This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024.
| U.S. network | Years | # of years |
|---|---|---|
| NBC | 1953–1960 | 8 |
| ABC | 1961–1970 | 10 |
| NBC | 1971–1975 | 5 |
| ABC | 1976–present | 47 |
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31.[4] For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[4]
When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the year(s) of its eligibility period,[5] or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.[6]
| # | Date | Best Picture | U.S. viewers (millions) | HH Rating | Host(s) | Producer(s) | Venue | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | May 16, 1929 | Wings | — | — | Douglas Fairbanks | — | The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | none |
| 2nd | April 3, 1930 | The Broadway Melody | — | — | William C. deMille | — | Ambassador Hotel | KNX-AM[a][7] |
| 3rd | November 5, 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | — | — | Conrad Nagel | — | KNX-AM[a] | |
| 4th | November 10, 1931 | Cimarron | — | — | Lawrence Grant | — | Biltmore Hotel | KHJ-AM[b] |
| 5th | November 18, 1932 | Grand Hotel | — | — | Lionel Barrymore Conrad Nagel |
— | Ambassador Hotel | KECA-AM[c] |
| 6th | March 16, 1934 | Cavalcade | — | — | Will Rogers | — | none | |
| 7th | February 27, 1935 | It Happened One Night | — | — | Irvin S. Cobb | — | Biltmore Hotel | |
| 8th | March 5, 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty | — | — | Frank Capra | — | ||
| 9th | March 4, 1937 | The Great Ziegfeld | — | — | George Jessel | — | ||
| 10th | March 10, 1938 | The Life of Emile Zola | — | — | Bob Burns | — | ||
| 11th | February 23, 1939 | You Can't Take It With You | — | — | none | — | KHJ-AM[d] | |
| 12th | February 29, 1940 | Gone with the Wind | — | — | Bob Hope | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) |
KNX-AM[e] |
| 13th | February 27, 1941 | Rebecca | — | — | — | Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl) |
KECA-AM[f] | |
| 14th | February 26, 1942 | How Green Was My Valley | — | — | — | KNX-AM[f] | ||
| 15th | March 4, 1943 | Mrs. Miniver | — | — | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) |
KNX-AM[g] | |
| 16th | March 2, 1944 | Casablanca | — | — | Jack Benny | — | Grauman's Chinese Theatre | KNX-AM[h] |
| 17th | March 15, 1945 | Going My Way | — | — | Bob Hope John Cromwell |
— | ABC Radio[i] | |
| 18th | March 7, 1946 | The Lost Weekend | — | — | Bob Hope James Stewart |
— | ||
| 19th | March 13, 1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives | — | — | Jack Benny | — | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 20th | March 20, 1948 | Gentleman's Agreement | — | — | Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell |
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| 21st | March 24, 1949 | Hamlet | — | — | Robert Montgomery | — | The Academy Theater | |
| 22nd | March 23, 1950 | All the King's Men | — | — | Paul Douglas | — | Pantages Theatre | |
| 23rd | March 29, 1951 | All About Eve | — | — | Fred Astaire | — | ||
| 24th | March 20, 1952 | An American in Paris | — | — | Danny Kaye | — | ||
| 25th | March 19, 1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 40 million | — | Bob Hope Conrad Nagel |
— | Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre |
NBC Radio NBC |
| 26th | March 25, 1954 | From Here to Eternity | 43 million | — | Donald O'Connor Fredric March |
— | Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre | |
| 27th | March 30, 1955 | On the Waterfront | — | — | Bob Hope Thelma Ritter |
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| 28th | March 21, 1956 | Marty | — | — | Jerry Lewis Claudette Colbert Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Robert Emmett Dolan | ||
| 29th | March 27, 1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | — | — | Jerry Lewis Celeste Holm |
Valentine Davies | ||
| 30th | March 26, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven James Stewart Jack Lemmon Rosalind Russell Donald Duck[8] |
Jerry Wald | Pantages Theatre | |
| 31st | April 6, 1959 | Gigi | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven Tony Randall Mort Sahl Laurence Olivier Jerry Lewis | |||
| 32nd | April 4, 1960 | Ben-Hur | — | — | Bob Hope | Arthur Freed | ||
| 33rd | April 17, 1961 | The Apartment | — | — | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | ABC Radio [j] ABC | ||
| 34th | April 9, 1962 | West Side Story | — | — | ||||
| 35th | April 8, 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | — | — | Frank Sinatra | |||
| 36th | April 13, 1964 | Tom Jones | — | — | Jack Lemmon | Richard Dunlap George Sidney | ||
| 37th | April 5, 1965 | My Fair Lady | — | — | Bob Hope | Joe Pasternak | ||
| 38th | April 18, 1966 | The Sound of Music | — | — | ||||
| 39th | April 10, 1967 | A Man for All Seasons | — | — | ||||
| 40th | April 10, 1968 | In the Heat of the Night | — | — | Arthur Freed | |||
| 41st | April 14, 1969 | Oliver! | — | — | none | Gower Champion | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ABC |
| 42nd | April 7, 1970 | Midnight Cowboy | — | 43.40 | M. J. Frankovich | |||
| 43rd | April 15, 1971 | Patton | — | — | Robert Wise | NBC | ||
| 44th | April 10, 1972 | The French Connection | — | — | Helen Hayes Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon |
Howard W. Koch | ||
| 45th | March 27, 1973 | The Godfather | — | — | Carol Burnett Michael Caine Charlton Heston Rock Hudson | |||
| 46th | April 2, 1974 | The Sting | — | — | John Huston Burt Reynolds David Niven Diana Ross |
Jack Haley Jr. | ||
| 47th | April 8, 1975 | The Godfather Part II | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra |
Howard W. Koch | ||
| 48th | March 29, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | — | — | Goldie Hawn Gene Kelly Walter Matthau George Segal Robert Shaw |
ABC | ||
| 49th | March 28, 1977 | Rocky | — | — | Warren Beatty Ellen Burstyn Jane Fonda Richard Pryor |
William Friedkin | ||
| 50th | April 3, 1978 | Annie Hall | 39.73 million | 31.10 | Bob Hope | Howard W. Koch | ||
| 51st | April 9, 1979 | The Deer Hunter | — | — | Johnny Carson | Jack Haley Jr. | ||
| 52nd | April 14, 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | — | — | Howard W. Koch | |||
| 53rd | March 31, 1981 | Ordinary People | — | — | Norman Jewison | |||
| 54th | March 29, 1982 | Chariots of Fire | — | — | Howard W. Koch Melvin Frank | |||
| 55th | April 11, 1983 | Gandhi | — | — | Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau |
Howard W. Koch | ||
| 56th | April 9, 1984 | Terms of Endearment | — | 38.00 | Johnny Carson | Jack Haley Jr. | ||
| 57th | March 25, 1985 | Amadeus | — | — | Jack Lemmon | Gregory Peck Robert Wise Larry Gelbart Gene Allen | ||
| 58th | March 24, 1986 | Out of Africa | 38.65 million | 25.71 | Alan Alda Jane Fonda Robin Williams |
Stanley Donen | ||
| 59th | March 30, 1987 | Platoon | 39.72 million | 25.94 | Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Paul Hogan |
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | ||
| 60th | April 11, 1988 | The Last Emperor | 42.04 million | 27.80 | Chevy Chase | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| 61st | March 29, 1989 | Rain Man | 42.77 million | 28.41 | none | Allan Carr | ||
| 62nd | March 26, 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy | 40.22 million | 26.42 | Billy Crystal | Gil Cates | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 63rd | March 25, 1991 | Dances with Wolves | 42.79 million | 28.06 | Shrine Auditorium | |||
| 64th | March 30, 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | 44.41 million | 29.80 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |||
| 65th | March 29, 1993 | Unforgiven | 45.74 million | 31.20 | ||||
| 66th | March 21, 1994 | Schindler's List | 45.08 million | 31.10 | Whoopi Goldberg | |||
| 67th | March 27, 1995 | Forrest Gump | 48.28 million | 32.50 | David Letterman | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| 68th | March 25, 1996 | Braveheart | 44.87 million | 30.26 | Whoopi Goldberg | David Salzman Quincy Jones |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 69th | March 24, 1997 | The English Patient | 40.08 million | 27.35 | Billy Crystal | Gil Cates | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 70th | March 23, 1998 | Titanic | 55.25 million | 34.86 | ||||
| 71st | March 21, 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | 45.62 million | 28.64 | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ||
| 72nd | March 26, 2000 | American Beauty | 46.33 million | 29.20 | Billy Crystal | Richard D. Zanuck Lili Fini Zanuck |
Shrine Auditorium | |
| 73rd | March 25, 2001 | Gladiator | 42.94 million | 26.22 | Steve Martin | Gil Cates | ||
| 74th | March 24, 2002 | A Beautiful Mind | 41.78 million | 25.43 | Whoopi Goldberg | Laura Ziskin | Kodak Theatre[k] | |
| 75th | March 23, 2003 | Chicago | 33.05 million | 20.40 | Steve Martin | Gil Cates | ||
| 76th | February 29, 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
43.53 million | 26.03 | Billy Crystal | Joe Roth | ||
| 77th | February 27, 2005 | Million Dollar Baby | 42.14 million | 25.43 | Chris Rock | Gil Cates | ||
| 78th | March 5, 2006 | Crash | 38.94 million | 23.05 | Jon Stewart | |||
| 79th | February 25, 2007 | The Departed | 40.18 million | 23.62 | Ellen DeGeneres | Laura Ziskin | ||
| 80th | February 24, 2008 | No Country for Old Men | 32.02 million | 18.68 | Jon Stewart | Gil Cates | ||
| 81st | February 22, 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | 36.32 million | 20.59 | Hugh Jackman | Bill Condon Laurence Mark | ||
| 82nd | March 7, 2010 | The Hurt Locker | 41.71 million | 23.33 | Steve Martin Alec Baldwin |
Bill Mechanic Adam Shankman | ||
| 83rd | February 27, 2011 | The King's Speech | 37.92 million | 21.25 | James Franco Anne Hathaway |
Bruce Cohen Don Mischer | ||
| 84th | February 26, 2012 | The Artist | 39.34 million | 22.58 | Billy Crystal | Brian Grazer Don Mischer |
Hollywood and Highland Center[k] | |
| 85th | February 24, 2013 | Argo | 40.38 million | 23.08 | Seth MacFarlane | Craig Zadan Neil Meron |
Dolby Theatre | |
| 86th | March 2, 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | 43.63 million | 24.60 | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
| 87th | February 22, 2015 | Birdman | 37.30 million | 20.65 | Neil Patrick Harris | |||
| 88th | February 28, 2016 | Spotlight | 34.43 million | 19.37 | Chris Rock | David Hill Reginald Hudlin | ||
| 89th | February 26, 2017 | Moonlight | 33.00 million | 18.39 | Jimmy Kimmel | Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd | ||
| 90th | March 4, 2018 | The Shape of Water | 26.62 million | 14.87 | ||||
| 91st | February 24, 2019 | Green Book | 29.56 million | 16.4 | none | Donna Gigliotti Glenn Weiss | ||
| 92nd | February 9, 2020 | Parasite | 23.64 million | 13.59[9] | Lynette Howell Taylor Stephanie Allain | |||
| 93rd | April 25, 2021 | Nomadland | 10.40 million | 5.9 | Jesse Collins Stacey Sher Steven Soderbergh |
Union Station | ||
| 94th | March 27, 2022 | CODA | 16.62 million | 9.0 | Regina Hall Amy Schumer Wanda Sykes |
Will Packer Shayla Cowan |
Dolby Theatre | |
| 95th | March 12, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 18.70 million | 9.9 | Jimmy Kimmel | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss | ||
| 96th | March 10, 2024 | Oppenheimer | 19.50 million | 9.9 | Raj Kapoor Katy Mullan | |||
| 97th | March 2, 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.
The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on the same year in which the individual was also a nominee.
| Host | Ceremony | Date | Category | Film | Result |
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| David Niven | 31st Academy Awards | April 6, 1959 | Best Actor | Separate Tables | Won |
| Michael Caine | 45th Academy Awards | March 27, 1973 | Best Actor | Sleuth | Nominated |
| Walter Matthau | 48th Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Actor | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated |
| Paul Hogan | 59th Academy Awards | March 30, 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Crocodile Dundee | Nominated |
| James Franco | 83rd Academy Awards | February 27, 2011 | Best Actor | 127 Hours | Nominated |
| Seth MacFarlane | 85th Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Original Song | Ted | Nominated |
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