Awards ceremonies

The following is a listing of all Academy Awards ceremonies.

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

1st Academy Awards

16 May 1929

Wings

0 hours, 15 minutes

270

Douglas Fairbanks,William C. deMille

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

2nd Academy Awards

3 April 1930

The Broadway Melody

1 hour, 50 minutes

William C. deMille Ambassador Hotel

3rd Academy Awards

All Quiet on 5 November the Western Front 1930

2 hours, 13 minutes

Conrad Nagel

4th Academy Awards

10 November 1931

Cimarron

2 hours, 3 minutes

Lawrence Grant

Biltmore Hotel

5th Academy Awards

18 November 1932

Grand Hotel

1 hour, 52 minutes

Lionel Barrymore, Conrad Nagel

Ambassador Hotel

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

6th Academy Awards

16 March 1934

Cavalcade

1 hour, 50 minutes

Will Rogers

7th Academy Awards

27 February It Happened One Night 1935

1 hour, 45 minutes

Irvin S. Cobb

8th Academy Awards

5 March 1936

Mutiny on the Bounty

2 hours, 12 minutes

Frank Capra

9th Academy Awards

4 March 1937

The Great Ziegfeld

2 hours, 56 minutes

George Jessel

Biltmore Hotel

10th Academy Awards

10 March 1938

The Life of Emile Zola

1 hour, 56 minutes

Bob Burns

11th Academy Awards

23 February You Can't Take It With You 1939

2 hours, 6 minutes

None

12th Academy

29 February

Gone with the

3 hours, 52

Bob Hope

Ambassador

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

1940

Wind

minutes

Hotel(Cocoanut Grove)

13th Academy Awards

27 February 1941

Rebecca

2 hours, 10 minutes

Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl)

14th Academy Awards

26 February 1942

How Green Was My Valley

1 hour, 48 minutes

15th Academy Awards

4 March 1943

Mrs. Miniver

2 hours, 14 minutes

Ambassador Hotel(Cocoanut Grove)

16th Academy Awards

2 March 1944

Casablanca

1 hour, 42 minutes

Jack Benny Grauman's Chinese Theater

17th Academy Awards

15 March 1945

Going My Way

2 hours, 10 minutes

Bob Hope, John Cromwell

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

18th Academy Awards

7 March 1946

The Lost Weekend

1 hour, 41 minutes

Bob Hope, James Stewart

19th Academy Awards

13 March 1947

The Best Years of Our Lives

2 hours, 52 minutes

Jack Benny Shrine Auditorium

20th Academy Awards

20 March 1948

Gentleman's Agreement

1 hour, 58 minutes

Agnes Moorehead, Dick Powell

21st Academy Awards

24 March 1949

Hamlet

1 hour, 35 minutes

Robert Montgomery

The Academy Theater

22nd Academy Awards

23 March 1950

All the King's Men

1 hour, 50 minutes

Paul Douglas

23rd Academy Awards

29 March 1951

All About Eve

2 hours, 18 minutes

Fred Astaire

Pantages Theatre

24th Academy

20 March

An American in

1 hour, 53

Danny Kaye

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

1952

Paris

minutes

25th Academy Awards

19 March 1953

The Greatest Show on Earth

1 hour, 32 minutes

40 million

Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel

Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre

26th Academy Awards

25 March 1954

From Here to Eternity

1 hour, 58 minutes

43 million

Donald O'Connor, Fredric March

27th Academy Awards

30 March 1955

On the Waterfront

1 hour, 48 minutes

Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre

28th Academy Awards

21 March 1956

Marty

1 hour, 30 minutes

Jerry Lewis,Claudette Colbert,Joseph L. Mankiewicz

29th Academy Awards

27 March 1957

Around the World in 80 Days

3 hours, 8 minutes

Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm

30th Academy

26 March

The Bridge on the

2 hours, 41

Bob Hope, David Niven,James Stewart,Jack Lemmon,Rosalind

Pantages Theatre

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

1958

River Kwai

minutes

Russell

31st Academy Awards

6 April 1959

Gigi

1 hour, 55 minutes

Bob Hope, David Niven,Tony Randall, Mort Sahl,Sir Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis

32nd Academy 4 April 1960 Awards

Ben-Hur

1 hour, 40 minutes

33rd Academy Awards

17 April 1961

The Apartment

2 hours, 5 minutes

Bob Hope

34th Academy Awards

9 April 1962

West Side Story

2 hours, 10 minutes

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

35th Academy Awards

8 April 1963

Lawrence of Arabia

2 hours, 30 minutes

Frank Sinatra

36th Academy

13 April

Tom Jones

2 hours, 8

Jack Lemmon

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

1964

minutes

37th Academy Awards

5 April 1965

My Fair Lady

2 hours, 50 minutes

38th Academy Awards

18 April 1966

The Sound of Music

2 hours, 54 minutes

Bob Hope

39th Academy Awards

10 April 1967

A Man for All Seasons

2 hours, 31 minutes

40th Academy Awards

10 April 1968

In the Heat of the Night

1 hour, 50 minutes

41st Academy Awards

14 April 1969

Oliver!

2 hours, 33 minutes

None Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

42nd Academy 7 April 1970 Awards

Midnight Cowboy

2 hours, 25 minutes

43.40

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

43rd Academy Awards

15 April 1971

Patton

2 hours, 52 minutes

44th Academy Awards

10 April 1972

The French Connection

1 hour, 44 minutes

Helen Hayes, Alan King,Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Lemmon

45th Academy Awards

27 March 1973

The Godfather

2 hours, 38 minutes

Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston,Rock Hudson

46th Academy Awards

2 April 1974

The Sting

3 hours, 23 minutes

John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven,Diana Ross

47th Academy Awards

8 April 1975

The Godfather Part II

3 hours, 20 minutes

Sammy Davis, Jr.,Bob Hope,Shirley MacLaine,Frank Sinatra

48th Academy Awards

29 March 1976

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

3 hours, 12 minutes

Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly,Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Shaw

49th Academy Awards

28 March 1977

Rocky

3 hours, 38 minutes

Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda,Richard Pryor

50th Academy Awards

3 April 1978

Annie Hall

3 hours, 30 minutes

39.73 million

31.10

Bob Hope

51st Academy Awards

9 April 1979

The Deer Hunter

3 hours, 25 minutes

52nd Academy Awards

14 April 1980

Kramer vs. Kramer

3 hours, 12 minutes

Johnny Carson

53rd Academy Awards

31 March 1981

Ordinary People

3 hours, 13 minutes

54th Academy

29 March

Chariots of Fire

3 hours, 24

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

1982

minutes

55th Academy Awards

11 April 1983

Gandhi

3 hours, 15 minutes

Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor,Walter Matthau

56th Academy Awards

9 April 1984

Terms of Endearment

3 hours, 42 minutes

38.00

Johnny Carson

57th Academy Awards

25 March 1985

Amadeus

3 hours, 10 minutes

Jack Lemmon

58th Academy Awards

24 March 1986

Out of Africa

3 hours, 2 minutes

38.65 million

25.71

Alan Alda, Jane Fonda,Robin Williams

59th Academy Awards

30 March 1987

Platoon

3 hours, 19 minutes

39.72 million

25.94

Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan

60th Academy

11 April

The Last Emperor

3 hours, 33

42.04

27.80

Chevy Chase

Shrine Auditorium

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers million

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

1988

minutes

61st Academy Awards

29 March 1989

Rain Man

3 hours, 19 minutes

42.77 million

28.41

None

62nd Academy Awards

26 March 1990

Driving Miss Daisy

3 hours, 37 minutes

40.22 million

26.42

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

63rd Academy Awards

25 March 1991

Dances with Wolves

3 hours, 35 minutes

42.79 million

28.06 Billy Crystal

Shrine Auditorium

64th Academy Awards

30 March 1992

The Silence of the Lambs

3 hours, 33 minutes

44.44 million

29.84

65th Academy Awards

29 March 1993

Unforgiven

3 hours, 30 minutes

45.84 million

32.85

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

66th Academy Awards

21 March 1994

Schindler's List

3 hours, 18 minutes

46.26 million

31.86

Whoopi Goldberg

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

67th Academy Awards

27 March 1995

Forrest Gump

3 hours, 35 minutes

48.87 million

33.47

David Letterman

Shrine Auditorium

68th Academy Awards

25 March 1996

Braveheart

3 hours, 38 minutes

44.81 million

30.48

Whoopi Goldberg

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

69th Academy Awards

24 March 1997

The English Patient

3 hours, 34 minutes

40.83 million

25.83 Billy Crystal Shrine Auditorium

70th Academy Awards

23 March 1998

Titanic

3 hours, 47 minutes

57.25 million

35.32

71st Academy Awards

21 March 1999

Shakespeare in Love

4 hours, 2 minutes

45.63 million

28.51

Whoopi Goldberg

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

72nd Academy Awards

26 March 2000

American Beauty

4 hours, 4 minutes

46.53 million

29.64

Billy Crystal Shrine Auditorium

73rd Academy

25 March

Gladiator

3 hours, 23

42.93

25.86

Steve Martin

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers million

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

2001

minutes

74th Academy Awards

24 March 2002

A Beautiful Mind

4 hours, 23 minutes

40.54 million

25.13

Whoopi Goldberg

75th Academy Awards

23 March 2003

Chicago

3 hours, 30 minutes

33.04 million

20.58

Steve Martin

76th Academy Awards

The Lord of the Rings: 29 February The Return of the 2004 King

3 hours, 44 minutes

43.56 million

26.68

Billy Crystal

Dolby Theatre

77th Academy Awards

27 February 2005

Million Dollar Baby

3 hours, 14 minutes

42.16 million

25.29

Chris Rock

78th Academy Awards

5 March 2006

Crash

3 hours, 33 minutes

38.64 million

22.91

Jon Stewart

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

79th Academy Awards

25 February 2007

The Departed

3 hours, 51 minutes

39.92 million

23.65

Ellen DeGeneres

80th Academy Awards

24 February 2008

No Country for Old Men

3 hours, 21 minutes

31.76 million

18.66

Jon Stewart

81st Academy Awards

22 February 2009

Slumdog Millionaire

3 hours, 30 minutes

36.94 million

21.68

Hugh Jackman

82nd Academy Awards

7 March 2010

The Hurt Locker

3 hours, 37 minutes

41.62 million

24.75

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin

83rd Academy Awards

27 February 2011

The King's Speech

3 hours, 15 minutes

37.90 million

22.97

James Franco, Anne Hathaway

84th Academy Awards

26 February 2012

The Artist

3 hours, 14 minutes

39.46 million

23.91

Billy Crystal

85th Academy

24 February

Argo

3 hours, 35

40.38

24.47

Seth MacFarlane

Ceremony

Date

Best Picture winner

Length of ceremony

Number of viewers million

Rating

Host(s)

Venue

Awards

2013

minutes

86th Academy Awards

2 March [45] 2014

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA

Ellen DeGeneres

87th Academy Awards

22 February [45] 2015

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA