Oscar ceremonies

Also known as the Academy Awards.

#	Date	Best Picture	U.S. viewers (millions)	HH Rating	Host(s)	Producer(s)	Venue	Network
1st	May 16, 1929	Wings	—	—	Douglas Fairbanks	—	The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel	none
2nd	April 3, 1930	The Broadway Melody	—	—	William C. deMille	—	Ambassador Hotel	KNX-AM[8]
3rd	November 5, 1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	—	—	Conrad Nagel	—		KNX-AM
4th	November 10, 1931	Cimarron	—	—	Lawrence Grant	—	Biltmore Hotel	KHJ-AM
5th	November 18, 1932	Grand Hotel	—	—	Lionel Barrymore Conrad Nagel	—	Ambassador Hotel	KECA-AM
6th	March 16, 1934	Cavalcade	—	—	Will Rogers	—		none
7th	February 27, 1935	It Happened One Night	—	—	Irvin S. Cobb	—	Biltmore Hotel
8th	March 5, 1936	Mutiny on the Bounty	—	—	Frank Capra	—
9th	March 4, 1937	The Great Ziegfeld	—	—	George Jessel	—
10th	March 10, 1938	The Life of Emile Zola	—	—	Bob Burns	—
11th	February 23, 1939	You Can't Take It With You	—	—	Frank Capra	—		KHJ-AM
12th	February 29, 1940	Gone with the Wind	—	—	Bob Hope	—	Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove)	KNX-AM
13th	February 27, 1941	Rebecca	—	—		—	Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl)	KECA-AM
14th	February 26, 1942	How Green Was My Valley	—	—		—		KNX-AM
15th	March 4, 1943	Mrs. Miniver	—	—		—	Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove)
16th	March 2, 1944	Casablanca	—	—	Jack Benny	—	Grauman's Chinese Theatre
17th	March 15, 1945	Going My Way	—	—	Bob Hope John Cromwell	—		ABC Radio
18th	March 7, 1946	The Lost Weekend	—	—	Bob Hope James Stewart	—
19th	March 13, 1947	The Best Years of Our Lives	—	—	Jack Benny	—	Shrine Auditorium
20th	March 20, 1948	Gentleman's Agreement	—	—	Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell	—
21st	March 24, 1949	Hamlet	—	—	Robert Montgomery	—	The Academy Theater
22nd	March 23, 1950	All the King's Men	—	—	Paul Douglas	—	Pantages Theatre
23rd	March 29, 1951	All About Eve	—	—	Fred Astaire	—
24th	March 20, 1952	An American in Paris	—	—	Danny Kaye	—
25th	March 19, 1953	The Greatest Show on Earth	40 million	—	Bob Hope Conrad Nagel	—	Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre	NBC Radio NBC
26th	March 25, 1954	From Here to Eternity	43 million	—	Donald O'Connor Fredric March	—	Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre
27th	March 30, 1955	On the Waterfront	—	—	Bob Hope Thelma Ritter	—
28th	March 21, 1956	Marty	—	—	Jerry Lewis Claudette Colbert Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Robert Emmett Dolan
29th	March 27, 1957	Around the World in 80 Days	—	—	Jerry Lewis Celeste Holm	Valentine Davies
30th	March 26, 1958	The Bridge on the River Kwai	—	—	Bob Hope David Niven James Stewart Jack Lemmon Rosalind Russell Donald Duck[9]	Jerry Wald	Pantages Theatre
31st	April 6, 1959	Gigi	—	—	Bob Hope David Niven Tony Randall Mort Sahl Laurence Olivier Jerry Lewis
32nd	April 4, 1960	Ben-Hur	—	—	Bob Hope	Arthur Freed
33rd	April 17, 1961	The Apartment	—	—			Santa Monica Civic Auditorium	ABC Radio ABC
34th	April 9, 1962	West Side Story	—	—
35th	April 8, 1963	Lawrence of Arabia	—	—	Frank Sinatra
36th	April 13, 1964	Tom Jones	—	—	Jack Lemmon	Richard Dunlap George Sidney
37th	April 5, 1965	My Fair Lady	—	—	Bob Hope	Joe Pasternak
38th	April 18, 1966	The Sound of Music	—	—
39th	April 10, 1967	A Man for All Seasons	—	—
40th	April 10, 1968	In the Heat of the Night	—	—		Arthur Freed
41st	April 14, 1969	Oliver!	—	—	none	Gower Champion	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion	ABC
42nd	April 7, 1970	Midnight Cowboy	—	43.40		M. J. Frankovich
43rd	April 15, 1971	Patton	—	—		Robert Wise		NBC
44th	April 10, 1972	The French Connection	—	—	Helen Hayes Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon	Howard W. Koch
45th	March 27, 1973	The Godfather	—	—	Carol Burnett Michael Caine Charlton Heston Rock Hudson
46th	April 2, 1974	The Sting	—	—	John Huston Burt Reynolds David Niven Diana Ross	Jack Haley Jr.
47th	April 8, 1975	The Godfather Part II	—	—	Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra	Howard W. Koch
48th	March 29, 1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	—	—	Goldie Hawn Gene Kelly Walter Matthau George Segal Robert Shaw			ABC
49th	March 28, 1977	Rocky	—	—	Warren Beatty Ellen Burstyn Jane Fonda Richard Pryor	William Friedkin
50th	April 3, 1978	Annie Hall	39.73 million	31.10	Bob Hope	Howard W. Koch
51st	April 9, 1979	The Deer Hunter	—	—	Johnny Carson	Jack Haley Jr.
52nd	April 14, 1980	Kramer vs. Kramer	—	—		Howard W. Koch
53rd	March 31, 1981	Ordinary People	—	—		Norman Jewison
54th	March 29, 1982	Chariots of Fire	—	—		Howard W. Koch Melvin Frank
55th	April 11, 1983	Gandhi	—	—	Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau	Howard W. Koch
56th	April 9, 1984	Terms of Endearment	—	38.00	Johnny Carson	Jack Haley Jr.
57th	March 25, 1985	Amadeus	—	—	Jack Lemmon	Gregory Peck Robert Wise Larry Gelbart Gene Allen
58th	March 24, 1986	Out of Africa	38.65 million	25.71	Alan Alda Jane Fonda Robin Williams	Stanley Donen
59th	March 30, 1987	Platoon	39.72 million	25.94	Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Paul Hogan	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
60th	April 11, 1988	The Last Emperor	42.04 million	27.80	Chevy Chase		Shrine Auditorium
61st	March 29, 1989	Rain Man	42.77 million	28.41	none	Allan Carr
62nd	March 26, 1990	Driving Miss Daisy	40.22 million	26.42	Billy Crystal	Gil Cates	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
63rd	March 25, 1991	Dances with Wolves	42.79 million	28.06			Shrine Auditorium
64th	March 30, 1992	The Silence of the Lambs	44.41 million	29.80			Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
65th	March 29, 1993	Unforgiven	45.74 million	31.20
66th	March 21, 1994	Schindler's List	45.08 million	31.10	Whoopi Goldberg
67th	March 27, 1995	Forrest Gump	48.28 million	32.50	David Letterman		Shrine Auditorium
68th	March 25, 1996	Braveheart	44.87 million	30.26	Whoopi Goldberg	David Salzman Quincy Jones	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
69th	March 24, 1997	The English Patient	40.08 million	27.35	Billy Crystal	Gil Cates	Shrine Auditorium
70th	March 23, 1998	Titanic	55.25 million	34.86
71st	March 21, 1999	Shakespeare in Love	45.62 million	28.64	Whoopi Goldberg		Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
72nd	March 26, 2000	American Beauty	46.33 million	29.20	Billy Crystal	Richard D. Zanuck Lili Fini Zanuck	Shrine Auditorium
73rd	March 25, 2001	Gladiator	42.94 million	26.22	Steve Martin	Gil Cates
74th	March 24, 2002	A Beautiful Mind	41.78 million	25.43	Whoopi Goldberg	Laura Ziskin	Kodak Theatre[a]
75th	March 23, 2003	Chicago	33.05 million	20.40	Steve Martin	Gil Cates
76th	February 29, 2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	43.53 million	26.03	Billy Crystal	Joe Roth
77th	February 27, 2005	Million Dollar Baby	42.14 million	25.43	Chris Rock	Gil Cates
78th	March 5, 2006	Crash	38.94 million	23.05	Jon Stewart
79th	February 25, 2007	The Departed	40.18 million	23.62	Ellen DeGeneres	Laura Ziskin
80th	February 24, 2008	No Country for Old Men	32.02 million	18.68	Jon Stewart	Gil Cates
81st	February 22, 2009	Slumdog Millionaire	36.32 million	20.59	Hugh Jackman	Bill Condon Laurence Mark
82nd	March 7, 2010	The Hurt Locker	41.71 million	23.33	Steve Martin Alec Baldwin	Bill Mechanic Adam Shankman
83rd	February 27, 2011	The King's Speech	37.92 million	21.25	James Franco Anne Hathaway	Bruce Cohen Don Mischer
84th	February 26, 2012	The Artist	39.34 million	22.58	Billy Crystal	Brian Grazer Don Mischer	Hollywood and Highland Center[a]
85th	February 24, 2013	Argo	40.38 million	23.08	Seth MacFarlane	Craig Zadan Neil Meron	Dolby Theatre
86th	March 2, 2014	12 Years a Slave	43.63 million	24.60	Ellen DeGeneres
87th	February 22, 2015	Birdman	37.30 million	20.65	Neil Patrick Harris
88th	February 28, 2016	Spotlight	34.43 million	19.37	Chris Rock	David Hill Reginald Hudlin
89th	February 26, 2017	Moonlight	33.00 million	18.39	Jimmy Kimmel	Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd
90th	March 4, 2018	The Shape of Water	26.62 million	14.87
91st	February 24, 2019	Green Book	29.56 million	16.4	none	Donna Gigliotti Glenn Weiss
92nd	February 9, 2020	Parasite	23.64 million	13.59[10]		Lynette Howell Taylor Stephanie Allain
93rd	April 25, 2021	Nomadland	10.40 million	5.9		Jesse Collins Stacey Sher Steven Soderbergh	Union Station
94th	March 27, 2022	CODA	16.62 million	9.0	Regina Hall Amy Schumer Wanda Sykes	Will Packer Shayla Cowan	Dolby Theatre
95th	March 12, 2023	Everything Everywhere All at Once	18.70 million	9.9	Jimmy Kimmel	Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss
96th	March 10, 2024	Oppenheimer	19.50 million	9.9		Raj Kapoor Katy Mullan
97th	March 2, 2025	Anora	19.69 million	9.1	Conan O'Brien			ABC Hulu
98th	March 15, 2026[11]	—	—	—