This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies.

This list is current as of the 98th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 15, 2026.

Venues

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!Location

!Notes

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| 1927/28

| The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (Blossom Room)

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| 1928/29–1929/30

| The Ambassador Hotel

|1928/29 at the Cocoanut Grove, 1929/30 at the Fiesta Room

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| 1930/31

| Los Angeles Biltmore (Sala D'Oro)

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| 1931/32–1932/33

| The Ambassador Hotel (Fiesta Room)

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| 1934–1938

| The Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl)

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| 1939

| The Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove)

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| 1940–1941

| The Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl)

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| 1942

| The Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove)

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| 1943–1945

| Grauman's Chinese Theatre

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| 1946–1947

| Shrine Auditorium

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| 1948

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| 1949–1959

| RKO Pantages Theatre

| Hosted the Academy Awards for 11 consecutive years

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| 1952

| NBC International Theatre

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| 1953

| NBC Center Theatre

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| 1954–1956

| NBC Century Theatre

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| 1960–1967

| Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

| Hosted the Academy Awards for 7 consecutive years

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| 1968–1986

| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

| Hosted the Academy Awards for 19 consecutive years

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| 1987–1988

| Shrine Civic Auditorium

| rowspan="9" |Alternated between the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shrine Auditorium

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| 1989

| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 1990

| Shrine Auditorium

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| 1991–1993

| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 1994

| Shrine Auditorium

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| 1995

| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 1996–1997

| Shrine Auditorium

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| 1998

| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 1999–2000

| Shrine Auditorium

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| 2001–2028

| Dolby Theatre

| Formerly known as Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center (2001–2010); The Hollywood & Highland Center (2011)

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| 2020/21

| Los Angeles Union Station

| Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held primarily at Union Station and partially at the Dolby Theatre

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| 2029 onward

| Peacock Theater For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.

When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the eligibility period or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.

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! No.

! Date

! Best Picture

! Most-awarded film(s)

! U.S. viewers (millions)

! Rating

! Host(s)

! Venue

! Network

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| 1st || May 16, 1929 || Wings || 7th Heaven<br>Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans || — || — || Douglas Fairbanks || The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel ||

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| 2nd || April 3, 1930 || || The Bridge of San Luis Rey<br>The Broadway Melody<br>Coquette<br>The Divine Lady<br>In Old Arizona<br>The Patriot<br>White Shadows in the South Seas || — || — || William C. deMille || rowspan="2" |Ambassador Hotel || KNX-AM

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| 3rd || November 5, 1930 || All Quiet on the || All Quiet on the <br>The Big House || — || — || Conrad Nagel || KNX-AM

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| 4th || November 10, 1931 || Cimarron || Cimarron || — || — || Lawrence Grant || Biltmore Hotel || KHJ-AM

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| 5th || November 18, 1932 || Grand Hotel || Bad Girl<br>The Champ || — || — || Lionel Barrymore<br>Conrad Nagel || rowspan="2" |Ambassador Hotel || KECA-AM

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| 6th || March 16, 1934 || Cavalcade || Cavalcade || — || — || Will Rogers || rowspan="5"

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| 7th || February 27, 1935 || It Happened One Night || It Happened One Night || — || — || Irvin S. Cobb || rowspan="5" | Biltmore Hotel

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| 8th || March 5, 1936 || Mutiny on the Bounty || The Informer || — || — || Frank Capra

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| 9th || March 4, 1937 || The Great Ziegfeld || Anthony Adverse || — || — || George Jessel

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| 10th || March 10, 1938 || The Life of Emile Zola || The Life of Emile Zola || — || — || Bob Burns

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| 11th || February 23, 1939 || || The Adventures of Robin Hood || — || — || Frank Capra || KHJ-AM

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| 12th || February 29, 1940 || Gone with the Wind || Gone with the Wind || — || — ||rowspan=4| Bob Hope || Ambassador Hotel<br>(Cocoanut Grove) || KNX-AM

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| 13th || February 27, 1941 || Rebecca || The Thief of Bagdad || — || — || rowspan="2" |Biltmore Hotel<br>(Biltmore Bowl)|| KECA-AM

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| 14th || February 26, 1942 || How Green Was My Valley || How Green Was My Valley || — || — || KNX-AM

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| 15th || March 4, 1943 || Mrs. Miniver || Mrs. Miniver || — || — || Ambassador Hotel<br>(Cocoanut Grove)|| KNX-AM

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| 16th || March 2, 1944 || Casablanca || The Song of Bernadette || — || — || Jack Benny || rowspan="3" |Grauman's Chinese Theatre|| KNX-AM

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| 17th || March 15, 1945 || Going My Way || Going My Way || — || — || Bob Hope<br>John Cromwell || rowspan="8"|ABC Radio

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| 18th || March 7, 1946 || The Lost Weekend || The Lost Weekend || — || — || Bob Hope<br>James Stewart

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| 19th || March 13, 1947 || The Best Years of Our Lives || The Best Years of Our Lives || — || — || Jack Benny || rowspan="2" |Shrine Auditorium

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| 20th || March 20, 1948 || Gentleman's Agreement || Gentleman's Agreement<br>Miracle on 34th Street || — || — || Agnes Moorehead<br>Dick Powell

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| 21st || March 24, 1949 || Hamlet || Hamlet || — || — || Robert Montgomery ||

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| || March 23, 1950 || All the King's Men || The Heiress || — || — || Paul Douglas || rowspan="3" |Pantages Theatre

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| 23rd || March 29, 1951 || All About Eve || All About Eve || — || — || Fred Astaire

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| 24th || March 20, 1952 || An American in Paris || An American in Paris<br>A Place in the Sun || — || — || Danny Kaye

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| 25th || March 19, 1953 || The Greatest Show on Earth || The Bad and the Beautiful || 40 million || — || Bob Hope<br>Conrad Nagel || Pantages Theatre /<br>NBC International Theatre || rowspan="8"|NBC Radio<br>NBC

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| 26th || March 25, 1954 || From Here to Eternity || From Here to Eternity || 43 million || — || Donald O'Connor<br>Fredric March || rowspan="4" | Pantages Theatre /<br>NBC Century Theatre

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| 27th || March 30, 1955 || On the Waterfront || On the Waterfront || — || — || Bob Hope<br>Thelma Ritter

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| 28th || March 21, 1956 || Marty || Marty || — || — || Jerry Lewis<br>Claudette Colbert<br>Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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| 29th || March 27, 1957 || Around the World in || Around the World in <br>The King and I || — || — || Jerry Lewis<br>Celeste Holm

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| 30th || March 26, 1958 || The Bridge on the River Kwai || The Bridge on the River Kwai || — || — || Bob Hope<br>David Niven<br>James Stewart<br>Jack Lemmon<br>Rosalind Russell<br>Donald Duck || rowspan="3" | Pantages Theatre

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| 31st || April 6, 1959 || Gigi || Gigi || — || — || Bob Hope<br>David Niven<br>Tony Randall<br>Mort Sahl<br>Laurence Olivier<br>Jerry Lewis

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| 32nd || April 4, 1960 || Ben-Hur || Ben-Hur || — || — ||rowspan=3| Bob Hope

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| 33rd || April 17, 1961 || The Apartment || The Apartment || — || — || rowspan="8" |Santa Monica Civic Auditorium||rowspan="8"|ABC Radio<br>ABC

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| 34th || April 9, 1962 || West Side Story || West Side Story || — || —

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| 35th || April 8, 1963 || Lawrence of Arabia || Lawrence of Arabia || — || — || Frank Sinatra

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| 36th || April 13, 1964 || Tom Jones || Cleopatra<br>Tom Jones || — || — || Jack Lemmon

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| 37th || April 5, 1965 || My Fair Lady || My Fair Lady || — || — ||rowspan=4| Bob Hope

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| 38th || April 18, 1966 || The Sound of Music || Doctor Zhivago<br>The Sound of Music || — || —

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| 39th || April 10, 1967 || A Man for All Seasons || A Man for All Seasons || — || —

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| 40th || April 10, 1968 || In the Heat of the Night || In the Heat of the Night || — || —

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| 41st || April 14, 1969 || Oliver! || Oliver! || — || — ||rowspan=3 || rowspan="19" |Dorothy Chandler Pavilion||rowspan="2"|ABC

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| 42nd || April 7, 1970 || Midnight Cowboy || Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid || — || 43.40

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| 43rd || April 15, 1971 || Patton || Patton || — || — || rowspan="5"|NBC

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| 44th || April 10, 1972 || The French Connection || The French Connection || — || — || Helen Hayes<br>Alan King<br>Sammy Davis Jr.<br>Jack Lemmon

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| 45th || March 27, 1973 || The Godfather || Cabaret || — || — || Carol Burnett<br>Michael Caine<br>Charlton Heston<br>Rock Hudson

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| 46th || April 2, 1974 || The Sting || The Sting || — || — || John Huston<br>Burt Reynolds<br>David Niven<br>Diana Ross

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| 47th || April 8, 1975 || The Godfather Part II || The Godfather Part II || — || — || Sammy Davis Jr.<br>Bob Hope<br>Shirley MacLaine<br>Frank Sinatra

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| 48th || March 29, 1976 || One Flew Over the || One Flew Over the || — || — || Goldie Hawn<br>Gene Kelly<br>Walter Matthau<br>George Segal<br>Robert Shaw || rowspan="49"|ABC

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| 49th || March 28, 1977 || Rocky || All the President's Men<br>Network || — || — || Warren Beatty<br>Ellen Burstyn<br>Jane Fonda<br> Richard Pryor

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| 50th || April 3, 1978 || Annie Hall || Star Wars || || 36.30 || Bob Hope

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| 51st || April 9, 1979 || The Deer Hunter || The Deer Hunter || — || — ||rowspan=4| Johnny Carson

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| 52nd || April 14, 1980 || Kramer vs. Kramer || Kramer vs. Kramer || — || —

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| 53rd || March 31, 1981 || Ordinary People || Ordinary People || — || —

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| 54th || March 29, 1982 || Chariots of Fire || Raiders of the Lost Ark || — || —

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| 55th || April 11, 1983 || Gandhi || Gandhi || — || — || Liza Minnelli<br>Dudley Moore<br>Richard Pryor<br>Walter Matthau

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| 56th || April 9, 1984 || Terms of Endearment || Terms of Endearment || — || 38.00 || Johnny Carson

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| 57th || March 25, 1985 || Amadeus || Amadeus || — || — || Jack Lemmon

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| 58th || March 24, 1986 || Out of Africa || Out of Africa || 38.65 million || 25.71 || Alan Alda<br>Jane Fonda<br>Robin Williams

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| 59th || March 30, 1987 || Platoon || Platoon || 39.72 million || 25.94 || Chevy Chase<br>Goldie Hawn<br>Paul Hogan

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| 60th || April 11, 1988 || The Last Emperor || The Last Emperor || 42.04 million || 27.80 || Chevy Chase || rowspan="2" |Shrine Auditorium

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| 61st || March 29, 1989 || Rain Man || Rain Man<br>Who Framed Roger Rabbit || 42.77 million || 28.41 ||

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| 62nd || March 26, 1990 || Driving Miss Daisy || Driving Miss Daisy || 40.22 million || 26.42 ||rowspan=4| Billy Crystal || Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 63rd || March 25, 1991 || Dances with Wolves || Dances with Wolves || 42.79 million || 28.06 || Shrine Auditorium

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| 64th || March 30, 1992 || The Silence of the Lambs || The Silence of the Lambs || 44.41 million || 29.80 || rowspan="3" |Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 65th || March 29, 1993 || Unforgiven || Unforgiven || 45.74 million || 31.20

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| 66th || March 21, 1994 || Schindler's List || Schindler's List || 46.26 million || 31.86 || Whoopi Goldberg

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| 67th || March 27, 1995 || Forrest Gump || Forrest Gump || 48.28 million || 32.50 || David Letterman || Shrine Auditorium

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| 68th || March 25, 1996 || Braveheart || Braveheart || 44.87 million || 30.26 || Whoopi Goldberg || Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 69th || March 24, 1997 || The English Patient || The English Patient || 40.08 million || 27.35 ||rowspan=2| Billy Crystal || rowspan="2" |Shrine Auditorium

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| 70th || March 23, 1998 || Titanic || Titanic || 55.25 million || 34.86

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| 71st || March 21, 1999 || Shakespeare in Love || Shakespeare in Love || 45.62 million || 28.64 || Whoopi Goldberg || Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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| 72nd || March 26, 2000 || American Beauty || American Beauty || 46.33 million || 29.20 || Billy Crystal || rowspan="2" |Shrine Auditorium

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| 73rd || March 25, 2001 || Gladiator || Gladiator || 42.94 million || 26.22 || Steve Martin

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| 74th || March 24, 2002 || A Beautiful Mind || A Beautiful Mind<br>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring || 41.78 million || 25.43 || Whoopi Goldberg || rowspan="10"|Kodak Theatre

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| 75th || March 23, 2003 || Chicago || Chicago || 33.05 million || 20.40 || Steve Martin

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| 76th || February 29, 2004 || The Lord of the Rings:<br>The Return of the King || The Lord of the Rings:<br>The Return of the King || 43.53 million || 26.03 || Billy Crystal

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| 77th || February 27, 2005 || Million Dollar Baby || The Aviator || 42.14 million || 25.43 || Chris Rock

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| 78th || March 5, 2006 || Crash || Brokeback Mountain<br>Crash<br>King Kong<br>Memoirs of a Geisha || 38.94 million || 23.05 || Jon Stewart

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| 79th || February 25, 2007 || The Departed || The Departed || 40.18 million || 23.62 || Ellen DeGeneres

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| 80th || February 24, 2008 || No Country for Old Men || No Country for Old Men || 32.02 million || 18.68 || Jon Stewart

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| 81st || February 22, 2009 || Slumdog Millionaire || Slumdog Millionaire || 36.32 million || 20.59 || Hugh Jackman

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| 82nd || March 7, 2010 || The Hurt Locker || The Hurt Locker || 41.71 million || 23.33 || Steve Martin<br>Alec Baldwin

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| 83rd || February 27, 2011 || The King's Speech || Inception<br>The King's Speech || 37.92 million || 21.25 ||James Franco<br>Anne Hathaway

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| 84th || February 26, 2012 || The Artist || The Artist<br>Hugo || 39.34 million || 22.58 || Billy Crystal || Hollywood and Highland Center

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| 85th || February 24, 2013 || Argo || Life of Pi || 40.38 million || 23.08 || Seth MacFarlane || rowspan="8" |Dolby Theatre

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| 86th || March 2, 2014 || 12 Years a Slave || Gravity || 43.63 million || 24.60 || Ellen DeGeneres

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| 87th || February 22, 2015 || Birdman || Birdman<br>The Grand Budapest Hotel || 37.30 million || 20.65 || Neil Patrick Harris

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| 88th || February 28, 2016 || Spotlight || Mad Max: Fury Road || 34.43 million || 19.37 || Chris Rock

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| 89th || February 26, 2017 || Moonlight || La La Land || 33.00 million || 18.39 || rowspan="2" | Jimmy Kimmel

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| 90th || March 4, 2018 || The Shape of Water || The Shape of Water || 26.62 million || 14.87

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| 91st || February 24, 2019 || Green Book || Bohemian Rhapsody || 29.56 million|| 16.4 || rowspan="3"

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| 92nd || February 9, 2020 || Parasite || Parasite || 23.64 million || 13.59

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| 93rd || April 25, 2021 || Nomadland || Nomadland || 10.40 million|| 5.9 || Union Station

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| 94th || March 27, 2022 || CODA || Dune || 16.62 million || 9.0 || Regina Hall<br />Amy Schumer<br />Wanda Sykes || rowspan="7" |Dolby Theatre

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| 95th || March 12, 2023 || Everything Everywhere All at Once || Everything Everywhere All at Once || 18.70 million || 9.9 || rowspan="2"|Jimmy Kimmel

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| 96th || March 10, 2024 || Oppenheimer || Oppenheimer || 19.50 million || 9.9

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| 97th || March 2, 2025 || Anora || Anora || 19.69 million || 9.1 || rowspan="2"|Conan O'Brien || rowspan="4" |ABC<br>Hulu

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| 98th || March 15, 2026 || One Battle After Another || One Battle After Another || 17.86 million||

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|99th

|March 14, 2027

| colspan="5" rowspan="2" |TBA

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|100th

|March 5, 2028

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Multiple ceremonies hosted

The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.

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! style="width:240px;"| Host

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| Bob Hope || 19

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| Billy Crystal || 9

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| Johnny Carson || 5

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| Whoopi Goldberg || rowspan="3" |4

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| Jimmy Kimmel

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| Jack Lemmon

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| Jerry Lewis || rowspan="4" |3

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| Steve Martin

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| Conrad Nagel

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| David Niven

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| Jack Benny || rowspan="13" |2

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| Chevy Chase

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| Sammy Davis Jr.

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| Ellen DeGeneres

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| Jane Fonda

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| Goldie Hawn

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| Walter Matthau

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| Conan O'Brien

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| Richard Pryor

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| Chris Rock

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| Frank Sinatra

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| James Stewart

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| Jon Stewart

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Nominated hosts

The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on the same year in which the individual was also a nominee.

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! style="width:200px;"| Host

! style="width:200px;"| Ceremony

! style="width:200px;"| Date

! style="width:300px;"| Category

! style="width:200px;"| Film

! style="width:200px;"| Result

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| David Niven

| 31st Academy Awards

| April 6, 1959

| Best Actor

| Separate Tables

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| Michael Caine

| 45th Academy Awards

| March 27, 1973

| Best Actor

| Sleuth

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| Walter Matthau

| 48th Academy Awards

| March 29, 1976

| Best Actor

| The Sunshine Boys

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| Paul Hogan

| 59th Academy Awards

| March 30, 1987

| Best Original Screenplay

| Crocodile Dundee

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| James Franco

| 83rd Academy Awards

| February 27, 2011

| Best Actor

| 127 Hours

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| Seth MacFarlane

| 85th Academy Awards

| February 24, 2013

| Best Original Song

| Ted

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See also

  • Academy Awards
  • List of presenters of the Academy Award for Best Picture

Notes

References

  • 98TH Oscars Shortlists.
  • The Academy Awards, USA at the Internet Movie Database