you'll need this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture

what year has the best field nominated?

Hahaha, lol at 1941. How many incredible classic movies lost out to "How Green Was My Valley"?

my list for best years:

1956- around the world, king and i, giant, 10 commandments
1962- lawrence of arabia, kill a mockingbird, mutiny on the bounty
1974- godfather 2, chinatown, conversation, lenny, towering inferno
1975- barry lyndon, cuckoo's nest, dog day afternoon, jaws, nashville
1976- all the president's men, bound for glory (wasnt crazy about this one), rocky, network, taxi driver
1982- et, gadnhi, the verdict, tootsie
1994-gump, pulp fiction, shawshank

Never seen How Green Was My Valley, but John Ford and Maureen O'Hara are the shit.