Best Films of All Time Hall of Fame

Awarded to the film deemed by Cosmo voters to be one of the best films of all time. The winning film will be inducted into the Cosmique Movie Hall of Fame, and will not be eligible in subsequent years to be re-nominated to this category. There are no restrictions on the film’s era, nationality, language, or genre. All films except previous winners are eligible for nomination. In addition, a film cannot be nominated in the same year that it is first theatrically released.

Not eligible: Films that have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame are no longer eligible for nomination, as they are already in the Hall of Fame. In addition, films that are still eligible for a current or future annual award are not yet eligible. They must wait until their annual awards season is over.

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2000 Awards)

Winner

• The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Additional Nominees

• All About Eve (1950)
• Chinatown (1974)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• Nashville (1975)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2001 Awards)

Winner

• All About Eve
• Gone With the Wind (1939)

Additional Nominees

• Apocalypse Now
• Citizen Kane
• The Women

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2002 Awards)

Winner

• Citizen Kane

Additional Nominees

• Chinatown
• The Godfather
• Harold and Maude
• A Letter to Three Wives
• The Lion in Winter
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Women (1939)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2003 Awards)

Winner

• Casablanca

Additional Nominees

• Auntie Mame
• Big Eden (2000)
• Chinatown
• The Women (1939)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2004 Awards)

Winner

• Harold and Maude (1971)
• The Women (1939)

Additional Nominees

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
• Girls Will be Girls (2003)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• The Lion in Winter (1968)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2005 Awards)

Winner

• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Additional Nominees

• Chinatown (1974)
• Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
• Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2006 Awards)

Winner

• Auntie Mame (1958)

Additional Nominees

• Chinatown (1974)
• Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2010 Awards)

Winner

• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Godfather (1972)

Additional Nominees

• Chinatown (1974)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2012 Awards)

Winner

• Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Additional Nominees

• The Godfather: Part II (1974)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• The Lion in Winter (1968)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Titanic (1997)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2013 Awards)

Winner

• The Lion in Winter (1968)

Additional Nominees

• The Big Chill (1983)
• Chinatown (1974)
• The Godfather: Part II (1974)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• Titanic (1997)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2014 Awards)

Winner

• Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Additional Nominees

• Amadeus (1984)
• Dead Poets Society (1989)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Schindler’s List (1993)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2015 Awards)

Winner

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Additional Nominees

• Amadeus (1984)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2016 Awards)

Winner

• Vertigo (1958)

Additional Nominees

• Amadeus (1984)
• Dead Again (1991)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• The World According to Garp (1982)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2017 Awards)

Winner

• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Additional Nominees

• Alien (1979)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Pink Flamingos (1972)
• West Side Story (1961)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2018 Awards)

Winner

• A Letter To Three Wives (1948)

Additional Nominees

• Amadeus (1984)
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
• Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2019 Awards)

Winner

• The Talented Mr. Ripley

Additional Nominees

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• Dead Again
• Girls Will Be Girls
• Nashville
• Ordinary People

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2020 Awards)

Winner

• Paris is Burning

Additional Nominees

• Big Eden
• Death on the Nile (1978)
• Dog Day Afternoon
• The Philadelphia Story
• Ragtime

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2021 Awards)

Winner

• The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Additional Nominees

• Amadeus (1984)
• Dead Again (1991)
• The Godfather: Part II (1974)
• Ragtime (1981)
• The World According to Garp (1982)

Best Films Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame (2022 Awards)

Winner

• Amadeus (1984)

Additional Nominees

• Dead Again (1991)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
• The Godfather: Part II (1974)
• Requiem for a Dream (2000)
• Schindler’s List (1993)