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Academy Awards History

Oscar wins, nominations and recognition across the cinema archive. This page combines historical context with 186 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database cinema archive.

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Historical context

Academy Awards History: overview and significance

What happened?

The archive contains a large body of records connected with Academy Awards and Oscar recognition, linking actors, directors and films across several decades.

Why was it important?

The Academy Awards became one of the most visible institutions for recognising American and international film achievement and provide a recurring reference point across many careers in the database.

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Academy Awards History timeline

The records below are selected from the 2,036-record Cinema History archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.

1928
1928

Academy Award

Howard Hughes ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for, "Two Arabian Nights"

1928

Academy Award

Emil Jannings ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor

1929
1929

Academy Award

Warner Baxter ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor

1931
1931

Academy Award

Lionel Barrymore ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "A Free Soul" as Stephen Ashe

1932
1932

Academy Award

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

The Music Box which wins an Academy Award for Best Short Subject

1933
1933

Academy Award

Charles Laughton ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "The Private Life of Henry VIII" as King Henry VIII

1934
1934

Academy Award

Clark Gable ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "It Happened One Night" as Peter Warne

1935
1935

Academy Award

Victor McLaglen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "The Informer" as Gypo Nolan

1936
1936

Academy Award

Walter Brennan ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It

1936

Academy Award

Paul Muni ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "The Story of Louis Pasteur" as Louis Pasteur

1937
1937

Academy Award

Spencer Tracy ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "Captains Courageous" as Manuel

1938
1938

Academy Award

Walter Brennan ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of Best Supporting Actor for Kentucky

1938

Academy Award

Spencer Tracy ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "Boys Town" as Father Flanagan

1938

Marie Antoinette

Robert Adolph Wilton Morley ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Plays the part of Louis XVI, for which he received an Academy Award Nomination as Best Supporting Actor in "Marie Antoinette"

1939
1939

Academy Award

Robert Donat ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" as Mr. Chips

1940
1940 1st March

Academy Award

Vivien Leigh ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar for, "Gone With The Wind"

1940

Academy Award

Walter Brennan ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of Best Supporting Actor for The Westerner

1940

Academy Award

James Maitland Stewart ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "The Philadelphia Story" as Macaulay Connor

1941
1941

Academy Award

Frank James "Gary" Cooper ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Stars in, "Sergeant York" & wins an Academy Award for Best Actor

1941

Sergeant York

Frank James "Gary" Cooper ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Stars in, "Sergeant York" & wins an Academy Award for Best Actor

1942
1942

Academy Award

William Wyler ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Direction for Mrs. Miniver

1944
1944 December

National Velvet

Angela Brigid Lansbury ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

National Velvet, which costarred fellow young actor Mickey Rooney and English newcomer Angela Lansbury, became a great success upon its release. First film appearance in Gaslight as a conniving maid, for which she received an Academy Award nomination

1944

Academy Award

Ingrid Bergman ยท Sweden ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gaslight

1946
1946

Academy Award

Ray Milland ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an alcoholic in Billy Wilders film The Lost Weekend

1946

Academy Award

William Wyler ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Direction for The Best Years of Our Lives. The Best Years of Our Lives won seven Academy Awards, including those for best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, editing, screenplay, and original score

1948
1948

Academy Award

Claire Trevor ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo

1948

Key Largo

Claire Trevor ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo

1950
1950

All About Eve

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Writer-director of the Oscar-winning All About Eve

1951
1951

Honorary Academy Award

Akira Kurosawa ยท Japan ยท Cinema

Honorary Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film for Rashomon

1952
1952

Academy Award

Humphrey Bogart ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "The African Queen"

1953
1953

Academy Award

Frank James "Gary" Cooper ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Hign Noon"

1953

Mogambo

Ava Lavinia Gardner ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo

1954
1954

A Star is Born

James Mason ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars in A Star is Born with Judy Garland, bringing him the first of three Oscar nominations

1954

Academy Award

William Holden ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Stalag 17"

1955
1955

Academy Award

Ernest Borgnine ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in Marty

1955

Academy Award

Marlon Brando ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "On The Waterfront"

1955

BAFTA

William Rose ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

1955

Film

Hiroshi Inagaki ยท Japan ยท Cinema

Hiroshi Inagaki wins an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for Part I of his Samurai Trilogy

1955

Marty

Ernest Borgnine ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in Marty

1955

The Ladykillers

William Rose ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

1956
1956

Academy Award

Ingrid Bergman ยท Sweden ยท Cinema

With her starring role in 1956s Anastasia, Bergman made a triumphant return to the American screen and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for a second time

1957
1957

Academy Award

Yul Brynner ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "The King & I"

1957

Raintree County

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Raintree County

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Director David Lean ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Directs The Bridge on the River Kwai, the epic that brings him his first Academy Award for directing.

1958
1958

Academy Award

Alec Guinness ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "The Bridge On The River Kwai"

1958

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1959
1959

Academy Award

William Wyler ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Direction for Ben-Hur

1959

Suddenly, Last Summer

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Suddenly, Last Summer

1960
1960

Academy Award

Charlton Heston ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Ben Hur"

1960

Academy Award

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins an Academy Award for BUtterfield 8

1960

Academy Award Nomination - The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

Producer Peter Sellers ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Sellers receives an Academy Award nomination as producer of The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film.

1960

BUtterfield 8

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins an Academy Award for BUtterfield 8. Taylor became the highest paid actress up to that time when she signed a one million dollar contract to play the title role in Twentieth Century Foxs lavish production of Cleopatra which is released in 1963

1960

Oscar Wilde

Robert Adolph Wilton Morley ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars in "Oscar Wilde"

1960

Oscar Wilde

Gregory Ratoff ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Directs "Oscar Wilde"

1960

Oscar Wilde

Ralph David Richardson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Appears in "Oscar Wilde"

1961
1961

Academy Award

Burt Lancaster ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Elmer Gantry"

1961

Academy Award

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Laurel is given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy

1962
1962

Academy Award

Anne Baancroft ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Academy Award for Best Actress in The Miracle Worker

1963
1963

Academy Award

Patricia Neal ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Plays middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud for which she wins the Academy Award for Best Actress

1965
1965

Academy Award

Actress Julie Andrews ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Mary Poppins.

1965

Academy Award Nomination - Dr. Strangelove

Actor Peter Sellers ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

The Academy nominates Sellers for Best Actor at the 1965 Oscars for his three-role performance in Dr. Strangelove.

1966
1966

A Man for All Seasons

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Scofield receives an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons

1966

Academy Award

John Barry ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Best Original Song for "Born Free" from Born Free. Best Original Music Score for Born Free

1966

Academy Award

Lee Marvin ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of Best Actor for Cat Ballou

1966

Academy Award

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Scofield receives an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons

1966

Academy Award

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Second Academy Award, also for Best Actress in a Leading Role, was for her performance as Martha in Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966

Academy Award

Shelly Winters ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of Best Supporting Actress for A Patch Of Blue

1966

BAFTA

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Scofield receives an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons

1966

Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Second Academy Award, also for Best Actress in a Leading Role, was for her performance as Martha in Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1968
1968

Academy Award

John Barry ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Best Original Music Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical) for The Lion in Winter

1968

Academy Award

Mike Nichols ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Academy Award for Best Director The Graduate

1969
1969

Academy Award

Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith Smith ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969

Academy Award

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970
1970

Ryans Daughter

John Mills ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

For his role as the village idiot in Ryans Daughter, Mills wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

1972
1972

Sleuth

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar nomination for Best Direction in 1972 for Sleuth starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine

1974
1974

Academy Award

Ingrid Bergman ยท Sweden ยท Cinema

Bergman became one of the elite actresses to receive three Oscars when she won her third (and first for Best Supporting Actress) for her performance in Murder on the Orient Express

1974

The Godfather Part II

Alfredo James "Al" Pacino ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Plays Michael Corleone in the sequel The Godfather Part II, acclaimed as being comparable to the original, the film became the first sequel to win the Best Picture Oscar, and Pacino was nominated for his third Oscar

1975
1975

Academy Award

Director Francis Ford Coppola ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The Godfather Part II.

1975

Academy Award

Akira Kurosawa ยท Japan ยท Cinema

Awarded the Academy Award, Best Foreign Language Film for Dersu Uzala

1975

Tommy

Roger Daltrey ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

A movie version of Tommy is released, directed by Ken Russell, starring Roger Daltrey in the title role and earning Pete Townshend an academy award nomination for Best Original Score

1975

Tommy

Ken Russell ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

A movie version of Tommy is released, directed by Ken Russell, starring Roger Daltrey in the title role and earning Pete Townshend an academy award nomination for Best Original Score

1975

Tommy

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

A movie version of Tommy is released, directed by Ken Russell, starring Roger Daltrey in the title role and earning Pete Townshend an academy award nomination for Best Original Score

1977
1977

Academy Award

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins best screenplay for "Annie Hall". "Anniie Hall" wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, an unusual feat for a comedy, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton

1977

Academy Award

Faye Dunaway ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Network"

1977

Academy Award

Vanessa Redgrave ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Julia

1977

Anniie Hall

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

"Anniie Hall" wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, an unusual feat for a comedy, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton. "Annie Hall" marks a major turn to more sophisticated humor and thoughtful drama

1977

Anniie Hall

Diane Keaton ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

"Anniie Hall" wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, an unusual feat for a comedy, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton

1978
1978

Academy Award

Diane Keaton ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Annie Hall"

1978

Academy Award

Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith Smith ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for California Suite

1978

Academy Award

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in California Suite, acting opposite Michael Caine

1978

Academy Award

Christopher Walken ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Walken wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter

1978

Death on the Nile

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in California Suite, acting opposite Michael Caine. Appears in Death on the Nile

1978

Deer Hunter

Michael Cimino ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Directs The Deer Hunter, the picture becomes a massive critical and commercial success, and won a number of Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture

1978

The Deer Hunter

Christopher Walken ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Walken wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter

1979
1979

Academy Award

Jane Fonda ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Coming Home"

1979

Academy Award

Mary Louise Streep ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress in Kramer vs. Kramer

1980
1980 14th April

Academy Award

Director Volker Schlondorff ยท Germany ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

The Tin Drum wins the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

1980

Academy Award

Sally Field ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Norma Rae"

1980

Academy Award Nomination - Being There

Actor Peter Sellers ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

At the 1980 Oscars, Sellers is nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for Being There.

1982
1982

Academy Award

Mary Louise Streep ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress in Sophies Choice

1983
1983

Academy Award

Director Richard Attenborough ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Director for Gandhi, which also receives the Best Picture award.

1985
1985

Academy Award

John Barry ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Best Original Score for Out of Africa

1985

Academy Award

Sydney Pollack ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Out of Africa"

1986
1986

Academy Award

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins best screenplay for "Hannah and Her Sisters"

1986

Academy Award

Michael Caine ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

Academy Award

Paul Leonard Newman ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money

1986

Academy Award

Oliver Stone ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Platoon"

1987
1987

Academy Award

Anne Baancroft ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Academy Award for Best Actress in 84 Charing Cross Road

1987

Academy Award

Bernardo Bertolucci ยท Italy ยท Cinema

Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "The Last Emperor"

1987

Street Smart

Actor Morgan Freeman ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Plays the dangerous pimp Fast Black in Street Smart and receives his first Academy Award nomination.

1988
1988

Academy Award

Barry Levinson ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Rain Man"

1989
1989

Academy Award

Actress Jodie Foster ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

The Accused earns Foster her first Academy Award for Best Actress.

1989

Academy Award

Oliver Stone ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Born on the 4th of July"

1989

Rain Man

Thomas Cruise ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Stars in Rain Man, which also starred Dustin Hoffman and was directed by Barry Levinson, the film is praised by critics and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and won four, including Best Picture and Best Actor

1990
1990

Academy Award

John Barry ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Best Original Score for Dances with Wolves

1990

Academy Award

Actor Denzel Washington ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Receives the supporting-actor Oscar for Glory, marking his first Academy Award victory.

1990

Honorary Academy Award

Akira Kurosawa ยท Japan ยท Cinema

Awarded the Honorary Academy Award

1992
1992

Academy Award

Actress Jodie Foster ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins a second Academy Award for Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs.

1992

Academy Award

Emma Thompson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins Academy and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her strong performance in the British drama Howards End

1993
1993 29th March

Academy Award

Director Academy Award Winner Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Unforgiven.

1993

Academy Award

George Arliss ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor

1993

Schindler's List

Actor Ralph Fiennes ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Portrays concentration-camp commandant Amon Goeth in Schindler's List, earning an Academy Award nomination.

1993

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Plays Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and receives his first Academy Award nomination.

1994
1994

Academy Award

Tom Hanks ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Philadelphia"

1995
1995

Academy Award

Tom Hanks ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Forest Gump"

1995

Academy Award

Writer Quentin Tarantino ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Original Screenplay for Pulp Fiction with Roger Avary.

1995

Academy Award

Emma Thompson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility

1995

Sense and Sensibility

Actress Kate Winslet ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Plays Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility and receives her first Academy Award nomination.

1996
1996

Academy Award

Nicholas Cage ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "Leaving Las Vegas"

1997
1997

Academy Award

Actress Frances McDormand ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Fargo brings McDormand the Academy Award for Best Actress.

1999
1999

Academy Award

Michael Caine ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of an Oscar for The Cider House Rules, best supporting actor

1999

Academy Award

Actress Judi Dench ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love.

1999

Academy Award

Elia Kazan ยท Turkey ยท Cinema

Awarded an honorary Oscar

2000
2000

Academy Award

Forest Whitaker ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar for "The Last King of Scotland" as Idi Amin

2000

Gladiator

Director Ridley Scott ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Directs Gladiator, the Roman epic that wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.

2001
2001 25th March

Academy Award

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Wins the Oscar for Things Have Changed.

2002
2002

Academy Award

Actor Denzel Washington ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Training Day brings Washington the Academy Award for Best Actor.

2003
2003 24th March

Academy Award

Adrien Brody ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for best actor, for "The Pianist"

2003 24th March

Academy Award

Nicole Kidman ยท Australia ยท Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for best actress, for "The Hours"

2003

Academy Award

Sean Pennn ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar for "Mystic River" as Jimmy Markum

2004
2004 29th February

Mystic River

Director Academy Award Nominee Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director for Mystic River.

2004

Academy Award

Writer Sofia Coppola ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation.

2004

Academy Award

Jamie Foxx ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar for "Ray" as Ray Charles

2004

Closer

Actress Natalie Portman ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Receives her first Oscar nomination for playing Alice in Closer.

2005
2005 27th February

Academy Award

Director Academy Award Winner Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Million Dollar Baby.

2005

Academy Award

Actor Morgan Freeman ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Takes the supporting-actor Oscar for Million Dollar Baby.

2005

Academy Award

Philip Hoffman ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar for "Capote" as Truman Capote

2007
2007 25th February

Letters from Iwo Jima Academy Nominations

Director Academy Award Nominee Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Receives Academy Award nominations connected with Letters from Iwo Jima.

2007

Osacr

Daniel Day-Lewis ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins an Oscar for "There Will Be Blood" as Daniel Plainview

2008
2008

Academy Award

Actress Tilda Swinton ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton.

2008

The Reader

Actress Kate Winslet ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars as Hanna Schmitz in The Reader, a performance that brings her first Academy Award win.

2009
2009

A Single Man

Actor Colin Firth ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars as George Falconer in A Single Man and receives his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

2009

Academy Award

Actress Kate Winslet ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Receives the leading-actress Oscar for The Reader, marking her first Academy Award victory.

2010
2010

Academy Award

Director Kathryn Bigelow ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The Hurt Locker.

2011
2011

Academy Award

Actor Christian Bale ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter.

2011

Academy Award

Actor Colin Firth ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for The King's Speech.

2011

Academy Award

Actress Natalie Portman ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Receives the Best Actress Oscar for Black Swan.

2011

Academy Award

Mary Louise Streep ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress in The Iron Lady

2011

The Help

Actress Jessica Chastain ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Her performance as Celia Foote in The Help earns Chastain her first Academy Award nomination.

2011

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Actor Gary Oldman ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Plays intelligence officer George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and receives his first Academy Award nomination.

2013
2013

Academy Award

Writer Quentin Tarantino ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins a second Academy Award for Original Screenplay for Django Unchained.

2015
2015 22nd February

American Sniper Academy Nomination

Director Academy Award Nominee Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Receives a Best Picture nomination as producer of American Sniper.

2015

Academy Award

Actor Eddie Redmayne ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Theory of Everything.

2016
2016

Academy Award

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

The Revenant brings DiCaprio his first Academy Award for Best Actor.

2016

Lion

Actor Dev Patel ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars as Saroo Brierley in Lion and receives an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

2017
2017

Academy Award

Director Damien Chazelle ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Director for La La Land.

2017

Academy Award Adapted Screenplay

Writer Barry Jenkins ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Shares the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay for Moonlight with Tarell Alvin McCraney.

2017

Academy Award Best Picture

Producer Barry Jenkins ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Shares the Academy Award for Best Picture as a producer of Moonlight.

2017

Get Out

Actor Daniel Kaluuya ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars as Chris Washington in Get Out, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

2018
2018

Academy Award

Actress Frances McDormand ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

2018

Academy Award

Actor Gary Oldman ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

2018

Academy Award

Writer and Director Jordan Peele ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Original Screenplay for Get Out.

2019
2019

Academy Award

Actress Olivia Colman ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Favourite.

2019

Academy Award

Writer and Director Spike Lee ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins his first competitive Academy Award for the adapted screenplay of BlacKkKlansman.

2020
2020 9th February

1917 Awards

Director Sam Mendes ยท Great Britain ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Wins Academy Awards recognition for the film 1917 though not Best Picture

2020 9th February

Parasite

Director Bong Joon-ho ยท South Korea ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Parasite wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

2020

Promising Young Woman

Actress Carey Mulligan ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars as Cassie Thomas in Promising Young Woman and receives an Academy Award nomination.

2021
2021

Academy Award

Actor Daniel Kaluuya ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah.

2021

Academy Award

Actress and Producer Frances McDormand ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins Best Actress for Nomadland and shares its Best Picture award as a producer.

2021

The Lost Daughter

Actress Olivia Colman ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars as Leda Caruso in The Lost Daughter and receives another Academy Award nomination.

2022
2022

Academy Award

Writer and Director Kenneth Branagh ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast.

2022

Academy Award

Actress Jessica Chastain ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

2025
2025 2nd March

Academy Award Best Actor

Actor Film Actor Adrien Brody ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Wins Best Actor for The Brutalist.

2025 2nd March

Academy Award Best Actress

Actor Film Actor Mikey Madison ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Wins Best Actress for Anora.

2025 2nd March

Academy Award Best Picture

Director Film Director Sean Baker ยท United States of America ยท Los Angeles ยท Cinema

Anora wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

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