The awards were first given in 1929 at a ceremony created for the awards, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. The following is a listing of all Academy Awards ceremonies since then.
The awards were first given in 1929 at a ceremony created for the awards, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. The following is a listing of all Academy Awards ceremonies since then.
| Ceremony | Date | Best Picture winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | May 16, 1929 | Wings |
| 2nd | April 3, 1930 | The Broadway Melody |
| 3rd | November 5, 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 4th | November 10, 1931 | Cimarron |
| 5th | November 18, 1932 | Grand Hotel |
| 6th | March 16, 1934 | Cavalcade |
| 7th | February 27, 1935 | It Happened One Night |
| 8th | March 5, 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| 9th | March 4, 1937 | The Great Ziegfeld |
| 10th | March 10, 1938 | The Life of Emile Zola |
| 11th | February 23, 1939 | You Can't Take It With You |
| 12th | February 29, 1940 | Gone with the Wind |
| 13th | February 27, 1941 | Rebecca |
| 14th | February 26, 1942 | How Green Was My Valley |
| 15th | March 4, 1943 | Mrs. Miniver |
| 16th | March 2, 1944 | Casablanca |
| 17th | March 15, 1945 | Going My Way |
| 18th | March 7, 1946 | The Lost Weekend |
| 19th | March 13, 1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 20th | March 20, 1948 | Gentleman's Agreement |
| 21st | March 24, 1949 | Hamlet |
| 22nd | March 23, 1950 | All the King's Men |
| 23rd | March 29, 1951 | All About Eve |
| 24th | March 20, 1952 | An American in Paris |
| 25th | March 19, 1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth |
| 26th | March 25, 1954 | From Here to Eternity |
| 27th | March 30, 1955 | On the Waterfront |
| 28th | March 21, 1956 | Marty |
| 29th | March 27, 1957 | Around the World in 80 Days |
| 30th | March 26, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 31st | April 6, 1959 | Gigi |
| 32nd | April 4, 1960 | Ben-Hur |
| 33rd | April 17, 1961 | The Apartment |
| 34th | April 9, 1962 | West Side Story |
| 35th | April 8, 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 36th | April 13, 1964 | Tom Jones |
| 37th | April 5, 1965 | My Fair Lady |
| 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 |
| 41st | April 14, 1969 | Oliver! |
| 42nd | April 7, 1970 | Midnight Cowboy |
| 43rd | April 15, 1971 | Patton |
| 44th | April 10, 1972 | The French Connection |
| 45th | March 27, 1973 | The Godfather |
| 46th | April 2, 1974 | The Sting |
| 47th | April 8, 1975 | The Godfather Part II |
| 48th | March 29, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 49th | March 28, 1977 | Rocky |
| 50th | April 3, 1978 | Annie Hall |
| 51st | April 9, 1979 | The Deer Hunter |
| 52nd | April 14, 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 53rd | March 31, 1981 | Ordinary People |
| 54th | March 29, 1982 | Chariots of Fire |
| 55th | April 11, 1983 | Gandhi |
| 56th | April 9, 1984 | Terms of Endearment |
| 57th | March 25, 1985 | Amadeus |
| 58th | March 24, 1986 | Out of Africa |
| 59th | March 30, 1987 | Platoon |
| 60th | April 11, 1988 | The Last Emperor |
| 61st | March 29, 1989 | Rain Man |
| 62nd | March 26, 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy |
| 63rd | March 25, 1991 | Dances with Wolves |
| 64th | March 30, 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 65th | March 29, 1993 | Unforgiven |
| 66th | March 21, 1994 | Schindler's List |
| 67th | March 27, 1995 | Forrest Gump |
| 68th | March 25, 1996 | Braveheart |
| 69th | March 24, 1997 | The English Patient |
| 70th | March 23, 1998 | Titanic |
| 71st | March 21, 1999 | Shakespeare in Love |
| 72nd | March 26, 2000 | American Beauty |
| 73rd | March 25, 2001 | Gladiator |
| 74th | March 24, 2002 | A Beautiful Mind |
| 75th | March 23, 2003 | Chicago |
| 76th | February 29, 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 77th | February 27, 2005 | Million Dollar Baby |
| 78th | March 5, 2006 | Crash |
| 79th | February 25, 2007 | The Departed |
| 80th | February 24, 2008 | No Country for Old Men |
| 81st | February 22, 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 82nd | March 7, 2010 | The Hurt Locker |
| 83rd | February 27, 2011 | The King's Speech |
| 84th | February 26, 2012 | The Artist |
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