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List of Academy Awards ceremonies

This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies complete with date of each event, year in film

List of years in film

This list of years in film indexes the individual year in film pages. Each year is annotated with the significant events as a reference point....
, ceremony host, and the Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
award winner. The latest event was the 81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor its selection of the best 2008 in film on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California....
ceremony held on February 22, 2009.

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This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies complete with date of each event, year in film

List of years in film

This list of years in film indexes the individual year in film pages. Each year is annotated with the significant events as a reference point....
, ceremony host, and the Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

81st Academy Awards

Venues

1929: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt Hotel (Hollywood)

The Roosevelt Hotel is a historic Spanish-style hotel located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Named after Theodore Roosevelt and financed by a group including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Louis B....
1930-1943: Alternated between the The Ambassador Hotel
The Ambassador Hotel

The Ambassador Hotel was a landmark hotel in Los Angeles, California and location of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub. It was the place where presidential candidate, United States Senate and former Attorney General of the United States Robert F....
and the Biltmore Hotel
Millennium Biltmore Hotel

The Biltmore Hotel is a hotel located in downtown Los Angeles, California, California. Built by John McEntee Bowman, it opened in 1923. At the time, it was the largest hotel west of Chicago, Illinois and designed by architects Schultze and Weaver....
1944-1946: Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a movie theater located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It is located along the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame....
1947-1948: Shrine Auditorium
Shrine Auditorium

The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners....
1949: Academy Award Theater
1950-1960: Pantages Theatre
Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)

The Pantages Theatre, formerly known as RKO Pantages Theatre, is located at Hollywood and Vine , Hollywood, California in the United States of America....
1961-1967: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

File:Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.JPGSanta Monica Civic Auditorium is a multipurpose convention center in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1958....
1968-1987: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center . The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall....
, Los Angeles Music Center
Los Angeles Music Center

The Music Center is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation. Located in Los Angeles, California, the Music Center is home to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theater, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall....
1988-2001: Alternated between Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center . The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall....
and the Shrine Auditorium
Shrine Auditorium

The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners....
2002-present: Kodak Theatre
Kodak Theatre

The Eastman Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles....

Networks

1953-1960: NBC
1961-1970: ABC
1971-1975: NBC
1976-present: ABC

Ceremonies

Annual Ceremony	Date of Ceremony	Year Honored	Host	Best Picture Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
1st Academy Awards 1st Academy Awards The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than 250 people attended....	May 16, 1929	1927 1927 in film EventsJanuary 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis* premieres in Germany.April 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries Marion Benda.... / 1928 1928 in film EventsAlthough some movies released in 1928 had Sound film, most were still silent film. July 31 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mascot Leo the Lion roars for the very first time, creating one of the most popular American film logos....		Wings Wings (film) *Wings* is a silent film about World War I fighter pilots, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture -- and the only silent film ever to win Best Picture -- and stars Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen, with Gary Cooper in a scene whic...
2nd Academy Awards 2nd Academy Awards The 2nd Academy Awards were presented on April 3, 1930 at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and broadcast live on the radio....	April 3, 1930	1928 1928 in film EventsAlthough some movies released in 1928 had Sound film, most were still silent film.* July 31 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mascot Leo the Lion roars for the very first time, creating one of the most popular American film logos.... / 1929 1929 in film EventsThe days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound film was on.January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona* was released....	William C. DeMille William C. DeMille Willam C. deMille was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent movie era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to moving into film....	The Broadway Melody The Broadway Melody *The Broadway Melody* is a musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929-1930....
3rd Academy Awards 3rd Academy Awards The 3rd Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1929/1930, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences....	November 5, 1930	1929 1929 in film EventsThe days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound film was on.January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona* was released.... / 1930 1930 in film Events...	Conrad Nagel Conrad Nagel Conrad Nagel was an American screen actor and matinee idol of the silent film era and beyond. He was also a well known television actor and radio performer....	All Quiet on the Western Front
4th Academy Awards 4th Academy Awards The 4th Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1930/1931, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award winners were as follows:...	November 10, 1931	1930 1930 in film Events... / 1931 1931 in film Events...	Lawrence Grant Lawrence Grant Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant was an England actor known for his supporting roles in films such as The Living Ghost, I'll Tell the World, The Mask of Fu Manchu, and Son of Frankenstein....	Cimarron Cimarron (1931 film) *Cimarron* is a film directed by Wesley Ruggles and based on the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1931 in film....
5th Academy Awards 5th Academy Awards The 5th Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1931/1932, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award winners were as follows:...	November 18, 1932	1931 1931 in film Events... / 1932 1932 in film EventsKatharine Hepburn's film career beginsShirley Temple's film career beginsThe Walt Disney Company released Flowers and Trees* their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film....		Grand Hotel Grand Hotel (film) *Grand Hotel* is a 1932 in film MGM Pre-Code Art Deco film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.The plot device of the film?bringing together several unrelated characters into one setting?was popular and effective enough that it was re-used in other films and became known as "the Grand Hotel" formula....
6th Academy Awards 6th Academy Awards The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934 at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Will Rogers and Rogers also presented all of the awards....	March 16, 1934	1932 1932 in film EventsKatharine Hepburn's film career beginsShirley Temple's film career beginsThe Walt Disney Company released Flowers and Trees* their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film.... / 1933 1933 in film EventsBritish Film Institute founded.March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey....	Will Rogers Will Rogers William Penn Adair ?Will? Rogers was a Cherokee-United States cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentary, vaudeville performer and actor. He was the father of U.S....	Cavalcade Cavalcade (film) *Cavalcade* is an Academy Award-winning 1933 in film United States drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 Cavalcade by No?l Coward....
7th Academy Awards 7th Academy Awards The 7th Academy Awards, honoring the 1934 in film, were held on February 27 1935 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb....	February 27, 1935	1934 1934 in film EventsJanuary 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz* from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Hope...	Irvin S. Cobb Irvin S. Cobb Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories....	It Happened One Night It Happened One Night *It Happened One Night* is an Cinema of the United States 1934 in film screwball comedy film directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter ....
8th Academy Awards 8th Academy Awards The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra....	March 5, 1936	1935 1935 in film Events*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ....	Frank Capra Frank Capra 'Frank Russell Capra' was an Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr....	Mutiny on the Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) *Mutiny on the Bounty* is a 1935 in film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty ....
9th Academy Awards 9th Academy Awards The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by George Jessel ....	March 4, 1937	1936 1936 in film The year 1936 in film involved some significant events....	George Jessel George Jessel (actor) George Jessel was an United States actor, singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning movie producer. He was famous in his lifetime as a multitalented comedy entertainer, achieving a level of recognition that transcended his limited roles in movies....	The Great Ziegfeld The Great Ziegfeld *The Great Ziegfeld* is a musical film produced by MGM. Although the film is a fictionalized biography of Florenz Ziegfeld from his show business beginnings to his death, it showcases a series of spectacular musical productions....
10th Academy Awards 10th Academy Awards The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California.Originally scheduled to be held on March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to heavy flooding in Los Angeles....	March 10, 1938	1937 1937 in film The year 1937 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Burns	The Life of Emile Zola The Life of Emile Zola *The Life of ?mile Zola* is a 1937 in film biographical film of famous French author ?mile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul C?zanne and his involvement in the Dreyfus affair....
11th Academy Awards 11th Academy Awards The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was the first Academy Awards show without any official host....	February 23, 1939	1938 1938 in film The year 1938 in film involved some significant events....	no host	You Can't Take It with You You Can't Take It with You (film) *You Can't Take It With You* is a comedy film directed by Frank Capra adapted from the Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning You Can't Take It with You by George S....
12th Academy Awards 12th Academy Awards The 12th Academy Awards, honoring the 1939 in film, was held on February 29, 1940 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles....	February 29, 1940	1939 1939 in film The year 1939 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind (film) *Gone with the Wind* is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States drama film-romance film-film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 in literature Gone with the Wind and directed by Victor Fleming ....
13th Academy Awards 13th Academy Awards The 13th Academy Awards honored American film achievements in 1940. This was the first year that sealed envelopes were used to keep secret the names of the winners which led to the famous phrase: "May I have the Envelope, please." The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse was hired to count the ballots, after the fiasco of leaked voting result...	February 27, 1941	1940 1940 in film The year 1940 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	Rebecca Rebecca (film) *Rebecca* is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first United States project, and his first film produced under his contract with David O....
14th Academy Awards 14th Academy Awards The 14th Academy Awards may be most infamous, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane did not win Best Picture. Rather, Best Picture was awarded to How Green Was My Valley , the story of Welsh coalminers in changing times....	February 26, 1942	1941 1941 in film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events....	no host	How Green Was My Valley How Green Was My Valley (film) *How Green Was My Valley* is a 1941 in film United States drama film directed by John Ford. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, written by Philip Dunne, and based on the Richard Llewellyn How Green Was My Valley....
15th Academy Awards 15th Academy Awards The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver ....	March 4, 1943	1942 1942 in film The year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the Films considered the greatest ever, Casablanca .....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	Mrs. Miniver Mrs. Miniver (film) *Mrs. Miniver* is a 1942 in film drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson in the title role. It was produced as a propaganda film aimed at ending American isolation from World War II, and was based on the fictional English homemaker created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns, Mrs....
16th Academy Awards 16th Academy Awards The 16th Academy Awards, in 1944, was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman?s Chinese Theater. Free passes were given out to men and women in uniform....	March 2, 1944	1943 1943 in film The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.EventsTop grossing films Awards16th Academy Awards*Bataan ...	Jack Benny Jack Benny Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudeville, and actor for radio programming, television, and film.Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "...	Casablanca Casablanca (film) *Casablanca* is an Cinema of the United States romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre....
17th Academy Awards 17th Academy Awards The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time this awards ceremony was broadcast nationally on the ABC Radio network.Through the 1940?s, the ceremony and academy rules continued to evolve into the form by which we know them today....	March 15, 1945	1944 1944 in film The year 1944 in film involved some significant events....		Going My Way Going My Way For the 1962-1963 American Broadcasting Company television series of the same name, starring Gene Kelly, Leo G. Carroll, and Dick York, see Going My Way ....
18th Academy Awards 18th Academy Awards The 18th Academy Awards was the first such ceremony after World War II. As a result, the ceremony featured more glamour than had been present during the war....	March 7, 1946	1945 1945 in film The year 1945 in film involved some significant events....		The Lost Weekend
19th Academy Awards 19th Academy Awards The 19th Academy Awards continued a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues. The Best Years of Our Lives concerns the lives of three returning veterans from three branches of military service as they adjust to life on the home front after World War II....	March 13, 1947	1946 1946 in film The year 1946 in film involved some significant events....	Jack Benny Jack Benny Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudeville, and actor for radio programming, television, and film.Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "...	The Best Years of Our Lives The Best Years of Our Lives *The Best Years of Our Lives* is an Cinema of the United States drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II....
20th Academy Awards 20th Academy Awards The 20th Academy Awards spread awards around, with no film receiving more than 3 awards, the last time this would happen until the 78th Academy Awards....	March 20, 1948	1947 1947 in film The year 1947 in film involved some significant events....	no host	Gentleman's Agreement Gentleman's Agreement *Gentleman's Agreement* is a 1947 in film drama film about a journalist who goes undercover as a Jew to research antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut....
21st Academy Awards 21st Academy Awards The 21st Academy Awards features numerous firsts. It was the first time a non-Hollywood production won Best Picture, Hamlet . It was the first time an individual directed himself in an Oscar-winning performance....	March 24, 1949	1948 1948 in film The year 1948 in film involved some significant events....	Robert Montgomery Robert Montgomery (actor) Robert Montgomery was an United States actor and director.Montgomery was born Henry Montgomery Jr. in Beacon, New York, then known as "Fishkill Landing", the son of Mary Weed and Henry Montgomery, Sr....	Hamlet Hamlet (1948 film) *Hamlet* is a British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director, and also the second of his three Shakespeare films....
22nd Academy Awards 22nd Academy Awards The 22nd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1949....	March 23, 1950	1949 1949 in film The year 1949 in film involved some significant events....	Paul Douglas Paul Douglas (actor) Paul Douglas was an United States film actor.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 5'11" actor is best remembered by some for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield and It Happens Every Spring ....	All the King's Men All the King's Men (1949 film) *All the King's Men* is a 1949 in film drama film film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men. It was directed by Robert Rossen and starred Broderick Crawford in the role of Willie Stark....
23rd Academy Awards 23rd Academy Awards The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1950. The nominations were noticeable this year, as All About Eve was nominated for fourteen Oscars, beating the previous record of Gone with the Wind ....	March 29, 1951	1950 1950 in film The year 1950 in film involved some significant events....	Fred Astaire Fred Astaire Fred Astaire was an United States Academy Award-winning film and Broadway theatre dance, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films....	All About Eve All About Eve *All About Eve* is an Cinema of the United States drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve," by Mary Orr....
24th Academy Awards 24th Academy Awards The 24th Academy Awards is an event that honored the Greatest Films of 1951.The single film which came out with the largest number of honors was An American in Paris , which scoops six Oscars, including Best Picture....	March 20, 1952	1951 1951 in film The year 1951 in film involved some significant events....	Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Danny Kaye was an American award-winning actor, singer and comedian....	An American in Paris An American in Paris (film) *An American in Paris* is a MGM musical film inspired by the An American in Paris by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner....
25th Academy Awards 25th Academy Awards The 25th Academy Awards honoring the best 1952 in film, were held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California and the NBC International Theatre, New York, New York....	March 19, 1953	1952 1952 in film The year 1952 in film involved some significant events....		The Greatest Show on Earth The Greatest Show on Earth *The Greatest Show on Earth* is a List of American films of 1952 drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film was produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B....
26th Academy Awards 26th Academy Awards The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953.The second national telecast of the Awards show draws an estimated 43,000,000 viewers....	March 25, 1954	1953 1953 in film The year 1953 in film involved some significant events....		From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity *From Here to Eternity* is a 1953 in film Academy Award winning drama film based on the From Here to Eternity by James Jones . It deals with the troubles of soldiers stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor....
27th Academy Awards 27th Academy Awards The 27th Academy Awards honored the best films produced in 1954. The Best Picture winner, On the Waterfront, was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by Elia Kazan....	March 30, 1955	1954 1954 in film The year 1954 in film involved some significant events....		On the Waterfront On the Waterfront *On the Waterfront* is a United States drama film about mob violence and corruption among stevedore. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg....
28th Academy Awards 28th Academy Awards The 28th Academy Awards were presented at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. It honored the top films of 1955, and awarded the winners the coveted "Oscar"....	March 21, 1956	1955 1955 in film The year 1955 in film involved some significant events....		Marty Marty *Marty* is a 1955 in film romance film based on a teleplay by the same name. It was directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine in the title role, and Betsy Blair as the female lead....
29th Academy Awards 29th Academy Awards During the 29th Academy Awards, the regular competitive category of Best Foreign Language film was introduced, instead of only being recognized as a special achievement Honorary Award or as a Best Picture nominee ....	March 27, 1957	1956 1956 in film The year 1956 in film involved some significant events....		Around the World in Eighty Days Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film) *Around the World in 80 Days* is a 1956 in film adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson ....
30th Academy Awards 30th Academy Awards The 30th Academy Awards was the first time the entire ceremony was live broadcast.The Oscar for Writing Based on Material From Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for The Bridge on the River Kwai, despite the fact that he did not know English....	March 26, 1958	1957 1957 in film The year 1957 in film involved some significant events....		The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai *The Bridge on the River Kwai* is a Cinema of the United Kingdom 1957 in film World War II film by David Lean; based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle....
31st Academy Awards 31st Academy Awards The telecast of the 31st Academy Awards is among the most infamous. The show?s producer Jerry Wald started cutting numbers from the show to make sure it ran on time....	April 6, 1959	1958 1958 in film The year 1958 in film involved some significant events....		Gigi Gigi (1958 film) *Gigi* is a 1958 in film Cinema of the United States musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella Gigi by Colette....
32nd Academy Awards 32nd Academy Awards The 32nd Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1959 on 4 April 1960.MGM's and director William Wyler's three and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur broke the previous year's all-time record of Gigi ....	April 4, 1960	1959 1959 in film The year 1959 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	Ben-Hur Ben-Hur (1959 film) *Ben-Hur* is a 1959 in film movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur . It premiered at Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York City on November 18, 1959....
33rd Academy Awards 33rd Academy Awards The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the 1960 in film, were held on April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California....	April 17, 1961	1960 1960 in film The year 1960 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	The Apartment The Apartment *The Apartment* is a Cinema of the United States comedy film-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray....
34th Academy Awards 34th Academy Awards The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the 1961 in film, were held on April 9, 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California....	April 9, 1962	1961 1961 in film The year 1961 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	West Side Story West Side Story (film) *West Side Story* is a 1961 in film Cinema of the United States film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It is an adaptation of the Broadway musical West Side Story, which itself was adapted from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet....
35th Academy Awards 35th Academy Awards The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the 1962 in film, were held on April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California....	April 8, 1963	1962 1962 in film The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....	Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....	Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia (film) *Lawrence of Arabia* is a 1962 in film UK epic film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Austrian Sam Spiegel , from a script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson ....
36th Academy Awards 36th Academy Awards The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the 1963 in film, were held on April 13 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California....	April 13, 1964	1963 1963 in film The year 1963 in film involved some significant events....	Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon 'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....	Tom Jones Tom Jones (film) *Tom Jones* is a 1963 in film British comedy film. It is an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , starring Albert Finney as the titular hero....
37th Academy Awards 37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. All four acting awards went to non-American actors, something not repeated until the 80th Academy Awards were awarded for 2007 in film....	April 5, 1965	1964 1964 in film The year 1964 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	My Fair Lady My Fair Lady (film) *My Fair Lady* is a musical film film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw....
38th Academy Awards 38th Academy Awards The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the 1965 in film, were held on April 18 1966 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California....	April 18, 1966	1965 1965 in film The year 1965 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	The Sound of Music The Sound of Music (film) Rodgers and Hammerstein's *The Sound of Music* is a musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role. The film is based on the Broadway theatre The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and R...
39th Academy Awards 39th Academy Awards The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the 1966 in film, were held on April 10, 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California....	April 10, 1967	1966 1966 in film The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) *A Man for All Seasons* is a 1966 in film film based on Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons about Sir Thomas More. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End theatre stage premiere, also took the role in the film....
40th Academy Awards 40th Academy Awards The 40th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for 8 April 1968, the awards were postponed to two days later, 10 April 1968, because of the assassination of Dr....	April 10, 1968	1967 1967 in film The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	In the Heat of the Night
41st Academy Awards 41st Academy Awards The 41st Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host....	April 14, 1969	1968 1968 in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events....	no host	Oliver! Oliver! (film) *Oliver!* is a 1968 in film musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the stage musical Oliver!, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart....
42nd Academy Awards 42nd Academy Awards The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.This is currently the highest rated of the televised Academy Awards ceremonies, according to Nielsen ratings....	April 7, 1970	1969 1969 in film The year 1969 in film involved some significant events....	no host	Midnight Cowboy Midnight Cowboy *Midnight Cowboy* is a 1969 in film Cinema of the United States drama film based on the 1965 in literature Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy....
43rd Academy Awards 43rd Academy Awards The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host....	April 15, 1971	1970 1970 in film The year 1970 in film involved some significant events....	no host	Patton Patton (film) *Patton* is a Biography film war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates , and Karl Michael Vogler....
44th Academy Awards 44th Academy Awards The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Jack Lemmon....	April 10, 1972	1971 1971 in film The year 1971 in film involved some significant events....		The French Connection The French Connection (film) *The French Connection* is a 1971 in film Hollywood crime film directed by William Friedkin. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the The French Connection by Robin Moore....
45th Academy Awards 45th Academy Awards The 45th Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson....	March 27, 1973	1972 1972 in film The year 1972 in film involved some significant events....		The Godfather The Godfather *The Godfather* is an Cinema of the United States crime film film based on the The Godfather by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne, who was not credited....
46th Academy Awards 46th Academy Awards The 46th Academy Awards were presented April 2, 1974 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven....	April 2, 1974	1973 1973 in film The year 1973 in film involved some significant events....		The Sting The Sting *The Sting* is a 1973 caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated plot by two professional Confidence trick to confidence trick a mob boss ....
47th Academy Awards 47th Academy Awards The 47th Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and Frank Sinatra....	April 8, 1975	1974 1974 in film The year 1974 in film involved some significant events....		The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II *The Godfather Part II* is an Cinema of the United States 1974 in film crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo....
48th Academy Awards 48th Academy Awards The 48th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw , George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly....	March 29, 1976	1975 1975 in film The year 1975 in film involved some significant events....		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* is an Cinema of the United States drama film film director by Milo? Forman. The film is an adaptation of the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey....
49th Academy Awards 49th Academy Awards The 49th Academy Awards were presented March 28, 1977 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, and Warren Beatty....	March 28, 1977	1976 1976 in film The year 1976 in film involved some significant events....		Rocky Rocky *Rocky* is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. It tells the rags-to-riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa , an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in Philadelphia....
50th Academy Awards 50th Academy Awards The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1978. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, who hosted the awards for the eighteenth and last time....	April 3, 1978	1977 1977 in film The year 1977 in film involved some significant events....	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....	Annie Hall Annie Hall *Annie Hall* is an Cinema of the United States romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002 Roger Ebert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody All...
51st Academy Awards 51st Academy Awards The 51st Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1979 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson....	April 9, 1979	1978 1978 in film The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....	Johnny Carson Johnny Carson John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....	The Deer Hunter The Deer Hunter *The Deer Hunter* is a War film drama film about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War....
52nd Academy Awards 52nd Academy Awards The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson....	April 14, 1980	1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....	Johnny Carson Johnny Carson John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....	Kramer vs. Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer *Kramer vs. Kramer* is a 1979 in film trial movies film adapted by Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, and directed by Benton. The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including the couple's young son....
53rd Academy Awards 53rd Academy Awards The 53rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1980 in film, were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles....	March 31, 1981	1980 1980 in film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events....	Johnny Carson Johnny Carson John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....	Ordinary People Ordinary People *Ordinary People* is a 1980 in film United States motion picture drama that marked the directorial debut of Robert Redford. The story concerns the disintegration of an upper middle class family in Lake Forest, Illinois, following the death of the oldest son....
54th Academy Awards 54th Academy Awards The 54th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson....	March 29, 1982	1981 1981 in film EventsJanuary 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate* , a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica Corporation to sell it....	Johnny Carson Johnny Carson John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....	Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire *Chariots of Fire* is a United Kingdom film released in 1981 in film. Written by Colin Welland and directed by Hugh Hudson, it is based on the true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics....
55th Academy Awards 55th Academy Awards The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau....	April 11, 1983	1982 1982 in film for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out*....		Gandhi Gandhi (film) *Gandhi* is a film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was a leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British Raj in India during the first half of the 20th century....
56th Academy Awards 56th Academy Awards The 56th Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson....	April 9, 1984	1983 1983 in film EventsFebruary 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together* opens in New York...	Johnny Carson Johnny Carson John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....	Terms of Endearment
57th Academy Awards 57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon....	March 25, 1985	1984 1984 in film Events* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....	Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon 'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....	Amadeus Amadeus (film) *Amadeus* is a 1984 in film drama film directed by Milo? Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Based on Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the film is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the later half of the 18th century....
58th Academy Awards 58th Academy Awards The 58th Academy Awards, honoring the 1985 in film, were held on March 24 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams....	March 24, 1986	1985 1985 in film Events* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton....		Out of Africa
59th Academy Awards 59th Academy Awards The 59th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1987 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, and Paul Hogan....	March 30, 1987	1986 1986 in film EventsApril 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda CarlisleActor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....		Platoon Platoon (film) *Platoon* is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
60th Academy Awards 60th Academy Awards The 60th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1988 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was the first to be held there since the 20th Academy Awards....	April 11, 1988	1987 1987 in film EventsJanuary 31 - The Cure for Insomnia* premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....	Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane ?Chevy? Chase is an United States Emmy Award comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show....	The Last Emperor The Last Emperor *The Last Emperor* is a biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, whose autobiography was the basis for the screenplay written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci....
61st Academy Awards 61st Academy Awards The 61st Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles....	March 29, 1989	1988 1988 in film Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...	no host	Rain Man Rain Man *Rain Man* is a 1988 in film drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has left all of his millionaire estate to his brother, Raymond, an Autism Savant syndrome, of whose existence he was unaware....
62nd Academy Awards 62nd Academy Awards The 62nd Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was not only hosted in Hollywood, California, but it was also co-hosted in five cities around the globe....	March 26, 1990	1989 1989 in film Events* "Batman " is released on June 23rd, and went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the year; Grossing over $250 million at the box office....	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	Driving Miss Daisy Driving Miss Daisy *Driving Miss Daisy* is a 1989 in film film adapted from the Alfred Uhry Driving Miss Daisy for Warner Bros. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford with Morgan Freeman reprising his role and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy....
63rd Academy Awards 63rd Academy Awards The 63rd Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Billy Crystal.The prominent winner was the film Dances with Wolves which earned three major awards....	March 25, 1991	1990 1990 in film The year 1990 in film involved some significant events....	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves *Dances with Wolves* is a 1990 in film epic film which tells the story of a Civil War-era United States Army lieutenant who travels to the American Frontier to find a military post....
64th Academy Awards 64th Academy Awards The 64th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was the third consecutive to be hosted by Billy Crystal....	March 30, 1992	1991 1991 in film The year 1991 in film involved some significant events....	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	The Silence of the Lambs
65th Academy Awards 65th Academy Awards The 65th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Billy Crystal.Unforgiven won four awards including Academy Award for Best Picture....	March 29, 1993	1992 1992 in film The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ...	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	Unforgiven Unforgiven *Unforgiven* is a 1992 Western film which was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with the screenplay written by David Peoples. The film tells the story of William Munny, an aging and retired gunslinger who takes on one more job years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming....
66th Academy Awards 66th Academy Awards The 66th Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1994 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was landmark in that it featured a female African American host for the first time, Whoopi Goldberg, and represented a direct contrast in edgy style from Billy Crystal who had hosted the show the previous four years....	March 21, 1994	1993 1993 in film The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ...	Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg is an United Statesn actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality.She is one of only a handful of List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....	Schindler's List Schindler's List *Schindler's List* is an Cinema of the United States biographical film about Oskar Schindler, a Germany businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Poland Jews during the The Holocaust by employing them in his factories....
67th Academy Awards 67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards, honoring the 1994 in film, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk show host David Letterman....	March 27, 1995	1994 1994 in film The year 1994 in film involved some significant events....	David Letterman David Letterman David Michael Letterman is an United States comedian, known for hosting the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS since 1993. Letterman's Irony, often Surreal humour comedy is heavily influenced by former The Tonight Show hosts Steve Allen, Johnny Carson and Jack Paar....	Forrest Gump Forrest Gump *Forrest Gump* is a comedy-drama film based on the Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. The film was a huge commercial success, earning United States dollar677 million worldwide during its theatrical run making it the top grossing film in North America released that year....
68th Academy Awards 68th Academy Awards The 68th Academy Awards was held on March 25, 1996 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg....	March 25, 1996	1995 1995 in film The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....	Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg is an United Statesn actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality.She is one of only a handful of List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....	Braveheart Braveheart *Braveheart* is an Academy Award-Winning, 1995 historical action-drama movie film producer and Film director by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role....
69th Academy Awards 69th Academy Awards The 69th Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, California, leading to 1997 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents"....	March 24, 1997	1996 1996 in film The year '1996 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo , Trainspotting , The English Patient , Independence Day , Twister , Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna 's Evita ....	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	The English Patient The English Patient (film) *The English Patient* is a 1996 in film film adaptation of the The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. The film, directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture....
70th Academy Awards 70th Academy Awards The 70th Academy Awards were noted for their high ratings and the 11 wins racked up by the Academy Award for Best Picture, Titanic . Billy Crystal hosted the ceremony for the sixth time, and received an Emmy Awards for his performance....	March 23, 1998	1997 1997 in film The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	Titanic Titanic (1997 film) *Titanic* is a 1997 United States romantic film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic....
71st Academy Awards 71st Academy Awards The 71st Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Music Center, and was Whoopi Goldberg third time hosting the Awards....	March 21, 1999	1998 1998 in film The year 1998 in film involved some significant events....	Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg is an United Statesn actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality.She is one of only a handful of List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....	Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love *Shakespeare in Love* is a 1998 in film romantic comedy/drama film. The film was directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard....
72nd Academy Awards 72nd Academy Awards The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony took place at Los Angeles, California Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards....	March 26, 2000	1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	American Beauty American Beauty (film) *American Beauty* is a 1999 in film dramedy film set in modern United States suburbia. Starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, it was the feature film debut for writer Alan Ball and director Sam Mendes, all of whom won Academy Awards....
73rd Academy Awards 73rd Academy Awards The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at the Los Angeles, California Shrine Auditorium. It was hosted by first-time host Steve Martin, who was nominated for an Emmy Awards for his presentation....	March 25, 2001	2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events....	Steve Martin Steve Martin Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor, comedian, writer, playwright, Film producer, musician, and composer....	Gladiator Gladiator (2000 film) *Gladiator* is a 2000 in film epic film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, and Richard Harris....
74th Academy Awards 74th Academy Awards The 74th Academy Awards honored the 2001 in film and were held on March 24 2002, for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....	March 24, 2002	2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...	Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg is an United Statesn actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality.She is one of only a handful of List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....	A Beautiful Mind A Beautiful Mind (film) *A Beautiful Mind* is a 2001 in film United States film based on the life of John Forbes Nash, a Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel....
75th Academy Awards 75th Academy Awards The 75th Academy Awards honored the 2002 in film, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was produced by Gilbert Cates and hosted by Steve Martin, who also hosted the 73rd Academy Awards....	March 23, 2003	2002 2002 in film The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...	Steve Martin Steve Martin Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor, comedian, writer, playwright, Film producer, musician, and composer....	Chicago Chicago (2002 film) *Chicago* is a musical film film adaptation of the Satire Musical theatre Chicago , the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz#History##1920s to 1950s Chicago, Illinois....
76th Academy Awards 76th Academy Awards The 76th Academy Awards ceremony honored the 2003 in film and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on American Broadcasting Company beginning at 5:30 p.m....	February 29, 2004	2003 2003 in film The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...	Billy Crystal Billy Crystal 'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
77th Academy Awards 77th Academy Awards The 77th Academy Awards honored the 2004 in film and were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock....	February 27, 2005	2004 2004 in film The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....	Chris Rock Chris Rock Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and Film director....	Million Dollar Baby Million Dollar Baby *Million Dollar Baby* is a 2004 in film film film director, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman....
78th Academy Awards 78th Academy Awards The 78th Academy Awards honored the 2005 in film and were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart....	March 5, 2006	2005 2005 in film The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...	Jon Stewart Jon Stewart Jonathan "Jon" Stewart is an United States comedian, television host, and political satire. He is best known as host of The Daily Show, a news satire airing on Comedy Central....	Crash Crash (2004 film) *Crash* is a 2005 in film Cinema of the United States/Cinema of Germany drama film, written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005....
79th Academy Awards 79th Academy Awards The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , honored the 2006 in film and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on American Broadcasting Company....	February 25, 2007	2006 2006 in film The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....	Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an eleven-time Emmy Award-winning United States Stand-up comedy, television hostess and actress. She hosts the award winning Television syndication talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show....	The Departed The Departed *The Departed* is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
80th Academy Awards 80th Academy Awards The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films in 2007 in film and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on American Broadcasting Company beginning at 5:30 p.m....	February 24, 2008	2007 2007 in film The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...	Jon Stewart Jon Stewart Jonathan "Jon" Stewart is an United States comedian, television host, and political satire. He is best known as host of The Daily Show, a news satire airing on Comedy Central....	No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (film) *No Country for Old Men* is a 2007 in film crime thriller adapted for the screen and directed by Coen brothers, and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin....
81st Academy Awards 81st Academy Awards The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor its selection of the best 2008 in film on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California....	February 22, 2009	2008 2008 in film The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...	Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.A singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, principally The Boy From Oz, Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, his forte being action/superhero, period and romance characters....	Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire *Slumdog Millionaire* is a film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize-winning and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated novel Q & A by Indian English literature and diplomat Vikas Swarup....

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