Awards given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The origin of the name Oscar has not been definitively determined. Awards
are given for many different categories. Below are the top three.
Year
|
|
Best
Picture
|
Best
Actress
|
Best
Actor
|
1927-
1928 |
1st |
Wings |
Janet
Gaynor
Seventh Heaven; Street Angel; Sunrise |
Emil
Jannings
The Way of All Flesh |
1928-
1929 |
2nd |
Broadway
Melody |
Mary
Pickford
Coquette |
Warner
Baxter
In Old Arizona |
1929-
1930 |
3rd |
All
Quiet on the Western Front |
Norma
Shearer
The Divorcee |
George
Arliss
Disraeli |
1930-
1931 |
4th |
Cimarron |
Marie
Dressler
Min and Bill |
Lionel
Barrymore
A Free Soul |
1931-
1932 |
5th |
Grand
Hotel |
Helen
Hayes
The Sin of Madelon Claudet |
Wallace
Beery
The Champ;
Fredric March
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
1932-
1933 |
6th |
Cavalcade |
Katharine
Hepburn
Morning Glory |
Charles
Laughton
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
1934 |
7th |
It
Happened One Night |
Claudette
Colbert
It Happened One Night |
Clark
Gable
It Happened One Night |
1935 |
8th |
Mutiny
on the Bounty |
Bette
Davis
Dangerous |
Victor
McLaglen
The Informer |
1936 |
9th |
The
Great Ziegfeld |
Luise
Rainer
The Great Ziegfeld |
Paul
Muni
The Story of Louis Pasteur |
1937 |
10th |
Life
of Emile Zola |
Luise
Rainer
The Good Earth |
Spencer
Tracy
Captains Courageous |
1938 |
11th |
You
Can't Take It With You |
Bette
Davis
Jezebel |
Spencer
Tracy
Boys Town |
1939 |
12th |
Gone
With the Wind |
Vivien
Leigh
Gone With the Wind |
Robert
Donat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
1940 |
13th |
Rebecca |
Ginger
Rogers
Kitty Foyle |
James
Stewart
The Philadelphia Story |
1941 |
14th |
How
Green Was My Valley |
Joan
Fontaine
Suspicion |
Gary
Cooper
Sergeant York |
1942 |
15th |
Mrs.
Miniver |
Greer
Garson
Mrs. Miniver |
James
Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
1943 |
16th |
Casablanca |
Jennifer
Jones
The Song of Bernadette |
Paul
Lukas
Watch on the Rhine |
1944 |
17th |
Going
My Way |
Ingrid
Bergman
Gaslight |
Bing
Crosby
Going My Way |
1945 |
18th |
The
Lost Weekend |
Joan
Crawford
Mildred Pierce |
Ray
Milland
The Lost Weekend |
1946 |
19th |
The
Best Years of Our Lives |
Olivia
De Havilland
To Each His Own |
Fredric
March
The Best Years of Our Lives |
1947 |
20th |
Gentleman's
Agreement |
Loretta
Young
The Farmer's Daughter |
Ronald
Colman
A Double Life |
1948 |
21st |
Hamlet |
Jane
Wyman
Johnny Belinda |
Sir
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet |
1949 |
22nd |
All
the King's Men |
Olivia
De Havilland
The Heiress |
Broderick
Crawford
All the King's Men |
1950 |
23rd |
All
About Eve |
Judy
Holliday
Born Yesterday |
José Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac |
1951 |
24th |
An
American in Paris |
Vivien
Leigh
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Humphrey
Bogart
The African Queen |
1952 |
25th |
The
Greatest Show on Earth |
Shirley
Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba |
Gary
Cooper
High Noon |
1953 |
26th |
From
Here to Eternity |
Audrey
Hepburn
Roman Holiday |
William
Holden
Stalag 17 |
1954 |
27th |
On
the Waterfront |
Grace
Kelly
The Country Girl |
Marlon
Brando
On the Waterfront |
1955 |
28th |
Marty |
Anna
Magnani
The Rose Tattoo |
Ernest
Borgnine
Marty |
1956 |
29th |
Around
the World in 80 Days |
Ingrid
Bergman
Anastasia |
Yul
Brynner
The King and I |
1957 |
30th |
The
Bridge on the River Kwai |
Joanne
Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve |
Sir
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
1958 |
31st |
Gigi |
Susan
Hayward
I Want to Live! |
David
Niven
Separate Tables |
1959 |
32nd |
Ben-Hur |
Simone
Signoret
Room at the Top |
Charlton
Heston
Ben-Hur |
1960 |
33rd |
The
Apartment |
Elizabeth
Taylor
Butterfield 8 |
Burt
Lancaster
Elmer Gantry |
1961 |
34th |
West
Side Story |
Sophia
Loren
Two Women |
Maximilian
Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg |
1962 |
35th |
Lawrence
of Arabia |
Anne
Bancroft
The Miracle Worker |
Gregory
Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird |
1963 |
36th |
Tom
Jones |
Patricia
Neal
Hud |
Sidney
Poitier
Lilies of the Field |
1964 |
37th |
My
Fair Lady |
Julie
Andrews
Mary Poppins |
Rex
Harrison
My Fair Lady |
1965 |
38th |
The
Sound of Music |
Julie
Christie
Darling |
Lee
Marvin
Cat Ballou |
1966 |
39th |
A
Man for All Seasons |
Elizabeth
Taylor
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Paul
Scofield
A Man for All Seasons |
1967 |
40th |
In
the Heat of the Night |
Katharine
Hepburn
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Rod
Steiger
In the Heat of the Night |
1968 |
41st |
Oliver! |
Katharine
Hepburn
The Lion in Winter
Barbra Streisand
Funny Girl |
Cliff
Robertson
Charly |
1969 |
42nd |
Midnight
Cowboy |
Dame
Maggie Smith
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
John
Wayne
True Grit |
1970 |
43rd |
Patton |
Glenda
Jackson
Women in Love |
George
C. Scott
Patton |
1971 |
44th |
The
French Connection |
Jane
Fonda
Klute |
Gene
Hackman
The French Connection |
1972 |
45th |
The
Godfather |
Liza
Minnelli
Cabaret |
Marlon
Brando
The Godfather |
1973 |
46th |
The
Sting |
Glenda
Jackson
A Touch of Class |
Jack
Lemmon
Save the Tiger |
1974 |
47th |
The
Godfather, Part II |
Ellen
Burstyn
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
Art
Carney
Harry and Tonto |
1975 |
48th |
One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Louise
Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Jack
Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
1976 |
49th |
Rocky |
Faye
Dunaway
Network |
Peter
Finch
Network |
1977 |
50th |
Annie
Hall |
Diane
Keaton
Annie Hall |
Richard
Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl |
1978 |
51st |
The
Deer Hunter |
Jane
Fonda
Coming Home |
Jon
Voight
Coming Home |
1979 |
52nd |
Kramer
vs. Kramer |
Sally
Field
Norma Rae |
Dustin
Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer |
1980 |
53rd |
Ordinary
People |
Sissy
Spacek
Coal Miner's Daughter |
Robert
De Niro
Raging Bull |
1981 |
54th |
Chariots
of Fire |
Katharine
Hepburn
On Golden Pond |
Henry
Fonda
On Golden Pond |
1982 |
55th |
Gandhi |
Meryl
Streep
Sophie's Choice |
Ben
Kingsley
Gandhi |
1983 |
56th |
Terms
of Endearment |
Shirley
MacLaine
Terms of Endearment |
Robert
Duvall
Tender Mercies |
1984 |
57th |
Amadeus |
Sally
Field
Places in the Heart |
F.
Murray Abraham
Amadeus |
1985 |
58th |
Out
of Africa |
Geraldine
Page
The Trip to Bountiful |
William
Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
1986 |
59th |
Platoon |
Marlee
Matlin
Children of a Lesser God |
Paul
Newman
The Color of Money |
1987 |
60th |
The
Last Emperor |
Cher
Moonstruck |
Michael
Douglas
Wall Street |
1988 |
61st |
Rain
Man |
Jodie
Foster
The Accused |
Dustin
Hoffman
Rain Man |
1989 |
62nd |
Driving
Miss Daisy |
Jessica
Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy |
Daniel
Day-Lewis
My Left Foot |
1990 |
63rd |
Dances
With Wolves |
Kathy
Bates
Misery |
Jeremy
Irons
Reversal of Fortune |
1991 |
64th |
The
Silence of the Lambs |
Jodie
Foster
The Silence of the Lambs |
Anthony
Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs |
1992 |
65th |
Unforgiven |
Emma
Thompson
Howards End |
Al
Pacino
Scent of a Woman |
1993 |
66th |
Schindler's
List |
Holly
Hunter
The Piano |
Tom
Hanks
Philadelphia |
1994 |
67th |
Forrest
Gump |
Jessica
Lange
Blue Sky |
Tom
Hanks
Forrest Gump |
1995 |
68th |
Braveheart |
Susan
Sarandon
Dead Man Walking |
Nicolas
Cage
Leaving Las Vegas |
1996 |
69th |
The
English Patient |
Frances
McDormand
Fargo |
Geoffrey
Rush
Shine |
1997 |
70th |
Titanic |
Helen
Hunt
As Good As It Gets |
Jack
Nicholson
As Good As It Gets |
1998 |
71st |
Shakespeare
in Love |
Gwyneth
Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love |
Roberto
Benigni
Life is Beautiful |
1999 |
72nd |
American
Beauty |
Hilary
Swank
Boys Don't Cry |
Kevin
Spacey
American Beauty |
2000 |
73rd |
Gladiator |
Julia
Roberts
Erin Brockovich |
Russell
Crowe
Gladiator |
2001 |
74th |
A
Beautiful Mind |
Halle
Berry
Monster's Ball |
Denzel
Washington
Training Day |
2002 |
75th |
Chicago |
Nicole
Kidman
The Hours |
Adrien
Brody
The Pianist |
2003 |
76th |
The
Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King |
Charlize
Theron
Monster |
Sean
Penn
Mystic River |
2004 |
77th |
Million Dollar Baby |
Hilary Swank
Million Dollar Baby |
Jamie Foxx
Ray |
2005 |
78th |
Crash |
Reese Witherspoon
Walk the Line |
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote |
2006 |
79th |
The Departed |
Helen Mirren
The Queen |
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland |
2007 |
80th |
No Country For Old Men |
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en rose |
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood |
2008 |
81st |
Slumdog Millionaire |
Kate Winslet
The Reader |
Sean Penn
Milk |
2009 |
82nd |
The Hurt Locker |
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side |
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart |
2010 |
83rd |
The King's Speech |
Natalie Portman
Black Swan |
Colin Firth
The King's Speech |
2011 |
84th |
The Artist |
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady |
Jean Dujardin
The Artist |
2012 |
85th |
Argo |
Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook |
Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln |
2013 |
86th |
12 Years a Slave |
Cate Blanchett
Blue Jasmine |
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club |
2014 |
87th |
Birdman |
Julianne Moore
Still Alice |
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything |