Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Revenant", respectively. The Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film has traditionally been a near perfect barometer for both Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards. Only seven times since the DGA Award's inception has the DGA Award winner not won the Academy Award; in 1968 (Carol Reed won the Oscar for directing "Oliver!"); 1972 (Bob Fosse won the Oscar for directing "Cabaret"); 1985 (Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for directing "Out of Africa", as Steven Spielberg was not nominated for directing "The Color Purple"); 1995 (Mel Gibson won for directing "Braveheart", as Ron Howard was not nominated for
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film Bourgeoisie)", "La nuit américaine (Day for Night)", "Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs)", and "Amour". National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film of the year. In the past 40 years, the Society only agreed with the Academy Award for Best Picture seven times: "Annie Hall" (1977), "Unforgiven" (1992), "Schindler's List" (1993), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), "The Hurt Locker" (2009), "Spotlight" (2015), and "Moonlight" (2016). Five others have received the Oscar for