Winners of the Academy Awards

1930-04-03 2nd Academy Awards: "The Broadway Melody", Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win. First time Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio.

1930-11-05 3rd Academy Awards: "All Quiet on the Western Front", George Arliss (Disraeli) and Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) win

1931-11-10 4th Academy Awards: "Cimarron", Lionel Barrymore & Marie Dressler win

1932-11-18 5th Academy Awards: Fredric March and Wallace Beery in 1st ever tie for Best Actor. "Grand Hotel" and Helen Hayes also win.

1934-03-16 6th Academy Awards: "Cavalcade" and its director Frank Lloyd, Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII), and Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory) win; host Will Rogers announces "Come and get it, Frank" and Frank Capra gets up

1935-02-27 7th Academy Awards: "It Happened One Night", Clark Gable, and Claudette Colbert win

1936-03-05 8th Academy Awards: "Mutiny on the Bounty", Victor McLaglen & Bette Davis wins

1937-03-04 9th Academy Awards: "The Great Ziegfeld", Paul Muni & Luise Rainer wins

1938-03-10 10th Academy Awards: "The Life of Emile Zola", Spencer Tracy & Luise Rainer win

1940-02-29 12th Academy Awards: "Gone With The Wind" wins eight Oscars, Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh also win

1941-02-27 13th Academy Awards: "Rebecca", James Stewart & Ginger Rogers win

1942-03-02 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper, and Joan Fontaine win

1943-03-04 15th Academy Awards: "Mrs. Miniver", James Cagney & Greer Garson win

1944-03-02 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win

1945-03-15 17th Academy Awards: "Going My Way", Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman win

1946-03-07 18th Academy Awards: "The Lost Weekend" Ray Milland & Joan Crawford win

1948-03-20 20th Academy Awards: "Gentleman's Agreement", Loretta Young, Ronald Colman win

1949-03-24 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win, Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win awards

1950-03-23 22nd Academy Awards: "All The King's Men", Broderick Crawford and Olivia De Havilland win

1951-03-29 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Judy Holliday and José Ferrer win

1952-03-20 24th Academy Awards: "An American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh win

1953-03-19 25th Academy Awards: "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)

1954-03-25 26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity" best film, William Holden & Audrey Hepburn best actor, actress

1955-03-30 27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly win

1956-03-21 28th Academy Awards: "Marty", Anna Magnani & Ernest Borgnine win

1959-04-06 31st Academy Awards: "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win

1960-04-04 32nd Academy Awards: "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win

1961-04-17 33rd Academy Awards: "Apartment" wins best film, Burt Lancaster & Elizabeth Taylor win best actor, actress

1962-04-09 34th Academy Awards: "West Side Story" (Best Picture, Director, and 8 more), Sophia Loren (Two Women) & Maximilian Schell (Judgement At Nuremberg) win

1963-04-08 35th Academy Awards: "Lawrence of Arabia", Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win

1964-04-13 36th Academy Awards: "Tom Jones" (Best Film), Patricia Neal (Hud) and Sidney Poitier (Lilies Of The Field) win; Poitier first Black actor in a leading role to win a competitive Oscar

1964-08-27 Walt Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California; wins 5 Academy Awards

1966-04-28 38th Academy Awards: "The Sound of Music", Julie Christie & Lee Marvin win

1970-04-07 42nd Academy Awards: "Midnight Cowboy" - Best Picture, John Wayne (True Grit), and Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jane Brody) win

1971-04-15 43rd Academy Awards: "Patton", George C Scott & Glenda Jackson win

1972-04-10 44th Academy Awards: "The French Connection", Gene Hackman & Jane Fonda win

1973-03-27 45th Academy Awards: "The Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win; Brando declines the Oscar for Best Actor to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in film, in a speech by activist Sacheen Littlefeather [1]

1974-04-02 46th Academy Awards: "The Sting", Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win

1975-04-08 47th Academy Awards: "The Godfather Part II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win

1976-03-29 48th Academy Awards: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", its stars Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher, and director Miloš Forman win

1977-03-28 49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win

1978-04-03 50th Academy Awards: "Annie Hall", Richard Dreyfuss & Diane Keaton win

1980-04-14 52nd Academy Awards: Best Picture "Kramer vs Kramer", Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win

1981-03-31 53rd Academy Awards: "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro & Sissy Spacek win

1983-04-11 55th Academy Awards: "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win

1984-04-09 56th Academy Awards: "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley Maclaine win

1985-03-25 57th Academy Awards: "Amadeus", F. Murray Abraham & Sally Field win

1986-03-24 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt & Geraldine Page win

1987-03-30 59th Academy Awards: "Platoon", Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win

1988-04-11 60th Academy Awards: "The Last Emperor", Michael Douglas & Cher win

1990-03-26 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win

1991-03-25 63rd Academy Awards: "Dances with Wolves", Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win

1992-03-30 64th Academy Awards: "The Silence of the Lambs", Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster win

1993-03-29 65th Academy Awards: "Unforgiven", Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win

1994-03-21 66th Academy Awards: "Schindler's List", Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win

1995-03-27 67th Academy Awards: "Forrest Gump", Jessica Lange & Tom Hanks win

1996-03-25 68th Academy Awards: "Braveheart", Nicolas Cage & Susan Sarandon win

1997-03-24 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win

1998-03-23 70th Academy Awards: "Titanic", Jack Nicholson & Helen Hunt win

1999-03-21 71st Academy Awards: "Shakespeare in Love", Roberto Benigni & Gwyneth Paltrow win

2000-03-26 72nd Academy Awards: "American Beauty", Kevin Spacey & Hilary Swank win

2001-03-25 73rd Academy Awards: "Gladiator", Russell Crowe & Julia Roberts win

2002-03-24 74th Academy Awards: "A Beautiful Mind", Denzel Washington and Halle Berry win; Berry is the first woman of colour to win the Best Actress award

2003-03-23 75th Academy Awards: "Chicago" (Best Picture), Adrien Brody (Best Actor - "The Piano") & Nicole Kidman (Best Actress - "The Hours") win

2004-02-29 76th Academy Awards: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Sean Penn & Charlize Theron win

2006-03-05 78th Academy Awards: "Crash", Philip Seymour Hoffman & Reese Witherspoon win

2007-02-25 79th Academy Awards: "The Departed", Forest Whitaker & Helen Mirren win

2009-02-22 81st Academy Awards: "Slumdog Millionaire", Sean Penn and Kate Winslet win. Heath Ledger posthumously wins Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight".

2010-03-07 82nd Academy Awards: "The Hurt Locker", Jeff Bridges & Sandra Bullock win

2011-02-27 83rd Academy Awards: Best Picture "The King's Speech", Colin Firth and Natalie Portman win best acting awards

2013-02-24 85th Academy Awards: "Argo", Daniel Day-Lewis & Jennifer Lawrence win

2014-03-02 86th Academy Awards: "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey & Cate Blanchett win

2015-02-22 87th Academy Awards: "Best Picture - "Birdman", Best Director, and Best Screenplay - Alejandro González Iñárritu ("Birdman:"), Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne – ("The Theory of Everything"), Best Actress - Julianne Moore ("Still Alice")

2016-02-28 88th Academy Awards: Best Picture - "Spotlight", Best Director - Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("The Revenant"), Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant"), Best Actress - Brie Larson ("Room")

2017-02-26 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture "Moonlight" (after mix-up), Best Director Damien Chazelle, Best Actor Casey Affleck, Best Actress Emma Stone

2018-03-04 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture "The Shape of Water", Best Director Guillermo del Toro, Best Actor Gary Oldman, Best Actress France McDormand

2019-02-24 91st Academy Awards: Best Picture "Green Book", Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Best Actor Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman

2020-02-09 92nd Academy Awards: "Parasite" 1st non English film to win Best Picture, Best Director Bong Joon-ho, Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix, Best Actress Renée Zellweger

2022-03-27 94th Academy Awards: "CODA" wins best film, best director Jane Campion, best actress Jessica Chastain, best actor Will Smith who also controversially slaps host Chris Rock live on stage [1]

2023-03-12 95th Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" best film, best director Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Michelle Yeoh second woman of color to win best actress, Brendan Fraser best actor [1]

2024-03-10 96th Academy Awards: Best Film "Oppenheimer"; Best Director Christopher Nolan, acting Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr, Da'vine Joy Randolph; Ryan Gosling sings "I'm Just Ken" [1]