Ceremonies
| Annual Ceremony | Date of Ceremony | Year Honored | Host | 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 | Rebecca | |
| 14th Academy Awards | February 26, 1942 | 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | |
| 15th Academy Awards | March 4, 1943 | 1942 | 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 | Dick Powell, Agnes Moorehead | 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 80 Days |
| 30th Academy Awards | March 26, 1958 | 1957 | Bob Hope, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell, Donald Duck | 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 | The Apartment | |
| 34th Academy Awards | April 9, 1962 | 1961 | 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 | The Sound of Music | |
| 39th Academy Awards | April 10, 1967 | 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | |
| 40th Academy Awards | April 10, 1968 | 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | |
| 41st Academy Awards | April 14, 1969 | 1968 | no host | Oliver! |
| 42nd Academy Awards | April 7, 1970 | 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | |
| 43rd Academy Awards | April 15, 1971 | 1970 | 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 | Kramer vs. Kramer | |
| 53rd Academy Awards | March 31, 1981 | 1980 | Ordinary People | |
| 54th Academy Awards | March 29, 1982 | 1981 | 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 | Dances with Wolves | |
| 64th Academy Awards | March 30, 1992 | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | |
| 65th Academy Awards | March 29, 1993 | 1992 | 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 | 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 |
| 82nd Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | 2009 | Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin | The Hurt Locker |
| 83rd Academy Awards | February 27, 2011 | 2010 | James Franco, Anne Hathaway | The King's Speech |
| 84th Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | 2011 | Billy Crystal | The Artist |
| 85th Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | 2012 | Seth MacFarlane | To Be Determined |
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