Academy Award nominees vying for Oscars statuettes at annual award ceremonies generally happen on a Sunday evening in the last week of February in Los Angeles. The Academy Awards -- more commonly known as the Oscars -- are the oldest and most influential of film awards, often serving as an influencing model from which other types of performing arts award ceremonies fashion their format. The awards, first presented in May 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS, a non-profit professional organization whose acronym stands for "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" AMPAS is based in Beverly Hills, California, and was founded in 1927.
The awards ceremony was first broadcast to radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. Pricewaterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) has managed the Academy Awards balloting process since 1935 - all but the first six years of the Oscars. Ever since 1941, when their now-famous confidential envelope system was introduced, marking the first year of complete secrecy, "the Envelope Please" has become a familiar phrase that evokes the thought of the Academy Awards® ceremony.
Except for the early years of the institution, the awards honored films made during the previous 12-month calendar year. At first, to be eligible for an award, a film had to open in Los Angeles during the twelve months ending on July 31 of the preceding year. To allow each ceremony to cover films for a single calendar year - matching the eligibility period, the 1932/33 awards were based on a 17-month qualifying period. Ever since then, beginning with the 1934 awards ceremony, all awards have been based on openings in the previous calendar year.
Through whatever qualifying format changes that might have evolved through the years, recognition of a core group of awards, known as the "Big Five," Oscars has been more of a constant throughout the Academy Awards evolution. The so-called "Big Five" awards are categorized as:
- Best Picture
- Actor in a Leading Role
- Actress in a Leading Role
- Directing
- Writing (either Original Screenplay or Adapted Screenplay)
Right up to the 88th Academy Award nominations in 2016, 42 films have been nominated for the "Big Five" including three 1967 films ("Bonnie and Clyde," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," and "The Graduate") and three 1981 films ("Atlantic City," "On Golden Pond," and "Reds").
The following video, 'The history of the Oscars' from The Telegraph newspaper, will provide a comprehensive annotated summary set to music of the Academy Awards through the years, including how the famous Oscar gold trophy statue was awarded its name, as well as to take a look at some of the most famous Oscar moments over the years.
Make sure to check the AMPAS news stream below the Oscars history chart.
Oscars Instagram
Oscars' Big 5 winners from the beginning of its history
Year |
Best Picture |
Actor in a Leading Role |
Actress in a Leading Role |
Directing |
Writing (Original Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay) |
| 1927/28 (1st) | Wings (Paramount Famous Lasky) | Emil Jannings -- The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh | Janet Gaynor -- 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise | Frank Borzage -- 7th Heaven | Benjamin Glazer -- 7th Heaven |
| 1928/29 (2nd) | The Broadway Melody (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) | Warner Baxter -- In Old Arizona | Mary Pickford -- Coquette | Frank Lloyd -- The Divine Lady | Hans Kraly -- The Patriot |
| 1929/30 (3rd) | All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal) | George Arliss -- Disraeli | Norma Shearer -- The Divorcee | Lewis Milestone -- All Quiet on the Western Front | The Big House -- Frances Marion |
| 1930/31 (4th) | Cimarron (RKO Radio) | Lionel Barrymore -- A Free Soul | Marie Dressler -- Min and Bill | Skippy -- Norman Taurog | Cimarron -- Howard Estabrook |
| 1931/32 (5th) | Grand Hotel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) | Wallace Beery -- The Champ | Helen Hayes -- The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Bad Girl -- Frank Borzage | Bad Girl -- Edwin Burke |
| 1932/33 (6th) | Cavalcade (Fox) | Charles Laughton -- The Private Life of Henry VIII | Katharine Hepburn -- Morning Glory | Cavalcade -- Frank Lloyd | Little Women -- Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason |
| 1934 (7th) | It Happened One Night (Columbia) | Clark Gable -- It Happened One Night | Claudette Colbert -- It Happened One Night | It Happened One Night -- Frank Capra | It Happened One Night -- Robert Riskin |
| 1935 (8th) | Mutiny on the Bounty (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) | Victor McLaglen -- The Informer | Bette Davis -- Dangerous | The Informer -- John Ford | The Informer -- Dudley Nichols |
| 1936 (9th) | The Great Ziegfeld (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) | Paul Muni -- The Story of Louis Pasteur | Luise Rainer -- The Great Ziegfeld | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Frank Capra | The Story of Louis Pasteur -- Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney |
| 1937 (10th) | The Life of Emile Zola (Warner Bros.) | Spencer Tracy -- Captains Courageous | Luise Rainer -- The Good Earth | The Awful Truth -- Leo McCarey | The Life of Emile Zola -- Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg |
| 1938 (11th) | You Can't Take It with You (Columbia) | Spencer Tracy -- Boys Town | Bette Davis -- Jezebel | You Can't Take It with You -- Frank Capra | Pygmalion -- Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple |
| 1939 (12th) | Gone with the Wind (Selznick International Pictures) | Robert Donat -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Vivien Leigh -- Gone with the Wind | Gone with the Wind -- Victor Fleming | Gone with the Wind -- Sidney Howard |
| 1940 (13th) | Rebecca (Selznick International Pictures) | James Stewart -- The Philadelphia Story | Ginger Rogers -- Kitty Foyle | The Grapes of Wrath -- John Ford | The Great McGinty -- Preston Sturges |
| 1941 (14th) | How Green Was My Valley (20th Century-Fox) | Gary Cooper -- Sergeant York | Joan Fontaine -- Suspicion | How Green Was My Valley -- John Ford | Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller |
| 1942 (15th) | Mrs. Miniver (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) | James Cagney -- Yankee Doodle Dandy | Greer Garson -- Mrs. Miniver | Mrs. Miniver -- William Wyler | Woman of the Year -- Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin |
| 1943 (16th) | Casablanca (Warner Bros.) | Paul Lukas -- Watch on the Rhine | Jennifer Jones -- The Song of Bernadette | Casablanca -- Michael Curtiz | Princess O'Rourke -- Norman Krasna |
| 1944 (17th) | Going My Way (Paramount) | Bing Crosby -- Going My Way | Ingrid Bergman -- Gaslight | Going My Way -- Leo McCarey | Wilson -- Lamar Trotti |
| 1945 (18th) | The Lost Weekend (Paramount) | Ray Milland -- The Lost Weekend | Joan Crawford -- Mildred Pierce | The Lost Weekend -- Billy Wilder | Marie-Louise -- Richard Schweizer |
| 1946 (19th) | The Best Years of Our Lives (Samuel Goldwyn Productions) | Fredric March -- The Best Years of Our Lives | Olivia de Havilland -- To Each His Own | The Best Years of Our Lives -- William Wyler | The Seventh Veil -- Muriel Box, Sydney Box |
| 1947 (20th) | Gentleman's Agreement (20th Century-Fox) | Edmund Gwenn -- Miracle on 34th Street | Loretta Young -- The Farmer's Daughter | Gentleman's Agreement -- Elia Kazan | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer -- Sidney Sheldon |
| 1948 (21st) | Hamlet (J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films) | Laurence Olivier -- Hamlet | Jane Wyman -- Johnny Belinda | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- John Huston | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- John Huston |
| 1949 (22nd) | All the King's Men (Robert Rossen Productions) | Broderick Crawford -- All the King's Men | Olivia de Havilland -- The Heiress | A Letter to Three Wives -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz | A Letter to Three Wives -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 1950 (23rd) | All about Eve (20th Century-Fox) | José Ferrer -- Cyrano de Bergerac | Judy Holliday -- Born Yesterday | All about Eve -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz | All about Eve -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 1951 (24th) | An American in Paris (Arthur Freed, Producer) | Humphrey Bogart -- The African Queen | Vivien Leigh -- A Streetcar Named Desire | A Place in the Sun -- George Stevens | A Place in the Sun -- Michael Wilson, Harry Brown |
| 1952 (25th) | The Greatest Show on Earth -- Cecil B. DeMille, Producer | Gary Cooper -- High Noon | Shirley Booth -- Come Back, Little Sheba | The Quiet Man -- John Ford | The Bad and the Beautiful -- Charles Schnee |
| 1953 (26th) | From Here to Eternity (Buddy Adler, Producer) | William Holden -- Stalag 17 | Audrey Hepburn -- Roman Holiday | From Here to Eternity -- Fred Zinnemann | From Here to Eternity -- Daniel Taradash |
| 1954 (27th) | On the Waterfront (Sam Spiegel, Producer) | Marlon Brando -- On the Waterfront | Grace Kelly -- The Country Girl | On the Waterfront -- Elia Kazan | The Country Girl -- George Seaton |
| 1955 (28th) | Marty (Harold Hecht, Producer) | Ernest Borgnine -- Marty | Anna Magnani -- The Rose Tattoo | Marty -- Delbert Mann | Marty -- Paddy Chayefsky |
| 1956 (29th) | Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Todd, Producer) | Yul Brynner -- The King and I | Ingrid Bergman -- Anastasia | Giant -- George Stevens | The Red Balloon -- Albert Lamorisse |
| 1957 (30th) | The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sam Spiegel, Producer) | Alec Guinness -- The Bridge on the River Kwai | Joanne Woodward -- The Three Faces of Eve | The Bridge on the River Kwai -- David Lean | Designing Woman -- George Wells |
| 1958 (31st) | Gigi (Arthur Freed, Producer) | David Niven -- Separate Tables | Susan Hayward -- I Want to Live! | Gigi -- Vincente Minnelli | The Defiant Ones -- Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith |
| 1959 (32nd) | Ben-Hur (Sam Zimbalist, Producer) | Charlton Heston -- Ben-Hur | Simone Signoret -- Room at the Top | Ben-Hur -- William Wyler | Pillow Talk -- Story by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin |
| 1960 (33rd) | The Apartment (Billy Wilder, Producer) | Burt Lancaster -- Elmer Gantry | Elizabeth Taylor -- Butterfield 8 | The Apartment -- Billy Wilder | The Apartment -- Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond |
| 1961 (34th) | West Side Story -- Robert Wise, Producer | Maximilian Schell -- Judgment at Nuremberg | Sophia Loren -- Two Women | West Side Story -- Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins | Splendor in the Grass -- William Inge |
| 1962 (35th) | Lawrence of Arabia (Sam Spiegel, Producer) | Gregory Peck -- To Kill a Mockingbird | Anne Bancroft -- The Miracle Worker | Lawrence of Arabia -- David Lean | Divorce--Italian Style -- Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi |
| 1963 (36th) | Tom Jones (Tony Richardson, Producer) | Sidney Poitier -- Lilies of the Field | Patricia Neal -- Hud | Tom Jones -- Tony Richardson | How the West Was Won -- James R. Webb |
| 1964 (37th) | My Fair Lady (Jack L. Warner, Producer) | Rex Harrison -- My Fair Lady | Julie Andrews -- Mary Poppins | My Fair Lady -- George Cukor | Father Goose -- Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff |
| 1965 (38th) | The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, Producer) | Lee Marvin -- Cat Ballou | Julie Christie -- Darling | The Sound of Music -- Robert Wise | Darling -- Frederic Raphael |
| 1966 (39th) | A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, Producer) | Paul Scofield -- A Man for All Seasons | Elizabeth Taylor -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | A Man for All Seasons -- Fred Zinnemann | A Man and a Woman -- Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven |
| 1967 (40th) | In the Heat of the Night (Walter Mirisch, Producer) | Rod Steiger -- In the Heat of the Night | Katharine Hepburn -- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | The Graduate -- Mike Nichols | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner -- William Rose |
| 1968 (41st) | Oliver! (John Woolf, Producer) | Cliff Robertson -- Charly | Katharine Hepburn -- The Lion in Winter (tied with) Barbra Streisand -- Funny Girl | Oliver! -- Carol Reed | The Producers -- Mel Brooks |
| 1969 (42nd) | Midnight Cowboy (Jerome Hellman, Producer) | John Wayne -- True Grit | Maggie Smith -- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Midnight Cowboy -- John Schlesinger | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- William Goldman |
| 1970 (43rd) | Patton (Frank McCarthy, Producer) | George C. Scott -- Patton | Glenda Jackson -- Women in Love | Patton -- Franklin J. Schaffner | Patton -- Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North |
| 1971 (44th) | The French Connection (Philip D'Antoni, Producer) | Gene Hackman -- The French Connection | Jane Fonda -- Klute | The French Connection -- William Friedkin | The Hospital -- Paddy Chayefsky |
| 1972 (45th) | The Godfather (Albert S. Ruddy, Producer) | Marlon Brando -- The Godfather | Liza Minnelli -- Cabaret | Cabaret -- Bob Fosse | The Candidate -- Jeremy Larner |
| 1973 (46th) | The Sting (Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers) | Jack Lemmon -- Save the Tiger | Glenda Jackson -- A Touch of Class | The Sting -- George Roy Hill | The Sting -- David S. Ward |
| 1974 (47th) | The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers) | Art Carney -- Harry and Tonto | Ellen Burstyn -- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola | Chinatown -- Robert Towne |
| 1975 (48th) | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers) | Jack Nicholson -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest {"Randle Patrick McMurphy"} | Louise Fletcher -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest {"Nurse Mildred Ratched"} | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Milos Forman | Dog Day Afternoon -- Frank Pierson |
| 1976 (49th) | Rocky (Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers) | Peter Finch -- Network | Faye Dunaway -- Network | Rocky -- John G. Avildsen | Network -- Paddy Chayefsky |
| 1977 (50th) | Annie Hall (Charles H. Joffe, Producer) | Richard Dreyfuss -- The Goodbye Girl | Diane Keaton -- Annie Hall | Annie Hall -- Woody Allen | Annie Hall -- Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman |
| 1978 (51st) | The Deer Hunter -- Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers | Jon Voight -- Coming Home | Jane Fonda -- Coming Home | The Deer Hunter -- Michael Cimino | Coming Home -- Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones |
| 1979 (52nd) | Kramer vs. Kramer (Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer) | Dustin Hoffman -- Kramer vs. Kramer | Sally Field -- Norma Rae | Kramer vs. Kramer -- Robert Benton | Breaking Away -- Steve Tesich |
| 1980 (53rd) | Ordinary People (Ronald L. Schwary, Producer) | Robert De Niro -- Raging Bull | Sissy Spacek -- Coal Miner's Daughter | Ordinary People -- Robert Redford | Melvin and Howard -- Bo Goldman |
| 1981 (54th) | Chariots of Fire (David Puttnam, Producer) | Henry Fonda -- On Golden Pond | Katharine Hepburn -- On Golden Pond | Reds -- Warren Beatty | Chariots of Fire -- Colin Welland |
| 1982 (55th) | Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, Producer) | Ben Kingsley -- Gandhi | Meryl Streep -- Sophie's Choice | Gandhi -- Richard Attenborough | Gandhi -- John Briley |
| 1983 (56th) | Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks, Producer) | Robert Duvall -- Tender Mercies | Shirley MacLaine -- Terms of Endearment | Terms of Endearment -- James L. Brooks | Tender Mercies -- Horton Foote |
| 1984 (57th) | Amadeus (Saul Zaentz, Producer) | F. Murray Abraham -- Amadeus | Sally Field -- Places in the Heart | Amadeus -- Milos Forman | Places in the Heart -- Robert Benton |
| 1985 (58th) | Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack, Producer) | William Hurt -- Kiss of the Spider Woman | Geraldine Page -- The Trip to Bountiful | Out of Africa -- Sydney Pollack | Witness -- Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace |
| 1986 (59th) | Platoon (Arnold Kopelson, Producer) | Paul Newman -- The Color of Money | Marlee Matlin -- Children of a Lesser God | Platoon -- Oliver Stone | Hannah and Her Sisters -- Woody Allen |
| 1987 (60th) | The Last Emperor (Jeremy Thomas, Producer) | Michael Douglas -- Wall Street | Cher -- Moonstruck | The Last Emperor -- Bernardo Bertolucci | Moonstruck -- John Patrick Shanley |
| 1988 (61st) | Rain Man (Mark Johnson, Producer) | Dustin Hoffman -- Rain Man | Jodie Foster -- The Accused | Rain Man -- Barry Levinson | Rain Man -- Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow |
| 1989 (62nd) | Driving Miss Daisy (Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers) | Daniel Day Lewis -- My Left Foot | Jessica Tandy -- Driving Miss Daisy | Born on the Fourth of July -- Oliver Stone | Dead Poets Society -- Tom Schulman |
| 1990 (63rd) | Dances With Wolves (Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers) | Jeremy Irons -- Reversal of Fortune | Kathy Bates -- Misery | Dances With Wolves -- Kevin Costner | Ghost -- Bruce Joel Rubin |
| 1991 (64th) | The Silence of the Lambs -- Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers | Anthony Hopkins -- The Silence of the Lambs | Jodie Foster -- The Silence of the Lambs | The Silence of the Lambs -- Jonathan Demme | Thelma & Louise -- Callie Khouri |
| 1992 (65th) | Unforgiven -- Clint Eastwood, Producer | Al Pacino -- Scent of a Woman | Emma Thompson -- Howards End | Unforgiven -- Clint Eastwood | The Crying Game -- Neil Jordan |
| 1993 (66th) | Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig, Producers) | Tom Hanks -- Philadelphia | Holly Hunter -- The Piano | Schindler's List -- Steven Spielberg | The Piano -- Jane Campion |
| 1994 (67th) | Forrest Gump (Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Producers) | Tom Hanks -- Forrest Gump | Jessica Lange -- Blue Sky | Forrest Gump -- Robert Zemeckis | Pulp Fiction -- Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino; Stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary |
| 1995 (68th) | Braveheart (Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers) | Nicolas Cage -- Leaving Las Vegas | Susan Sarandon -- Dead Man Walking | Braveheart -- Mel Gibson | The Usual Suspects -- Christopher McQuarrie |
| 1996 (69th) | The English Patient (Saul Zaentz, Producer) | Geoffrey Rush -- Shine | Frances McDormand -- Fargo | The English Patient -- Anthony Minghella | Fargo -- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| 1997 (70th) | Titanic (James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers) | Jack Nicholson -- As Good as It Gets | Helen Hunt -- As Good as It Gets | Titanic -- James Cameron | Good Will Hunting -- Ben Affleck, Matt Damon |
| 1998 (71st) | Shakespeare in Love (David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers) | Roberto Benigni -- Life Is Beautiful | Gwyneth Paltrow -- Shakespeare in Love | Saving Private Ryan -- Steven Spielberg | Shakespeare in Love -- Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard |
| 1999 (72nd) | American Beauty (Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers) | Kevin Spacey -- American Beauty | Hilary Swank -- Boys Don't Cry | American Beauty -- Sam Mendes | American Beauty -- Alan Ball |
| 2000 (73rd) | Gladiator (Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers) | Russell Crowe -- Gladiator | Julia Roberts -- Erin Brockovich | Traffic -- Steven Soderbergh | Almost Famous -- Written by Cameron Crowe |
| 2001 (74th) | A Beautiful Mind (Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers) | Denzel Washington -- Training Day | Halle Berry -- Monster's Ball | A Beautiful Mind -- Ron Howard | Gosford Park -- Written by Julian Fellowes |
| 2002 (75th) | Chicago -- Martin Richards, Producer | Adrien Brody -- The Pianist | Nicole Kidman -- The Hours | The Pianist -- Roman Polanski | Talk to Her -- Written by Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2003 (76th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers) | Sean Penn -- Mystic River | Charlize Theron -- Monster | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Peter Jackson | Lost in Translation -- Written by Sofia Coppola |
| 2004 (77th) | Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers) | Jamie Foxx -- Ray | Hilary Swank -- Million Dollar Baby | Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth |
| 2005 (78th) | Crash (Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers) | Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote | Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line | Brokeback Mountain -- Ang Lee | Crash -- Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis |
| 2006 (79th) | The Departed (Graham King, Producer) | Forest Whitaker -- The Last King of Scotland | Helen Mirren -- The Queen | The Departed -- Martin Scorsese | Little Miss Sunshine -- Written by Michael Arndt |
| 2007 (80th) | No Country for Old Men (Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers) | Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood | Marion Cotillard -- La Vie en Rose | No Country for Old Men -- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Juno -- Written by Diablo Cody |
| 2008 (81st) | Slumdog Millionaire -- Christian Colson, Producer | Sean Penn -- Milk | Kate Winslet -- The Reader | Slumdog Millionaire -- Danny Boyle | Milk -- Written by Dustin Lance Black |
| 2009 (82nd) | The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers) | Jeff Bridges -- Crazy Heart | Sandra Bullock -- The Blind Side | The Hurt Locker -- Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker -- Written by Mark Boal |
| 2010 (83rd) | The King's Speech (Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers) | Colin Firth -- The King's Speech | Natalie Portman -- Black Swan | The King's Speech -- Tom Hooper | The King's Speech -- Screenplay by David Seidler |
| 2011 (84th) | The Artist (Thomas Langmann, Producer) | Jean Dujardin -- The Artist | Meryl Streep -- The Iron Lady | The Artist -- Michel Hazanavicius | Midnight in Paris -- Written by Woody Allen |
| 2012 (85th) | Argo (Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers) | Daniel Day-Lewis -- Lincoln | Jennifer Lawrence -- Silver Linings Playbook | Life of Pi -- Ang Lee | Django Unchained -- Written by Quentin Tarantino |
| 2013 (86th) | 12 Years a Slave (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers) | Matthew McConaughey -- Dallas Buyers Club | Cate Blanchett -- Blue Jasmine | Gravity -- Alfonso Cuarón | Her -- Written by Spike Jonze |
| 2014 (87th) | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers) | Eddie Redmayne -- The Theory of Everything | Julianne Moore -- Still Alice | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) -- Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) -- Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo |
| 2015 (88th) | Spotlight (Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers) | Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Revenant | Brie Larson -- Room | The Revenant -- Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Spotlight -- Written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy |
| 2016 (89th) | Moonlight (Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers) | Casey Affleck -- Manchester by the Sea | Emma Stone -- La La Land | La La Land -- Damien Chazelle | Manchester by the Sea -- Written by Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2017 (90th) | The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers) | Gary Oldman -- Darkest Hour | Frances McDormand -- Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri | The Shape of Water -- Guillermo del Toro |
Get Out -- Written by Jordan Peele
Call Me by Your Name -- Screenplay by James Ivory
|
| 2018 (91st) | Green Book (Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers) | Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody | Olivia Colman – The Favourite | Roma – Alfonso Cuarón | Green Book -- Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (original screenplay) BlacKkKlansman -- Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (adapted screenplay) |
| 2019 (92nd) | Parasite (Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers) | Joaquin Phoenix – Joker | Renée Zellweger – Judy | Parasite – Bong Joon Ho | Jojo Rabbit – Written by Taika Waititi (adapted screenplay) Parasite – Written by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won (original screenplay) |
| 2020 (93rd) | Nomadland (Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers) | Anthony Hopkins -- The Father {"Anthony"} | Frances McDormand -- Nomadland {"Fern"} | Nomadland -- Chloé Zhao | The Father -- Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (Adapted Screenplay) Promising Young Woman -- Written by Emerald Fennell (Original Screenplay) |
| 2021 (94th) | CODA (Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers) | Will Smith – King Richard | Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye | The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion | CODA – Screenplay by Siân Heder (Adapted Screenplay); Belfast – Written by Kenneth Branagh (Original Screenplay) |
| 2022 (95th) | Everything Everywhere All At Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers) | Brendan Fraser – The Whale | Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once | Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert |
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Original Screenplay) Women Talking – Screenplay by Sarah Polley (Adapted Screenplay) |
| 2023 (96th) | Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers) | Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer | Emma Stone – Poor Things | Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan |
American Fiction – Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson Anatomy of a Fall – Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari |
View Academy Award books, videos, and memorabilia on Amazon
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Twitter
You have been reading
History of Oscar award winners in Big 5 Categories