Upload
maximus-themax
View
502
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 1
The Bests of Oscar Academy Awards
Academy Award winners and nominees are listed from the beginning of first Oscars (1927/28).
In this list, you can find the best picture awarded movies, the best actors and actresses, the
best directors, organization dates and places of the Oscar Academy Awards, movies’ total
awards, nominations, directors, producers, casts and so on.
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
88 2015 Not Decided Yet Not Decided Yet Not Decided Yet
Oscar Academy Awards 88. Academy Awards (2015 Oscars)
Date / Place February 28, 2016 / Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Chris Rock
Most Awarded Movie(s) Not Decided Yet
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Revenant (12)
Best Picture
Not Decided Yet 0 awards and 0 nominations Producer: Not Decided Yet Production Company: Not Decided Yet Director: Not Decided Yet
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight
Best Actor Not Decided Yet
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Bryan Cranston for the role of "Dalton Trumbo" in the film Trumbo
Matt Damon for the role of "Mark Watney" in the film The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of "Hugh Glass" in the film The Revenant
Michael Fassbender for the role of "Steve Jobs" in the film Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne for the role of "Lili Elbe" in the film The Danish Girl
Best Actress Not Decided Yet
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Cate Blanchett for the role of "Carol Aird" in the film Carol
Brie Larson for the role of "Joy "Ma" Newsome" in the film Room
Jennifer Lawrence for the role of "Joy Mangano" in the film Joy
Charlotte Rampling for the role of "Kate Mercer" in the film 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan for the role of "Eilis Lacey" in the film Brooklyn
Best Director Not Decided Yet
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 2
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Lenny Abrahamson, the director of the movie "Room"
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the director of the movie "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy, the director of the movie "Spotlight"
Adam McKay, the director of the movie "The Big Short"
George Miller, the director of the movie "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Not Decided Yet Screen Writer(s): Not Decided Yet
87 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected
Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie
Redmayne Julianne Moore
Oscar Academy Awards 87. Academy Awards (2014 Oscars)
Date / Place February 22, 2015 / Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Neil Patrick Harris
Most Awarded Movie(s) Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (4), The Grand Budapest Hotel (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (9), The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
Best Picture
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 4 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Production Company: Fox Searchlight Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
American Sniper, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash
Best Actor Eddie Redmayne for the role of "Stephen Hawking" in the film The Theory of Everything
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Steve Carell for the role of "John Eleuthère du Pont" in the film Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper for the role of "Chris Kyle" in the film American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch for the role of "Alan Turing" in the film The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton for the role of "Riggan Thomson" in the film Birdman
Best Actress Julianne Moore for the role of "Alice Daly-Howland" in the film Still Alice
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Marion Cotillard for the role of "Sandra Bya" in the film Two Days One Night
Felicity Jones for the role of "Jane Wilde-Hawking" in the film The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike for the role of "Amy Elliott-Dunne" in the film Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon for the role of "Cheryl Strayed" in the film Wild
Best Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the director of the movie "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 3
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Wes Anderson, the director of the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Richard Linklater, the director of the movie "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, the director of the movie "Foxcatcher"
Morten Tyldum, the director of the movie "The Imitation Game"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Screen Writer(s): Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bó
86 2013 12 Years a Slave Matthew McConaughey
Cate Blanchett
Oscar Academy Awards 86. Academy Awards (2013 Oscars)
Date / Place March 2, 2014 / Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Ellen DeGeneres
Most Awarded Movie(s) Gravity (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
American Hustle (10), Gravity (10)
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave 3 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Brad Pitt Production Company: Fox Searchlight Director: Steve McQueen
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor Matthew McConaughey for the role of "Ron Woodroof" in the film Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Christian Bale for the role of "Irving Rosenfeld" in the film American Hustle
Bruce Dern for the role of "Woodrow "Woody" Grant" in the film Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of "Jordan Belfort" in the film The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor for the role of "Solomon Northup" in the film 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress Cate Blanchett for the role of "Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis" in the film Blue Jasmine
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Amy Adams for the role of "Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly" in the film American Hustle
Sandra Bullock for the role of "Ryan Stone" in the film Gravity
Judi Dench for the role of "Philomena Lee" in the film Philomena
Meryl Streep for the role of "Violet Weston" in the film August: Osage County
Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the movie "Gravity"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 4
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Steve McQueen, the director of the movie "12 Years a Slave"
Alexander Payne, the director of the movie "Nebraska"
David O. Russell, the director of the movie "American Hustle"
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Her Screen Writer(s): Spike Jonze
85 2012 Argo Daniel Day-Lewis
Jennifer Lawrence
Oscar Academy Awards 85. Academy Awards (2012 Oscars)
Date / Place February 24, 2013 / Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Seth MacFarlane
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Life of Pi (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Lincoln (12)
Best Picture
Argo 3 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Grant Heslov Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Ben Affleck
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis for the role of "Abraham Lincoln" in the film Lincoln
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Bradley Cooper for the role of "Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr." in the film Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman for the role of "Jean Valjean" in the film Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix for the role of "Freddie Quell" in the film The Master
Denzel Washington for the role of "William "Whip" Whitaker Sr." in the film Flight
Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence for the role of "Tiffany Maxwell" in the film Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jessica Chastain for the role of "Maya" in the film Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva for the role of "Anne Laurent" in the film Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis for the role of "Hushpuppy" in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts for the role of "Maria Bennett" in the film The Impossible
Best Director Ang Lee, the director of the movie "Life of Pi"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 5
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Michael Haneke, the director of the movie "Amour"
David O. Russell, the director of the movie "Silver Linings Playbook"
Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "Lincoln"
Benh Zeitlin, the director of the movie "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Django Unchained Screen Writer(s): Quentin Tarantino
84 2011 The Artist Jean Dujardin Meryl Streep
Oscar Academy Awards 84. Academy Awards (2011 Oscars)
Date / Place February 26, 2012 / Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Artist (5), Hugo (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Hugo (11)
Best Picture
The Artist 5 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Thomas Langmann Production Company: The Weinstein Co. Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse
Best Actor Jean Dujardin for the role of "George Valentin" in the film The Artist
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Demián Bichir for the role of "Carlos Galindo" in the film A Better Life
George Clooney for the role of "Matthew King" in the film The Descendants
Gary Oldman for the role of "George Smiley" in the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt for the role of "Billy Beane" in the film Moneyball
Best Actress Meryl Streep for the role of "Margaret Thatcher" in the film The Iron Lady
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Glenn Close for the role of "Albert Nobbs" in the film Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis for the role of "Aibileen Clark" in the film The Help
Rooney Mara for the role of "Lisbeth Salander" in the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Michelle Williams for the role of "Marilyn Monroe" in the film My Week with Marilyn
Best Director Michel Hazanavicius, the director of the movie "The Artist"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 6
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, the director of the movie "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne, the director of the movie "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "Hugo"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Midnight in Paris Screen Writer(s): Woody Allen
83 2010 The King's Speech Colin Firth Natalie Portman
Oscar Academy Awards 83. Academy Awards (2010 Oscars)
Date / Place February 27, 2011 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) James Franco, Anne Hathaway
Most Awarded Movie(s) Inception (4), The King's Speech (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The King's Speech (12)
Best Picture
The King's Speech 4 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Iain Canning Production Company: The Weinstein Co. Director: Tom Hooper
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone
Best Actor Colin Firth for the role of "King George VI" in the film The King's Speech
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Javier Bardem for the role of "Uxbal" in the film Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for the role of "Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn" in the film True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for the role of "Mark Zuckerberg" in the film The Social Network
James Franco for the role of "Aron Ralston" in the film 127 Hours
Best Actress Natalie Portman for the role of "Nina Sayers" in the film Black Swan
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Annette Bening for the role of "Nicole "Nic" Allgood" in the film The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for the role of "Becca Corbett" in the film Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for the role of "Ree Dolly" in the film Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams for the role of "Cynthia "Cindy" Heller" in the film Blue Valentine
Best Director Tom Hooper, the director of the movie "The King's Speech"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 7
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Darren Aronofsky, the director of the movie "Black Swan"
Joel Coen, the director of the movie "True Grit"
David Fincher, the director of the movie "The Social Network"
David O. Russell, the director of the movie "The Fighter"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The King's Speech Screen Writer(s): David Seidler
82 2009 The Hurt Locker Jeff Bridges Sandra Bullock
Oscar Academy Awards
82. Academy Awards (2009 Oscars)
Date / Place March 7, 2010 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Hurt Locker (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Avatar (9), The Hurt Locker (9)
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker 6 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Kathryn Bigelow Production Company: Summit Entertainment Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air
Best Actor Jeff Bridges for the role of "Otis "Bad" Blake" in the film Crazy Heart
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
George Clooney for the role of "Ryan Bingham" in the film Up in the Air
Colin Firth for the role of "George Falconer" in the film A Single Man
Morgan Freeman for the role of "Nelson Mandela" in the film Invictus
Jeremy Renner for the role of "Sergeant First Class William James" in the film The Hurt Locker
Best Actress Sandra Bullock for the role of "Leigh Anne Roberts-Tuohy" in the film The Blind Side
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Helen Mirren for the role of "Sophia Behrs-Tolstoy" in the film The Last Station
Carey Mulligan for the role of "Jenny Mellor" in the film An Education
Gabourey Sidibe for the role of "Claireece "Precious" Jones" in the film Precious
Meryl Streep for the role of "Julia Child" in the film Julie & Julia
Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, the director of the movie "The Hurt Locker"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 8
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
James Cameron, the director of the movie "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, the director of the movie "Precious"
Jason Reitman, the director of the movie "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino, the director of the movie "Inglourious Basterds"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
The Hurt Locker Screen Writer(s): Mark Boal
81 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Sean Penn Kate Winslet
Oscar Academy Awards 81. Academy Awards (2008 Oscars)
Date / Place February 22, 2009 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Hugh Jackman
Most Awarded Movie(s) Slumdog Millionaire (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (13)
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire 8 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Christian Colson Production Company: Fox Searchlight Director: Danny Boyle
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader
Best Actor Sean Penn for the role of "Harvey Milk" in the film Milk
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Richard Jenkins for the role of "Walter Vale" in the film The Visitor
Frank Langella for the role of "Richard Nixon" in the film Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt for the role of "Benjamin Button" in the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for the role of "Randy "The Ram" Robinson" in the film The Wrestler
Best Actress Kate Winslet for the role of "Hanna Schmitz" in the film The Reader
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anne Hathaway for the role of "Kym Buchman" in the film Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for the role of "Christine Dunne Collins" in the film Changeling
Melissa Leo for the role of "Ray Eddy" in the film Frozen River
Meryl Streep for the role of "Aloysius Beauvier" in the film Doubt
Best Director Danny Boyle, the director of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 9
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Stephen Daldry, the director of the movie "The Reader"
David Fincher, the director of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, the director of the movie "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, the director of the movie "Milk"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Milk Screen Writer(s): Dustin Lance Black
80 2007 No Country for Old Men Daniel Day-Lewis
Marion Cotillard
Oscar Academy Awards 80. Academy Awards (2007 Oscars)
Date / Place February 24, 2008 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jon Stewart
Most Awarded Movie(s)
No Country for Old Men (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
No Country for Old Men (8), There Will Be Blood (8)
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men 4 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Scott Rudin Production Company: Paramount Vantage Director: Joel Coen
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis for the role of "Daniel Plainview" in the film There Will Be Blood
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
George Clooney for the role of "Michael Clayton" in the film Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp for the role of "Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker" in the film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones for the role of "Hank Deerfield" in the film In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen for the role of "Nikolai Luzhin" in the film Eastern Promises
Best Actress Marion Cotillard for the role of "Édith Piaf" in the film La Vie en rose
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Cate Blanchett for the role of "Queen Elizabeth I of England" in the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie for the role of "Fiona Anderson" in the film Away from Her
Laura Linney for the role of "Wendy Savage" in the film The Savages
Ellen Page for the role of "Juno MacGuff" in the film Juno
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 10
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, the director of the movie "No Country for Old Men"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of the movie "There Will Be Blood"
Tony Gilroy, the director of the movie "Michael Clayton"
Jason Reitman, the director of the movie "Juno"
Julian Schnabel, the director of the movie "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Juno Screen Writer(s): Diablo Cody
79 2006 The Departed Forest Whitaker Helen Mirren
Oscar Academy Awards 79. Academy Awards (2006 Oscars)
Date / Place February 25, 2007 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Ellen DeGeneres
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Departed (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Dreamgirls (8)
Best Picture
The Departed 4 awards and 5 nominations Producer: Graham King Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
Best Actor Forest Whitaker for the role of "Idi Amin" in the film The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of "Danny Archer" in the film Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling for the role of "Dan Dunne" in the film Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole for the role of "Maurice" in the film Venus
Will Smith for the role of "Chris Gardner" in the film The Pursuit of Happyness
Best Actress Helen Mirren for the role of "Queen Elizabeth II" in the film The Queen
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Penélope Cruz for the role of "Raimunda" in the film Volver
Judi Dench for the role of "Barbara Covett" in the film Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep for the role of "Miranda Priestly" in the film The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet for the role of "Sarah Pierce" in the film Little Children
Best Director Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "The Departed"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 11
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Clint Eastwood, the director of the movie "Letters from Iwo Jima"
Stephen Frears, the director of the movie "The Queen"
Paul Greengrass, the director of the movie "United 93"
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the director of the movie "Babel"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Little Miss Sunshine Screen Writer(s): Michael Arndt
78 2005 Crash Philip Seymour Hoffman
Reese Witherspoon
Oscar Academy Awards 78. Academy Awards (2005 Oscars)
Date / Place March 5, 2006 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jon Stewart
Most Awarded Movie(s) Brokeback Mountain (3), Crash (3), King Kong (3), Memoirs of a Geisha (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Brokeback Mountain (8)
Best Picture
Crash 3 awards and 6 nominations Producer: Paul Haggis Production Company: Lionsgate Director: Paul Haggis
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman for the role of "Truman Capote" in the film Capote
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Terrence Howard for the role of "Djay" in the film Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger for the role of "Ennis Del Mar" in the film Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix for the role of "Johnny Cash" in the film Walk the Line
David Strathairn for the role of "Edward R. Murrow" in the film Good Night and Good Luck
Best Actress Reese Witherspoon for the role of "June Carter" in the film Walk the Line
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Judi Dench for the role of "Laura Forster-Henderson" in the film Mrs Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman for the role of "Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne / Stanley Schupak" in the film Transamerica
Keira Knightley for the role of "Elizabeth Bennet" in the film Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron for the role of "Josey Aimes" in the film North Country
Best Director Ang Lee, the director of the movie "Brokeback Mountain"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 12
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
George Clooney, the director of the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Paul Haggis, the director of the movie "Crash"
Bennett Miller, the director of the movie "Capote"
Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "Munich"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Crash Screen Writer(s): Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco
77 2004 Million Dollar Baby Jamie Foxx Hilary Swank
Oscar Academy Awards 77. Academy Awards (2004 Oscars)
Date / Place February 27, 2005 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Chris Rock
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Aviator (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The Aviator (11)
Best Picture
Million Dollar Baby 4 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Clint Eastwood Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Clint Eastwood
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways
Best Actor Jamie Foxx for the role of "Ray Charles" in the film Ray
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Don Cheadle for the role of "Paul Rusesabagina" in the film Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp for the role of "J. M. Barrie" in the film Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of "Howard Hughes" in the film The Aviator
Clint Eastwood for the role of "Frankie Dunn" in the film Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress Hilary Swank for the role of "Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald" in the film Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Annette Bening for the role of "Julia Lambert" in the film Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno for the role of "María Álvarez" in the film Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton for the role of "Vera Rose Drake" in the film Vera Drake
Kate Winslet for the role of "Clementine Kruczynski" in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Director Clint Eastwood, the director of the movie "Million Dollar Baby"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 13
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Taylor Hackford, the director of the movie "Ray"
Mike Leigh, the director of the movie "Vera Drake"
Alexander Payne, the director of the movie "Sideways"
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "The Aviator"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Screen Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
76 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sean Penn Charlize Theron
Oscar Academy Awards 76. Academy Awards (2003 Oscars)
Date / Place February 29, 2004 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11)
Best Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 awards and 11 nominations Producer: Barrie M. Osborne Production Company: New Line Cinema Director: Peter Jackson
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Lost in Translation, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
Best Actor Sean Penn for the role of "Jimmy Markum" in the film Mystic River
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Johnny Depp for the role of "Jack Sparrow" in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ben Kingsley for the role of "Massoud Amir Behrani" in the film House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law for the role of "W. P. Inman" in the film Cold Mountain
Bill Murray for the role of "Bob Harris" in the film Lost in Translation
Best Actress Charlize Theron for the role of "Aileen Wuornos" in the film Monster
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Keisha Castle-Hughes for the role of "Paikea Apirana" in the film Whale Rider
Diane Keaton for the role of "Erika Berry" in the film Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton for the role of "Sarah Sullivan" in the film In America
Naomi Watts for the role of "Cristina "Cris" Williams-Peck" in the film 21 Grams
Best Director Peter Jackson, the director of the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 14
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Sofia Coppola, the director of the movie "Lost in Translation"
Clint Eastwood, the director of the movie "Mystic River"
Fernando Meirelles, the director of the movie "City of God"
Peter Weir, the director of the movie "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Lost in Translation Screen Writer(s): Sofia Coppola
75 2002 Chicago Adrien Brody Nicole Kidman
Oscar Academy Awards 75. Academy Awards (2002 Oscars)
Date / Place March 23, 2003 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Steve Martin
Most Awarded Movie(s) Chicago (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Chicago (13)
Best Picture
Chicago 6 awards and 13 nominations Producer: Martin Richards Production Company: Miramax Director: Rob Marshall
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
Best Actor Adrien Brody for the role of "Władysław Szpilman" in the film The Pianist
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Nicolas Cage for the role of "Charlie Kaufman" in the film Adaptation
Michael Caine for the role of "Thomas Fowler" in the film The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis for the role of "William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting" in the film Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson for the role of "Warren R. Schmidt" in the film About Schmidt
Best Actress Nicole Kidman for the role of "Virginia Woolf" in the film The Hours
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Salma Hayek for the role of "Frida Kahlo" in the film Frida
Diane Lane for the role of "Constance 'Connie' Sumner" in the film Unfaithful
Julianne Moore for the role of "Cathy Whitaker" in the film Far from Heaven
Renée Zellweger for the role of "Roxie Hart" in the film Chicago
Best Director Roman Polanski, the director of the movie "The Pianist"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Pedro Almodóvar, the director of the movie "Talk to Her"
Stephen Daldry, the director of the movie "The Hours"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 15
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Rob Marshall, the director of the movie "Chicago"
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "Gangs of New York"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Talk to Her Screen Writer(s): Pedro Almodóvar
74 2001 A Beautiful Mind Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Oscar Academy Awards 74. Academy Awards (2001 Oscars)
Date / Place March 24, 2002 / Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Whoopi Goldberg
Most Awarded Movie(s) A Beautiful Mind (4), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (13)
Best Picture
A Beautiful Mind 4 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Brian Grazer Production Company: DreamWorks Director: Ron Howard
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge!
Best Actor Denzel Washington for the role of "Detective Alonzo Harris" in the film Training Day
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Russell Crowe for the role of "John Forbes Nash Jr." in the film A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn for the role of "Sam Dawson" in the film I Am Sam
Will Smith for the role of "Muhammad Ali" in the film Ali
Tom Wilkinson for the role of "Dr. Matt Fowler" in the film In the Bedroom
Best Actress Halle Berry for the role of "Leticia Musgrove" in the film Monster's Ball
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Judi Dench for the role of "Iris Murdoch" in the film Iris
Nicole Kidman for the role of "Satine" in the film Moulin Rouge!
Sissy Spacek for the role of "Ruth Fowler" in the film In the Bedroom
Renée Zellweger for the role of "Bridget Jones" in the film Bridget Jones's Diary
Best Director Ron Howard, the director of the movie "A Beautiful Mind"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Robert Altman, the director of the movie "Gosford Park"
Peter Jackson, the director of the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
David Lynch, the director of the movie "Mulholland Drive"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 16
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Ridley Scott, the director of the movie "Black Hawk Down"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Gosford Park Screen Writer(s): Julian Fellowes
73 2000 Gladiator Russell Crowe Julia Roberts
Oscar Academy Awards 73. Academy Awards (2000 Oscars)
Date / Place March 25, 2001 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Steve Martin
Most Awarded Movie(s) Gladiator (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Gladiator (12)
Best Picture
Gladiator 5 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Douglas Wick Production Company: DreamWorks Director: Ridley Scott
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Traffic
Best Actor Russell Crowe for the role of "Maximus Decimus Meridius" in the film Gladiator
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Javier Bardem for the role of "Reinaldo Arenas" in the film Before Night Falls
Tom Hanks for the role of "Chuck Noland" in the film Cast Away
Ed Harris for the role of "Jackson Pollock" in the film Pollock
Geoffrey Rush for the role of "The Marquis de Sade" in the film Quills
Best Actress Julia Roberts for the role of "Erin Pattee-Brockovich" in the film Erin Brockovich
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Joan Allen for the role of "Laine Hanson" in the film The Contender
Juliette Binoche for the role of "Vianne Rocher" in the film Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn for the role of "Sara Goldfarb" in the film Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney for the role of "Sammy Prescott" in the film You Can Count on Me
Best Director Steven Soderbergh, the director of the movie "Traffic"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Stephen Daldry, the director of the movie "Billy Elliot"
Ang Lee, the director of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Ridley Scott, the director of the movie "Gladiator"
Steven Soderbergh, the director of the movie "Erin Brockovich"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 17
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay Almost Famous Screen Writer(s): Cameron Crowe
72 1999 American Beauty Kevin Spacey Hilary Swank
Oscar Academy Awards 72. Academy Awards (1999 Oscars)
Date / Place March 26, 2000 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) American Beauty (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) American Beauty (8)
Best Picture
American Beauty 5 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Bruce Cohen Production Company: DreamWorks Director: Sam Mendes
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense
Best Actor Kevin Spacey for the role of "Lester Burnham" in the film American Beauty
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Russell Crowe for the role of "Jeffrey Wigand" in the film The Insider
Richard Farnsworth for the role of "Alvin Straight" in the film The Straight Story
Sean Penn for the role of "Emmet Ray" in the film Sweet and Lowdown
Denzel Washington for the role of "Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter" in the film The Hurricane
Best Actress Hilary Swank for the role of "Brandon Teena" in the film Boys Don't Cry
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Annette Bening for the role of "Carolyn Burnham" in the film American Beauty
Janet McTeer for the role of "Mary Jo Walker" in the film Tumbleweeds
Julianne Moore for the role of "Sarah Miles" in the film The End of the Affair
Meryl Streep for the role of "Roberta Guaspari" in the film Music of the Heart
Best Director Sam Mendes, the director of the movie "American Beauty"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Lasse Hallström, the director of the movie "The Cider House Rules"
Spike Jonze, the director of the movie "Being John Malkovich"
Michael Mann, the director of the movie "The Insider"
M. Night Shyamalan, the director of the movie "The Sixth Sense"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 18
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay American Beauty Screen Writer(s): Alan Ball
71 1998 Shakespeare in Love Roberto Benigni Gwyneth Paltrow
Oscar Academy Awards 71. Academy Awards (1998 Oscars)
Date / Place March 21, 1999 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Whoopi Goldberg
Most Awarded Movie(s) Shakespeare in Love (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Shakespeare in Love (13)
Best Picture
Shakespeare in Love 7 awards and 13 nominations Producer: David Parfitt Production Company: Miramax Director: John Madden
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Elizabeth, Life Is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
Best Actor Roberto Benigni for the role of "Guido Orefice" in the film Life Is Beautiful
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Tom Hanks for the role of "Captain John Miller" in the film Saving Private Ryan
Ian McKellen for the role of "James Whale" in the film Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte for the role of "Wade Whitehouse" in the film Affliction
Edward Norton for the role of "Derek Vinyard" in the film American History X
Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow for the role of "Viola de Lesseps/Thomas Kent" in the film Shakespeare in Love
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Cate Blanchett for the role of "Queen Elizabeth I of England" in the film Elizabeth
Fernanda Montenegro for the role of "Isadora "Dora" Teixeira" in the film Central Station
Meryl Streep for the role of "Kate Gulden" in the film One True Thing
Emily Watson for the role of "Jacqueline du Pré" in the film Hilary and Jackie
Best Director Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "Saving Private Ryan"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Roberto Benigni, the director of the movie "Life Is Beautiful"
John Madden, the director of the movie "Shakespeare in Love"
Terence Malick, the director of the movie "The Thin Red Line"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 19
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Peter Weir, the director of the movie "The Truman Show"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Shakespeare in Love Screen Writer(s): Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
70 1997 Titanic Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt
Oscar Academy Awards 70. Academy Awards (1997 Oscars)
Date / Place March 23, 1998 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) Titanic (11)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Titanic (14)
Best Picture
Titanic 11 awards and 14 nominations Producer: James Cameron Production Company: Paramount Director: James Cameron
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
As Good as It Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential
Best Actor Jack Nicholson for the role of "Melvin Udall" in the film As Good as It Gets
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Matt Damon for the role of "Will Hunting" in the film Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall for the role of "Euliss "Sonny" Dewey" in the film The Apostle
Peter Fonda for the role of "Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson" in the film Ulee's Gold
Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Stanley Motss" in the film Wag the Dog
Best Actress Helen Hunt for the role of "Carol Connelly" in the film As Good as It Gets
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Helena Bonham Carter for the role of "Kate Croy" in the film The Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie for the role of "Phyllis Mann" in the film Afterglow
Judi Dench for the role of "Queen Victoria" in the film Mrs Brown
Kate Winslet for the role of "Rose DeWitt Bukater" in the film Titanic
Best Director James Cameron, the director of the movie "Titanic"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Peter Cattaneo, the director of the movie "The Full Monty"
Atom Egoyan, the director of the movie "The Sweet Hereafter"
Curtis Hanson, the director of the movie "L.A. Confidential"
Gus Van Sant, the director of the movie "Good Will Hunting"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 20
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay Good Will Hunting Screen Writer(s): Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
69 1996 The English Patient Geoffrey Rush Frances McDormand
Oscar Academy Awards 69. Academy Awards (1996 Oscars)
Date / Place March 24, 1997 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) The English Patient (9)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The English Patient (12)
Best Picture
The English Patient 9 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Saul Zaentz Production Company: Miramax Director: Anthony Minghella
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine
Best Actor Geoffrey Rush for the role of "David Helfgott" in the film Shine
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Tom Cruise for the role of "Jerry Maguire" in the film Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes for the role of "Count Laszlo de Almásy" in the film The English Patient
Woody Harrelson for the role of "Larry Flynt" in the film The People vs. Larry Flynt
Billy Bob Thornton for the role of "Karl Childers" in the film Sling Blade
Best Actress Frances McDormand for the role of "Marge Gunderson" in the film Fargo
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Brenda Blethyn for the role of "Cynthia Rose Purley" in the film Secrets & Lies
Diane Keaton for the role of "Bessie Wakefield" in the film Marvin's Room
Kristin Scott Thomas for the role of "Katharine Clifton" in the film The English Patient
Emily Watson for the role of "Bess McNeill" in the film Breaking the Waves
Best Director Anthony Minghella, the director of the movie "The English Patient"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Joel Coen, the director of the movie "Fargo"
Miloš Forman, the director of the movie "The People vs. Larry Flynt"
Scott Hicks, the director of the movie "Shine"
Mike Leigh, the director of the movie "Secrets & Lies"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 21
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay Fargo Screen Writer(s): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
68 1995 Braveheart Nicolas Cage Susan Sarandon
Oscar Academy Awards 68. Academy Awards (1995 Oscars)
Date / Place March 25, 1996 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Whoopi Goldberg
Most Awarded Movie(s) Braveheart (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Braveheart (10)
Best Picture
Braveheart 5 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Mel Gibson Production Company: Paramount Director: Mel Gibson
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino: The Postman, Sense and Sensibility
Best Actor Nicolas Cage for the role of "Ben Sanderson" in the film Leaving Las Vegas
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Richard Dreyfuss for the role of "Glenn Holland" in the film Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins for the role of "Richard Nixon" in the film Nixon
Sean Penn for the role of "Matthew Poncelet" in the film Dead Man Walking
Massimo Troisi*[38] for the role of "Mario Ruoppolo" in the film Il Postino
Best Actress Susan Sarandon for the role of "Helen Prejean" in the film Dead Man Walking
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Elisabeth Shue for the role of "Sera" in the film Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone for the role of "Ginger McKenna" in the film Casino
Meryl Streep for the role of "Francesca Johnson" in the film The Bridges of Madison County
Emma Thompson for the role of "Elinor Dashwood" in the film Sense and Sensibility
Best Director Mel Gibson, the director of the movie "Braveheart"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Mike Figgis, the director of the movie "Leaving Las Vegas"
Chris Noonan, the director of the movie "Babe"
Michael Radford, the director of the movie "Il Postino: The Postman"
Tim Robbins, the director of the movie "Dean Man Walking"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 22
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Usual Suspects Screen Writer(s): Christopher McQuarrie
67 1994 Forrest Gump Tom Hanks Jessica Lange
Oscar Academy Awards 67. Academy Awards (1994 Oscars)
Date / Place March 27, 1995 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) David Letterman
Most Awarded Movie(s) Forrest Gump (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Forrest Gump (13)
Best Picture
Forrest Gump 6 awards and 13 nominations Producer: Wendy Finerman Production Company: Paramount Director: Robert Zemeckis
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption
Best Actor Tom Hanks for the role of "Forrest Gump" in the film Forrest Gump
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Morgan Freeman for the role of "Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding" in the film The Shawshank Redemption
Nigel Hawthorne for the role of "King George III" in the film The Madness of King George
Paul Newman for the role of "Donald "Sully" Sullivan" in the film Nobody's Fool
John Travolta for the role of "Vincent Vega" in the film Pulp Fiction
Best Actress Jessica Lange for the role of "Carly Marshall" in the film Blue Sky
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jodie Foster for the role of "Nell Kellty" in the film Nell
Miranda Richardson for the role of "Vivienne Haigh-Wood" in the film Tom & Viv
Winona Ryder for the role of "Josephine "Jo" March" in the film Little Women
Susan Sarandon for the role of "Regina "Reggie" Love" in the film The Client
Best Director Robert Zemeckis, the director of the movie "Forrest Gump"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Bullets over Broadway"
Krzysztof Kieślowski, the director of the movie "Three Colors: Red"
Robert Redford, the director of the movie "Quiz Show"
Quentin Tarantino, the director of the movie "Pulp Fiction"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 23
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay Pulp Fiction Screen Writer(s): Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
66 1993 Schindler's List Tom Hanks Holly Hunter
Oscar Academy Awards 66. Academy Awards (1993 Oscars)
Date / Place March 21, 1994 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Whoopi Goldberg
Most Awarded Movie(s) Schindler's List (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Schindler's List (12)
Best Picture
Schindler's List 7 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Steven Spielberg Production Company: Universal Director: Steven Spielberg
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, The Remains of the Day
Best Actor Tom Hanks for the role of "Andrew Beckett" in the film Philadelphia
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Daniel Day-Lewis for the role of "Gerry Conlon" in the film In the Name of the Father
Laurence Fishburne for the role of "Ike Turner" in the film What's Love Got to Do with It
Anthony Hopkins for the role of "James Stevens" in the film The Remains of the Day
Liam Neeson for the role of "Oskar Schindler" in the film Schindler's List
Best Actress Holly Hunter for the role of "Ada McGrath" in the film The Piano
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Angela Bassett for the role of "Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner" in the film What's Love Got to Do with It
Stockard Channing for the role of "Ouisa Kittredge" in the film Six Degrees of Separation
Emma Thompson for the role of "Sarah "Sally" Kenton" in the film The Remains of the Day
Debra Winger for the role of "Joy Davidman" in the film Shadowlands
Best Director Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "Schindler's List"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Robert Altman, the director of the movie "Short Cuts"
Jane Campion, the director of the movie "The Piano"
James Ivory, the director of the movie "The Remains of the Day"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 24
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Jim Sheridan, the director of the movie "In the Name of the Father"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Piano Screen Writer(s): Jane Campion
65 1992 Unforgiven Al Pacino Emma Thompson
Oscar Academy Awards 65. Academy Awards (1992 Oscars)
Date / Place March 29, 1993 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) Unforgiven (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Howard's End (9), Unforgiven (9)
Best Picture
Unforgiven 4 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Clint Eastwood Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Clint Eastwood
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman
Best Actor Al Pacino for the role of "Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade" in the film Scent of a Woman
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Robert Downey Jr. for the role of "Charlie Chaplin" in the film Chaplin
Clint Eastwood for the role of "William "Will" Munny" in the film Unforgiven
Stephen Rea for the role of "Fergus" in the film The Crying Game
Denzel Washington for the role of "Malcolm X" in the film Malcolm X
Best Actress Emma Thompson for the role of "Margaret Schlegel" in the film Howards End
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Catherine Deneuve for the role of "Eliane Devries" in the film Indochine
Mary McDonnell for the role of "May-Alice Culhane" in the film Passion Fish
Michelle Pfeiffer for the role of "Lurene Hallett" in the film Love Field
Susan Sarandon for the role of "Michaela Murphy Odone" in the film Lorenzo's Oil
Best Director Clint Eastwood, the director of the movie "Unforgiven"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Robert Altman, the director of the movie "The Player"
Martin Brest, the director of the movie "Scent of a Woman"
James Ivory, the director of the movie "Howards End"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 25
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Neil Jordan, the director of the movie "The Crying Game"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Crying Game Screen Writer(s): Neil Jordan
64 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins
Jodie Foster
Oscar Academy Awards 64. Academy Awards (1991 Oscars)
Date / Place March 30, 1992 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Silence of the Lambs (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Bugsy (10)
Best Picture
The Silence of the Lambs 5 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Edward Saxon Production Company: Orion Director: Jonathan Demme
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins for the role of "Dr. Hannibal Lecter" in the film The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Warren Beatty for the role of "Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel" in the film Bugsy
Robert De Niro for the role of "Maximilian "Max" Cady" in the film Cape Fear
Nick Nolte for the role of "Tom Wingo" in the film The Prince of Tides
Robin Williams for the role of "Henry "Parry" Sagan" in the film The Fisher King
Best Actress Jodie Foster for the role of "Clarice Starling" in the film The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Geena Davis for the role of "Thelma Dickinson" in the film Thelma & Louise
Laura Dern for the role of "Rose" in the film Rambling Rose
Bette Midler for the role of "Dixie Leonard" in the film For the Boys
Susan Sarandon for the role of "Louise Sawyer" in the film Thelma & Louise
Best Director Jonathan Demme, the director of the movie "The Silence of the Lambs"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Barry Levinson, the director of the movie "Bugsy"
Ridley Scott, the director of the movie "Thelma & Louise"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 26
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
John Singleton, the director of the movie "Boyz n the Hood"
Oliver Stone, the director of the movie "JFK"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Thelma & Louise Screen Writer(s): Callie Khouri
63 1990 Dances with Wolves Jeremy Irons Kathy Bates
Oscar Academy Awards 63. Academy Awards (1990 Oscars)
Date / Place March 25, 1991 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) Dances with Wolves (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Dances with Wolves (12)
Best Picture
Dances with Wolves 7 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Jim Wilson Production Company: Orion Director: Kevin Costner
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Awakenings, Ghost, The Godfather Part III, Goodfellas
Best Actor Jeremy Irons for the role of "Claus von Bülow" in the film Reversal of Fortune
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Kevin Costner for the role of "Lieutenant John J. Dunbar" in the film Dances with Wolves
Robert De Niro for the role of "Leonard Lowe" in the film Awakenings
Gérard Depardieu for the role of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in the film Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Harris for the role of ""Bull" McCabe" in the film The Field
Best Actress Kathy Bates for the role of "Annie Wilkes" in the film Misery
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anjelica Huston for the role of "Lilly Dillon" in the film The Grifters
Julia Roberts for the role of "Vivian Ward" in the film Pretty Woman
Meryl Streep for the role of "Suzanne Vale" in the film Postcards from the Edge
Joanne Woodward for the role of "India Bridge" in the film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Best Director Kevin Costner, the director of the movie "Dances with Wolves"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the movie "The Godfather Part III"
Stephen Frears, the director of the movie "The Grifters"
Barbet Schroeder, the director of the movie "Reversal of Fortune"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 27
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "Goodfellas"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Ghost Screen Writer(s): Bruce Joel Rubin
62 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Daniel Day-Lewis
Jessica Tandy
Oscar Academy Awards 62. Academy Awards (1989 Oscars)
Date / Place March 26, 1990 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Billy Crystal
Most Awarded Movie(s) Driving Miss Daisy (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Driving Miss Daisy (9)
Best Picture
Driving Miss Daisy 4 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Richard D. Zanuck Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Bruce Beresford
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis for the role of "Christy Brown" in the film My Left Foot
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Kenneth Branagh for the role of "King Henry V of England" in the film Henry V
Tom Cruise for the role of "Ron Kovic" in the film Born on the Fourth of July
Morgan Freeman for the role of "Hoke Colburn" in the film Driving Miss Daisy
Robin Williams for the role of "John Charles "Keats" Keating" in the film Dead Poets Society
Best Actress Jessica Tandy for the role of "Daisy Werthan" in the film Driving Miss Daisy
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Isabelle Adjani for the role of "Camille Claudel" in the film Camille Claudel
Pauline Collins for the role of "Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw" in the film Shirley Valentine
Jessica Lange for the role of "Ann Talbot" in the film Music Box
Michelle Pfeiffer for the role of "Susie Diamond" in the film The Fabulous Baker Boys
Best Director Oliver Stone, the director of the movie "Born on the Fourth of July"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Crimes and Misdemeanors"
Kenneth Branagh, the director of the movie "Henry V"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 28
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Jim Sheridan, the director of the movie "My Left Foot"
Peter Weir, the director of the movie "Dead Poets Society"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Dead Poets Society Screen Writer(s): Tom Schulman
61 1988 Rain Man Dustin Hoffman Jodie Foster
Oscar Academy Awards 61. Academy Awards (1988 Oscars)
Date / Place March 29, 1989 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) None
Most Awarded Movie(s) Rain Man (4), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Rain Man (8)
Best Picture
Rain Man 4 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Mark Johnson Production Company: United Artists Director: Barry Levinson
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Working Girl
Best Actor Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Raymond Babbitt" in the film Rain Man
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Gene Hackman for the role of "Agent Rupert Anderson" in the film Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks for the role of "Josh Baskin" in the film Big
Edward James Olmos for the role of "Jaime Escalante" in the film Stand and Deliver
Max von Sydow for the role of "Lassefar" in the film Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actress Jodie Foster for the role of "Sarah Tobias" in the film The Accused
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Glenn Close for the role of "Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil" in the film Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith for the role of "Tess McGill" in the film Working Girl
Meryl Streep for the role of "Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton" in the film A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver for the role of "Dian Fossey" in the film Gorillas in the Mist
Best Director Barry Levinson, the director of the movie "Rain Man"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Charles Crichton, the director of the movie "A Fish Called Wanda"
Mike Nichols, the director of the movie "Working Girl"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 29
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Alan Parker, the director of the movie "Mississippi Burning"
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "The Last Temptation of Christ"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Rain Man Screen Writer(s): Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
60 1987 The Last Emperor Michael Douglas
Cher
Oscar Academy Awards 60. Academy Awards (1987 Oscars)
Date / Place April 11, 1988 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Chevy Chase
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Last Emperor (9)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Last Emperor (9)
Best Picture
The Last Emperor 9 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Jeremy Thomas Production Company: Columbia Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck
Best Actor Michael Douglas for the role of "Gordon Gekko" in the film Wall Street
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
William Hurt for the role of "Tom Grunick" in the film Broadcast News
Marcello Mastroianni for the role of "Romano" in the film Dark Eyes
Jack Nicholson for the role of "Francis Phelan" in the film Ironweed
Robin Williams for the role of "Adrian Cronauer" in the film Good Morning Vietnam
Best Actress Cher for the role of "Loretta Castorini" in the film Moonstruck
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Glenn Close for the role of "Alex Forrest" in the film Fatal Attraction
Holly Hunter for the role of "Jane Craig" in the film Broadcast News
Sally Kirkland for the role of "Anna" in the film Anna
Meryl Streep for the role of "Helen Archer" in the film Ironweed
Best Director Bernardo Bertolucci, the director of the movie "The Last Emperor"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
John Boorman, the director of the movie "Hope and Glory"
Lasse Hallström, the director of the movie "My Life as a Dog"
Norman Jewison, the director of the movie "Moonstruck"
Adrian Lyne, the director of the movie "Fatal Attraction"
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 30
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Origial ScreenPlay Moonstruck Screen Writer(s): John Patrick Shanley
59 1986 Platoon Paul Newman Marlee Matlin
Oscar Academy Awards 59. Academy Awards (1986 Oscars)
Date / Place March 30, 1987 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan
Most Awarded Movie(s) Platoon (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Platoon (8), A Room with a View (8)
Best Picture
Platoon 4 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Arnold Kopelson Production Company: Orion Director: Oliver Stone
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, A Room with a View
Best Actor Paul Newman for the role of "Fast Eddie Felson" in the film The Color of Money
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Dexter Gordon for the role of "Dale Turner" in the film Round Midnight
Bob Hoskins for the role of "George" in the film Mona Lisa
William Hurt for the role of "James Leeds" in the film Children of a Lesser God
James Woods for the role of "Richard Boyle" in the film Salvador
Best Actress Marlee Matlin for the role of "Sarah Norman" in the film Children of a Lesser God
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jane Fonda for the role of "Alex Sternbergen" in the film The Morning After
Sissy Spacek for the role of "Babe Magrath" in the film Crimes of the Heart
Kathleen Turner for the role of "Peggy Sue Bodell" in the film Peggy Sue Got Married
Sigourney Weaver for the role of "Ellen Ripley" in the film Aliens
Best Director Oliver Stone, the director of the movie "Platoon"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Hannah and Her Sisters"
James Ivory, the director of the movie "A Room with a View"
Roland Joffé, the director of the movie "The Mission"
David Lynch, the director of the movie "Blue Velvet"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Hannah and Her Sisters Screen Writer(s): Woody Allen
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 31
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
58 1985 Out of Africa William Hurt Geraldine Page
Oscar Academy Awards 58. Academy Awards (1985 Oscars)
Date / Place March 24, 1986 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams
Most Awarded Movie(s) Out of Africa (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Color Purple (11), Out of Africa (11)
Best Picture
Out of Africa 7 awards and 11 nominations Producer: Sydney Pollack Production Company: Universal Director: Sydney Pollack
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, Witness
Best Actor William Hurt for the role of "Luis Molina" in the film Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Harrison Ford for the role of "Detective Captain John Book" in the film Witness
James Garner for the role of "Murphy Jones" in the film Murphy's Romance
Jack Nicholson for the role of "Charley Partanna" in the film Prizzi's Honor
Jon Voight for the role of "Oscar "Manny" Manheim" in the film Runaway Train
Best Actress Geraldine Page for the role of "Carrie Watts" in the film The Trip to Bountiful
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anne Bancroft for the role of "Miriam Ruth" in the film Agnes of God
Whoopi Goldberg for the role of "Celie Harris-Johnson" in the film The Color Purple
Jessica Lange for the role of "Patsy Cline" in the film Sweet Dreams
Meryl Streep for the role of "Karen Blixen" in the film Out of Africa
Best Director Sydney Pollack, the director of the movie "Out of Africa"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Héctor Babenco, the director of the movie "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
John Huston, the director of the movie "Prizzi's Honor"
Akira Kurosawa, the director of the movie "Ran"
Peter Weir, the director of the movie "Witness"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Witness Screen Writer(s): William Kelley, Earl Wallace, Pamela Wallace
57 1984 Amadeus F. Murray Abraham
Sally Field
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 32
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Oscar Academy Awards 57. Academy Awards (1984 Oscars)
Date / Place March 25, 1985 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jack Lemmon
Most Awarded Movie(s) Amadeus (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Amadeus (11), A Passage to India (11)
Best Picture
Amadeus 8 awards and 11 nominations Producer: Saul Zaentz Production Company: Orion Director: Miloš Forman
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier's Story
Best Actor F. Murray Abraham for the role of "Antonio Salieri" in the film Amadeus
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Jeff Bridges for the role of "Starman" in the film Starman
Albert Finney for the role of "Geoffrey Firmin" in the film Under the Volcano
Tom Hulce for the role of "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" in the film Amadeus
Sam Waterston for the role of "Sydney Schanberg" in the film The Killing Fields
Best Actress Sally Field for the role of "Edna Spalding" in the film Places in the Heart
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Judy Davis for the role of "Adela Quested" in the film A Passage to India
Jessica Lange for the role of "Jewell Ivy" in the film Country
Vanessa Redgrave for the role of "Olive Chancellor" in the film The Bostonians
Sissy Spacek for the role of "Mae Garvey" in the film The River
Best Director Miloš Forman, the director of the movie "Amadeus"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Broadway Danny Rose"
Robert Benton, the director of the movie "Places in the Heart"
Roland Joffé, the director of the movie "The Killing Fields"
David Lean, the director of the movie "A Passage to India"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Places in the Heart Screen Writer(s): Robert Benton
56 1983 Terms of Endearment Robert Duvall Shirley MacLaine
Oscar Academy Awards 56. Academy Awards (1983 Oscars)
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 33
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Date / Place April 9, 1984 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Johnny Carson
Most Awarded Movie(s) Terms of Endearment (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Terms of Endearment (11)
Best Picture
Terms of Endearment 5 awards and 11 nominations Producer: James L. Brooks Production Company: Paramount Director: James L. Brooks
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies
Best Actor Robert Duvall for the role of "Mac Sledge" in the film Tender Mercies
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Michael Caine for the role of "Dr. Frank Bryant" in the film Educating Rita
Tom Conti for the role of "Gowan McGland" in the film Reuben Reuben
Tom Courtenay for the role of "Norman" in the film The Dresser
Albert Finney for the role of "Sir" in the film The Dresser
Best Actress Shirley MacLaine for the role of "Aurora Greenway" in the film Terms of Endearment
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jane Alexander for the role of "Carol Wetherly" in the film Testament
Meryl Streep for the role of "Karen Silkwood" in the film Silkwood
Julie Walters for the role of "Susan White / Rita" in the film Educating Rita
Debra Winger for the role of "Emma Greenway Horton" in the film Terms of Endearment
Best Director James L. Brooks, the director of the movie "Terms of Endearment"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Bruce Beresford, the director of the movie "Tender Mercies"
Ingmar Bergman, the director of the movie "Fanny and Alexander"
Mike Nichols, the director of the movie "Silkwood"
Peter Yates, the director of the movie "The Dresser"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Tender Mercies Screen Writer(s): Horton Foote
55 1982 Gandhi Ben Kingsley Meryl Streep
Oscar Academy Awards 55. Academy Awards (1982 Oscars)
Date / Place April 11, 1983 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 34
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Most Awarded Movie(s) Gandhi (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Gandhi (11)
Best Picture
Gandhi 8 awards and 11 nominations Producer: Richard Attenborough Production Company: Columbia Director: Richard Attenborough
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Missing, Tootsie, The Verdict
Best Actor Ben Kingsley for the role of "Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi" in the film Gandhi
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Michael Dorsey aka Dorothy Michaels" in the film Tootsie
Jack Lemmon for the role of "Ed Horman" in the film Missing
Paul Newman for the role of "Frank Galvin" in the film The Verdict
Peter O'Toole for the role of "Alan Swann" in the film My Favorite Year
Best Actress Meryl Streep for the role of "Sophie Zawistowska" in the film Sophie's Choice
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Julie Andrews for the role of "Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant" in the film Victor Victoria
Jessica Lange for the role of "Frances Farmer" in the film Frances
Sissy Spacek for the role of "Beth Horman" in the film Missing
Debra Winger for the role of "Paula Pokrifki" in the film An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Director Richard Attenborough, the director of the movie "Gandhi"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Sidney Lumet, the director of the movie "The Verdict"
Wolfgang Petersen, the director of the movie "Das Boot"
Sydney Pollack, the director of the movie "Tootsie"
Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Gandhi Screen Writer(s): John Briley
54 1981 Chariots of Fire Henry Fonda Katharine Hepburn
Oscar Academy Awards 54. Academy Awards (1981 Oscars)
Date / Place March 29, 1982 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Johnny Carson
Most Awarded Movie(s) Chariots of Fire (4), Raiders of the Lost Ark (4)
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 35
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Most Nominated Movie(s) Reds (12)
Best Picture
Chariots of Fire 4 awards and 7 nominations Producer: David Puttnam Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Hugh Hudson
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds
Best Actor Henry Fonda for the role of "Norman Thayer, Jr." in the film On Golden Pond
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Warren Beatty for the role of "John Silas "Jack" Reed" in the film Reds
Burt Lancaster for the role of "Lou Pascal" in the film Atlantic City
Dudley Moore for the role of "Arthur Bach" in the film Arthur
Paul Newman for the role of "Michael Colin Gallagher" in the film Absence of Malice
Best Actress Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Ethel Thayer" in the film On Golden Pond
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Diane Keaton for the role of "Louise Bryant" in the film Reds
Marsha Mason for the role of "Georgia Hines" in the film Only When I Laugh
Susan Sarandon for the role of "Sally Matthews" in the film Atlantic City
Meryl Streep for the role of "Anna / Sara Woodruff" in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman
Best Director Warren Beatty, the director of the movie "Reds"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Hugh Hudson, the director of the movie "Chariots of Fire"
Louis Malle, the director of the movie "Atlantic City"
Mark Rydell, the director of the movie "On Golden Pond"
Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Chariots of Fire Screen Writer(s): Colin Welland
53 1980 Ordinary People Robert De Niro Sissy Spacek
Oscar Academy Awards 53. Academy Awards (1980 Oscars)
Date / Place March 31, 1981 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Johnny Carson
Most Awarded Movie(s) Ordinary People (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The Elephant Man (8), Raging Bull (8)
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 36
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture
Ordinary People 4 awards and 6 nominations Producer: Ronald L. Schwary Production Company: Paramount Director: Robert Redford
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess
Best Actor Robert De Niro for the role of "Jake LaMotta" in the film Raging Bull
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Robert Duvall for the role of "Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum" in the film The Great Santini
John Hurt for the role of "John Merrick" in the film The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon for the role of "Scottie Templeton" in the film Tribute
Peter O'Toole for the role of "Eli Cross" in the film The Stunt Man
Best Actress Sissy Spacek for the role of "Loretta Lynn" in the film Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Ellen Burstyn for the role of "Edna Mae Harper-McCauley" in the film Resurrection
Goldie Hawn for the role of "Judy Benjamin" in the film Private Benjamin
Mary Tyler Moore for the role of "Beth Jarrett" in the film Ordinary People
Gena Rowlands for the role of "Gloria Swenson" in the film Gloria
Best Director Robert Redford, the director of the movie "Ordinary People"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
David Lynch, the director of the movie "The Elephant Man"
Roman Polanski, the director of the movie "Tess"
Richard Rush, the director of the movie "The Stunt Man"
Martin Scorsese, the director of the movie "Raging Bull"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Melvin and Howard Screen Writer(s): Bo Goldman
52 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Dustin Hoffman Sally Field
Oscar Academy Awards 52. Academy Awards (1979 Oscars)
Date / Place April 14, 1980 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Johnny Carson
Most Awarded Movie(s) Kramer vs. Kramer (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) All That Jazz (9), Kramer vs. Kramer (9)
Best Picture Kramer vs. Kramer 5 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 37
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Production Company: Columbia Director: Robert Benton
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Breaking Away, Norma Rae
Best Actor Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Ted Kramer" in the film Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Jack Lemmon for the role of "Jack Godell" in the film The China Syndrome
Al Pacino for the role of "Arthur Kirkland" in the film ...And Justice for All
Roy Scheider for the role of "Joe Gideon" in the film All That Jazz
Peter Sellers for the role of "Chance the Gardener aka Chauncey Gardiner" in the film Being There
Best Actress Sally Field for the role of "Norma Rae Webster" in the film Norma Rae
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jill Clayburgh for the role of "Marilyn Holmberg" in the film Starting Over
Jane Fonda for the role of "Kimberly Wells" in the film The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason for the role of "Jennie MacLaine" in the film Chapter Two
Bette Midler for the role of "Mary Rose Foster" in the film The Rose
Best Director Robert Benton, the director of the movie "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the movie "Apocalypse Now"
Bob Fosse, the director of the movie "All That Jazz"
Édouard Molinaro, the director of the movie "La Cage aux Folles"
Peter Yates, the director of the movie "Breaking Away"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Breaking Away Screen Writer(s): Steve Tesich
51 1978 The Deer Hunter Jon Voight Jane Fonda
Oscar Academy Awards 51. Academy Awards (1978 Oscars)
Date / Place April 9, 1979 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Johnny Carson
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Deer Hunter (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Deer Hunter (9), Heaven Can Wait (9)
Best Picture
The Deer Hunter 5 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Barry Spikings Production Company: Universal Director: Michael Cimino
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 38
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Coming Home, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, An Unmarried Woman
Best Actor Jon Voight for the role of "Luke Martin" in the film Coming Home
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Warren Beatty for the role of "Joe Pendleton" in the film Heaven Can Wait
Gary Busey for the role of "Buddy Holly" in the film The Buddy Holly Story
Robert De Niro for the role of "Michael Vronsky" in the film The Deer Hunter
Laurence Olivier for the role of "Ezra Lieberman" in the film The Boys from Brazil
Best Actress Jane Fonda for the role of "Sally Hyde" in the film Coming Home
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Ingrid Bergman for the role of "Charlotte Andergast" in the film Autumn Sonata
Ellen Burstyn for the role of "Doris" in the film Same Time Next Year
Jill Clayburgh for the role of "Erica Benton" in the film An Unmarried Woman
Geraldine Page for the role of "Eve" in the film Interiors
Best Director Michael Cimino, the director of the movie "The Deer Hunter"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Interiors"
Hal Ashby, the director of the movie "Coming Home"
Warren Beatty, the director of the movie "Heaven Can Wait"
Alan Parker, the director of the movie "Midnight Express"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Coming Home Screen Writer(s): Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, Nancy Dowd
50 1977 Annie Hall Richard Dreyfuss
Diane Keaton
Oscar Academy Awards 50. Academy Awards (1977 Oscars)
Date / Place April 3, 1978 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) Star Wars (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Julia (11), The Turning Point (11)
Best Picture
Annie Hall 4 awards and 5 nominations Producer: Charles H. Joffe Production Company: United Artists
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 39
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Director: Woody Allen
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Goodbye Girl, Julia, Star Wars, The Turning Point
Best Actor Richard Dreyfuss for the role of "Elliot Garfield" in the film The Goodbye Girl
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Woody Allen for the role of "Alvy Singer" in the film Annie Hall
Richard Burton for the role of "Martin Dysart" in the film Equus
Marcello Mastroianni for the role of "Gabriele" in the film A Special Day
John Travolta for the role of "Anthony "Tony" Manero" in the film Saturday Night Fever
Best Actress Diane Keaton for the role of "Annie Hall" in the film Annie Hall
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anne Bancroft for the role of "Emma Jacklin" in the film The Turning Point
Jane Fonda for the role of "Lillian Hellman" in the film Julia
Shirley MacLaine for the role of "Deedee Rodgers" in the film The Turning Point
Marsha Mason for the role of "Paula McFadden" in the film The Goodbye Girl
Best Director Woody Allen, the director of the movie "Annie Hall"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
George Lucas, the director of the movie "Star Wars"
Herbert Ross, the director of the movie "The Turning Point"
Steven Spielberg, the director of the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "Julia"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Annie Hall Screen Writer(s): Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
49 1976 Rocky Peter Finch Faye Dunaway
Oscar Academy Awards 49. Academy Awards (1976 Oscars)
Date / Place March 28, 1977 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Warren Beatty
Most Awarded Movie(s) All the President's Men (4), Network (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Network (10), Rocky (10)
Best Picture
Rocky 3 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Irwin Winkler Production Company: United Artists Director: John G. Avildsen
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 40
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
All the President's Men, Bound for Glory, Network, Taxi Driver
Best Actor Peter Finch for the role of "Howard Beale" in the film Network
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Peter Finch for the role of "Howard Beale" in the film Network
Robert De Niro for the role of "Travis Bickle" in the film Taxi Driver
Giancarlo Giannini for the role of "Pasqualino Frafuso" in the film Seven Beauties
William Holden for the role of "Max Schumacher" in the film Network
Sylvester Stallone for the role of "Rocky Balboa" in the film Rocky
Best Actress Faye Dunaway for the role of "Diana Christensen" in the film Network
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Marie-Christine Barrault for the role of "Marthe" in the film Cousin Cousine
Talia Shire for the role of "Adrian Pennino" in the film Rocky
Sissy Spacek for the role of "Carrie White" in the film Carrie
Liv Ullmann for the role of "Jenny Isaksson" in the film Face to Face
Best Director John G. Avildsen, the director of the movie "Rocky"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Ingmar Bergman, the director of the movie "Face to Face"
Sidney Lumet, the director of the movie "Network"
Alan J. Pakula, the director of the movie "All the President's Men"
Lina Wertmüller, the director of the movie "Seven Beauties"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Network Screen Writer(s): Paddy Chayefsky
48 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher
Oscar Academy Awards 48. Academy Awards (1975 Oscars)
Date / Place March 29, 1976 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly
Most Awarded Movie(s) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (9)
Best Picture
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 5 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Saul Zaentz Production Company: United Artists Director: Miloš Forman
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 41
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville
Best Actor Jack Nicholson for the role of "Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy" in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Walter Matthau for the role of "Willy Clark" in the film The Sunshine Boys
Al Pacino for the role of "Sonny Wortzik" in the film Dog Day Afternoon
Maximilian Schell for the role of "Arthur Goldman" in the film The Man in the Glass Booth
James Whitmore for the role of "Harry S. Truman" in the film Give 'em Hell Harry!
Best Actress Louise Fletcher for the role of "Nurse Mildred Ratched" in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Isabelle Adjani for the role of "Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry" in the film The Story of Adele H.
Ann-Margret for the role of "Nora Walker" in the film Tommy
Glenda Jackson for the role of "Hedda Gabler-Tesman" in the film Hedda
Carol Kane for the role of "Gitl" in the film Hester Street
Best Director Miloš Forman, the director of the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Robert Altman, the director of the movie "Nashville"
Federico Fellini, the director of the movie "Amarcord"
Stanley Kubrick, the director of the movie "Barry Lyndon"
Sidney Lumet, the director of the movie "Dog Day Afternoon"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Dog Day Afternoon Screen Writer(s): Frank Pierson
47 1974 The Godfather Part II Art Carney Ellen Burstyn
Oscar Academy Awards 47. Academy Awards (1974 Oscars)
Date / Place April 8, 1975 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Godfather Part II (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Chinatown (11), The Godfather Part II (11)
Best Picture
The Godfather Part II 6 awards and 11 nominations Producer: Francis Ford Coppola Production Company: Paramount Director: Francis Ford Coppola
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 42
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Chinatown, The Conversation, Lenny, The Towering Inferno
Best Actor Art Carney for the role of "Harry Coombes" in the film Harry and Tonto
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Albert Finney for the role of "Hercule Poirot" in the film Murder on the Orient Express
Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Lenny Bruce" in the film Lenny
Jack Nicholson for the role of "J. J. "Jake" Gittes" in the film Chinatown
Al Pacino for the role of "Michael Corleone" in the film The Godfather Part II
Best Actress Ellen Burstyn for the role of "Alice Graham-Hyatt" in the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Diahann Carroll for the role of "Claudine Price" in the film Claudine
Faye Dunaway for the role of "Evelyn Cross Mulwray" in the film Chinatown
Valerie Perrine for the role of "Harriett Jolliff / Honey Bruce" in the film Lenny
Gena Rowlands for the role of "Mabel Longhetti" in the film A Woman Under the Influence
Best Director Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the movie "The Godfather Part II"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
John Cassavetes, the director of the movie "A Woman Under the Influence"
Bob Fosse, the director of the movie "Lenny"
Roman Polanski, the director of the movie "Chinatown"
François Truffaut, the director of the movie "Day for Night"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Chinatown Screen Writer(s): Robert Towne
46 1973 The Sting Jack Lemmon Glenda Jackson
Oscar Academy Awards 46. Academy Awards (1973 Oscars)
Date / Place April 2, 1974 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Sting (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The Exorcist (10), The Sting (10)
Best Picture
The Sting 7 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Tony Bill Production Company: Universal
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 43
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Director: George Roy Hill
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
American Graffiti, Cries and Whispers, The Exorcist, A Touch of Class
Best Actor Jack Lemmon for the role of "Harry Stoner" in the film Save the Tiger
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Marlon Brando for the role of "Paul" in the film Last Tango in Paris
Jack Nicholson for the role of "Signalman First Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky" in the film The Last Detail
Al Pacino for the role of "Frank Serpico" in the film Serpico
Robert Redford for the role of "Johnny "Kelly" Hooker" in the film The Sting
Best Actress Glenda Jackson for the role of "Vicki Allessio" in the film A Touch of Class
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Ellen Burstyn for the role of "Chris MacNeil" in the film The Exorcist
Marsha Mason for the role of "Maggie Paul" in the film Cinderella Liberty
Barbra Streisand for the role of "Katie Morosky" in the film The Way We Were
Joanne Woodward for the role of "Rita Walden" in the film Summer Wishes Winter Dreams
Best Director George Roy Hill, the director of the movie "The Sting"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Ingmar Bergman, the director of the movie "Cries and Whispers"
Bernardo Bertolucci, the director of the movie "Last Tango in Paris"
William Friedkin, the director of the movie "The Exorcist"
George Lucas, the director of the movie "American Graffiti"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Sting Screen Writer(s): David S. Ward
45 1972 The Godfather Marlon Brando Liza Minnelli
Oscar Academy Awards 45. Academy Awards (1972 Oscars)
Date / Place March 27, 1973 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson
Most Awarded Movie(s) Cabaret (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Godfather (10), Cabaret (10)
Best Picture
The Godfather 3 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Albert S. Ruddy Production Company: Paramount Director: Francis Ford Coppola
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 44
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Cabaret, Deliverance, The Emigrants, Sounder
Best Actor Marlon Brando for the role of "Vito Corleone" in the film The Godfather
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Michael Caine for the role of "Milo Tindle" in the film Sleuth
Laurence Olivier for the role of "Andrew Wyke" in the film Sleuth
Peter O'Toole for the role of "Jack Gurney 14th Earl of Gurney" in the film The Ruling Class
Paul Winfield for the role of "Nathan Lee Morgan" in the film Sounder
Best Actress Liza Minnelli for the role of "Sally Bowles" in the film Cabaret
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Diana Ross for the role of "Billie Holiday" in the film Lady Sings the Blues
Maggie Smith for the role of "Augusta Bertram" in the film Travels with My Aunt
Cicely Tyson for the role of "Rebecca Morgan" in the film Sounder
Liv Ullmann for the role of "Kristina Nilsson" in the film The Emigrants
Best Director Bob Fosse, the director of the movie "Cabaret"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
John Boorman, the director of the movie "Deliverance"
Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the movie "The Godfather"
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the director of the movie "Sleuth"
Jan Troell, the director of the movie "The Emigrants"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Candidate Screen Writer(s): Jeremy Larner
44 1971 The French Connection Gene Hackman Jane Fonda
Oscar Academy Awards 44. Academy Awards (1971 Oscars)
Date / Place April 10, 1972 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Lemmon
Most Awarded Movie(s) The French Connection (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Fiddler on the Roof (8), The French Connection (8), The Last Picture Show (8)
Best Picture
The French Connection 5 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Philip D'Antoni Production Company: 20th Century Fox Director: William Friedkin
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
A Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Picture Show, Nicholas and Alexandra
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 45
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor Gene Hackman for the role of "Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle" in the film The French Connection
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Peter Finch for the role of "Dr. Daniel Hirsh" in the film Sunday Bloody Sunday
Walter Matthau for the role of "Joseph P. Kotcher" in the film Kotch
George C. Scott for the role of "Dr. Herbert Bock" in the film The Hospital
Topol for the role of "Tevye" in the film Fiddler on the Roof
Best Actress Jane Fonda for the role of "Bree Daniels" in the film Klute
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Julie Christie for the role of "Constance Miller" in the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Glenda Jackson for the role of "Alex Greville" in the film Sunday Bloody Sunday
Vanessa Redgrave for the role of "Mary Queen of Scots" in the film Mary Queen of Scots
Janet Suzman for the role of "Empress Alexandra of Russia" in the film Nicholas and Alexandra
Best Director William Friedkin, the director of the movie "The French Connection"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Peter Bogdanovich, the director of the movie "The Last Picture Show"
Norman Jewison, the director of the movie "Fiddler on the Roof"
Stanley Kubrick, the director of the movie "A Clockwork Orange"
John Schlesinger, the director of the movie "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Hospital Screen Writer(s): Paddy Chayefsky
43 1970 Patton George C. Scott Glenda Jackson
Oscar Academy Awards 43. Academy Awards (1970 Oscars)
Date / Place April 15, 1971 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Don Rickles
Most Awarded Movie(s) Patton (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Airport (10), Patton (10)
Best Picture
Patton 7 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Frank McCarthy Production Company: 20th Century Fox Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Airport, Five Easy Pieces, Love Story, MASH
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 46
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor George C. Scott for the role of "General George S. Patton, Jr." in the film Patton
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Melvyn Douglas for the role of "Tom Garrison" in the film I Never Sang for My Father
James Earl Jones for the role of "Jack Jefferson" in the film The Great White Hope
Jack Nicholson for the role of "Robert Eroica Dupea" in the film Five Easy Pieces
Ryan O'Neal for the role of "Oliver Barrett IV" in the film Love Story
Best Actress Glenda Jackson for the role of "Gudrun Brangwen" in the film Women in Love
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jane Alexander for the role of "Eleanor Backman" in the film The Great White Hope
Ali MacGraw for the role of "Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett" in the film Love Story
Sarah Miles for the role of "Rosy Ryan" in the film Ryan's Daughter
Carrie Snodgress for the role of "Bettina "Tina" Balser" in the film Diary of a Mad Housewife
Best Director Franklin J. Schaffner, the director of the movie "Patton"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Robert Altman, the director of the movie "M*A*S*H"
Federico Fellini, the director of the movie "Fellini Satyricon"
Arthur Hiller, the director of the movie "Love Story"
Ken Russell, the director of the movie "Women in Love"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Patton Screen Writer(s): Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
42 1969 Midnight Cowboy John Wayne Maggie Smith
Oscar Academy Awards 42. Academy Awards (1969 Oscars)
Date / Place April 7, 1970 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Quincy Jones
Most Awarded Movie(s) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Anne of the Thousand Days (10)
Best Picture
Midnight Cowboy 3 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Jerome Hellman Production Company: United Artists Director: John Schlesinger
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Anne of the Thousand Days, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hello Dolly!, Z
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 47
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor John Wayne for the role of "Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn" in the film True Grit
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Richard Burton for the role of "King Henry VIII of England" in the film Anne of the Thousand Days
Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" "Rico" Rizzo" in the film Midnight Cowboy
Peter O'Toole for the role of "Arthur Chipping" in the film Goodbye Mr. Chips
Jon Voight for the role of "Joe Buck" in the film Midnight Cowboy
Best Actress Maggie Smith for the role of "Jean Brodie" in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Geneviève Bujold for the role of "Anne Boleyn" in the film Anne of the Thousand Days
Jane Fonda for the role of "Gloria Beatty" in the film They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Liza Minnelli for the role of "Mary Ann 'Pookie' Adams" in the film The Sterile Cuckoo
Jean Simmons for the role of "Mary Wilson" in the film The Happy Ending
Best Director John Schlesinger, the director of the movie "Midnight Cowboy"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Costa Gavras, the director of the movie "Z"
George Roy Hill, the director of the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
Arthur Penn, the director of the movie "Alice's Restaurant"
Sydney Pollack, the director of the movie "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Screen Writer(s): William Goldman
41 1968 Oliver! Cliff Robertson Katharine Hepburn, Barbra Streisand
Oscar Academy Awards 41. Academy Awards (1968 Oscars)
Date / Place April 14, 1969 / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Gower Champion
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Oliver! (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Oliver! (11)
Best Picture
Oliver! 5 awards and 11 nominations Producer: John Woolf Production Company: Romulus Films Director: Carol Reed
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 48
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Funny Girl, The Lion in Winter, Rachel Rachel, Romeo and Juliet
Best Actor Cliff Robertson for the role of "Charly Gordon" in the film Charly
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Alan Arkin for the role of "John Singer" in the film The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Bates for the role of "Yakov Bok" in the film The Fixer
Ron Moody for the role of "Fagin" in the film Oliver!
Peter O'Toole for the role of "King Henry II of England" in the film The Lion in Winter
Best Actress Katharine Hepburn, Barbra Streisand for the role of "Eleanor of Aquitaine, Fanny Brice" in the film The Lion in Winter, Funny Girl
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Patricia Neal for the role of "Nettie Cleary" in the film The Subject was Roses
Vanessa Redgrave for the role of "Isadora Duncan" in the film Isadora
Joanne Woodward for the role of "Rachel Cameron" in the film Rachel Rachel
Best Director Carol Reed, the director of the movie "Oliver!"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Anthony Harvey, the director of the movie "The Lion in Winter"
Stanley Kubrick, the director of the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Gillo Pontecorvo, the director of the movie "The Battle of Algiers"
Franco Zeffirelli, the director of the movie "Romeo and Juliet"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Producers Screen Writer(s): Mel Brooks
40 1967 In the Heat of the Night Rod Steiger Katharine Hepburn
Oscar Academy Awards 40. Academy Awards (1967 Oscars)
Date / Place 10 April 1968 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) In the Heat of the Night (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Bonnie and Clyde (10), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (10)
Best Picture
In the Heat of the Night 5 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Walter Mirisch Production Company: United Artists Director: Norman Jewison
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 49
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Actor Rod Steiger for the role of "Police Chief Bill Gillespie" in the film In the Heat of the Night
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Warren Beatty for the role of "Clyde Barrow" in the film Bonnie and Clyde
Dustin Hoffman for the role of "Benjamin Braddock" in the film The Graduate
Paul Newman for the role of "Lucas "Cool Hand Luke" Jackson" in the film Cool Hand Luke
Spencer Tracy for the role of "Matt Drayton" in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Actress Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Christina Drayton" in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anne Bancroft for the role of "Mrs. Robinson" in the film The Graduate
Faye Dunaway for the role of "Bonnie Parker" in the film Bonnie and Clyde
Edith Evans for the role of "Maggie Ross" in the film The Whisperers
Audrey Hepburn for the role of "Susy Hendrix" in the film Wait Until Dark
Best Director Mike Nichols, the director of the movie "The Graduate"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Richard Brooks, the director of the movie "In Cold Blood"
Norman Jewison, the director of the movie "In the Heat of the Night"
Stanley Kramer, the director of the movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Arthur Penn, the director of the movie "Bonnie and Clyde"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Screen Writer(s): William Rose
39 1966 A Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield Elizabeth Taylor
Oscar Academy Awards 39. Academy Awards (1966 Oscars)
Date / Place April 10, 1967 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) A Man for All Seasons (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (13)
Best Picture
A Man for All Seasons 6 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Fred Zinnemann Production Company: Columbia Director: Fred Zinnemann
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 50
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Alfie, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, The Sand Pebbles, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Actor Paul Scofield for the role of "Sir Thomas More" in the film A Man for All Seasons
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Alan Arkin for the role of "Lt. Rozanov" in the film The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
Richard Burton for the role of "George" in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Caine for the role of "Alfie Elkins" in the film Alfie
Steve McQueen for the role of "Jake Holman" in the film The Sand Pebbles
Best Actress Elizabeth Taylor for the role of "Martha" in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anouk Aimée for the role of "Anne Gauthier" in the film A Man and a Woman
Ida Kamińska for the role of "Rozalie Lautmann" in the film The Shop on Main Street
Lynn Redgrave for the role of "Georgina 'Georgy' Parkin" in the film Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave for the role of "Leonie Delt" in the film Morgan!
Best Director Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "A Man for All Seasons"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Michelangelo Antonioni, the director of the movie "Blowup"
Richard Brooks, the director of the movie "The Professionals"
Claude Lelouch, the director of the movie "A Man and a Woman"
Mike Nichols, the director of the movie "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Best Origial ScreenPlay A Man and a Woman Screen Writer(s): Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
38 1965 The Sound of Music Lee Marvin Julie Christie
Oscar Academy Awards 38. Academy Awards (1965 Oscars)
Date / Place April 18, 1966 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) Doctor Zhivago (5), The Sound of Music (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Doctor Zhivago (10), The Sound of Music (10)
Best Picture
The Sound of Music 5 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Robert Wise Production Company: 20th Century Fox Director: Robert Wise
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 51
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, A Thousand Clowns
Best Actor Lee Marvin for the role of "Kid Shelleen, Tim Strawn" in the film Cat Ballou
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Richard Burton for the role of "Alec Leamas" in the film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Laurence Olivier for the role of "Othello" in the film Othello
Rod Steiger for the role of "Sol Nazerman" in the film The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner for the role of "Willie Schumann" in the film Ship of Fools
Best Actress Julie Christie for the role of "Diana Scott" in the film Darling
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Julie Andrews for the role of "Maria von Trapp" in the film The Sound of Music
Samantha Eggar for the role of "Miranda Grey" in the film The Collector
Elizabeth Hartman for the role of "Selina D'Arcy" in the film A Patch of Blue
Simone Signoret for the role of "La Contessa" in the film Ship of Fools
Best Director Robert Wise, the director of the movie "The Sound of Music"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
David Lean, the director of the movie "Doctor Zhivago"
John Schlesinger, the director of the movie "Darling"
Hiroshi Teshigahara, the director of the movie "The Woman in the Dunes"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "The Collector"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Darling Screen Writer(s): Frederic Raphael
37 1964 My Fair Lady Rex Harrison Julie Andrews
Oscar Academy Awards 37. Academy Awards (1964 Oscars)
Date / Place April 5, 1965 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) Mary Poppins (13)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
My Fair Lady (13)
Best Picture
My Fair Lady 8 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Jack L. Warner Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: George Cukor
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Becket, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Mary Poppins, Zorba the Greek
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 52
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor Rex Harrison for the role of "Professor Henry Higgins" in the film My Fair Lady
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Richard Burton for the role of "Thomas Becket" in the film Becket
Peter O'Toole for the role of "King Henry II of England" in the film Becket
Anthony Quinn for the role of "Alexis Zorba" in the film Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers for the role of "Group Captain Lionel Mandrake" in the film Dr. Strangelove
Best Actress Julie Andrews for the role of "Mary Poppins" in the film Mary Poppins
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anne Bancroft for the role of "Jo Armitage" in the film The Pumpkin Eater
Sophia Loren for the role of "Filumena Marturano" in the film Marriage Italian Style
Debbie Reynolds for the role of "Molly Brown" in the film The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Kim Stanley for the role of "Myra Savage" in the film Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Best Director George Cukor, the director of the movie "My Fair Lady"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Michael Cacoyannis, the director of the movie "Zorba the Greek"
Peter Glenville, the director of the movie "Becket"
Stanley Kubrick, the director of the movie "Dr. Strangelove"
Robert Stevenson, the director of the movie "Mary Poppins"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Father Goose Screen Writer(s): Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
36 1963 Tom Jones Sidney Poitier Patricia Neal
Oscar Academy Awards 36. Academy Awards (1963 Oscars)
Date / Place April 13, 1964 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jack Lemmon
Most Awarded Movie(s) Cleopatra (4), Tom Jones (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Tom Jones (10)
Best Picture
Tom Jones 4 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Tony Richardson Production Company: Woodfall Films Director: Tony Richardson
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
America America, Cleopatra, How the West Was Won, Lilies of the Field
Best Actor Sidney Poitier for the role of "Homer Smith" in the film Lilies of the Field
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 53
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Albert Finney for the role of "Tom Jones" in the film Tom Jones
Richard Harris for the role of "Frank Machin" in the film This Sporting Life
Rex Harrison for the role of "Julius Caesar" in the film Cleopatra
Paul Newman for the role of "Hud Bannon" in the film Hud
Best Actress Patricia Neal for the role of "Alma Brown" in the film Hud
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Leslie Caron for the role of "Jane Fossett" in the film The L-Shaped Room
Shirley MacLaine for the role of "Irma La Douce" in the film Irma la Douce
Rachel Roberts for the role of "Margaret Hammond" in the film This Sporting Life
Natalie Wood for the role of "Angie Rossini" in the film Love with the Proper Stranger
Best Director Tony Richardson, the director of the movie "Tom Jones"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Federico Fellini, the director of the movie "8½"
Elia Kazan, the director of the movie "America, America"
Otto Preminger, the director of the movie "The Cardinal"
Martin Ritt, the director of the movie "Hud"
Best Origial ScreenPlay How the West Was Won Screen Writer(s): James Webb
35 1962 Lawrence of Arabia Gregory Peck Anne Bancroft
Oscar Academy Awards 35. Academy Awards (1962 Oscars)
Date / Place April 8, 1963 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Frank Sinatra
Most Awarded Movie(s) Lawrence of Arabia (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Lawrence of Arabia (10)
Best Picture
Lawrence of Arabia 7 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Sam Spiegel Production Company: Horizon Pictures Director: David Lean
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Longest Day, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actor Gregory Peck for the role of "Atticus Finch" in the film To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Burt Lancaster for the role of "Robert Franklin Stroud" in the film Birdman of Alcatraz
Jack Lemmon for the role of "Joe Clay" in the film Days of Wine and Roses
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 54
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Marcello Mastroianni for the role of "Ferdinando Cefalù" in the film Divorce Italian Style
Peter O'Toole for the role of "T. E. Lawrence" in the film Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actress Anne Bancroft for the role of "Annie Sullivan" in the film The Miracle Worker
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Bette Davis for the role of "Baby Jane Hudson" in the film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Mary Cavan Tyrone" in the film Long Day's Journey into Night
Geraldine Page for the role of "Alexandra Del Lago" in the film Sweet Bird of Youth
Lee Remick for the role of "Kirsten Arnesen Clay" in the film Days of Wine and Roses
Best Director David Lean, the director of the movie "Lawrence of Arabia"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Pietro Germi, the director of the movie "Divorce, Italian Style"
Robert Mulligan, the director of the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Arthur Penn, the director of the movie "The Miracle Worker"
Frank Perry, the director of the movie "David and Lisa"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Divorce Italian Style Screen Writer(s): Ennio de Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti
34 1961 West Side Story Maximilian Schell
Sophia Loren
Oscar Academy Awards 34. Academy Awards (1961 Oscars)
Date / Place April 9, 1962 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) West Side Story (10)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Judgment at Nuremberg (11), West Side Story (11)
Best Picture
West Side Story 10 awards and 11 nominations Producer: Robert Wise Production Company: United Artists Director: Robert Wise
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Fanny, The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler, Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actor Maximilian Schell for the role of "Hans Rolfe" in the film Judgment at Nuremberg
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 55
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Charles Boyer for the role of "Cesar" in the film Fanny
Paul Newman for the role of "Eddie Felson" in the film The Hustler
Spencer Tracy for the role of "Chief Judge Dan Haywood" in the film Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman for the role of "Jim Fuller" in the film The Mark
Best Actress Sophia Loren for the role of "Cesira" in the film Two Women
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Audrey Hepburn for the role of "Holly Golightly / Lula Mae Barnes" in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's
Piper Laurie for the role of "Sarah Packard" in the film The Hustler
Geraldine Page for the role of "Alma Winemiller" in the film Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood for the role of "Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis" in the film Splendor in the Grass
Best Director Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, the director of the movie "West Side Story"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Federico Fellini, the director of the movie "La Dolce Vita"
Stanley Kramer, the director of the movie "Judgment at Nuremberg"
Robert Rossen, the director of the movie "The Hustler"
J. Lee Thompson, the director of the movie "The Guns of Navarone"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Splendor in the Grass Screen Writer(s): William Inge
33 1960 The Apartment Burt Lancaster Elizabeth Taylor
Oscar Academy Awards 33. Academy Awards (1960 Oscars)
Date / Place April 17, 1961 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Apartment (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Apartment (10)
Best Picture
The Apartment 5 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Billy Wilder Production Company: United Artists Director: Billy Wilder
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Alamo, Elmer Gantry, Sons and Lovers, The Sundowners
Best Actor Burt Lancaster for the role of "Elmer Gantry" in the film Elmer Gantry
Best Actor (Other Nominees) Trevor Howard for the role of "Walter Morel" in the film Sons and Lovers
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 56
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Jack Lemmon for the role of "C. C. "Bud" Baxter" in the film The Apartment
Laurence Olivier for the role of "Archie Rice" in the film The Entertainer
Spencer Tracy for the role of "Henry Drummond" in the film Inherit the Wind
Best Actress Elizabeth Taylor for the role of "Gloria Wandrous" in the film BUtterfield 8
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Greer Garson for the role of "Eleanor Roosevelt" in the film Sunrise at Campobello
Deborah Kerr for the role of "Ida Carmody" in the film The Sundowners
Shirley MacLaine for the role of "Fran Kubelik" in the film The Apartment
Melina Mercouri for the role of "Ilya" in the film Never on Sunday
Best Director Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "The Apartment"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Jack Cardiff, the director of the movie "Sons and Lovers"
Jules Dassin, the director of the movie "Never on Sunday"
Alfred Hitchcock, the director of the movie "Psycho"
Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "The Sundowners"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Apartment Screen Writer(s): I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
32 1959 Ben-Hur Charlton Heston
Simone Signoret
Oscar Academy Awards 32. Academy Awards (1959 Oscars)
Date / Place April 4, 1960 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) Ben-Hur (11)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Ben-Hur (12)
Best Picture
Ben-Hur 11 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Sam Zimbalist Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: William Wyler
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Anatomy of a Murder, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nun's Story, Room at the Top
Best Actor Charlton Heston for the role of "Judah Ben-Hur" in the film Ben-Hur
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Laurence Harvey for the role of "Joe Lampton" in the film Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon for the role of "Jerry" in the film Some Like It Hot
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 57
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Paul Muni for the role of "Dr. Sam Abelman" in the film The Last Angry Man
James Stewart for the role of "Paul Biegler" in the film Anatomy of a Murder
Best Actress Simone Signoret for the role of "Alice Aisgill" in the film Room at the Top
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Doris Day for the role of "Jan Morrow" in the film Pillow Talk
Audrey Hepburn for the role of "Gabrielle van der Mal" in the film The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Violet Venable" in the film Suddenly Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor for the role of "Catherine Holly" in the film Suddenly Last Summer
Best Director William Wyler, the director of the movie "Ben-Hur"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Jack Clayton, the director of the movie "Room at the Top"
George Stevens, the director of the movie "The Diary of Anne Frank"
Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "Some Like It Hot"
Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "The Nun's Story"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Pillow Talk Screen Writer(s): Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin, Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro
31 1958 Gigi David Niven Susan Hayward
Oscar Academy Awards 31. Academy Awards (1958 Oscars)
Date / Place April 6, 1959 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jerry Lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven, Laurence Olivier
Most Awarded Movie(s) Gigi (9)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Defiant Ones (9), Gigi (9)
Best Picture
Gigi 9 awards and 9 nominations Producer: Arthur Freed Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Vincente Minnelli
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Auntie Mame, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant Ones, Separate Tables
Best Actor David Niven for the role of "Major Angus Pollock" in the film Separate Tables
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Tony Curtis for the role of "John 'Joker' Jackson" in the film The Defiant Ones
Paul Newman for the role of "Brick Pollitt" in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 58
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Sidney Poitier for the role of "Noah Cullen" in the film The Defiant Ones
Spencer Tracy for the role of "The Old Man" in the film The Old Man and the Sea
Best Actress Susan Hayward for the role of "Barbara Graham" in the film I Want to Live!
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Deborah Kerr for the role of "Sibyl Railton-Bell" in the film Separate Tables
Shirley MacLaine for the role of "Ginnie Moorehead" in the film Some Came Running
Rosalind Russell for the role of "Mame Dennis" in the film Auntie Mame
Elizabeth Taylor for the role of "Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt" in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Director Vincente Minnelli, the director of the movie "Gigi"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Richard Brooks, the director of the movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Stanley Kramer, the director of the movie "The Defiant Ones"
Mark Robson, the director of the movie "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness"
Robert Wise, the director of the movie "I Want to Live!"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Defiant Ones Screen Writer(s): Nathan E. Douglas, Harold Jacob Smith
30 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Alec Guinness Joanne Woodward
Oscar Academy Awards
30. Academy Awards (1957 Oscars)
Date / Place March 26, 1958 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Donald Duck (voice of Clarence Nash, by premade animation)
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Sayonara (10)
Best Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai 7 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Sam Spiegel Production Company: Horizon Pictures Director: David Lean
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
12 Angry Men, Peyton Place, Sayonara, Witness for the Prosecution
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 59
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor Alec Guinness for the role of "Lt. Colonel L. Nicholson, D.S.O." in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Marlon Brando for the role of "Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver USAF" in the film Sayonara
Anthony Franciosa for the role of "Polo Pope" in the film A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton for the role of "Sir Wilfrid Robarts" in the film Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn for the role of "Gino" in the film Wild Is the Wind
Best Actress Joanne Woodward for the role of "Eve White / Eve Black / Jane" in the film The Three Faces of Eve
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Deborah Kerr for the role of "Angela" in the film Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Anna Magnani for the role of "Gioia" in the film Wild Is the Wind
Elizabeth Taylor for the role of "Susanna Drake" in the film Raintree County
Lana Turner for the role of "Constance MacKenzie" in the film Peyton Place
Best Director David Lean, the director of the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Joshua Logan, the director of the movie "Sayonara"
Sidney Lumet, the director of the movie "12 Angry Men"
Mark Robson, the director of the movie "Peyton Place"
Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "Witness for the Prosecution"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Designing Woman Screen Writer(s): George Wells
29 1956 Around the World in 80 Days Yul Brynner Ingrid Bergman
Oscar Academy Awards 29. Academy Awards (1956 Oscars)
Date / Place March 27, 1957 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York
Host(s) Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm
Most Awarded Movie(s) Around the World in 80 Days (5), The King and I (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Giant (10)
Best Picture
Around the World in 80 Days 5 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Michael Todd Production Company: United Artists Director: Michael Anderson
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I, The Ten Commandments
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 60
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor Yul Brynner for the role of "King Mongkut of Siam" in the film The King and I
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
James Dean*[38] for the role of "Jett Rink" in the film Giant
Kirk Douglas for the role of "Vincent van Gogh" in the film Lust for Life
Rock Hudson for the role of "Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr." in the film Giant
Laurence Olivier for the role of "King Richard III of England" in the film Richard III
Best Actress Ingrid Bergman for the role of "Anna Koreff / Anastasia" in the film Anastasia
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Carroll Baker for the role of "Baby Doll Meighan" in the film Baby Doll
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Lizzie Curry" in the film The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly for the role of "Christine Penmark" in the film The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr for the role of "Anna Leonowens" in the film The King and I
Best Director George Stevens, the director of the movie "Giant"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Michael Anderson, the director of the movie "Around the World in 80 Days"
Walter Lang, the director of the movie "The King and I"
King Vidor, the director of the movie "War and Peace"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "Friendly Persuasion"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Red Balloon Screen Writer(s): Albert Lamorisse
28 1955 Marty Ernest Borgnine Anna Magnani
Oscar Academy Awards 28. Academy Awards (1955 Oscars)
Date / Place March 21, 1956 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York
Host(s) Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles); Claudette Colbert (New York); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York)
Most Awarded Movie(s) Marty (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (8), Marty (8), The Rose Tattoo (8)
Best Picture
Marty 4 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Harold Hecht Production Company: United Artists Director: Delbert Mann
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo
Best Actor Ernest Borgnine for the role of "Marty Piletti" in the film Marty
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 61
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
James Cagney for the role of "Martin Snyder" in the film Love Me or Leave Me
James Dean*[38] for the role of "Cal Trask" in the film East of Eden
Frank Sinatra for the role of "Frankie Machine" in the film The Man with the Golden Arm
Spencer Tracy for the role of "John J. Macreedy" in the film Bad Day at Black Rock
Best Actress Anna Magnani for the role of "Serafina Delle Rose" in the film The Rose Tattoo
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Susan Hayward for the role of "Lillian Roth" in the film I'll Cry Tomorrow
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Jane Hudson" in the film Summertime
Jennifer Jones for the role of "Han Suyin" in the film Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor Parker for the role of "Marjorie Lawrence" in the film Interrupted Melody
Best Director Delbert Mann, the director of the movie "Marty"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Elia Kazan, the director of the movie "East of Eden"
David Lean, the director of the movie "Summertime"
Joshua Logan, the director of the movie "Picnic"
John Sturges, the director of the movie "Bad Day at Black Rock"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Interrupted Melody Screen Writer(s): Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
27 1954 On the Waterfront Marlon Brando Grace Kelly
Oscar Academy Awards 27. Academy Awards (1954 Oscars)
Date / Place 30 March 1955 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York
Host(s) Bob Hope (Hollywood); Thelma Ritter (New York City)
Most Awarded Movie(s) On the Waterfront (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
On the Waterfront (12)
Best Picture
On the Waterfront 8 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Sam Spiegel Production Company: Columbia Director: Elia Kazan
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Caine Mutiny, The Country Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Three Coins in the Fountain
Best Actor Marlon Brando for the role of "Terry Malloy" in the film On the Waterfront
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 62
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Humphrey Bogart for the role of "Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg" in the film The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby for the role of "Frank Elgin" in the film The Country Girl
James Mason for the role of "Norman Maine" in the film A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy for the role of "Robinson Crusoe" in the film Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Best Actress Grace Kelly for the role of "Georgie Elgin" in the film The Country Girl
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Dorothy Dandridge for the role of "Carmen Jones" in the film Carmen Jones
Judy Garland for the role of "Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester" in the film A Star is Born
Audrey Hepburn for the role of "Sabrina Fairchild" in the film Sabrina
Jane Wyman for the role of "Helen Phillips" in the film Magnificent Obsession
Best Director Elia Kazan, the director of the movie "On the Waterfront"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Alfred Hitchcock, the director of the movie "Rear Window"
George Seaton, the director of the movie "The Country Girl"
William A. Wellman, the director of the movie "The High and the Mighty"
Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "Sabrina"
Best Origial ScreenPlay On the Waterfront Screen Writer(s): Budd Schulberg
26 1953 From Here to Eternity William Holden Audrey Hepburn
Oscar Academy Awards 26. Academy Awards (1953 Oscars)
Date / Place March 25, 1954 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; NBC Century Theatre New York City, New York
Host(s) Donald O'Connor (Los Angeles); Fredric March (New York City)
Most Awarded Movie(s) From Here to Eternity (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
From Here to Eternity (13)
Best Picture
From Here to Eternity 8 awards and 13 nominations Producer: Buddy Adler Production Company: Columbia Director: Fred Zinnemann
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Julius Caesar, The Robe, Roman Holiday, Shane
Best Actor William Holden for the role of "Sgt. J.J. Sefton" in the film Stalag 17
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 63
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Marlon Brando for the role of "Mark Antony" in the film Julius Caesar
Richard Burton for the role of "Marcellus Gallio" in the film The Robe
Montgomery Clift for the role of "Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt" in the film From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster for the role of "1st Sgt. Milton Warden" in the film From Here to Eternity
Best Actress Audrey Hepburn for the role of "Princess Ann" in the film Roman Holiday
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Leslie Caron for the role of "Lili Daurier" in the film Lili
Ava Gardner for the role of "Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly" in the film Mogambo
Deborah Kerr for the role of "Karen Holmes" in the film From Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamara for the role of "Patty O'Neill" in the film The Moon Is Blue
Best Director Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "From Here to Eternity"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
George Stevens, the director of the movie "Shane"
Charles Walters, the director of the movie "Lili"
Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "Stalag 17"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "Roman Holiday"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Titanic Screen Writer(s): Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen, Walter Reisch
25 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth Gary Cooper Shirley Booth
Oscar Academy Awards 25. Academy Awards (1952 Oscars)
Date / Place March 19, 1953 / RKO Pantages Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; NBC International Theatre New York City, New York
Host(s) Bob Hope (Hollywood); Conrad Nagel; Fredric March (New York City)
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Bad and the Beautiful (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
High Noon (7), Moulin Rouge (7), The Quiet Man (7)
Best Picture
The Greatest Show on Earth 2 awards and 5 nominations Producer: Cecil B. DeMille Production Company: Paramount Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
High Noon, Ivanhoe, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet Man
Best Actor Gary Cooper for the role of "Marshal Will Kane" in the film High Noon
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 64
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Marlon Brando for the role of "Emiliano Zapata" in the film Viva Zapata!
Kirk Douglas for the role of "Jonathan Shields" in the film The Bad and the Beautiful
José Ferrer for the role of "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec" in the film Moulin Rouge
Alec Guinness for the role of "Holland" in the film The Lavender Hill Mob
Best Actress Shirley Booth for the role of "Lola Delaney" in the film Come Back, Little Sheba
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Joan Crawford for the role of "Myra Hudson" in the film Sudden Fear
Bette Davis for the role of "Margaret Elliot" in the film The Star
Julie Harris for the role of "Frances 'Frankie' Addams" in the film The Member of the Wedding
Susan Hayward for the role of "Jane Froman" in the film With a Song in My Heart
Best Director John Ford, the director of the movie "The Quiet Man"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Cecil B. DeMille, the director of the movie "The Greatest Show on Earth"
John Huston, the director of the movie "Moulin Rouge"
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the director of the movie "5 Fingers"
Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "High Noon"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Lavender Hill Mob Screen Writer(s): T. E. B. Clarke
24 1951 An American in Paris Humphrey Bogart
Vivien Leigh
Oscar Academy Awards 24. Academy Awards (1951 Oscars)
Date / Place March 20, 1952 / RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Host(s) Danny Kaye
Most Awarded Movie(s) An American in Paris (6), A Place in the Sun (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s) A Streetcar Named Desire (12)
Best Picture
An American in Paris 6 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Arthur Freed Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Vincente Minnelli
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis, A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor Humphrey Bogart for the role of "Charlie Allnut" in the film The African Queen
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 65
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Marlon Brando for the role of "Stanley Kowalski" in the film A Streetcar Named Desire
Montgomery Clift for the role of "George Eastman" in the film A Place in the Sun
Arthur Kennedy for the role of "Larry Nevins" in the film Bright Victory
Fredric March for the role of "Willy Loman" in the film Death of a Salesman
Best Actress Vivien Leigh for the role of "Blanche DuBois" in the film A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Rose Sayer" in the film The African Queen
Eleanor Parker for the role of "Mary McLeod" in the film Detective Story
Shelley Winters for the role of "Alice Tripp" in the film A Place in the Sun
Jane Wyman for the role of "Louise Mason" in the film The Blue Veil
Best Director George Stevens, the director of the movie "A Place in the Sun"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
John Huston, the director of the movie "The African Queen"
Elia Kazan, the director of the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Vincente Minnelli, the director of the movie "An American in Paris"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "Detective Story"
Best Origial ScreenPlay An American in Paris Screen Writer(s): Alan Jay Lerner
23 1950 All About Eve José Ferrer Judy Holliday
Oscar Academy Awards 23. Academy Awards (1950 Oscars)
Date / Place March 29, 1951 / RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Host(s) Fred Astaire
Most Awarded Movie(s) All About Eve (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s) All About Eve (14)
Best Picture
All About Eve 6 awards and 14 nominations Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck Production Company: 20th Century Fox Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines, Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor José Ferrer for the role of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in the film Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Louis Calhern for the role of "Oliver Wendell Holmes" in the film The Magnificent Yankee
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 66
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
William Holden for the role of "Joe Gillis" in the film Sunset Boulevard
James Stewart for the role of "Elwood P. Dowd" in the film Harvey
Spencer Tracy for the role of "Stanley T. Banks" in the film Father of the Bride
Best Actress Judy Holliday for the role of "Emma 'Billie' Dawn" in the film Born Yesterday
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Anne Baxter for the role of "Eve Harrington" in the film All About Eve
Bette Davis for the role of "Margo Channing" in the film All About Eve
Eleanor Parker for the role of "Marie Allen" in the film Caged
Gloria Swanson for the role of "Norma Desmond" in the film Sunset Boulevard
Best Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the director of the movie "All About Eve"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
George Cukor, the director of the movie "Born Yesterday"
John Huston, the director of the movie "The Asphalt Jungle"
Carol Reed, the director of the movie "The Third Man"
Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "Sunset Boulevard"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Sunset Boulevard Screen Writer(s): Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Billy Wilder
22 1949 All the King's Men Broderick Crawford
Olivia de Havilland
Oscar Academy Awards 22. Academy Awards (1949 Oscars)
Date / Place March 23, 1950 / RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Host(s) Paul Douglas
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Heiress (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Heiress (8)
Best Picture
All the King's Men 3 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Robert Rossen Production Company: Rossen Director: Robert Rossen
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Battleground, The Heiress, A Letter to Three Wives, Twelve O'Clock High
Best Actor Broderick Crawford for the role of "Willie Stark" in the film All the King's Men
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Kirk Douglas for the role of "Michael "Midge" Kelly" in the film Champion
Gregory Peck for the role of "Brig. General Frank Savage" in the film Twelve O'Clock High
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 67
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Richard Todd for the role of "Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan" in the film The Hasty Heart
John Wayne for the role of "Sergeant John M. Stryker" in the film Sands of Iwo Jima
Best Actress Olivia de Havilland for the role of "Catherine Sloper" in the film The Heiress
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jeanne Crain for the role of "Patricia 'Pinky' Johnson" in the film Pinky
Susan Hayward for the role of "Eloise Winters" in the film My Foolish Heart
Deborah Kerr for the role of "Evelyn Boult" in the film Edward My Son
Loretta Young for the role of "Margaret" in the film Come to the Stable
Best Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the director of the movie "A Letter to Three Wives"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Carol Reed, the director of the movie "The Fallen Idol"
Robert Rossen, the director of the movie "All the King's Men"
William A. Wellman, the director of the movie "Battleground"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "The Heiress"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Battleground Screen Writer(s): Robert Pirosh
21 1948 Hamlet Laurence Olivier Jane Wyman
Oscar Academy Awards 21. Academy Awards (1948 Oscars)
Date / Place March 24, 1949 / The Academy Theater, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Robert Montgomery
Most Awarded Movie(s) Hamlet (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Johnny Belinda (12)
Best Picture
Hamlet 4 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Laurence Olivier Production Company: Two Cities Films Director: Laurence Olivier
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Johnny Belinda, The Red Shoes, The Snake Pit, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Actor Laurence Olivier for the role of "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" in the film Hamlet
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Lew Ayres for the role of "Dr. Robert Richardson" in the film Johnny Belinda
Montgomery Clift for the role of "Ralph "Steve" Stevenson" in the film The Search
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 68
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Dan Dailey for the role of ""Skid" Johnson" in the film When My Baby Smiles at Me
Clifton Webb for the role of "Lynn Aloysius Belvedere" in the film Sitting Pretty
Best Actress Jane Wyman for the role of "Belinda McDonald" in the film Johnny Belinda
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Ingrid Bergman for the role of "Joan of Arc" in the film Joan of Arc
Olivia de Havilland for the role of "Virginia Stuart Cunningham" in the film The Snake Pit
Irene Dunne for the role of "Martha Hanson" in the film I Remember Mama
Barbara Stanwyck for the role of "Leona Stevenson" in the film Sorry Wrong Number
Best Director John Huston, the director of the movie "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Anatole Litvak, the director of the movie "The Snake Pit"
Jean Negulesco, the director of the movie "Johnny Belinda"
Laurence Olivier, the director of the movie "Hamlet"
Fred Zinnemann, the director of the movie "The Search"
Best Origial ScreenPlay none Screen Writer(s): none
20 1947 Gentleman's Agreement Ronald Colman Loretta Young
Oscar Academy Awards 20. Academy Awards (1947 Oscars)
Date / Place March 20, 1948 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Agnes Moorehead, Dick Powell
Most Awarded Movie(s) Gentleman's Agreement (3), Miracle on 34th Street (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Gentleman's Agreement (8)
Best Picture
Gentleman's Agreement 3 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck Production Company: 20th Century Fox Director: Elia Kazan
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Bishop's Wife, Crossfire, Great Expectations, Miracle on 34th Street
Best Actor Ronald Colman for the role of "Anthony John" in the film A Double Life
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
John Garfield for the role of "Charlie Davis" in the film Body and Soul
Gregory Peck for the role of "Philip Schuyler Green" in the film Gentleman's Agreement
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 69
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
William Powell for the role of "Clarence Day Sr." in the film Life with Father
Michael Redgrave for the role of "Orin Mannon" in the film Mourning Becomes Electra
Best Actress Loretta Young for the role of "Katie Holstrom" in the film The Farmer's Daughter
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Joan Crawford for the role of "Louise Howell" in the film Possessed
Susan Hayward for the role of "Angelica Evans Conway" in the film Smash-Up the Story of a Woman
Dorothy McGuire for the role of "Kathy Lacy" in the film Gentleman's Agreement
Rosalind Russell for the role of "Lavinia Mannon" in the film Mourning Becomes Electra
Best Director Elia Kazan, the director of the movie "Gentleman's Agreement"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
George Cukor, the director of the movie "A Double Life}"
Edward Dmytryk, the director of the movie "Crossfire"
Henry Koster, the director of the movie "The Bishop's Wife"
David Lean, the director of the movie "Great Expectations"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Screen Writer(s): Sidney Sheldon
19 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March Olivia de Havilland
Oscar Academy Awards 19. Academy Awards (1946 Oscars)
Date / Place March 13, 1947 / Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jack Benny
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Best Years of Our Lives (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Best Years of Our Lives (8)
Best Picture
The Best Years of Our Lives 7 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Production Company: RKO Radio Director: William Wyler
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Henry V, It's a Wonderful Life, The Razor's Edge, The Yearling
Best Actor Fredric March for the role of "Al Stephenson" in the film The Best Years of Our Lives
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 70
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Laurence Olivier for the role of "King Henry V of England" in the film Henry V
Larry Parks for the role of "Al Jolson" in the film The Jolson Story
Gregory Peck for the role of "Ezra "Penny" Baxter" in the film The Yearling
James Stewart for the role of "George Bailey" in the film It's a Wonderful Life
Best Actress Olivia de Havilland for the role of "Josephine 'Jody' Norris" in the film To Each His Own
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Celia Johnson for the role of "Laura Jesson" in the film Brief Encounter
Jennifer Jones for the role of "Pearl Chavez" in the film Duel in the Sun
Rosalind Russell for the role of "Elizabeth Kenny" in the film Sister Kenny
Jane Wyman for the role of "Orry Baxter" in the film The Yearling
Best Director William Wyler, the director of the movie "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Clarence Brown, the director of the movie "The Yearling"
Frank Capra, the director of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life"
David Lean, the director of the movie "Brief Encounter"
Robert Siodmak, the director of the movie "The Killers"
Best Origial ScreenPlay The Seventh Veil Screen Writer(s): Muriel Box, Sydney Box
18 1945 The Lost Weekend Ray Milland Joan Crawford
Oscar Academy Awards 18. Academy Awards (1945 Oscars)
Date / Place March 7, 1946 / Grauman's Chinese Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) James Stewart, Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) The Lost Weekend (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Bells of St. Mary's (8)
Best Picture
The Lost Weekend 4 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Charles Brackett Production Company: Paramount Director: Billy Wilder
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Anchors Aweigh, The Bells of St. Mary's, Mildred Pierce, Spellbound
Best Actor Ray Milland for the role of "Don Birnam" in the film The Lost Weekend
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 71
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Bing Crosby for the role of "Father Chuck O'Malley" in the film The Bells of St. Mary's
Gene Kelly for the role of "Joseph Brady" in the film Anchors Aweigh
Gregory Peck for the role of "Father Francis" in the film The Keys of the Kingdom
Cornel Wilde for the role of "Frédéric Chopin" in the film A Song to Remember
Best Actress Joan Crawford for the role of "Mildred Pierce Beragon" in the film Mildred Pierce
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Ingrid Bergman for the role of "Mary Benedict" in the film The Bells of St. Mary's
Greer Garson for the role of "Mary Rafferty" in the film The Valley of Decision
Jennifer Jones for the role of "Singleton" in the film Love Letters
Gene Tierney for the role of "Ellen Berent Harland" in the film Leave Her to Heaven
Best Director Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "The Lost Weekend"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Clarence Brown, the director of the movie "National Velvet"
Alfred Hitchcock, the director of the movie "Spellbound"
Leo McCarey, the director of the movie "The Bells of St. Mary's"
Jean Renoir, the director of the movie "The Southerner"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Marie-Louise Screen Writer(s): Richard Schweizer
17 1944 Going My Way Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman
Oscar Academy Awards 17. Academy Awards (1944 Oscars)
Date / Place March 15, 1945 / Grauman's Chinese Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) John Cromwell, Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s) Going My Way (7)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Going My Way (10), Wilson (10)
Best Picture
Going My Way 7 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Leo McCarey Production Company: Paramount Director: Leo McCarey
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Since You Went Away, Wilson
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 72
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor Bing Crosby for the role of "Father Chuck O'Malley" in the film Going My Way
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Charles Boyer for the role of "Gregory Anton" in the film Gaslight
Barry Fitzgerald for the role of "Father Fitzgibbon" in the film Going My Way
Cary Grant for the role of "Ernie Mott" in the film None but the Lonely Heart
Alexander Knox for the role of "Woodrow Wilson" in the film Wilson
Best Actress Ingrid Bergman for the role of "Paula Alquist Anton" in the film Gaslight
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Claudette Colbert for the role of "Anne Hilton" in the film Since You Went Away
Bette Davis for the role of "Fanny Trellis" in the film Mr. Skeffington
Greer Garson for the role of "Susie 'Sparrow' Parkington" in the film Mrs. Parkington
Barbara Stanwyck for the role of "Phyllis Dietrichson" in the film Double Indemnity
Best Director Leo McCarey, the director of the movie "Going My Way"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Alfred Hitchcock, the director of the movie "Lifeboat"
Henry King, the director of the movie "Wilson"
Otto Preminger, the director of the movie "Laura"
Billy Wilder, the director of the movie "Double Indemnity"
Best Origial ScreenPlay Wilson Screen Writer(s): Lamar Trotti
16 1943 Casablanca Paul Lukas Jennifer Jones
Oscar Academy Awards
16. Academy Awards (1943 Oscars)
Date / Place March 2, 1944 / Grauman's Chinese Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Jack Benny
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Song of Bernadette (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The Song of Bernadette (12)
Best Picture
Casablanca 3 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Hal B. Wallis Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: Michael Curtiz
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 73
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, Watch on the Rhine
Best Actor Paul Lukas for the role of "Kurt Muller" in the film Watch on the Rhine
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Humphrey Bogart for the role of "Rick Blaine" in the film Casablanca
Gary Cooper for the role of "Robert Jordan" in the film For Whom the Bell Tolls
Walter Pidgeon for the role of "Pierre Curie" in the film Madame Curie
Mickey Rooney for the role of "Homer Macauley" in the film The Human Comedy
Best Actress Jennifer Jones for the role of "Bernadette Soubirous" in the film The Song of Bernadette
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Jean Arthur for the role of "Constance "Connie" Milligan" in the film The More the Merrier
Ingrid Bergman for the role of "María" in the film For Whom the Bell Tolls
Joan Fontaine for the role of "Tessa Sanger" in the film The Constant Nymph
Greer Garson for the role of "Marie Curie" in the film Madame Curie
Best Director Michael Curtiz, the director of the movie "Casablanca"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Clarence Brown, the director of the movie "The Human Comedy"
Henry King, the director of the movie "The Song of Bernadette"
Ernst Lubitsch, the director of the movie "Heaven Can Wait"
George Stevens, the director of the movie "The More the Merrier"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
Princess O'Rourke Screen Writer(s): Norman Krasna
15 1942 Mrs. Miniver James Cagney Greer Garson
Oscar Academy Awards
15. Academy Awards (1942 Oscars)
Date / Place March 4, 1943 / Coconut Grove, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Mrs. Miniver (6)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Mrs. Miniver (12)
Best Picture
Mrs. Miniver 6 awards and 12 nominations Producer: Sidney Franklin Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: William Wyler
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 74
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Invaders (49th Parallel), Kings Row, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Pied Piper, The Pride of the Yankees, Random Harvest, The Talk of the Town, Wake Island, Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Actor James Cagney for the role of "George M. Cohan" in the film Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Ronald Colman for the role of "Charles Rainier" in the film Random Harvest
Gary Cooper for the role of "Lou Gehrig" in the film The Pride of the Yankees
Walter Pidgeon for the role of "Clem Miniver" in the film Mrs. Miniver
Monty Woolley for the role of "Howard" in the film The Pied Piper
Best Actress Greer Garson for the role of "Kay Miniver" in the film Mrs. Miniver
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Bette Davis for the role of "Charlotte Vale" in the film Now Voyager
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Tess Harding" in the film Woman of the Year
Rosalind Russell for the role of "Ruth Sherwood" in the film My Sister Eileen
Teresa Wright for the role of "Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig" in the film The Pride of the Yankees
Best Director William Wyler, the director of the movie "Mrs. Miniver"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Michael Curtiz, the director of the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
John Farrow, the director of the movie "Wake Island"
Mervyn LeRoy, the director of the movie "Random Harvest"
Sam Wood, the director of the movie "Kings Row"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
Woman of the Year Screen Writer(s): Michael Kanin, Ring Lardner Jr.
14 1941 How Green Was My Valley Gary Cooper Joan Fontaine
Oscar Academy Awards
14. Academy Awards (1941 Oscars)
Date / Place February 26, 1942 / Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s)
How Green Was My Valley (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Sergeant York (11)
Best Picture
How Green Was My Valley 5 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck Production Company: 20th Century Fox Director: John Ford
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 75
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Blossoms in the Dust, Citizen Kane, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Hold Back the Dawn, The Little Foxes, The Maltese Falcon, One Foot in Heaven, Sergeant York, Suspicion
Best Actor Gary Cooper for the role of "Sgt. Alvin C. York" in the film Sergeant York
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Cary Grant for the role of "Roger Adams" in the film Penny Serenade
Walter Huston for the role of "Mr. Scratch" in the film The Devil and Daniel Webster
Robert Montgomery for the role of "Joe Pendleton" in the film Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Orson Welles for the role of "Charles Foster Kane" in the film Citizen Kane
Best Actress Joan Fontaine for the role of "Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth" in the film Suspicion
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Bette Davis for the role of "Regina Giddens" in the film The Little Foxes
Olivia de Havilland for the role of "Emmy Brown" in the film Hold Back the Dawn
Greer Garson for the role of "Edna Gladney" in the film Blossoms in the Dust
Barbara Stanwyck for the role of "Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea" in the film Ball of Fire
Best Director John Ford, the director of the movie "How Green Was My Valley"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Alexander Hall, the director of the movie "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
Howard Hawks, the director of the movie "Sergeant York"
Orson Welles, the director of the movie "Citizen Kane"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "The Little Foxes"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
Citizen Kane Screen Writer(s): Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
13 1940 Rebecca James Stewart Ginger Rogers
Oscar Academy Awards
13. Academy Awards (1940 Oscars)
Date / Place February 27, 1941 / Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Thief of Bagdad (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Rebecca (11)
Best Picture
Rebecca 2 awards and 11 nominations Producer: David O. Selznick Production Company: Selznick International Pictures Director: Alfred Hitchcock
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 76
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
All This and Heaven Too, Foreign Correspondent, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, Kitty Foyle, The Letter, The Long Voyage Home, Our Town, The Philadelphia Story
Best Actor James Stewart for the role of "Macaulay "Mike" Connor" in the film The Philadelphia Story
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Charles Chaplin for the role of "Adenoid Hynkel/The Barber" in the film The Great Dictator
Henry Fonda for the role of "Tom Joad" in the film The Grapes of Wrath
Raymond Massey for the role of "Abraham Lincoln" in the film Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Laurence Olivier for the role of "'Maxim' de Winter" in the film Rebecca
Best Actress Ginger Rogers for the role of "Kitty Foyle" in the film Kitty Foyle
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Bette Davis for the role of "Leslie Crosbie" in the film The Letter
Joan Fontaine for the role of "The Second Mrs. de Winter" in the film Rebecca
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Tracy Lord" in the film The Philadelphia Story
Martha Scott for the role of "Emily Webb" in the film Our Town
Best Director John Ford, the director of the movie "The Grapes of Wrath"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
George Cukor, the director of the movie "The Philadelphia Story"
Alfred Hitchcock, the director of the movie "Rebecca"
Sam Wood, the director of the movie "Kitty Foyle"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "The Letter"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
The Great McGinty Screen Writer(s): Preston Sturges
12 1939 Gone with the Wind Robert Donat Vivien Leigh
Oscar Academy Awards
12. Academy Awards (1939 Oscars)
Date / Place February 29, 1940 / Coconut Grove, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Hope
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Gone with the Wind (8)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Gone with the Wind (13)
Best Picture
Gone with the Wind 8 awards and 13 nominations Producer: David O. Selznick Production Company: Selznick International Pictures Director: Victor Fleming
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 77
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights
Best Actor Robert Donat for the role of "Charles Edward Chipping" in the film Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Clark Gable for the role of "Rhett Butler" in the film Gone with the Wind
Laurence Olivier for the role of "Heathcliff" in the film Wuthering Heights
Mickey Rooney for the role of "Mickey Moran" in the film Babes in Arms
James Stewart for the role of "Jefferson Smith" in the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Best Actress Vivien Leigh for the role of "Scarlett O'Hara" in the film Gone with the Wind
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Bette Davis for the role of "Judith Traherne" in the film Dark Victory
Irene Dunne for the role of "Terry McKay" in the film Love Affair
Greta Garbo for the role of "Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff" in the film Ninotchka
Greer Garson for the role of "Katherine Bridges" in the film Goodbye Mr. Chips
Best Director Victor Fleming, the director of the movie "Gone with the Wind"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Frank Capra, the director of the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
John Ford, the director of the movie "Stagecoach"
Sam Wood, the director of the movie "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "Wuthering Heights"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
11 1938 You Can't Take It With You Spencer Tracy Bette Davis
Oscar Academy Awards
11. Academy Awards (1938 Oscars)
Date / Place February 23, 1939 / Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) No official host
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
You Can't Take it With You (7)
Best Picture
You Can't Take It With You 2 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Frank Capra Production Company: Columbia Director: Frank Capra
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 78
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, Grand Illusion, Jezebel, Pygmalion, Test Pilot
Best Actor Spencer Tracy for the role of "Father Flanagan" in the film Boys Town
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Charles Boyer for the role of "Pepe le Moko" in the film Algiers
James Cagney for the role of "Rocky Sullivan" in the film Angels with Dirty Faces
Robert Donat for the role of "Dr. Andrew Manson" in the film The Citadel
Leslie Howard for the role of "Professor Henry Higgins" in the film Pygmalion
Best Actress Bette Davis for the role of "Julie Marsden" in the film Jezebel
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Fay Bainter for the role of "Hannah Parmalee" in the film White Banners
Wendy Hiller for the role of "Eliza Doolittle" in the film Pygmalion
Norma Shearer for the role of "Marie Antoinette" in the film Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan for the role of "Patricia 'Pat' Hollmann" in the film Three Comrades
Best Director Frank Capra, the director of the movie "You Can't Take It with You"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Michael Curtiz, the director of the movie "Angels with Dirty Faces"
Michael Curtiz, the director of the movie "Four Daughters"
Norman Taurog, the director of the movie "Boys Town"
King Vidor, the director of the movie "The Citadel"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
10 1937 The Life of Emile Zola Spencer Tracy Luise Rainer
Oscar Academy Awards
10. Academy Awards (1937 Oscars)
Date / Place March 10, 1938 / Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Bob Burns
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Life of Emile Zola (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
The Life of Emile Zola (10)
Best Picture
The Life of Emile Zola 3 awards and 10 nominations Producer: Henry Blanke Production Company: Warner Bros. Director: William Dieterle
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 79
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Awful Truth, Captains Courageous, Dead End, The Good Earth, In Old Chicago, Lost Horizon, One Hundred Men and a Girl, Stage Door, A Star Is Born
Best Actor Spencer Tracy for the role of "Manuel" in the film Captains Courageous
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Charles Boyer for the role of "Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte" in the film Conquest
Fredric March for the role of "Norman Maine" in the film A Star Is Born
Robert Montgomery for the role of "Danny" in the film Night Must Fall
Paul Muni for the role of "Émile Zola" in the film The Life of Émile Zola
Best Actress Luise Rainer for the role of "O-Lan" in the film The Good Earth
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Irene Dunne for the role of "Lucy Warriner" in the film The Awful Truth
Greta Garbo for the role of "Marguerite Gautier" in the film Camille
Janet Gaynor for the role of "Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester" in the film A Star Is Born
Barbara Stanwyck for the role of "Stella Martin Dallas" in the film Stella Dallas
Best Director Leo McCarey, the director of the movie "The Awful Truth"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
William Dieterle, the director of the movie "The Life of Émile Zola"
Sidney Franklin, the director of the movie "The Good Earth"
Gregory La Cava, the director of the movie "Stage Door"
William A. Wellman, the director of the movie "A Star Is Born"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
9 1936 The Great Ziegfeld Paul Muni Luise Rainer
Oscar Academy Awards
9. Academy Awards (1936 Oscars)
Date / Place March 4, 1937 / Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) George Jessel
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Anthony Adverse (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Anthony Adverse (7), Dodsworth, and The Great Ziegfeld (7)
Best Picture
The Great Ziegfeld 3 awards and 7 nominations Producer: Hunt Stromberg Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Robert Z. Leonard
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 80
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth, Libeled Lady, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Romeo and Juliet, San Francisco, The Story of Louis Pasteur, A Tale of Two Cities, Three Smart Girls
Best Actor Paul Muni for the role of "Louis Pasteur" in the film The Story of Louis Pasteur
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Gary Cooper for the role of "Longfellow Deeds" in the film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Huston for the role of "Sam Dodsworth" in the film Dodsworth
William Powell for the role of "Godfrey Park" in the film My Man Godfrey
Spencer Tracy for the role of "Father Tim Mullin" in the film San Francisco
Best Actress Luise Rainer for the role of "Anna Held" in the film The Great Ziegfeld
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Irene Dunne for the role of "Theodora Lynn" in the film Theodora Goes Wild
Gladys George for the role of "Carrie Snyder" in the film Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Carole Lombard for the role of "Irene Bullock" in the film My Man Godfrey
Norma Shearer for the role of "Juliet Capulet" in the film Romeo and Juliet
Best Director Frank Capra, the director of the movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Gregory La Cava, the director of the movie "My Man Godfrey"
Robert Z. Leonard, the director of the movie "The Great Ziegfeld"
W. S. Van Dyke, the director of the movie "San Francisco"
William Wyler, the director of the movie "Dodsworth"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
8 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Victor McLaglen
Bette Davis
Oscar Academy Awards
8. Academy Awards (1935 Oscars)
Date / Place March 5, 1936 / Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Frank Capra
Most Awarded Movie(s)
The Informer (4)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Mutiny on the Bounty (8)
Best Picture
Mutiny on the Bounty 1 awards and 8 nominations Producer: Irving Thalberg Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Frank Lloyd
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 81
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Alice Adams, Broadway Melody of 1936, Captain Blood, David Copperfield, The Informer, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Les Misérables, Naughty Marietta, Ruggles of Red Gap, Top Hat
Best Actor Victor McLaglen for the role of "Gypo Nolan" in the film The Informer
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Clark Gable for the role of "Master's Mate Fletcher Christian" in the film Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton for the role of "Lieutenant William Bligh Captain" in the film Mutiny on the Bounty
Franchot Tone for the role of "Midshipman Roger Byam" in the film Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul Muni[D] for the role of "Joe Radek" in the film Black Fury
Best Actress Bette Davis for the role of "Joyce Heath" in the film Dangerous
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Elisabeth Bergner for the role of "Gemma Jones" in the film Escape Me Never
Claudette Colbert for the role of "Jane Everest" in the film Private Worlds
Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Alice Adams" in the film Alice Adams
Miriam Hopkins for the role of "Becky Sharp" in the film Becky Sharp
Merle Oberon for the role of "Kitty Vane" in the film The Dark Angel
Best Director John Ford, the director of the movie "The Informer"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Henry Hathaway, the director of the movie "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"
Frank Lloyd, the director of the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
7 1934 It Happened One Night Clark Gable Claudette Colbert
Oscar Academy Awards
7. Academy Awards (1934 Oscars)
Date / Place February 27, 1935 / Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Irvin S. Cobb
Most Awarded Movie(s)
It Happened One Night (5)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
One Night of Love (6)
Best Picture
It Happened One Night 5 awards and 5 nominations Producer: Harry Cohn Production Company: Columbia Director: Frank Capra
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 82
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothschild, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa!, The White Parade
Best Actor Clark Gable for the role of "Peter Warne" in the film It Happened One Night
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Frank Morgan for the role of "Alessandro - Duke of Florence" in the film The Affairs of Cellini
William Powell for the role of "Nick Charles" in the film The Thin Man
Best Actress Claudette Colbert for the role of "Ellie Andrews" in the film It Happened One Night
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Grace Moore for the role of "Mary Barrett" in the film One Night of Love
Norma Shearer for the role of "Elizabeth Barrett" in the film The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Bette Davis for the role of "Mildred Rogers" in the film Of Human Bondage
Best Director Frank Capra, the director of the movie "It Happened One Night"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Victor Schertzinger, the director of the movie "One Night of Love"
W. S. Van Dyke, the director of the movie "The Thin Man"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
6 1932/33 Cavalcade Charles Laughton
Katharine Hepburn
Oscar Academy Awards
6. Academy Awards (1932/33 Oscars)
Date / Place March 16, 1934 / The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Will Rogers
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Cavalcade (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Cavalcade (4), A Farewell to Arms (4), Lady for a Day (4)
Best Picture
Cavalcade 3 awards and 4 nominations Producer: Winfield Sheehan Production Company: Fox Director: Frank Lloyd
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 83
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
42nd Street, A Farewell to Arms, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Lady for a Day, Little Women, The Private Life of Henry VIII, She Done Him Wrong, Smilin' Through, State Fair
Best Actor Charles Laughton for the role of "King Henry VIII of England" in the film The Private Life of Henry VIII
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Leslie Howard for the role of "Peter Standish" in the film Berkeley Square
Paul Muni for the role of "James Allen" in the film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Best Actress Katharine Hepburn for the role of "Eva Lovelace" in the film Morning Glory
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
May Robson for the role of "Apple Annie" in the film Lady for a Day
Diana Wynyard for the role of "Jane Marryot" in the film Cavalcade
Best Director Frank Lloyd, the director of the movie "Cavalcade"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Frank Capra, the director of the movie "Lady for a Day"
George Cukor, the director of the movie "Little Women"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
5 1931/32 Grand Hotel Wallace Beery, Fredric March
Helen Hayes
Oscar Academy Awards
5. Academy Awards (1931/32 Oscars)
Date / Place November 18, 1932 / The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Conrad Nagel
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Bad Girl (2), The Champ (2)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Arrowsmith (4), The Champ (4)
Best Picture
Grand Hotel 1 awards and 1 nominations Producer: Irving Thalberg Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Edmund Goulding
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, One Hour with You, Shanghai Express, The Smiling Lieutenant
Best Actor Wallace Beery, Fredric March for the role of "Andy "Champ" Purcell, Dr. Henry L. Jekyll/Edward Hyde" in the film The Champ, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 84
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Alfred Lunt for the role of "The Actor" in the film The Guardsman
Best Actress Helen Hayes for the role of "Madelon Claudet" in the film The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Marie Dressler for the role of "Emma Thatcher Smith" in the film Emma
Lynn Fontanne for the role of "The Actress" in the film The Guardsman
Best Director Frank Borzage, the director of the movie "Bad Girl"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
King Vidor, the director of the movie "The Champ"
Josef von Sternberg, the director of the movie "Shanghai Express"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
4 1930/31 Cimarron Lionel Barrymore
Marie Dressler
Oscar Academy Awards 4. Academy Awards (1930/31 Oscars)
Date / Place November 10, 1931 / Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Lawrence Grant
Most Awarded Movie(s) Cimarron (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s) Cimarron (7)
Best Picture
Cimarron 3 awards and 7 nominations Producer: William LeBaron Production Company: RKO Radio Director: Wesley Ruggles
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
East Lynne, The Front Page, Skippy, Trader Horn
Best Actor Lionel Barrymore for the role of "Stephen Ashe" in the film A Free Soul
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Jackie Cooper for the role of "Skippy Skinner" in the film Skippy
Richard Dix for the role of "Yancey Cravat" in the film Cimarron
Fredric March for the role of "Tony Cavendish" in the film The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou for the role of "Walter Burns" in the film The Front Page
Best Actress Marie Dressler for the role of "Min Divot" in the film Min and Bill
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Marlene Dietrich for the role of "Mademoiselle Amy Jolly" in the film Morocco
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 85
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Irene Dunne for the role of "Sabra Cravat" in the film Cimarron
Ann Harding for the role of "Linda Seton" in the film Holiday
Norma Shearer for the role of "Jan Ashe" in the film A Free Soul
Best Director Norman Taurog, the director of the movie "Skippy"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Clarence Brown, the director of the movie "A Free Soul"
Lewis Milestone, the director of the movie "The Front Page"
Wesley Ruggles, the director of the movie "Cimmaron"
Josef von Sternberg, the director of the movie "Morocco"
Best Origial ScreenPlay none Screen Writer(s): none
3 1929/30 All Quiet on the Western Front George Arliss Norma Shearer
Oscar Academy Awards 3. Academy Awards (1929/30 Oscars)
Date / Place November 5, 1930 / The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Conrad Nagel
Most Awarded Movie(s) All Quiet on the Western Front (2), The Big House (2)
Most Nominated Movie(s) The Love Parade (6)
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front 2 awards and 4 nominations Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr. Production Company: Universal Director: Lewis Milestone
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Big House, Disraeli, The Divorcee, The Love Parade
Best Actor George Arliss for the role of "Benjamin Disraeli" in the film Disraeli
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
George Arliss[B] for the role of "The Raja of Rukh" in the film The Green Goddess
Wallace Beery for the role of "'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt" in the film The Big House
Maurice Chevalier[B] for the role of "Pierre Mirande" in the film The Big Pond
Ronald Colman[B] for the role of "Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond" in the film Bulldog Drummond
Lawrence Tibbett for the role of "Yegor" in the film The Rogue Song
Best Actress Norma Shearer for the role of "Jerry Bernard Martin" in the film The Divorcee
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 86
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Nancy Carroll for the role of "Hallie Hobart" in the film The Devil's Holiday
Ruth Chatterton for the role of "Sarah Storm" in the film Sarah and Son
Greta Garbo [A] for the role of "Anna Christie" in the film Anna Christie
Norma Shearer[A] for the role of "Lucia 'Lally' Marlett" in the film Their Own Desire
Gloria Swanson for the role of "Marion Donnell" in the film The Trespasser
Best Director Lewis Milestone, the director of the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Clarence Brown, the director of the movie "Anna Christie"
Clarence Brown, the director of the movie "Romance"
Robert Z. Leonard, the director of the movie "The Divorcee"
Ernst Lubitsch, the director of the movie "The Love Parade"
King Vidor, the director of the movie "Hallelujah"
Best Origial ScreenPlay none Screen Writer(s): none
2 1928/29 The Broadway Melody Warner Baxter Mary Pickford
Oscar Academy Awards 2. Academy Awards (1928/29 Oscars)
Date / Place April 3, 1930 / The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) William C. DeMille
Most Awarded Movie(s) None
Most Nominated Movie(s) In Old Arizona (5), The Patriot (5)
Best Picture
The Broadway Melody 1 awards and 3 nominations Producer: Irving Thalberg Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Harry Beaumont
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
Alibi, Hollywood Revue, In Old Arizona, The Patriot
Best Actor Warner Baxter for the role of "The Cisco Kid" in the film In Old Arizona
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
George Bancroft for the role of "Thunderbolt Jim Lang" in the film Thunderbolt
Chester Morris for the role of "Chick Williams (No. 1065)" in the film Alibi
Paul Muni for the role of "James Dyke" in the film The Valiant
Lewis Stone for the role of "Count Pahlen" in the film The Patriot
Best Actress Mary Pickford for the role of "Norma Besant" in the film Coquette
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 87
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Ruth Chatterton for the role of "Jacqueline Floriot" in the film Madame X
Betty Compson for the role of "Carrie" in the film The Barker
Jeanne Eagels *[11] for the role of "Leslie Crosbie" in the film The Letter
Corinne Griffith for the role of "Emma Hamilton" in the film The Divine Lady
Bessie Love for the role of "Hank Mahoney" in the film The Broadway Melody
Best Director Frank Lloyd, the director of the movie "The Divine Lady"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Lionel Barrymore, the director of the movie "Madame X"
Harry Beaumont, the director of the movie "The Broadway Melody"
Irving Cummings, the director of the movie "In Old Arizona"
Frank Lloyd, the director of the movie "Drag"
Frank Lloyd, the director of the movie "Weary River"
Ernst Lubitsch, the director of the movie "The Patriot"
Best Origial ScreenPlay none Screen Writer(s): none
1 1927/28 Wings Emil Jannings Janet Gaynor
Oscar Academy Awards
1. Academy Awards (1927/28 Oscars)
Date / Place May 16, 1929 / Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host(s) Douglas Fairbanks
Most Awarded Movie(s)
Seventh Heaven (3), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (3)
Most Nominated Movie(s)
Seventh Heaven (5)
Best Picture
Wings 2 awards and 2 nominations Producer: Lucien Hubbard Production Company: Paramount Director: William A. Wellman
Best Picture (Other Nominees)
The Racket, Seventh Heaven
Best Actor Emil Jannings for the role of "Grand Duke Sergius Alexander, August Schilling" in the film The Last Command, The Way of All Flesh
Best Actor (Other Nominees)
Richard Barthelmess for the role of "Nickie Elkins" in the film The Noose and for the role of "Patent Leather Kid" in the film The Patent Leather Kid
theMaximal.com | bests of oscar academy awards 88
# Year Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress
Best Actress Janet Gaynor for the role of "Diane, Angela, The Wife" in the film 7th Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Best Actress (Other Nominees)
Louise Dresser for the role of "Mrs. Pleznik" in the film A Ship Comes In
Gloria Swanson for the role of "Sadie Thompson" in the film Sadie Thompson
Best Director Frank Borzage (Dramatic), Lewis Milestone (Comedy), the director of the movie "7th Heaven, Two Arabian Knights"
Best Director (Other Nominees)
Herbert Brenon, the director of the movie "Sorrell and Son"
King Vidor, the director of the movie "The Crowd"
Ted Wilde, the director of the movie "Speedy"
Best Origial ScreenPlay
none Screen Writer(s): none
Showing 88 of 88 entries
P.S. Oscars are given for the previous year so for example 2015 Oscar ceremony is organized
in 2016.
This article is originally published on theMaximal.com as bests of oscar academy awards.
Categories: Best, Entertainment, Featured, Maximal, Movie
Tags: Oscar
For more information and current Oscar related events please refer to The Oscar Academy
Awards.