Ceremonies

1. Annual Ceremony
2. Date of Ceremony
3. Year Honored
4. Host
5. Best Picture

1st Academy Awards
May 16, 1929
1927 / 1928
Douglas Fairbanks, William C. DeMille
Wings


2nd Academy Awards
April 3, 1930
1928 / 1929
William C. DeMille
The Broadway Melody


3rd Academy Awards
November 5, 1930
1929 / 1930
Conrad Nagel
All Quiet on the Western Front


4th Academy Awards
November 10, 1931
1930 / 1931
Lawrence Grant
Cimarron


5th Academy Awards
November 18, 1932
1931 / 1932
Lionel Barrymore, Conrad Nagel
Grand Hotel


6th Academy Awards
March 16, 1934
1932 / 1933
Will Rogers
Cavalcade


7th Academy Awards
February 27, 1935
1934
Irvin S. Cobb
It Happened One Night


8th Academy Awards
March 5, 1936
1935
Frank Capra
Mutiny on the Bounty


9th Academy Awards
March 4, 1937
1936
George Jessel
The Great Ziegfeld


10th Academy Awards
March 10, 1938
1937
Bob Burns
The Life of Emile Zola


11th Academy Awards
February 23, 1939
1938
no host
You Can't Take It with You


12th Academy Awards
February 29, 1940
1939
Bob Hope
Gone with the Wind


13th Academy Awards
February 27, 1941
1940
Bob Hope
Rebecca


14th Academy Awards
February 26, 1942
1941
no host
How Green Was My Valley


15th Academy Awards
March 4, 1943
1942
Bob Hope
Mrs. Miniver


16th Academy Awards
March 2, 1944
1943
Jack Benny
Casablanca


17th Academy Awards
March 15, 1945
1944
Bob Hope, John Cromwell
Going My Way


18th Academy Awards
March 7, 1946
1945
Bob Hope, James Stewart
The Lost Weekend


19th Academy Awards
March 13, 1947
1946
Jack Benny
The Best Years of Our Lives


20th Academy Awards
March 20, 1948
1947
no host
Gentleman's Agreement


21st Academy Awards
March 24, 1949
1948
Robert Montgomery
Hamlet


22nd Academy Awards
March 23, 1950
1949
Paul Douglas
All the King's Men


23rd Academy Awards
March 29, 1951
1950
Fred Astaire
All About Eve


24th Academy Awards
March 20, 1952
1951
Danny Kaye
An American in Paris


25th Academy Awards
March 19, 1953
1952
Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel
The Greatest Show on Earth


26th Academy Awards
March 25, 1954
1953
Donald O'Connor, Fredric March
From Here to Eternity


27th Academy Awards
March 30, 1955
1954
Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter
On the Waterfront


28th Academy Awards
March 21, 1956
1955
Jerry Lewis, Claudette Colbert, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Marty


29th Academy Awards
March 27, 1957
1956
Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm
Around the World in Eighty Days


30th Academy Awards
March 26, 1958
1957
Bob Hope, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell
The Bridge on the River Kwai


31st Academy Awards
April 6, 1959
1958
Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis
Gigi


32nd Academy Awards
April 4, 1960
1959
Bob Hope
Ben-Hur


33rd Academy Awards
April 17, 1961
1960
Bob Hope
The Apartment


34th Academy Awards
April 9, 1962
1961
Bob Hope
West Side Story


35th Academy Awards
April 8, 1963
1962
Frank Sinatra
Lawrence of Arabia


36th Academy Awards
April 13, 1964
1963
Jack Lemmon
Tom Jones


37th Academy Awards
April 5, 1965
1964
Bob Hope
My Fair Lady


38th Academy Awards
April 18, 1966
1965
Bob Hope
The Sound of Music


39th Academy Awards
April 10, 1967
1966
Bob Hope
A Man for All Seasons


40th Academy Awards
April 10, 1968
1967
Bob Hope
In the Heat of the Night


41st Academy Awards
April 14, 1969
1968
no host
Oliver!


42nd Academy Awards
April 7, 1970
1969
no host
Midnight Cowboy


43rd Academy Awards
April 15, 1971
1970
no host
Patton


44th Academy Awards
April 10, 1972
1971
Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Lemmon
The French Connection


45th Academy Awards
March 27, 1973
1972
Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson
The Godfather


46th Academy Awards
April 2, 1974
1973
John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Diana Ross
The Sting


47th Academy Awards
April 8, 1975
1974
Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
The Godfather Part II


48th Academy Awards
March 29, 1976
1975
Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


49th Academy Awards
March 28, 1977
1976
Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor
Rocky


50th Academy Awards
April 3, 1978
1977
Bob Hope
Annie Hall


51st Academy Awards
April 9, 1979
1978
Johnny Carson
The Deer Hunter


52nd Academy Awards
April 14, 1980
1979
Johnny Carson
Kramer vs. Kramer


53rd Academy Awards
March 31, 1981
1980
Johnny Carson
Ordinary People


54th Academy Awards
March 29, 1982
1981
Johnny Carson
Chariots of Fire


55th Academy Awards
April 11, 1983
1982
Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
Gandhi


56th Academy Awards
April 9, 1984
1983
Johnny Carson
Terms of Endearment


57th Academy Awards
March 25, 1985
1984
Jack Lemmon
Amadeus


58th Academy Awards
March 24, 1986
1985
Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams
Out of Africa


59th Academy Awards
March 30, 1987
1986
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan
Platoon


60th Academy Awards
April 11, 1988
1987
Chevy Chase
The Last Emperor


61st Academy Awards
March 29, 1989
1988
no host
Rain Man


62nd Academy Awards
March 26, 1990
1989
Billy Crystal
Driving Miss Daisy


63rd Academy Awards
March 25, 1991
1990
Billy Crystal
Dances with Wolves


64th Academy Awards
March 30, 1992
1991
Billy Crystal
The Silence of the Lambs


65th Academy Awards
March 29, 1993
1992
Billy Crystal
Unforgiven


66th Academy Awards
March 21, 1994
1993
Whoopi Goldberg
Schindler's List


67th Academy Awards
March 27, 1995
1994
David Letterman
Forrest Gump


68th Academy Awards
March 25, 1996
1995
Whoopi Goldberg
Braveheart


69th Academy Awards
March 24, 1997
1996
Billy Crystal
The English Patient


70th Academy Awards
March 23, 1998
1997
Billy Crystal
Titanic


71st Academy Awards
March 21, 1999
1998
Whoopi Goldberg
Shakespeare in Love


72nd Academy Awards
March 26, 2000
1999
Billy Crystal
American Beauty


73rd Academy Awards
March 25, 2001
2000
Steve Martin
Gladiator


74th Academy Awards
March 24, 2002
2001
Whoopi Goldberg
A Beautiful Mind


75th Academy Awards
March 23, 2003
2002
Steve Martin
Chicago


76th Academy Awards
February 29, 2004
2003
Billy Crystal
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


77th Academy Awards
February 27, 2005
2004
Chris Rock
Million Dollar Baby


78th Academy Awards
March 5, 2006
2005
Jon Stewart
Crash


79th Academy Awards
February 25, 2007
2006
Ellen DeGeneres
The Departed


80th Academy Awards
February 24, 2008
2007
Jon Stewart
No Country for Old Men


81st Academy Awards
February 22, 2009
2008
Hugh Jackman
Slumdog Millionaire