| Ceremony
|
Film year
|
Date of ceremony
|
Presenter(s)
|
Best Picture
|
| 1st
|
1928
|
May 16, 1929
|
Douglas Fairbanks
|
Wings
|
| 2nd
|
1929
|
April 3, 1930
|
William C. deMille
|
The Broadway Melody
|
| 3rd
|
1930
|
November 5, 1930
|
Louis B. Mayer
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
| 4th
|
1931
|
November 10, 1931
|
B. P. Schulberg
|
Cimarron
|
| 5th
|
1932
|
November 18, 1932
|
William LeBaron
|
Grand Hotel
|
| 6th
|
1933
|
March 16, 1934
|
Will Rogers
|
Cavalcade
|
| 7th
|
1934
|
February 27, 1935
|
Irvin S. Cobb
|
It Happened One Night
|
| 8th
|
1935
|
March 5, 1936
|
Frank Capra
|
Mutiny on the Bounty
|
| 9th
|
1936
|
March 4, 1937
|
George Jessel
|
The Great Ziegfeld
|
| 10th
|
1937
|
March 10, 1938
|
Frank Capra (2)
|
The Life of Emile Zola
|
| 11th
|
1938
|
February 23, 1939
|
James Roosevelt
|
You Can't Take It with You
|
| 12th
|
1939
|
February 29, 1940
|
Y. Frank Freeman
|
Gone with the Wind
|
| 13th
|
1940
|
February 27, 1941
|
Mervyn LeRoy
|
Rebecca
|
| 14th
|
1941
|
February 26, 1942
|
David O. Selznick
|
How Green Was My Valley
|
| 15th
|
1942
|
March 4, 1943
|
William Goetz
|
Mrs. Miniver
|
| 16th
|
1943
|
March 2, 1944
|
Sidney Franklin
|
Casablanca
|
| 17th
|
1944
|
March 15, 1945
|
Hal B. Wallis
|
Going My Way
|
| 18th
|
1945
|
March 7, 1946
|
Eric Johnston
|
The Lost Weekend
|
| 19th
|
1946
|
March 13, 1947
|
Eric Johnston (2)
|
The Best Years of Our Lives
|
| 20th
|
1947
|
March 20, 1948
|
Fredric March
|
Gentleman's Agreement
|
| 21st
|
1948
|
March 24, 1949
|
Ethel Barrymore
|
Hamlet
|
| 22nd
|
1949
|
March 23, 1950
|
James Cagney
|
All the King's Men
|
| 23rd
|
1950
|
March 29, 1951
|
Ralph Bunche
|
All About Eve
|
| 24th
|
1951
|
March 20, 1952
|
Danny Kaye
|
An American in Paris
|
| 25th
|
1952
|
March 19, 1953
|
Mary Pickford[1]
|
The Greatest Show on Earth
|
| 26th
|
1953
|
March 25, 1954
|
Cecil B. DeMille[2]
|
From Here to Eternity
|
| 27th
|
1954
|
March 30, 1955
|
Buddy Adler[3]
|
On the Waterfront
|
| 28th
|
1955
|
March 21, 1956
|
Audrey Hepburn[4]
|
Marty
|
| 29th
|
1956
|
March 27, 1957
|
Janet Gaynor[5]
|
Around the World in 80 Days
|
| 30th
|
1957
|
March 26, 1958
|
Gary Cooper[6]
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
| 31st
|
1958
|
April 6, 1959
|
Ingrid Bergman[7]
|
Gigi
|
| 32nd
|
1959
|
April 4, 1960
|
Gary Cooper (2)[8]
|
Ben-Hur
|
| 33rd
|
1960
|
April 17, 1961
|
Audrey Hepburn (2)[9]
|
The Apartment
|
| 34th
|
1961
|
April 9, 1962
|
Fred Astaire[10]
|
West Side Story
|
| 35th
|
1962
|
April 8, 1963
|
Olivia de Havilland[11]
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
| 36th
|
1963
|
April 13, 1964
|
Frank Sinatra[12]
|
Tom Jones
|
| 37th
|
1964
|
April 5, 1965
|
Gregory Peck[13]
|
My Fair Lady
|
| 38th
|
1965
|
April 18, 1966
|
Jack Lemmon[14]
|
The Sound of Music
|
| 39th
|
1966
|
April 10, 1967
|
Audrey Hepburn (3)[15]
|
A Man for All Seasons
|
| 40th
|
1967
|
April 10, 1968
|
Julie Andrews[16]
|
In the Heat of the Night
|
| 41st
|
1968
|
April 14, 1969
|
Sidney Poitier[17]
|
Oliver!
|
| 42nd
|
1969
|
April 7, 1970
|
Elizabeth Taylor[18]
|
Midnight Cowboy
|
| 43rd
|
1970
|
April 15, 1971
|
Steve McQueen[19]
|
Patton
|
| 44th
|
1971
|
April 10, 1972
|
Jack Nicholson[20]
|
The French Connection
|
| 45th
|
1972
|
March 27, 1973
|
Clint Eastwood[21]
|
The Godfather
|
| 46th
|
1973
|
April 2, 1974
|
Elizabeth Taylor (2)[22]
|
The Sting
|
| 47th
|
1974
|
April 8, 1975
|
Warren Beatty[23]
|
The Godfather Part II
|
| 48th
|
1975
|
March 29, 1976
|
Audrey Hepburn (4)[24]
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
| 49th
|
1976
|
March 28, 1977
|
Jack Nicholson (2)[25]
|
Rocky
|
| 50th
|
1977
|
April 3, 1978
|
Jack Nicholson (3)[26]
|
Annie Hall
|
| 51st
|
1978
|
April 9, 1979
|
John Wayne[27]
|
The Deer Hunter
|
| 52nd
|
1979
|
April 14, 1980
|
Charlton Heston[28]
|
Kramer vs. Kramer
|
| 53rd
|
1980
|
March 31, 1981
|
Lillian Gish[29]
|
Ordinary People
|
| 54th
|
1981
|
March 29, 1982
|
Loretta Young[30]
|
Chariots of Fire
|
| 55th
|
1982
|
April 11, 1983
|
Carol Burnett[31]
|
Gandhi
|
| 56th
|
1983
|
April 9, 1984
|
Frank Capra (3)[32]
|
Terms of Endearment
|
| 57th
|
1984
|
March 25, 1985
|
Laurence Olivier[33]
|
Amadeus
|
| 58th
|
1985
|
March 24, 1986
|
John Huston, Akira Kurosawa, and Billy Wilder[34]
|
Out of Africa
|
| 59th
|
1986
|
March 30, 1987
|
Dustin Hoffman[35]
|
Platoon
|
| 60th
|
1987
|
April 11, 1988
|
Eddie Murphy[36]
|
The Last Emperor
|
| 61st
|
1988
|
March 29, 1989
|
Cher[37]
|
Rain Man
|
| 62nd
|
1989
|
March 26, 1990
|
Warren Beatty (2) and Jack Nicholson (4)[38]
|
Driving Miss Daisy
|
| 63rd
|
1990
|
March 25, 1991
|
Barbra Streisand[39]
|
Dances with Wolves
|
| 64th
|
1991
|
March 30, 1992
|
Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor (3)[40]
|
The Silence of the Lambs
|
| 65th
|
1992
|
March 29, 1993
|
Jack Nicholson (5)[41]
|
Unforgiven
|
| 66th
|
1993
|
March 21, 1994
|
Harrison Ford[42]
|
Schindler's List
|
| 67th
|
1994
|
March 27, 1995
|
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino[43]
|
Forrest Gump
|
| 68th
|
1995
|
March 25, 1996
|
Sidney Poitier (2)[44]
|
Braveheart
|
| 69th
|
1996
|
March 24, 1997
|
Al Pacino (2)[45]
|
The English Patient
|
| 70th
|
1997
|
March 23, 1998
|
Sean Connery[46]
|
Titanic
|
| 71st
|
1998
|
March 21, 1999
|
Harrison Ford (2)[47]
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
| 72nd
|
1999
|
March 26, 2000
|
Clint Eastwood (2)[48]
|
American Beauty
|
| 73rd
|
2000
|
March 25, 2001
|
Michael Douglas[49]
|
Gladiator
|
| 74th
|
2001
|
March 24, 2002
|
Tom Hanks[50]
|
A Beautiful Mind
|
| 75th
|
2002
|
March 23, 2003
|
Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas (2)[51]
|
Chicago
|
| 76th
|
2003
|
February 29, 2004
|
Steven Spielberg[52]
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
| 77th
|
2004
|
February 27, 2005
|
Dustin Hoffman (2) and Barbra Streisand (2)[53]
|
Million Dollar Baby
|
| 78th
|
2005
|
March 5, 2006
|
Jack Nicholson (6)[54]
|
Crash
|
| 79th
|
2006
|
February 25, 2007
|
Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson (7)[55]
|
The Departed
|
| 80th
|
2007
|
February 24, 2008
|
Denzel Washington[56]
|
No Country for Old Men
|
| 81st
|
2008
|
February 22, 2009
|
Steven Spielberg (2)[57]
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
| 82nd
|
2009
|
March 7, 2010
|
Tom Hanks (2)[58]
|
The Hurt Locker
|
| 83rd
|
2010
|
February 27, 2011
|
Steven Spielberg (3)[59]
|
The King's Speech
|
| 84th
|
2011
|
February 26, 2012
|
Tom Cruise[60]
|
The Artist
|
| 85th
|
2012
|
February 24, 2013
|
Michelle Obama and Jack Nicholson (8)[61]
|
Argo
|
| 86th
|
2013
|
March 2, 2014
|
Will Smith[62]
|
12 Years a Slave
|
| 87th
|
2014
|
February 22, 2015
|
Sean Penn[63]
|
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
|
| 88th
|
2015
|
February 28, 2016
|
Morgan Freeman[64]
|
Spotlight
|
| 89th
|
2016
|
February 26, 2017
|
Warren Beatty (3) and Faye Dunaway[65]
|
Moonlight†
|
| 90th
|
2017
|
March 4, 2018
|
Warren Beatty (4) and Faye Dunaway (2)[66]
|
The Shape of Water
|
| 91st
|
2018
|
February 24, 2019
|
Julia Roberts[67]
|
Green Book
|
| 92nd
|
2019
|
February 9, 2020
|
Jane Fonda[68]
|
Parasite
|
| 93rd
|
2020
|
April 25, 2021
|
Rita Moreno[69]
|
Nomadland
|
| 94th
|
2021
|
March 27, 2022
|
Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli[70]
|
CODA
|
| 95th
|
2022
|
March 12, 2023
|
Harrison Ford (3)[71]
|
Everything Everywhere All at Once
|
| 96th
|
2023
|
March 10, 2024
|
Al Pacino (3)[72]
|
Oppenheimer
|
