This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies.[1] [2] [3]
This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024.
| U.S. network | Years |
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBC | 1953–1960 | 8 | |
| ABC | 1961–1970 | 10 | |
| NBC | 1971–1975 | 5 | |
| ABC | 1976–present | 47 |
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31.[4] For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[4]
When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the year(s) of its eligibility period,[5] or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.[6]
| Date | Best Picture | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating | Host(s) | Producer(s) | Venue | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1929 | Wings | — | — | — | ||||
| April 3, 1930 | — | — | — | KNX-AM[7] | ||||
| November 5, 1930 | All Quiet on the | — | — | — | KNX-AM | |||
| November 10, 1931 | Cimarron | — | — | — | KHJ-AM | |||
| November 18, 1932 | Grand Hotel | — | — | — | Ambassador Hotel | KECA-AM | ||
| March 16, 1934 | Cavalcade | — | — | — | rowspan="5" | |||
| February 27, 1935 | It Happened One Night | — | — | — | Biltmore Hotel | |||
| March 5, 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty | — | — | — | ||||
| March 4, 1937 | The Great Ziegfeld | — | — | — | ||||
| March 10, 1938 | The Life of Emile Zola | — | — | — | ||||
| February 23, 1939 | — | — | — | KHJ-AM | ||||
| February 29, 1940 | Gone with the Wind | — | — | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) | KNX-AM | ||
| February 27, 1941 | Rebecca | — | — | — | Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl) | KECA-AM | ||
| February 26, 1942 | How Green Was My Valley | — | — | — | KNX-AM | |||
| March 4, 1943 | Mrs. Miniver | — | — | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) | KNX-AM | ||
| March 2, 1944 | Casablanca | — | — | — | Grauman's Chinese Theatre | KNX-AM | ||
| March 15, 1945 | Going My Way | — | — | — | ABC Radio | |||
| March 7, 1946 | The Lost Weekend | — | — | — | ||||
| March 13, 1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives | — | — | Jack Benny | — | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| March 20, 1948 | Gentleman's Agreement | — | — | — | ||||
| March 24, 1949 | Hamlet | — | — | — | ||||
| March 23, 1950 | All the King's Men | — | — | — | Pantages Theatre | |||
| March 29, 1951 | All About Eve | — | — | — | ||||
| March 20, 1952 | An American in Paris | — | — | — | ||||
| March 19, 1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 40 million | — | — | Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre | NBC Radio NBC | ||
| March 25, 1954 | From Here to Eternity | 43 million | — | — | Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre | |||
| March 30, 1955 | On the Waterfront | — | — | — | ||||
| March 21, 1956 | Marty | — | — | Robert Emmett Dolan | ||||
| March 27, 1957 | Around the World in | — | — | Valentine Davies | ||||
| March 26, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven James Stewart Jack Lemmon Rosalind Russell Donald Duck[8] | Pantages Theatre | |||
| April 6, 1959 | Gigi | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven Tony Randall Mort Sahl Laurence Olivier Jerry Lewis | ||||
| April 4, 1960 | Ben-Hur | — | — | Bob Hope | Arthur Freed | |||
| April 17, 1961 | The Apartment | — | — | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | ABC Radio ABC | |||
| April 9, 1962 | West Side Story | — | — | |||||
| April 8, 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | — | — | Frank Sinatra | ||||
| April 13, 1964 | Tom Jones | — | — | Jack Lemmon | Richard Dunlap George Sidney | |||
| April 5, 1965 | My Fair Lady | — | — | Bob Hope | Joe Pasternak | |||
| April 18, 1966 | The Sound of Music | — | — | |||||
| April 10, 1967 | A Man for All Seasons | — | — | |||||
| April 10, 1968 | In the Heat of the Night | — | — | Arthur Freed | ||||
| April 14, 1969 | Oliver! | — | — | rowspan=3 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ABC | ||
| April 7, 1970 | Midnight Cowboy | — | 43.40 | M. J. Frankovich | ||||
| April 15, 1971 | Patton | — | — | NBC | ||||
| April 10, 1972 | The French Connection | — | — | Helen Hayes Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon | Howard W. Koch | |||
| March 27, 1973 | The Godfather | — | — | Carol Burnett Michael Caine Charlton Heston Rock Hudson | ||||
| April 2, 1974 | The Sting | — | — | Jack Haley Jr. | ||||
| April 8, 1975 | The Godfather Part II | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra | Howard W. Koch | |||
| March 29, 1976 | One Flew Over the | — | — | ABC | ||||
| March 28, 1977 | Rocky | — | — | William Friedkin | ||||
| April 3, 1978 | Annie Hall | 31.10 | Bob Hope | Howard W. Koch | ||||
| April 9, 1979 | The Deer Hunter | — | — | Jack Haley Jr. | ||||
| April 14, 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | — | — | Howard W. Koch | ||||
| March 31, 1981 | Ordinary People | — | — | Norman Jewison | ||||
| March 29, 1982 | Chariots of Fire | — | — | Howard W. Koch Melvin Frank | ||||
| April 11, 1983 | Gandhi | — | — | Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau | Howard W. Koch | |||
| April 9, 1984 | Terms of Endearment | — | 38.00 | Johnny Carson | Jack Haley Jr. | |||
| March 25, 1985 | Amadeus | — | — | Jack Lemmon | Gregory Peck Robert Wise Larry Gelbart Gene Allen | |||
| March 24, 1986 | Out of Africa | 38.65 million | 25.71 | Stanley Donen | ||||
| March 30, 1987 | Platoon | 39.72 million | 25.94 | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | ||||
| April 11, 1988 | The Last Emperor | 42.04 million | 27.80 | Chevy Chase | Shrine Auditorium | |||
| March 29, 1989 | Rain Man | 42.77 million | 28.41 | Allan Carr | ||||
| March 26, 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy | 40.22 million | 26.42 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ||||
| March 25, 1991 | Dances with Wolves | 42.79 million | 28.06 | Shrine Auditorium | ||||
| March 30, 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | 44.41 million | 29.80 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ||||
| March 29, 1993 | Unforgiven | 45.74 million | 31.20 | |||||
| March 21, 1994 | Schindler's List | 45.08 million | 31.10 | Whoopi Goldberg | ||||
| March 27, 1995 | Forrest Gump | 48.28 million | 32.50 | Shrine Auditorium | ||||
| March 25, 1996 | Braveheart | 44.87 million | 30.26 | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |||
| March 24, 1997 | The English Patient | 40.08 million | 27.35 | Billy Crystal | Gil Cates | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| March 23, 1998 | Titanic | 55.25 million | 34.86 | |||||
| March 21, 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | 45.62 million | 28.64 | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |||
| March 26, 2000 | American Beauty | 46.33 million | 29.20 | Billy Crystal | Shrine Auditorium | |||
| March 25, 2001 | Gladiator | 42.94 million | 26.22 | Gil Cates | ||||
| March 24, 2002 | A Beautiful Mind | 41.78 million | 25.43 | Whoopi Goldberg | Kodak Theatre | |||
| March 23, 2003 | Chicago | 33.05 million | 20.40 | Steve Martin | Gil Cates | |||
| February 29, 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 43.53 million | 26.03 | Billy Crystal | Joe Roth | |||
| February 27, 2005 | Million Dollar Baby | 42.14 million | 25.43 | Gil Cates | ||||
| March 5, 2006 | Crash | 38.94 million | 23.05 | Jon Stewart | ||||
| February 25, 2007 | The Departed | 40.18 million | 23.62 | Laura Ziskin | ||||
| February 24, 2008 | No Country for Old Men | 32.02 million | 18.68 | Jon Stewart | Gil Cates | |||
| February 22, 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | 36.32 million | 20.59 | Bill Condon Laurence Mark | ||||
| March 7, 2010 | The Hurt Locker | 41.71 million | 23.33 | Bill Mechanic Adam Shankman | ||||
| February 27, 2011 | The King's Speech | 37.92 million | 21.25 | Bruce Cohen Don Mischer | ||||
| February 26, 2012 | The Artist | 39.34 million | 22.58 | Billy Crystal | Brian Grazer Don Mischer | Hollywood and Highland Center | ||
| February 24, 2013 | Argo | 40.38 million | 23.08 | Craig Zadan Neil Meron | Dolby Theatre | |||
| March 2, 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | 43.63 million | 24.60 | Ellen DeGeneres | ||||
| February 22, 2015 | Birdman | 37.30 million | 20.65 | Neil Patrick Harris | ||||
| February 28, 2016 | Spotlight | 34.43 million | 19.37 | Chris Rock | ||||
| February 26, 2017 | Moonlight | 33.00 million | 18.39 | Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd | ||||
| March 4, 2018 | The Shape of Water | 26.62 million | 14.87 | |||||
| February 24, 2019 | Green Book | 29.56 million | 16.4 | rowspan="3" | Donna Gigliotti Glenn Weiss | |||
| February 9, 2020 | Parasite | 23.64 million | 13.59[9] | Lynette Howell Taylor Stephanie Allain | ||||
| April 25, 2021 | Nomadland | 10.40 million | 5.9 | Union Station | ||||
| March 27, 2022 | CODA | 16.62 million | 9.0 | Will Packer Shayla Cowan | Dolby Theatre | |||
| March 12, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 18.70 million | 9.9 | Jimmy Kimmel | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss | |||
| March 10, 2024 | Oppenheimer | 19.50 million | 9.9 | Raj Kapoor Katy Mullan Molly McNearney | ||||
| March 2, 2025 |
The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.
| Host | Number of ceremonies |
|---|---|
| 19 | |
| 9 | |
| 5 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on the same year in which the individual was also a nominee.
| Host | Ceremony | Date | Category | Film | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Niven | 31st Academy Awards | April 6, 1959 | Best Actor | Separate Tables | ||
| Michael Caine | 45th Academy Awards | March 27, 1973 | Best Actor | Sleuth | ||
| Walter Matthau | 48th Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Actor | The Sunshine Boys | ||
| Paul Hogan | 59th Academy Awards | March 30, 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Crocodile Dundee | ||
| James Franco | 83rd Academy Awards | February 27, 2011 | Best Actor | 127 Hours | ||
| Seth MacFarlane | 85th Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Original Song | Ted |