| Annual Ceremony |
Date of Ceremony |
Year Honored |
Host |
Best Picture |
| 1st Academy Awards |
May 16, 1929 |
1927 / 1928 |
Douglas Fairbanks, William C. deMille |
Wings |
| 2nd Academy Awards |
April 3, 1930 |
1928 / 1929 |
William C. deMille |
The Broadway Melody |
| 3rd Academy Awards |
November 5, 1930 |
1929 / 1930 |
Conrad Nagel |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 4th Academy Awards |
November 10, 1931 |
1930 / 1931 |
Lawrence Grant |
Cimarron |
| 5th Academy Awards |
November 18, 1932 |
1931 / 1932 |
Lionel Barrymore, Conrad Nagel |
Grand Hotel |
| 6th Academy Awards |
March 16, 1934 |
1932 / 1933 |
Will Rogers |
Cavalcade |
| 7th Academy Awards |
February 27, 1935 |
1934 |
Irvin S. Cobb |
It Happened One Night |
| 8th Academy Awards |
March 5, 1936 |
1935 |
Frank Capra |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| 9th Academy Awards |
March 4, 1937 |
1936 |
George Jessel |
The Great Ziegfeld |
| 10th Academy Awards |
March 10, 1938 |
1937 |
Bob Burns |
The Life of Emile Zola |
| 11th Academy Awards |
February 23, 1939 |
1938 |
no host |
You Can't Take It With You |
| 12th Academy Awards |
February 29, 1940 |
1939 |
Bob Hope |
Gone with the Wind |
| 13th Academy Awards |
February 27, 1941 |
1940 |
Rebecca |
| 14th Academy Awards |
February 26, 1942 |
1941 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| 15th Academy Awards |
March 4, 1943 |
1942 |
Mrs. Miniver |
| 16th Academy Awards |
March 2, 1944 |
1943 |
Jack Benny |
Casablanca |
| 17th Academy Awards |
March 15, 1945 |
1944 |
Bob Hope, John Cromwell |
Going My Way |
| 18th Academy Awards |
March 7, 1946 |
1945 |
Bob Hope, James Stewart |
The Lost Weekend |
| 19th Academy Awards |
March 13, 1947 |
1946 |
Jack Benny |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 20th Academy Awards |
March 20, 1948 |
1947 |
Dick Powell, Agnes Moorehead |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| 21st Academy Awards |
March 24, 1949 |
1948 |
Robert Montgomery |
Hamlet |
| 22nd Academy Awards |
March 23, 1950 |
1949 |
Paul Douglas |
All the King's Men |
| 23rd Academy Awards |
March 29, 1951 |
1950 |
Fred Astaire |
All About Eve |
| 24th Academy Awards |
March 20, 1952 |
1951 |
Danny Kaye |
An American in Paris |
| 25th Academy Awards |
March 19, 1953 |
1952 |
Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel |
The Greatest Show on Earth |
| 26th Academy Awards |
March 25, 1954 |
1953 |
Donald O'Connor, Fredric March |
From Here to Eternity |
| 27th Academy Awards |
March 30, 1955 |
1954 |
Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter |
On the Waterfront |
| 28th Academy Awards |
March 21, 1956 |
1955 |
Jerry Lewis, Claudette Colbert, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Marty |
| 29th Academy Awards |
March 27, 1957 |
1956 |
Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm |
Around the World in 80 Days |
| 30th Academy Awards |
March 26, 1958 |
1957 |
Bob Hope, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell, Donald Duck |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 31st Academy Awards |
April 6, 1959 |
1958 |
Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis |
Gigi |
| 32nd Academy Awards |
April 4, 1960 |
1959 |
Bob Hope |
Ben-Hur |
| 33rd Academy Awards |
April 17, 1961 |
1960 |
The Apartment |
| 34th Academy Awards |
April 9, 1962 |
1961 |
West Side Story |
| 35th Academy Awards |
April 8, 1963 |
1962 |
Frank Sinatra |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| 36th Academy Awards |
April 13, 1964 |
1963 |
Jack Lemmon |
Tom Jones |
| 37th Academy Awards |
April 5, 1965 |
1964 |
Bob Hope |
My Fair Lady |
| 38th Academy Awards |
April 18, 1966 |
1965 |
The Sound of Music |
| 39th Academy Awards |
April 10, 1967 |
1966 |
A Man for All Seasons |
| 40th Academy Awards |
April 10, 1968 |
1967 |
In the Heat of the Night |
| 41st Academy Awards |
April 14, 1969 |
1968 |
no host |
Oliver! |
| 42nd Academy Awards |
April 7, 1970 |
1969 |
Midnight Cowboy |
| 43rd Academy Awards |
April 15, 1971 |
1970 |
Patton |
| 44th Academy Awards |
April 10, 1972 |
1971 |
Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Lemmon |
The French Connection |
| 45th Academy Awards |
March 27, 1973 |
1972 |
Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson |
The Godfather |
| 46th Academy Awards |
April 2, 1974 |
1973 |
John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Diana Ross |
The Sting |
| 47th Academy Awards |
April 8, 1975 |
1974 |
Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra |
The Godfather Part II |
| 48th Academy Awards |
March 29, 1976 |
1975 |
Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 49th Academy Awards |
March 28, 1977 |
1976 |
Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor |
Rocky |
| 50th Academy Awards |
April 3, 1978 |
1977 |
Bob Hope |
Annie Hall |
| 51st Academy Awards |
April 9, 1979 |
1978 |
Johnny Carson |
The Deer Hunter |
| 52nd Academy Awards |
April 14, 1980 |
1979 |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 53rd Academy Awards |
March 31, 1981 |
1980 |
Ordinary People |
| 54th Academy Awards |
March 29, 1982 |
1981 |
Chariots of Fire |
| 55th Academy Awards |
April 11, 1983 |
1982 |
Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau |
Gandhi |
| 56th Academy Awards |
April 9, 1984 |
1983 |
Johnny Carson |
Terms of Endearment |
| 57th Academy Awards |
March 25, 1985 |
1984 |
Jack Lemmon |
Amadeus |
| 58th Academy Awards |
March 24, 1986 |
1985 |
Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams |
Out of Africa |
| 59th Academy Awards |
March 30, 1987 |
1986 |
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan |
Platoon |
| 60th Academy Awards |
April 11, 1988 |
1987 |
Chevy Chase |
The Last Emperor |
| 61st Academy Awards |
March 29, 1989 |
1988 |
no host |
Rain Man |
| 62nd Academy Awards |
March 26, 1990 |
1989 |
Billy Crystal |
Driving Miss Daisy |
| 63rd Academy Awards |
March 25, 1991 |
1990 |
Dances with Wolves |
| 64th Academy Awards |
March 30, 1992 |
1991 |
The Silence of the Lambs |
| 65th Academy Awards |
March 29, 1993 |
1992 |
Unforgiven |
| 66th Academy Awards |
March 21, 1994 |
1993 |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Schindler's List |
| 67th Academy Awards |
March 27, 1995 |
1994 |
David Letterman |
Forrest Gump |
| 68th Academy Awards |
March 25, 1996 |
1995 |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Braveheart |
| 69th Academy Awards |
March 24, 1997 |
1996 |
Billy Crystal |
The English Patient |
| 70th Academy Awards |
March 23, 1998 |
1997 |
Titanic |
| 71st Academy Awards |
March 21, 1999 |
1998 |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Shakespeare in Love |
| 72nd Academy Awards |
March 26, 2000 |
1999 |
Billy Crystal |
American Beauty |
| 73rd Academy Awards |
March 25, 2001 |
2000 |
Steve Martin |
Gladiator |
| 74th Academy Awards |
March 24, 2002 |
2001 |
Whoopi Goldberg |
A Beautiful Mind |
| 75th Academy Awards |
March 23, 2003 |
2002 |
Steve Martin |
Chicago |
| 76th Academy Awards |
February 29, 2004 |
2003 |
Billy Crystal |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 77th Academy Awards |
February 27, 2005 |
2004 |
Chris Rock |
Million Dollar Baby |
| 78th Academy Awards |
March 5, 2006 |
2005 |
Jon Stewart |
Crash |
| 79th Academy Awards |
February 25, 2007 |
2006 |
Ellen DeGeneres |
The Departed |
| 80th Academy Awards |
February 24, 2008 |
2007 |
Jon Stewart |
No Country for Old Men |
| 81st Academy Awards |
February 22, 2009 |
2008 |
Hugh Jackman |
Slumdog Millionaire |
| 82nd Academy Awards |
March 7, 2010 |
2009 |
Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin |
The Hurt Locker |
| 83rd Academy Awards |
February 27, 2011 |
2010 |
James Franco, Anne Hathaway |
The King's Speech |
| 84th Academy Awards |
February 26, 2012 |
2011 |
Billy Crystal[2] |
TBD |
The following celebrities have hosted the Academy Awards ceremony three or more times.