee |
| Emilia Perez | Paul Guilhaume | 2024 | Nominee |
| Maria | Edward Lachman | 2024 | Nominee |
| Nosferatu | Jarin Blaschke | 2024 | Nominee |
| El Conde | Edward Lachman | 2023 | Nominee |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Rodrigo Prieto | 2023 | Nominee |
| Maestro | Matthew Libatique | 2023 | Nominee |
| Oppenheimer | Hoyte van Hoytema | 2023 | Nominee |
| Poor Things | Robbie Ryan | 2023 | Nominee |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | James Friend | 2022 | Winner |
| Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Darius Khondji | 2022 | Nominee |
| Elvis | Mandy Walker | 2022 | Nominee |
| Empire of Light | Roger Deakins | 2022 | Nominee |
| Tár | Florian Hoffmeister | 2022 | Nominee |
| Dune | Greig Fraser | 2021 | Winner |
| Nightmare Alley | Dan Laustsen | 2021 | Nominee |
| The Power of the Dog | Ari Wegner | 2021 | Nominee |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Bruno Delbonnel | 2021 | Nominee |
| West Side Story | Janusz Kamiński | 2021 | Nominee |
| Mank | Erik Messerschmidt | 2020 | Winner |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Sean Bobbitt | 2020 | Nominee |
| News of the World | Dariusz Wolski | 2020 | Nominee |
| Nomadland | Joshua James Richards | 2020 | Nominee |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Phedon Papamichael | 2020 | Nominee |
| 1917 | Roger Deakins | 2019 | Winner |
| The Irishman | Rodrigo Prieto | 2019 | Nominee |
| Joker | Lawrence Sher | 2019 | Nominee |
| The Lighthouse | Jarin Blaschke | 2019 | Nominee |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Robert Richardson | 2019 | Nominee |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | 2018 | Winner |
| Cold War | Łukasz Żal | 2018 | Nominee |
| The Favourite | Robbie Ryan | 2018 | Nominee |
| Never Look Away | Caleb Deschanel | 2018 | Nominee |
| A Star Is Born | Matthew Libatique | 2018 | Nominee |
| Blade Runner 2049 | Roger Deakins | 2017 | Winner |
| Darkest Hour | Bruno Delbonnel | 2017 | Nominee |
| Dunkirk | Hoyte van Hoytema | 2017 | Nominee |
| Mudbound | Rachel Morrison | 2017 | Nominee |
| The Shape of Water | Dan Laustsen | 2017 | Nominee |
| La La Land | Linus Sandgren | 2016 | Winner |
| Arrival | Bradford Young | 2016 | Nominee |
| Lion | Greig Fraser | 2016 | Nominee |
| Moonlight | James Laxton | 2016 | Nominee |
| Silence | Rodrigo Prieto | 2016 | Nominee |
| The Revenant | Emmanuel Lubezki | 2015 | Winner |
| Carol | Edward Lachman | 2015 | Nominee |
| The Hateful Eight | Robert Richardson | 2015 | Nominee |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | John Seale | 2015 | Nominee |
| Sicario | Roger Deakins | 2015 | Nominee |
| Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Emmanuel Lubezki | 2014 | Winner |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Robert Yeoman | 2014 | Nominee |
| Ida | Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski | 2014 | Nominee |
| Mr. Turner | Dick Pope | 2014 | Nominee |
| Unbroken | Roger Deakins | 2014 | Nominee |
| Gravity | Emmanuel Lubezki | 2013 | Winner |
| The Grandmaster | Philippe Le Sourd | 2013 | Nominee |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | Bruno Delbonnel | 2013 | Nominee |
| Nebraska | Phedon Papamichael | 2013 | Nominee |
| Prisoners | Roger Deakins | 2013 | Nominee |
| Life of Pi | Claudio Miranda | 2012 | Winner |
| Anna Karenina | Seamus McGarvey | 2012 | Nominee |
| Django Unchained | Robert Richardson | 2012 | Nominee |
| Lincoln | Janusz Kamiński | 2012 | Nominee |
| Skyfall | Roger Deakins | 2012 | Nominee |
| Hugo | Robert Richardson | 2011 | Winner |
| The Artist | Guillaume Schiffman | 2011 | Nominee |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Jeff Cronenweth | 2011 | Nominee |
| The Tree of Life | Emmanuel Lubezki | 2011 | Nominee |
| War Horse | Janusz Kamiński | 2011 | Nominee |
| Inception | Wally Pfister | 2010 | Winner |
| Black Swan | Matthew Libatique | 2010 | Nominee |
| The King's Speech | Danny Cohen | 2010 | Nominee |
| The Social Network | Jeff Cronenweth | 2010 | Nominee |
| True Grit | Roger Deakins | 2010 | Nominee |
| Avatar | Mauro Fiore | 2009 | Winner |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Bruno Delbonnel | 2009 | Nominee |
| The Hurt Locker | Barry Ackroyd | 2009 | Nominee |
| Inglourious Basterds | Robert Richardson | 2009 | Nominee |
| The White Ribbon | Christian Berger | 2009 | Nominee |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Anthony Dod Mantle | 2008 | Winner |
| Changeling | Tom Stern | 2008 | Nominee |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Claudio Miranda | 2008 | Nominee |
| The Dark Knight | Wally Pfister | 2008 | Nominee |
| The Reader | Roger Deakins and Chris Menges | 2008 | Nominee |
| There Will be Blood | Robert Elswit | 2007 | Winner |
| The Assassination of Jesse James | Roger Deakins | 2007 | Nominee |
| Atonement | Seamus McGarvey | 2007 | Nominee |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Janusz Kamiński | 2007 | Nominee |
| No Country for Old Men | Roger Deakins | 2007 | Nominee |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo Navarro | 2006 | Winner |
| The Black Dahlia | Vilmos Zsigmond | 2006 | Nominee |
| Children of Men | Emmanuel Lubezki | 2006 | Nominee |
| The Illusionist | Dick Pope | 2006 | Nominee |
| The Prestige | Wally Pfister | 2006 | Nominee |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Dion Beebe | 2005 | Winner |
| Batman Begins | Wally Pfister | 2005 | Nominee |
| Brokeback Mountain | Rodrigo Prieto | 2005 | Nominee |
| Good Night and Good Luck | Robert Elswit | 2005 | Nominee |
| The New World | Emmanuel Lubezki | 2005 | Nominee |
| The Aviator | Robert Richardson | 2004 | Winner |
| House of Flying Daggers | Zhao Xiaoding | 2004 | Nominee |
| The Passion of the Christ | Caleb Deschanel | 2004 | Nominee |
| The Phantom of the Opera | John Mathieson | 2004 | Nominee |
| A Very Long Engagement | Bruno Delbonnel | 2004 | Nominee |
| Master and Commander | Russell Boyd | 2003 | Winner |
| City of God | César Charlone | 2003 | Nominee |
| Cold Mountain | John Seale | 2003 | Nominee |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Eduardo Serra | 2003 | Nominee |
| Seabiscuit | John Schwartzman | 2003 | Nominee |
| Road to Perdition | Conrad Hall (posthumously) | 2002 | Winner |
| Chicago | Dion Beebe | 2002 | Nominee |
| Far From Heaven | Edward Lachman | 2002 | Nominee |
| Gangs of New York | Michael Ballhaus | 2002 | Nominee |
| The Pianist | Paweł Edelman | 2002 | Nominee |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Andrew Lesnie | 2001 | Winner |
| Amélie | Bruno Delbonnel | 2001 | Nominee |
| Black Hawk Down | Sławomir Idziak | 2001 | Nominee |
| The Man Who Wasn’t There | Roger Deakins | 2001 | Nominee |
| Moulin Rouge | Donald McAlpine | 2001 | Nominee |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Peter Pau | 2000 | Winner |
| Gladiator | John Mathieson | 2000 | Nominee |
| Malèna | Lajos Koltai | 2000 | Nominee |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou | Roger Deakins | 2000 | Nominee |
| The Patriot | Caleb Deschanel | 2000 | Nominee |
| American Beauty | Conrad L. Hall | 1999 | Winner |
| The End of the Affair | Roger Pratt | 1999 | Nominee |
| The Insider | Dante Spinotti | 1999 | Nominee |
| Sleepy Hollow | Emmanuel Lubezki | 1999 | Nominee |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Robert Richardson | 1999 | Nominee |
| Saving Private Ryan | Janusz Kamiński | 1998 | Winner |
| A Civil Action | Conrad L. Hall | 1998 | Nominee |
| Elizabeth | Remi Adefarasin | 1998 | Nominee |
| Shakespeare in Love | Richard Greatrex | 1998 | Nominee |
| The Thin Red Line | John Toll | 1998 | Nominee |
| Titanic | Russell Carpenter | 1997 | Winner |
| Amistad | Janusz Kamiński | 1997 | Nominee |
| Kundun | Roger Deakins | 1997 | Nominee |
| L.A. Confidential | Dante Spinotti | 1997 | Nominee |
| The Wings of the Dove | Eduardo Serra | 1997 | Nominee |
| The English Patient | John Seale | 1996 | Winner |
| Evita | Darius Khondji | 1996 | Nominee |
| Fargo | Roger Deakins | 1996 | Nominee |
| Fly Away Home | Caleb Deschanel | 1996 | Nominee |
| Michael Collins | Chris Menges | 1996 | Nominee |
| Braveheart | John Toll | 1995 | Winner |
| Batman Forever | Stephen Goldblatt | 1995 | Nominee |
| A Little Princess | Emmanuel Lubezki | 1995 | Nominee |
| Sense and Sensibility | Michael Coulter | 1995 | Nominee |
| Shanghai Triad | Lü Yue | 1995 | Nominee |
| Legends of the Fall | John Toll | 1994 | Winner |
| Forrest Gump | Don Burgess | 1994 | Nominee |
| The Shawshank Redemption | Roger Deakins | 1994 | Nominee |
| Three Colours: Red | Piotr Sobociński | 1994 | Nominee |
| Wyatt Earp | Owen Roizman | 1994 | Nominee |
| Schindler’s List | Janusz Kamiński | 1993 | Winner |
| Farewell My Concubine | Gu Changwei | 1993 | Nominee |
| The Fugitive | Michael Chapman | 1993 | Nominee |
| The Piano | Stuart Dryburgh | 1993 | Nominee |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | Conrad L. Hall | 1993 | Nominee |
| A River Runs Through It | Philippe Rousselot | 1992 | Winner |
| Hoffa | Stephen H. Burum | 1992 | Nominee |
| Howards End | Tony Pierce-Roberts | 1992 | Nominee |
| The Lover | Robert Fraisse | 1992 | Nominee |
| Unforgiven | Jack N. Green | 1992 | Nominee |
| JFK | Robert Richardson | 1991 | Winner |
| Bugsy | Allen Daviau | 1991 | Nominee |
| The Prince of Tides | Stephen Goldblatt | 1991 | Nominee |
| Terminator 2: Judgement Day | Adam Greenberg | 1991 | Nominee |
| Thelma & Louise | Adrian Biddle | 1991 | Nominee |
| Dances with Wolves | Dean Semler | 1990 | Winner |
| Avalon | Allen Daviau | 1990 | Nominee |
| Dick Tracy | Vittorio Storaro | 1990 | Nominee |
| The Godfather: Part III | Gordon Willis | 1990 | Nominee |
| Henry & June | Philippe Rousselot | 1990 | Nominee |
| Glory | Freddie Francis | 1989 | Winner |
| The Abyss | Mikael Salomon | 1989 | Nominee |
| Blaze | Haskell Wexler | 1989 | Nominee |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Robert Richardson | 1989 | Nominee |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Michael Ballhaus | 1989 | Nominee |
| Mississippi Burning | Peter Biziou | 1988 | Winner |
| Rain Man | John Seale | 1988 | Nominee |
| Tequila Sunrise | Conrad Hall | 1988 | Nominee |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Sven Nykvist | 1988 | Nominee |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Dean Cundey | 1988 | Nominee |
| The Last Emperor | Vittorio Storaro | 1987 | Winner |
| Broadcast News | Michael Ballhaus | 1987 | Nominee |
| Empire of the Sun | Allen Daviau | 1987 | Nominee |
| Hope and Glory | Philippe Rousselot | 1987 | Nominee |
| Matewan | Haskell Wexler | 1987 | Nominee |
| The Mission | Chris Menges | 1986 | Winner |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Jordan Cronenweth | 1986 | Nominee |
| Platoon | Robert Richardson | 1986 | Nominee |
| A Room with a View | Tony Pierce-Roberts | 1986 | Nominee |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Don Peterman | 1986 | Nominee |
| Out Of Africa | David Watkin | 1985 | Winner |
| The Color Purple | Allen Daviau | 1985 | Nominee |
| Murphy's Romance | William A. Fraker | 1985 | Nominee |
| Ran | Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, and Asakazu Nakai | 1985 | Nominee |
| Witness | John Seale | 1985 | Nominee |
| The Killing Fields | Chris Menges | 1984 | Winner |
| Amadeus | Miroslav Ondříček | 1984 | Nominee |
| The Natural | Caleb Deschanel | 1984 | Nominee |
| A Passage to India | Ernest Day | 1984 | Nominee |
| The River | Vilmos Zsigmond | 1984 | Nominee |
| Fanny and Alexander | Sven Nykvist | 1983 | Winner |
| Flashdance | Don Peterman | 1983 | Nominee |
| The Right Stuff | Caleb Deschanel | 1983 | Nominee |
| War Games | William A. Fraker | 1983 | Nominee |
| Zelig | Gordon Willis | 1983 | Nominee |
| Gandhi | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor | 1982 | Winner |
| Das Boot | Jost Vacano | 1982 | Nominee |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Allen Daviau | 1982 | Nominee |
| Sophie's Choice | Néstor Almendros | 1982 | Nominee |
| Tootsie | Owen Roizman | 1982 | Nominee |
| Reds | Vittorio Storaro | 1981 | Winner |
| Excalibur | Alex Thomson | 1981 | Nominee |
| On Golden Pond | Billy Williams | 1981 | Nominee |
| Ragtime | Miroslav Ondříček | 1981 | Nominee |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Douglas Slocombe | 1981 | Nominee |
| Tess | Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumously) and Ghislain Cloquet | 1980 | Winner |
| The Blue Lagoon | Néstor Almendros | 1980 | Nominee |
| Coal Miner's Daughter | Ralf D. Bode | 1980 | Nominee |
| The Formula | James Crabe | 1980 | Nominee |
| Raging Bull | Michael Chapman | 1980 | Nominee |
| Apocalypse Now | Vittorio Storaro | 1979 | Winner |
| 1941 | William A. Fraker | 1979 | Nominee |
| All That Jazz | Giuseppe Rotunno | 1979 | Nominee |
| The Black Hole | Frank V. Phillips | 1979 | Nominee |
| Kramer vs. Kramer | Néstor Almendros | 1979 | Nominee |
| Days of Heaven | Néstor Almendros | 1978 | Winner |
| The Deer Hunter | Vilmos Zsigmond | 1978 | Nominee |
| Heaven Can Wait | William A. Fraker | 1978 | Nominee |
| Same Time, Next Year | Robert Surtees | 1978 | Nominee |
| The Wiz | Oswald Morris | 1978 | Nominee |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Vilmos Zsigmond | 1977 | Winner |
| Islands in the Stream | Fred J. Koenekamp | 1977 | Nominee |
| Julia | Douglas Slocombe | 1977 | Nominee |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | William A. Fraker | 1977 | Nominee |
| The Turning Point | Robert Surtees | 1977 | Nominee |
| Bound for Glory | Haskell Wexler | 1976 | Winner |
| King Kong | Richard H. Kline | 1976 | Nominee |
| Logan's Run | Ernest Laszlo | 1976 | Nominee |
| Network | Owen Roizman | 1976 | Nominee |
| A Star Is Born | Robert Surtees | 1976 | Nominee |
| Barry Lyndon | John Alcott | 1975 | Winner |
| The Day of the Locust | Conrad Hall | 1975 | Nominee |
| Funny Lady | James Wong Howe | 1975 | Nominee |
| The Hindenburg | Robert Surtees | 1975 | Nominee |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Haskell Wexler and Bill Butler | 1975 | Nominee |
| The Towering Inferno | Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc | 1974 | Winner |
| Chinatown | John A. Alonzo | 1974 | Nominee |
| Earthquake | Philip H. Lathrop | 1974 | Nominee |
| Lenny | Bruce Surtees | 1974 | Nominee |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Geoffrey Unsworth | 1974 | Nominee |
| Cries and Whispers | Sven Nykvist | 1973 | Winner |
| The Exorcist | Owen Roizman | 1973 | Nominee |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Jack Couffer | 1973 | Nominee |
| The Sting | Robert Surtees | 1973 | Nominee |
| The Way We Were | Harry Stradling Jr. | 1973 | Nominee |
| Cabaret | Geoffrey Unsworth | 1972 | Winner |
| 1776 | Harry Stradling Jr. | 1972 | Nominee |
| Butterflies Are Free | Charles Lang | 1972 | Nominee |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Harold E. Stine | 1972 | Nominee |
| Travels with My Aunt | Douglas Slocombe | 1972 | Nominee |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Oswald Morris | 1971 | Winner |
| The French Connection | Owen Roizman | 1971 | Nominee |
| The Last Picture Show | Robert Surtees | 1971 | Nominee |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | Freddie Young | 1971 | Nominee |
| Summer of '42 | Robert Surtees | 1971 | Nominee |
| Ryan's Daughter | Freddie Young | 1970 | Winner |
| Airport | Ernest Laszlo | 1970 | Nominee |
| Patton | Fred J. Koenekamp | 1970 | Nominee |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! | Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh and Charles F. Wheeler | 1970 | Nominee |
| Women in Love | Billy Williams | 1970 | Nominee |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Conrad Hall | 1969 | Winner |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Arthur Ibbetson | 1969 | Nominee |
| Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Charles Lang | 1969 | Nominee |
| Hello, Dolly! | Harry Stradling (posthumously) | 1969 | Nominee |
| Marooned | Daniel L. Fapp | 1969 | Nominee |
| Romeo and Juliet | Pasqualino De Santis | 1968 | Winner |
| Funny Girl | Harry Stradling | 1968 | Nominee |
| Ice Station Zebra | Daniel L. Fapp | 1968 | Nominee |
| Oliver! | Oswald Morris | 1968 | Nominee |
| Star! | Ernest Laszlo | 1968 | Nominee |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Burnett Guffey | 1967 | Winner |
| Camelot | Richard H. Kline | 1967 | Nominee |
| Doctor Dolittle | Robert Surtees | 1967 | Nominee |
| The Graduate | Robert Surtees | 1967 | Nominee |
| In Cold Blood | Conrad Hall | 1967 | Nominee |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Haskell Wexler | 1966 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Fortune Cookie | Joseph LaShelle | 1966 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Georgy Girl | Kenneth Higgins | 1966 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Is Paris Burning? | Marcel Grignon | 1966 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Seconds | James Wong Howe | 1966 | Nominee (B & W) |
| A Man for All Seasons | Ted Moore | 1966 | Winner (Color) |
| Fantastic Voyage | Ernest Laszlo | 1966 | Nominee (Color) |
| Hawaii | Russell Harlan | 1966 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Professionals | Conrad Hall | 1966 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Sand Pebbles | Joseph MacDonald | 1966 | Nominee (Color) |
| Ship of Fools | Ernest Laszlo | 1965 | Winner (B & W) |
| In Harm's Way | Loyal Griggs | 1965 | Nominee (B & W) |
| King Rat | Burnett Guffey | 1965 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Morituri | Conrad Hall | 1965 | Nominee (B & W) |
| A Patch of Blue | Robert Burks | 1965 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Doctor Zhivago | Freddie Young | 1965 | Winner (Color) |
| The Agony and the Ecstasy | Leon Shamroy | 1965 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Great Race | Russell Harlan | 1965 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | William C. Mellor and Loyal Griggs | 1965 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Sound of Music | Ted D. McCord | 1965 | Nominee (Color) |
| Zorba the Greek | Walter Lassally | 1964 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Americanization of Emily | Philip H. Lathrop | 1964 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Fate Is the Hunter | Milton Krasner | 1964 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Joseph Biroc | 1964 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Night of the Iguana | Gabriel Figueroa | 1964 | Nominee (B & W) |
| My Fair Lady | Harry Stradling | 1964 | Winner (Color) |
| Becket | Geoffrey Unsworth | 1964 | Nominee (Color) |
| Cheyenne Autumn | William H. Clothier | 1964 | Nominee (Color) |
| Mary Poppins | Edward Colman | 1964 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Daniel L. Fapp | 1964 | Nominee (Color) |
| Hud | James Wong Howe | 1963 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Balcony | George J. Folsey | 1963 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Caretakers | Lucien Ballard | 1963 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Lilies of the Field | Ernest Haller | 1963 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Love with the Proper Stranger | Milton Krasner | 1963 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Cleopatra | Leon Shamroy | 1963 | Winner (Color) |
| The Cardinal | Leon Shamroy | 1963 | Nominee (Color) |
| How the West Was Won | William Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang and Joseph LaShelle | 1963 | Nominee (Color) |
| Irma la Douce | Joseph LaShelle | 1963 | Nominee (Color) |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Ernest Laszlo | 1963 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Longest Day | Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz | 1962 | Winner (B & W) |
| Birdman of Alcatraz | Burnett Guffey | 1962 | Nominee (B & W) |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Russell Harlan | 1962 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Two for the Seesaw | Ted D. McCord | 1962 | Nominee (B & W) |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Ernest Haller | 1962 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Freddie Young | 1962 | Winner (Color) |
| Gypsy | Harry Stradling | 1962 | Nominee (Color) |
| Hatari! | Russell Harlan | 1962 | Nominee (Color) |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Robert Surtees | 1962 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Paul C. Vogel | 1962 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Hustler | Eugen Schüfftan | 1961 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Absent-Minded Professor | Edward Colman | 1961 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Children's Hour | Franz Planer | 1961 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Judgment at Nuremberg | Ernest Laszlo | 1961 | Nominee (B & W) |
| One, Two, Three | Daniel L. Fapp | 1961 | Nominee (B & W) |
| West Side Story | Daniel L. Fapp | 1961 | Winner (Color) |
| Fanny | Jack Cardiff | 1961 | Nominee (Color) |
| Flower Drum Song | Russell Metty | 1961 | Nominee (Color) |
| A Majority of One | Harry Stradling | 1961 | Nominee (Color) |
| One-Eyed Jacks | Charles Lang | 1961 | Nominee (Color) |
| Sons and Lovers | Freddie Francis | 1960 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Apartment | Joseph LaShelle | 1960 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Facts of Life | Charles Lang | 1960 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Inherit the Wind | Ernest Laszlo | 1960 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Psycho | John L. Russell | 1960 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Spartacus | Russell Metty | 1960 | Winner (Color) |
| The Alamo | William H. Clothier | 1960 | Nominee (Color) |
| BUtterfield 8 | Joseph Ruttenberg and Charles Harten | 1960 | Nominee (Color) |
| Exodus | Sam Leavitt | 1960 | Nominee (Color) |
| Pepe | Joseph MacDonald | 1960 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | William C. Mellor | 1959 | Winner (B & W) |
| Anatomy of a Murder | Sam Leavitt | 1959 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Career | Joseph LaShelle | 1959 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Some Like It Hot | Charles Lang | 1959 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Young Philadelphians | Harry Stradling | 1959 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Ben Hur | Robert Surtees | 1959 | Winner (Color) |
| The Big Fisherman | Lee Garmes | 1959 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Five Pennies | Daniel L. Fapp | 1959 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Nun's Story | Franz Planer | 1959 | Nominee (Color) |
| Porgy and Bess | Leon Shamroy | 1959 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Defiant Ones | Sam Leavitt | 1958 | Winner (B & W) |
| Desire Under the Elms | Daniel L. Fapp | 1958 | Nominee (B & W) |
| I Want to Live! | Lionel Lindon | 1958 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Separate Tables | Charles Lang | 1958 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Young Lions | Joseph MacDonald | 1958 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Gigi | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1958 | Winner (Color) |
| Auntie Mame | Harry Stradling | 1958 | Nominee (Color) |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | William Daniels | 1958 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Old Man and the Sea | James Wong Howe | 1958 | Nominee (Color) |
| South Pacific | Leon Shamroy | 1958 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | Jack Hildyard | 1957 | Winner |
| An Affair to Remember | Milton Krasner | 1957 | Nominee |
| Funny Face | Ray June | 1957 | Nominee |
| Peyton Place | William C. Mellor | 1957 | Nominee |
| Sayonara | Ellsworth Fredericks | 1957 | Nominee |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1956 | Winner (B & W) |
| Baby Doll | Boris Kaufman | 1956 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Bad Seed | Harold Rosson | 1956 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Harder They Fall | Burnett Guffey | 1956 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Stagecoach to Fury | Walter Strenge | 1956 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Lionel Lindon | 1956 | Winner (Color) |
| The Eddy Duchin Story | Harry Stradling | 1956 | Nominee (Color) |
| The King and I | Leon Shamroy | 1956 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Ten Commandments | Loyal Griggs | 1956 | Nominee (Color) |
| War and Peace | Jack Cardiff | 1956 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Rose Tattoo | James Wong Howe | 1955 | Winner (B & W) |
| Blackboard Jungle | Russell Harlan | 1955 | Nominee (B & W) |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | Arthur Arling | 1955 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Marty | Joseph LaShelle | 1955 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Queen Bee | Charles Lang | 1955 | Nominee (B & W) |
| To Catch a Thief | Robert Burks | 1955 | Winner (Color) |
| Guys and Dolls | Harry Stradling | 1955 | Nominee (Color) |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Leon Shamroy | 1955 | Nominee (Color) |
| A Man Called Peter | Harold Lipstein | 1955 | Nominee (Color) |
| Oklahoma! | Robert Surtees | 1955 | Nominee (Color) |
| On the Waterfront | Boris Kaufman | 1954 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Country Girl | John F. Warren | 1954 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Executive Suite | George J. Folsey | 1954 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Rogue Cop | John F. Seitz | 1954 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sabrina | Charles Lang | 1954 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Milton Krasner | 1954 | Winner (Color) |
| The Egyptian | Leon Shamroy | 1954 | Nominee (Color) |
| Rear Window | Robert Burks | 1954 | Nominee (Color) |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | George J. Folsey | 1954 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Silver Chalice | William V. Skall | 1954 | Nominee (Color) |
| From Here to Eternity | Burnett Guffey | 1953 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Four Poster | Hal Mohr | 1953 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Julius Caesar | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1953 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Martin Luther | Joseph C. Brun | 1953 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Roman Holiday | Franz Planer and Henri Alekan | 1953 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Shane | Loyal Griggs | 1953 | Winner (Color) |
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | George J. Folsey | 1953 | Nominee (Color) |
| Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Edward Cronjager | 1953 | Nominee (Color) |
| Lili | Robert H. Planck | 1953 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Robe | Leon Shamroy | 1953 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Bad and the Beautiful | Robert Surtees | 1952 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Big Sky | Russell Harlan | 1952 | Nominee (B & W) |
| My Cousin Rachel | Joseph LaShelle | 1952 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Navajo | Virgil Miller | 1952 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sudden Fear | Charles Lang | 1952 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Quiet Man | Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout | 1952 | Winner (Color) |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Harry Stradling | 1952 | Nominee (Color) |
| Ivanhoe | Freddie Young | 1952 | Nominee (Color) |
| Million Dollar Mermaid | George J. Folsey | 1952 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Leon Shamroy | 1952 | Nominee (Color) |
| A Place in the Sun | William C. Mellor | 1951 | Winner (B & W) |
| Death of a Salesman | Franz Planer | 1951 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Frogmen | Norbert Brodine | 1951 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Strangers on a Train | Robert Burks | 1951 | Nominee (B & W) |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Harry Stradling | 1951 | Nominee (B & W) |
| An American in Paris | Alfred Gilks and John Alton | 1951 | Winner (Color) |
| David and Bathsheba | Leon Shamroy | 1951 | Nominee (Color) |
| Quo Vadis | Robert Surtees and William V. Skall | 1951 | Nominee (Color) |
| Show Boat | Charles Rosher | 1951 | Nominee (Color) |
| When Worlds Collide | John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene | 1951 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Third Man | Robert Krasker | 1950 | Winner (B & W) |
| All About Eve | Milton Krasner | 1950 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Harold Rosson | 1950 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Furies | Victor Milner | 1950 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sunset Boulevard | John F. Seitz | 1950 | Nominee (B & W) |
| King Solomon's Mines | Robert Surtees | 1950 | Winner (Color) |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Charles Rosher | 1950 | Nominee (Color) |
| Broken Arrow | Ernest Palmer | 1950 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Flame and the Arrow | Ernest Haller | 1950 | Nominee (Color) |
| Samson and Delilah | George Barnes | 1950 | Nominee (Color) |
| Battleground | Paul C. Vogel | 1949 | Winner (B & W) |
| Champion | Franz Planer | 1949 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Come to the Stable | Joseph LaShelle | 1949 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Heiress | Leo Tover | 1949 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Prince of Foxes | Leon Shamroy | 1949 | Nominee (B & W) |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Winton C. Hoch | 1949 | Winner (Color) |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | Harry Stradling | 1949 | Nominee (Color) |
| Jolson Sings Again | William E. Snyder | 1949 | Nominee (Color) |
| Little Women | Robert H. Planck and Charles Schoenbaum | 1949 | Nominee (Color) |
| Sand | Charles G. Clarke | 1949 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Naked City | William Daniels | 1948 | Winner (B & W) |
| A Foreign Affair | Charles Lang | 1948 | Nominee (B & W) |
| I Remember Mama | Nicholas Musuraca | 1948 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Johnny Belinda | Ted D. McCord | 1948 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Portrait of Jennie | Joseph August (posthumously) | 1948 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Joan of Arc | Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton C. Hoch | 1948 | Winner (Color) |
| Green Grass of Wyoming | Charles G. Clarke | 1948 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Loves of Carmen | William E. Snyder | 1948 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Three Musketeers | Robert H. Planck | 1948 | Nominee (Color) |
| Great Expectations | Guy Green | 1947 | Winner (B & W) |
| Green Dolphin Street | George J. Folsey | 1947 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Charles Lang | 1947 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Black Narcissus | Jack Cardiff | 1947 | Winner (Color) |
| Life with Father | J. Peverell Marley and William V. Skall | 1947 | Nominee (Color) |
| Mother Wore Tights | Harry Jackson | 1947 | Nominee (Color) |
| Anna and the King of Siam | Arthur C. Miller | 1946 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Green Years | George J. Folsey | 1946 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Yearling | Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling | 1946 | Winner (Color) |
| The Jolson Story | Joseph Walker | 1946 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Harry Stradling | 1945 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Keys of the Kingdom | Arthur C. Miller | 1945 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Lost Weekend | John F. Seitz | 1945 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Mildred Pierce | Ernest Haller | 1945 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Spellbound | George Barnes | 1945 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Leave Her to Heaven | Leon Shamroy | 1945 | Winner (Color) |
| Anchors Aweigh | Robert H. Planck and Charles P. Boyle | 1945 | Nominee (Color) |
| National Velvet | Leonard Smith | 1945 | Nominee (Color) |
| A Song to Remember | Tony Gaudio and Allen M. Davey | 1945 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Spanish Main | George Barnes | 1945 | Nominee (Color) |
| Laura | Joseph LaShelle | 1944 | Winner (B & W) |
| Double Indemnity | John F. Seitz | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Dragon Seed | Sidney Wagner | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Gaslight | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Going My Way | Lionel Lindon | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Lifeboat | Glen MacWilliams | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Since You Went Away | Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Uninvited | Charles Lang | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | George J. Folsey | 1944 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Wilson | Leon Shamroy | 1944 | Winner (Color) |
| Cover Girl | Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey | 1944 | Nominee (Color) |
| Home in Indiana | Edward Cronjager | 1944 | Nominee (Color) |
| Kismet | Charles Rosher | 1944 | Nominee (Color) |
| Lady in the Dark | Ray Rennahan | 1944 | Nominee (Color) |
| Meet Me in St. Louis | George J. Folsey | 1944 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Song of Bernadette | Arthur C. Miller | 1943 | Winner (B & W) |
| Air Force | James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer and Charles A. Marshall | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Casablanca | Arthur Edeson | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Corvette K-225 | Tony Gaudio | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Five Graves to Cairo | John F. Seitz | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Human Comedy | Harry Stradling | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Madame Curie | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The North Star | James Wong Howe | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sahara | Rudolph Maté | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| So Proudly We Hail! | Charles Lang | 1943 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Phantom of the Opera | Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene | 1943 | Winner (Color) |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ray Rennahan | 1943 | Nominee (Color) |
| Heaven Can Wait | Edward Cronjager | 1943 | Nominee (Color) |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | Charles G. Clarke and Allen M. Davey | 1943 | Nominee (Color) |
| Lassie Come Home | Leonard Smith | 1943 | Nominee (Color) |
| Thousands Cheer | George J. Folsey | 1943 | Nominee (Color) |
| Mrs. Miniver | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1942 | Winner (B & W) |
| Kings Row | James Wong Howe | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Stanley Cortez | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Moontide | Charles G. Clarke | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Pied Piper | Edward Cronjager | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Pride of the Yankees | Rudolph Maté | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Take a Letter, Darling | John J. Mescall | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Talk of the Town | Ted Tetzlaff | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Leon Shamroy | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| This Above All | Arthur C. Miller | 1942 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Black Swan | Leon Shamroy | 1942 | Winner (Color) |
| Arabian Nights | Milton Krasner, William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene | 1942 | Nominee (Color) |
| Captains of the Clouds | Sol Polito | 1942 | Nominee (Color) |
| Jungle Book | W. Howard Greene | 1942 | Nominee (Color) |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Victor Milner and William V. Skall | 1942 | Nominee (Color) |
| To the Shores of Tripoli | Edward Cronjager and William V. Skall | 1942 | Nominee (Color) |
| How Green Was My Valley | Arthur C. Miller | 1941 | Winner (B & W) |
| The Chocolate Soldier | Karl Freund | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Citizen Kane | Gregg Toland | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Joseph Walker | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Hold Back the Dawn | Leo Tover | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sergeant York | Sol Polito | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sun Valley Serenade | Edward Cronjager | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sundown | Charles Lang | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| That Hamilton Woman | Rudolph Maté | 1941 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Blood and Sand | Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan | 1941 | Winner (Color) |
| Aloma of the South Seas | Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss and William E. Snyder | 1941 | Nominee (Color) |
| Billy the Kid | William V. Skall and Leonard Smith | 1941 | Nominee (Color) |
| Blossoms in the Dust | Karl Freund and W. Howard Greene | 1941 | Nominee (Color) |
| Dive Bomber | Bert Glennon | 1941 | Nominee (Color) |
| Louisiana Purchase | Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan | 1941 | Nominee (Color) |
| Rebecca | George Barnes | 1940 | Winner (B & W) |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois | James Wong Howe | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Ernest Haller | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Arise, My Love | Charles Lang | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Boom Town | Harold Rosson | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Foreign Correspondent | Rudolph Maté | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Letter | Tony Gaudio | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Long Voyage Home | Gregg Toland | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Spring Parade | Joseph Valentine | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Waterloo Bridge | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1940 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Thief of Bagdad | Georges Périnal | 1940 | Winner (Color) |
| Bitter Sweet | Oliver T. Marsh and Allen M. Davey | 1940 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Blue Bird | Arthur C. Miller and Ray Rennahan | 1940 | Nominee (Color) |
| Down Argentine Way | Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan | 1940 | Nominee (Color) |
| North West Mounted Police | Victor Milner and W. Howard Greene | 1940 | Nominee (Color) |
| Northwest Passage | Sidney Wagner and William V. Skall | 1940 | Nominee (Color) |
| Wuthering Heights | Gregg Toland | 1939 | Winner (B & W) |
| Stagecoach | Bert Glennon | 1939 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Gone With the Wind | Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan | 1939 | Winner (Color) |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Sol Polito and W. Howard Greene | 1939 | Nominee (Color) |
| The Great Waltz | Joseph Ruttenberg | 1938 | Winner (B & W) |
| Algiers | James Wong Howe | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Army Girl | Ernest Miller and Harry J. Wild | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Buccaneer | Victor Milner | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Jezebel | Ernest Haller | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Mad About Music | Joseph Valentine | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Merrily We Live | Norbert Brodine | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Suez | J. Peverell Marley | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Vivacious Lady | Robert De Grasse | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| You Can't Take It with You | Joseph Walker | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Young in Heart | Leon Shamroy | 1938 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Sweethearts | Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey | 1938 | Color (Special Achievement) |
| The Good Earth | Karl Freund | 1937 | Winner (B & W) |
| Dead End | Gregg Toland | 1937 | Nominee (B & W) |
| Wings over Honolulu | Joseph Valentine | 1937 | Nominee (B & W) |
| A Star Is Born | W. Howard Greene | 1937 | Color (Special Achievement) |
| Anthony Adverse | Tony Gaudio | 1936 | Winner (B & W) |
| The General Died at Dawn | Victor Milner | 1936 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Gorgeous Hussy | George J. Folsey | 1936 | Nominee (B & W) |
| The Garden of Allah | W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson | 1936 | Color (Special Achievement) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hal Mohr | 1935 | Winner |
| Barbary Coast | Ray June | 1935 | Nominee |
| The Crusades | Victor Milner | 1935 | Nominee |
| Les Misérables | Gregg Toland | 1935 | Nominee |
| Cleopatra | Victor Milner | 1934 | Winner |
| The Affairs of Cellini | Charles Rosher | 1934 | Nominee |
| Operator 13 | George J. Folsey | 1934 | Nominee |
| A Farewell to Arms | Charles Lang | 1932/33 | Winner |
| Reunion in Vienna | George J. Folsey | 1932/33 | Nominee |
| The Sign of the Cross | Karl Struss | 1932/33 | Nominee |
| Shanghai Express | Lee Garmes | 1931/32 | Winner |
| Arrowsmith | Ray June | 1931/32 | Nominee |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Karl Struss | 1931/32 | Nominee |
| Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | Floyd Crosby | 1930/31 | Winner |
| Cimarron | Edward Cronjager | 1930/31 | Nominee |
| Morocco | Lee Garmes | 1930/31 | Nominee |
| The Right to Love | Charles Lang | 1930/31 | Nominee |
| Svengali | Barney McGill | 1930/31 | Nominee |
| With Byrd at the South Pole | Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer | 1929/30 | Winner |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Arthur Edeson | 1929/30 | Nominee |
| Anna Christie | William H. Daniels | 1929/30 | Nominee |
| Hell's Angels | Tony Gaudio and Harry Perry | 1929/30 | Nominee |
| The Love Parade | Victor Milner | 1929/30 | Nominee |
| White Shadows in the South Seas | Clyde De Vinna | 1928/29 | Winner |
| The Divine Lady | John F. Seitz | 1928/29 | Nominee |
| 4 Devils | Ernest Palmer | 1928/29 | Nominee |
| In Old Arizona | Arthur Edeson | 1928/29 | Nominee |
| Our Dancing Daughters | George Barnes | 1928/29 | Nominee |
| Street Angel | Ernest Palmer | 1928/29 | Nominee |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Charles Rosher Karl Struss | 1927/28 | Winner |
| The Devil Dancer | George Barnes | 1927/28 | Nominee |
| The Magic Flame | George Barnes | 1927/28 | Nominee |
| Sadie Thompson | George Barnes | 1927/28 | Nominee |