This page contains 6 tables of Oscar Categories in the following order:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST DIRECTOR
The left hand column is the Award Year and the number in parentheses is the film year.
The Supporting Actor & Actress Categories were started in 1937.
▇ ▇ BEST FILM ▇ ▇
2024 Oppenheimer (2023) 2023 Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 2022 CODA (2021) 2021 Nomadland (2020) 2020 Parasite (2019) 2019 Green Book (2018) 2018 Shape of Water, The (2017) 2017 Moonlight (2016) 2016 Spotlight (2015) 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 2014 12 Years a Slave (2013) 2013 Argo (2012) 2012 Artist, The (2011) 2011 King's Speech, The (2010) 2010 Hurt Locker,The (2009) 2009 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 2008 No Country For Old Men (2007) 2007 Departed, The (2006) 2006 Crash (2005) 2005 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 2004 Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003) 2003 Chicago (2002) 2002 A Beautiful Mind (2001) 2001 Gladiator (2000) 2000 American Beauty (1999) 1999 Shakespeare In Love (1998) 1998 Titanic (1997) 1997 English Patient, The (1996) 1996 Braveheart (1995) 1995 Forrest Gump (1994) 1994 Schindler's List (1993) 1993 Unforgiven (1992) 1992 Silence of the Lambs,The (1991) 1991 Dances with Wolves (1990) 1990 Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 1989 Rain Man (1988) 1988 Last Emperor, The (1987) 1987 Platoon (1986) 1986 Out of Africa (1985) 1985 Amadeus (1984) 1984 Terms of Endearment (1983) 1983 Gandhi (1982) 1982 Chariots of Fire (1981) 1981 Ordinary People (1980) 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 1979 Deer Hunter, The (1978) 1978 Annie Hall (1977) 1977 Rocky (1976) 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 1975 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 1974 Sting, The (1973) 1973 Godfather, The (1972) 1972 French Connection, The (1971) 1971 Patton (1970) 1970 Midnight Cowboy (1969) 1969 Oliver! (1968) 1968 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 1967 Man for All Seasons, A (1966) 1966 Sound of Music, The (1965) 1965 My Fair Lady (1964) 1964 Tom Jones (1963) 1963 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 1962 West Side Story (1961) 1961 Apartment, The (1960) 1960 Ben-Hur (1959) 1959 Gigi (1958) 1958 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 1957 Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 1956 Marty (1955) 1955 On the Waterfront (1954) 1954 From Here to Eternity (1953) 1953 Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) 1952 American in Paris, An (1951) 1951 All About Eve (1950) 1950 All the King's Men (1949) 1949 Hamlet (1948) 1948 Gentleman's Agreement (1947) 1947 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 1946 Lost Weekend, The (1945) 1945 Going My Way (1944) 1944 Casablanca (1943) 1943 Mrs. Miniver (1942) 1942 How Green Was My Valley (1941) 1941 Rebecca (1940) 1940 Gone with the Wind (1939) 1939 You Can't Take It With You (1938) 1938 Life of Emile Zola, The (1937) 1937 Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) 1936 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 1935 It Happened One Night (1934) 1934 Cavalcade (1933) 1933 Grand Hotel (1932) 1932 Cimarron (1931) 1931 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 1930 Broadway Melody, The (1929) 1929 Wings (1928) **** ************************************************
2024 Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer (2023) 2023 Brendan Fraser The Whale (2022) 2022 Will Smith King Richard (2021) 2021 Anthony Hopkins Father, The (2020) 2020 Joaquin Phoenix Joker (2019) 2019 Rami Malek Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) 2018 Gary Oldman Darkest Hour (2017) 2017 Casey Affleck Manchester By The Sea (2016) 2016 Leonardo DiCaprio Revenant, The (2015) 2015 Eddie Redmayne Theory of Everything (2014) 2014 Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 2013 Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln (2012) 2012 Jean Dujardin Artist, The (2011) 2011 Colin Firth King's Speech, The (2010) 2010 Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart (2009) 2009 Sean Penn Milk (2008) 2008 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood (2007) 2007 Forest Whitaker Last King of Scotland, The (2006) 2006 Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote (2005) 2005 Jamie Foxx Ray (2004) 2004 Sean Penn Mystic River (2003) 2003 Adrien Brody Pianist, The (2002) 2002 Denzel Washington Training Day (2001) 2001 Russell Crowe Gladiator (2000) 2000 Kevin Spacey American Beauty (1999) 1999 Roberto Benigni La Vita e Bella (1998) 1998 Jack Nicholson As Good As It Gets (1997) 1997 Geoffrey Rush Shine (1996) 1996 Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas (1995) 1995 Tom Hanks Forrest Gump (1994) 1994 Tom Hanks Philadelphia (1993) 1993 Al Pacino Scent of a Woman (1992) 1992 Anthony Hopkins Silence of the Lambs (1991) 1991 Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune (1990) 1990 Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot (1989) 1989 Dustin Hoffman Rain Man (1988) 1988 Michael Douglas Wall Street (1987) 1987 Paul Newman Color of Money, The (1986) 1986 William Hurt Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985) 1985 F. Murray Abraham Amadeus (1984) 1984 Robert Duvall Tender Mercies (1983) 1983 Ben Kingsley Gandhi (1982) 1982 Henry Fonda On Golden Pond (1981) 1981 Robert DeNiro Raging Bull (1980) 1980 Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 1979 Jon Voight Coming Home (1978) 1978 Richard Dreyfuss Goodbye Girl, The (1977) 1977 Peter Finch Network (Posthumously) 1976 Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 1975 Art Carney Harry and Tonto (1974) 1974 Jack Lemmon Save the Tiger (1973) 1973 Marlon Brando Godfather (Refused) (1972) 1972 Gene Hackman French Connection, The (1971) 1971 George C. Scott Patton (Refused) (1970) 1970 John Wayne True Grit (1969) 1969 Cliff Robertson Charly (1968) 1968 Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night (1967) 1967 Paul Scofield Man for All Seasons (1966) 1966 Lee Marvin Cat Ballou (1965) 1965 Rex Harrison My Fair Lady (1964) 1964 Sidney Poitier Lillies of the Field (1963) 1963 Gregory Peck To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 1962 Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 1961 Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry (1960) 1960 Charlton Heston Ben-Hur (1959) 1959 David Niven Separate Tables (1958) 1958 Alec Guinness Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 1957 Yul Brynner King and I, The (1956) 1956 Ernest Borgnine Marty (1955) 1955 Marlon Brando On the Waterfront (1954) 1954 William Holden Stalag 17 (1953) 1953 Gary Cooper High Noon (1952) 1952 Humphrey Bogart African Queen, The (1951) 1951 José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) 1950 Broderick Crawford All the King's Men (1949) 1949 Laurence Olivier Hamlet (1948) 1948 Ronald Colman Double Life, A (1947) 1947 Fredric March Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 1946 Ray Milland Lost Weekend, The (1945) 1945 Bing Crosby Going My Way (1944) 1944 Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine (1943) 1943 James Cagney Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 1942 Gary Cooper Sergeant York (1941) 1941 James Stewart Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 1940 Robert Donat Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) 1939 Spencer Tracy Boys Town (1938) 1938 Spencer Tracy Captains Courageous (1937) 1937 Paul Muni Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1936) 1936 Victor McLaglen Informer, The (1935) 1935 Clark Gable It Happened One Night (1934) 1934 Charles Laughton Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1933) 1933 Fredric March Jekyll & Hyde (1932) TIE 1933 Wallace Beery Champ, The (1932) TIE 1932 Lionel Barrymore Free Soul, A (1931) 1931 George Arliss Disraeli (1930) 1930 Warner Baxter In Old Arizona (1929) 1929 Emil Jannings Way of All Flesh, The (1928) ****** *********************** ***************************
| 2024 Emma Stone | Poor Things (2023) |
| 2023 Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
| 2022 Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) |
| 2021 Frances McDormand | Nomadland (2020) |
| 2020 Renée Zellweger | Judy (2019) |
| 2019 Olivia Colman | Favourite, The (2018) |
| 2018 Frances McDormand | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
| 2017 Emma Stone | La La Land (2016) |
| 2016 Brie Larson | Room (2015) |
| 2015 Julianne Moore | Still Alice (2014) |
| 2014 Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine (2013) |
| 2013 Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
| 2012 Meryl Streep | Iron Lady, The (2011) |
| 2011 Natalie Portman | Black Swan (2010) |
| 2010 Sandra Bullock | Blind Side, The (2009) |
| 2009 Kate Winslet | Reader, The (2008) |
| 2008 Marion Cotillard | La Vie En Rose (2007) |
| 2007 Helen Mirren | Queen, The (2006) |
| 2006 Reese Witherspoon | Walk The Line (2005) |
| 2005 Hilary Swank | Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
| 2004 Charlize Theron | Monster (2003) |
| 2003 Nicole Kidman | Hours, The (2002) |
| 2002 Halle Berry | Monster's Ball (2001) |
| 2001 Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich (2000) |
| 2000 Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
| 1999 Gwyneth Paltrow | Shakespeare In Love (1998) |
| 1998 Helen Hunt | As Good As It Gets (1997) |
| 1997 Frances McDormand | Fargo (1996) |
| 1996 Susan Sarandon | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1995 Jessica Lange | Blue Sky (1994) |
| 1994 Holly Hunter | Piano, The (1993) |
| 1993 Emma Thompson | Howards End (1992) |
| 1992 Jodie Foster | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) |
| 1991 Kathy Bates | Misery (1990) |
| 1990 Jessica Tandy | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) |
| 1989 Jodie Foster | Accused, The (1988) |
| 1988 Cher | Moonstruck (1987) |
| 1987 Marlee Matlin | Children of a Lesser God (1986) |
| 1986 Geraldine Page | Trip to Bountiful, The (1985) |
| 1985 Sally Field | Places in the Heart (1984) |
| 1984 Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment (1983) |
| 1983 Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice (1982) |
| 1982 Katharine Hepburn | On Golden Pond (1981) |
| 1981 Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) |
| 1980 Sally Field | Norma Rae (1979) |
| 1979 Jane Fonda | Coming Home (1978) |
| 1978 Diane Keaton | Annie Hall (1977) |
| 1977 Faye Dunaway | Network (1976) |
| 1976 Louise Fletcher | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |
| 1975 Ellen Burstyn | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) |
| 1974 Glenda Jackson | Touch of Class, A (1973) |
| 1973 Liza Minnelli | Cabaret (1972) |
| 1972 Jane Fonda | Klute (1971) |
| 1971 Glenda Jackson | Women in Love (1970) |
| 1970 Maggie Smith | Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1969) |
| 1969 Katharine Hepburn | Lion In Winter, The (1968) TIE |
| 1969 Barbra Streisand | Funny Girl (1968) TIE |
| 1968 Katharine Hepburn | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) |
| 1967 Elizabeth Taylor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1966 Julie Christie | Darling (1965) |
| 1965 Julie Andrews | Mary Poppins (1964) |
| 1964 Patricia Neal | Hud (1963) |
| 1963 Anne Bancroft | Miracle Worker, The (1962) |
| 1962 Sophia Loren | Ciociara, La (1961) |
| 1961 Elizabeth Taylor | Butterfield 8 (1960) |
| 1960 Simone Signoret | Room at the Top (1959) |
| 1959 Susan Hayward | I Want to Live! (1958) |
| 1958 Joanne Woodward | Three Faces of Eve, The (1957) |
| 1957 Ingrid Bergman | Anastasia (1956) |
| 1956 Anna Magnani | Rose Tattoo, The (1955) |
| 1955 Grace Kelly | Country Girl, The (1954) |
| 1954 Audrey Hepburn | Roman Holiday (1953) |
| 1953 Shirley Booth | Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) |
| 1952 Vivien Leigh | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) |
| 1951 Judy Holliday | Born Yesterday (1950) |
| 1950 Olivia De Havilland | Heiress, The (1949) |
| 1949 Jane Wyman | Johnny Belinda (1948) |
| 1948 Loretta Young | Farmer's Daughter, The (1947) |
| 1947 Olivia De Havilland | To Each His Own (1946) |
| 1946 Joan Crawford | Mildred Pierce (1945) |
| 1945 Ingrid Bergman | Gaslight (1944) |
| 1944 Jennifer Jones | Song of Bernadette, The (1943) |
| 1943 Greer Garson | Mrs. Miniver (1942) |
| 1942 Joan Fontaine | Suspicion (1941) |
| 1941 Ginger Rogers | Kitty Foyle (1940) |
| 1940 Vivien Leigh | Gone with the Wind (1939) |
| 1939 Bette Davis | Jezebel (1938) |
| 1938 Luise Rainer | Good Earth, The (1937) |
| 1937 Luise Rainer | Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) |
| 1936 Bette Davis | Dangerous (1935) |
| 1935 Claudette Colbert | It Happened One Night (1934) |
| 1934 Katharine Hepburn | Morning Glory (1933) |
| 1933 Helen Hayes | Sin of Madelon Claudet, The (1932) |
| 1932 Marie Dressler | Min and Bill (1931) |
| 1931 Norma Shearer | Divorcee, The (1930) |
| 1930 Mary Pickford | Coquette (1929) |
| 1929 Janet Gaynor | Seventh Heaven (1928) |
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| 2024 Robert Downey Jr. | Oppenheimer (2023) |
| 2023 Ke Huy Quan | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
| 2022 Troy Kotsur | CODA (2021) |
| 2021 Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah (2020) |
| 2020 Brad Pitt | Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood (2019) |
| 2019 Mahershala Ali | Green Book (2018) |
| 2018 Sam Rockwell | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
| 2017 Mahershala Ali | Moonlight (2016) |
| 2016 Mark Rylance | Bridge of Spies (2015) |
| 2015 J.K. Simmons | Whiplash (2014) |
| 2014 Jared Leto | Dallas Buyers Club (2013) |
| 2013 Christoph Waltz | Django Unchained (2012) |
| 2012 Christopher Plummer | Beginners (2011) |
| 2011 Christian Bale | Fighter, The (2010) |
| 2010 Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds! (2009) |
| 2009 Heath Ledger | Dark Knight, The (2008) (Posthumously) |
| 2008 Javier Bardem | No Country For Old Men (2007) |
| 2007 Alan Arkin | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) |
| 2006 George Clooney | Syriana (2005) |
| 2005 Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
| 2004 Tim Robbins | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 Chris Cooper | Adaptation (2002) |
| 2002 Jim Broadbent | Iris (2001) |
| 2001 Benicio Del Toro | Traffic (2000) |
| 2000 Michael Caine | Cider House Rules, The (1999) |
| 1999 James Coburn | Affliction (1998) |
| 1998 Robin Williams | Good Will Hunting (1997) |
| 1997 Cuba Gooding Jr. | Jerry Maguire (1996) |
| 1996 Kevin Spacey | Usual Suspects, The (1995) |
| 1995 Martin Landau | Ed Wood (1994) |
| 1994 Tommy Lee Jones | Fugitive, The (1993) |
| 1993 Gene Hackman | Unforgiven (1992) |
| 1992 Jack Palance | City Slickers (1991) |
| 1991 Joe Pesci | GoodFellas (1990) |
| 1990 Denzel Washington | Glory (1989) |
| 1989 Kevin Kline | Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) |
| 1988 Sean Connery | Untouchables, The (1987) |
| 1987 Michael Caine | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
| 1986 Don Ameche | Cocoon (1985) |
| 1985 Haing S Ngor | Killing Fields, The (1984) |
| 1984 Jack Nicholson | Terms of Endearment (1983) |
| 1983 Louis Gossett Jr. | Officer and a Gentleman, An (1982) |
| 1982 John Gielgud | Arthur (1981) |
| 1981 Timothy Hutton | Ordinary People (1980) |
| 1980 Melvyn Douglas | Being There (1979) |
| 1979 Christopher Walken | Deer Hunter, The (1978) |
| 1978 Jason Robards | Julia (1977) |
| 1977 Jason Robards | All the President's Men (1976) |
| 1976 George Burns | Sunshine Boys, The (1975) |
| 1975 Robert De Niro | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) |
| 1974 John Houseman | Paper Chase, The (1973) |
| 1973 Joel Grey | Cabaret (1972) |
| 1972 Ben Johnson | Last Picture Show, The (1971) |
| 1971 John Mills | Ryan's Daughter (1970) |
| 1970 Gig Young | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) |
| 1969 Jack Albertson | Subject Was Roses, The (1968) |
| 1968 George Kennedy | Cool Hand Luke (1967) |
| 1967 Walter Matthau | Fortune Cookie, The (1966) |
| 1966 Martin Balsam | Thousand Clowns, A (1965) |
| 1965 Peter Ustinov | Topkapi (1964) |
| 1964 Melvyn Douglas | Hud (1963) |
| 1963 Ed Begley | Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) |
| 1962 George Chakiris | West Side Story (1961) |
| 1961 Peter Ustinov | Spartacus (1960) |
| 1960 Hugh Griffith | Ben-Hur (1959) |
| 1959 Burl Ives | Big Country, The (1958) |
| 1958 Red Buttons | Sayonara (1957) |
| 1957 Anthony Quinn | Lust for Life (1956) |
| 1956 Jack Lemmon | Mister Roberts (1955) |
| 1955 Edmond O'Brien | Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) |
| 1954 Frank Sinatra | From Here to Eternity (1953) |
| 1953 Anthony Quinn | Viva Zapata! (1952) |
| 1952 Karl Malden | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) |
| 1951 George Sanders | All About Eve (1950) |
| 1950 Dean Jagger | Twelve O'Clock High (1949) |
| 1949 Walter Huston | Treasure of the Sierra Madre,The (1948) |
| 1948 Edmund Gwenn | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) |
| 1947 Harold Russell | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) |
| 1946 James Dunn | Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) |
| 1945 Barry Fitzgerald | Going My Way (1944) |
| 1944 Charles Coburn | More the Merrier, The (1943) |
| 1943 Van Heflin | Johnny Eager (1942) |
| 1942 Donald Crisp | How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
| 1941 Walter Brennan | Westerner, The (1940) |
| 1940 Thomas Mitchell | Stagecoach (1939) |
| 1939 Walter Brennan | Kentucky (1938) |
| 1938 Joseph Schildkraut | Life of Emile Zola, The (1937) |
| 1937 Walter Brennan | Come and Get It (1936) |
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| 2024 Da’Vine Joy Randolph | The Holdovers (2023) |
| 2023 Jamie Lee Curtis | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
| 2022 Ariana DeBose | West Side Story (2021) |
| 2021 Yuh-Jung Youn | Minari (2020) |
| 2020 Laura Dern | Marriage Story (2019) |
| 2019 Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
| 2018 Allison Janney | I, Tonya (2017) |
| 2017 Viola Davis | Fences (2016) |
| 2016 Alicia Vikander | Danish Girl, The (2015) |
| 2015 Patricia Arquette | Boyhood (2014) |
| 2014 Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave (2013) |
| 2013 Anne Hathaway | Les Misérables (2012) |
| 2012 Octavia Spencer | Help,The (2011) |
| 2011 Melissa Leo | Fighter, The (2010) |
| 2010 Mo'Nique | Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) |
| 2009 Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
| 2008 Tilda Swinton | Michael Clayton (2007) |
| 2007 Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls (2006) |
| 2006 Rachel Weisz | Constant Gardener, The (2005) |
| 2005 Cate Blanchett | Aviator, The (2004) |
| 2004 Renée Zellweger | Cold Mountain (2003) |
| 2003 Catherine Zeta Jones | Chicago (2002) |
| 2002 Jennifer Connelly | A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
| 2001 Marcia Gay Harden | Pollock (2000) |
| 2000 Angelina Jolie | Girl, Interrupted (1999) |
| 1999 Judi Dench | Shakespeare In Love (1998) |
| 1998 Kim Bassinger | L A Confidential (1997) |
| 1997 Juliette Binoche | English Patient, The (1996) |
| 1996 Mira Sorvino | Mighty Aphrodite (1995) |
| 1995 Dianne Wiest | Bullets Over Broadway (1994) |
| 1994 Anna Paquin | Piano, The (1993) |
| 1993 Marisa Tomei | My Cousin Vinny (1992) |
| 1992 Mercedes Ruehl | Fisher King, The (1991) |
| 1991 Whoopi Goldberg | Ghost (1990) |
| 1990 Brenda Fricker | My Left Foot (1989) |
| 1989 Geena Davis | Accidental Tourist, The (1988) |
| 1988 Olympia Dukakis | Moonstruck (1987) |
| 1987 Dianne Wiest | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
| 1986 Anjelica Huston | Prizzi's Honor (1985) |
| 1985 Peggy Ashcroft | Passage to India, A (1984) |
| 1984 Linda Hunt | Year of Living Dangerously, The (1983) |
| 1983 Jessica Lange | Tootsie (1982) |
| 1982 Maureen Stapleton | Reds (1981) |
| 1981 Mary Steenburgen | Melvin and Howard (1980) |
| 1980 Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
| 1979 Maggie Smith | California Suite (1978) |
| 1978 Vanessa Redgrave | Julia (1977) |
| 1977 Beatrice Straight | Network (1976) |
| 1976 Lee Grant | Shampoo (1975) |
| 1975 Ingrid Bergman | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) |
| 1974 Tatum O'Neal | Paper Moon (1973) |
| 1973 Eileen Heckart | Butterflies Are Free (1972) |
| 1972 Cloris Leachman | Last Picture Show, The (1971) |
| 1971 Helen Hayes | Airport (1970) |
| 1970 Goldie Hawn | Cactus Flower (1969) |
| 1969 Ruth Gordon | Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| 1968 Estelle Parsons | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) |
| 1967 Sandy Dennis | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1966 Shelley Winters | Patch of Blue, A (1965) |
| 1965 Lila Kedrova | Alexis Zorbas (1964) |
| 1964 Margaret Rutherford | V.I.P.s, The (1963) |
| 1963 Patty Duke | Miracle Worker, The (1962) |
| 1962 Rita Moreno | West Side Story (1961) |
| 1961 Shirley Jones | Elmer Gantry (1960) |
| 1960 Shelley Winters | Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) |
| 1959 Wendy Hiller | Separate Tables (1958) |
| 1958 Miyoshi Umeki | Sayonara (1957) |
| 1957 Dorothy Malone | Written on the Wind (1956) |
| 1956 Jo Van Fleet | East of Eden (1955) |
| 1955 Eva Marie Saint | On the Waterfront (1954) |
| 1954 Donna Reed | From Here to Eternity (1953) |
| 1953 Gloria Grahame | Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952) |
| 1952 Kim Hunter | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) |
| 1951 Josephine Hull | Harvey (1950) |
| 1950 Mercedes McCambridge | All the King's Men(1949) |
| 1949 Claire Trevor | Key Largo (1948) |
| 1948 Celeste Holm | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) |
| 1947 Anne Baxter | Razor's Edge, The (1946) |
| 1946 Anne Revere | National Velvet (1945) |
| 1945 Ethel Barrymore | None But the Lonely Heart (1944) |
| 1944 Katina Paxinou | For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) |
| 1943 Teresa Wright | Mrs. Miniver (1942) |
| 1942 Mary Astor | Great Lie, The (1941) |
| 1941 Jane Darwell | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) |
| 1940 Hattie McDaniel | Gone with the Wind (1939) |
| 1939 Fay Bainter | Jezebel (1938) |
| 1938 Alice Brady | In Old Chicago (1937) |
| 1937 Gale Sondergaard | Anthony Adverse (1936) |
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| 2024 Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer (2023) |
| 2023 Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
| 2022 Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog (2021) |
| 2021 Chloé Zhao | Nomadladland (2020) |
| 2020 Bong Joon-ho | Parasite (2019) |
| 2019 Alfonso Cuarón | Roma (2018) |
| 2018 Guillermo del Toro | Shape of Water, The (2017) |
| 2017 Damien Chazelle | La La Land (2016) |
| 2016 Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Revenant, The (2015) |
| 2015 Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) |
| 2014 Alfonso Cuaron | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 Ang Lee | Life of Pi (2012) |
| 2012 Michel Hazanavicius | Artist, The (2011) |
| 2011 Tom Hooper | King's Speech, The (2010) |
| 2010 Kathryn Bigelow | Hurt Locker, The (2009) |
| 2009 Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
| 2008 Joel Coen & Ethan Coen | No Country For Old Men (2007) |
| 2007 Martin Scorsese | Departed, The (2006) |
| 2006 Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
| 2005 Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
| 2004 Peter Jackson | Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003) |
| 2003 Roman Polanski | Pianist, The (2002) |
| 2002 Ron Howard | A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
| 2001 Steven Soderbergh | Traffic (2000) |
| 2000 Samuel Mendes | American Beauty (1999) |
| 1999 Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
| 1998 James Cameron | Titanic (1997) |
| 1997 Anthony Minghella | English Patient, The (1996) |
| 1996 Mel Gibson | Braveheart (1995) |
| 1995 Robert Zemeckis | Forrest Gump (1994) |
| 1994 Steven Spielberg | Schindler's List (1993) |
| 1993 Clint Eastwood | Unforgiven (1992) |
| 1992 Jonathan Demme | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) |
| 1991 Kevin Costner | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1990 Oliver Stone | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) |
| 1989 Barry Levinson | Rain Man (1988) |
| 1988 Bernardo Bertolucci | Last Emperor, The |
| 1987 Oliver Stone | Platoon (1986) |
| 1986 Sydney Pollack | Out of Africa (1985) |
| 1985 Milos Forman | Amadeus (1984) |
| 1984 James L. Brooks | Terms of Endearment (1983) |
| 1983 Richard Attenborough | Gandhi (1982) |
| 1982 Warren Beatty | Reds (1981) |
| 1981 Robert Redford | Ordinary People (1980) |
| 1980 Robert Benton | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
| 1979 Michael Cimino | Deer Hunter, The (1978) |
| 1978 Woody Allen | Annie Hall (1977) |
| 1977 John G. Avildsen | Rocky (1976) |
| 1976 Milos Forman | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975) |
| 1975 Francis Coppola | Godfather: Part II, The |
| 1974 George Roy Hill | Sting, The (1973) |
| 1973 Bob Fosse | Cabaret (1972) |
| 1972 William Friedkin | French Connection, The (1971) |
| 1971 Franklin J. Schaffner | Patton (1970) |
| 1970 John Schlesinger | Midnight Cowboy (1969) |
| 1969 Carol Reed | Oliver! (1968) |
| 1968 Mike Nichols | Graduate, The (1967) |
| 1967 Fred Zinnemann | Man for All Seasons, A (1966) |
| 1966 Robert Wise | Sound of Music, The (1965) |
| 1965 George Cukor | My Fair Lady (1964) |
| 1964 Tony Richardson | Tom Jones (1963) |
| 1963 David Lean | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
| 1962 Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins | West Side Story (1961) |
| 1961 Billy Wilder | Apartment, The (1960) |
| 1960 William Wyler | Ben-Hur (1959) |
| 1959 Vincente Minnelli | Gigi (1958) |
| 1958 David Lean | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) |
| 1957 George Stevens | Giant (1956) |
| 1956 Delbert Mann | Marty (1955) |
| 1955 Elia Kazan | On the Waterfront (1954) |
| 1954 Fred Zinnemann | From Here to Eternity (1953) |
| 1953 John Ford | Quiet Man, The (1952) |
| 1952 George Stevens | Place in the Sun, A (1951) |
| 1951 Joseph L. Mankiewicz | All About Eve (1950) |
| 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) |
| 1949 John Huston | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) |
| 1948 Elia Kazan | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) |
| 1947 William Wyler | Best Years of Our Lives, The |
| 1946 Billy Wilder | Lost Weekend, The (1945) |
| 1945 Leo McCarey | Going My Way (1944) |
| 1944 Michael Curtiz | Casablanca (1942) |
| 1943 William Wyler | Mrs. Miniver (1942) |
| 1942 John Ford | How Green Was My Valley (1941) |
| 1941 John Ford | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) |
| 1940 Victor Fleming | Gone with the Wind (1939) |
| 1939 Frank Capra | You Can't Take It With You (1938) |
| 1938 Leo McCarey | Awful Truth, The (1937) |
| 1937 Frank Capra | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) |
| 1936 John Ford | Informer, The (1935) |
| 1935 Frank Capra | It Happened One Night (1934) |
| 1934 Frank Lloyd | Cavalcade (1933) |
| 1933 Frank Borzage | Bad Girl (1932) |
| 1932 Norman Taurog | Skippy (1931) |
| 1931 Lewis Milestone | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |
| 1930 Frank Lloyd | Divine Lady, The (1929) |
| 1929 Frank Borzage (Comedy) | Seventh Heaven (1928) |
| 1929 Lewis Milestone (Drama) | Two Arabian Knights (1928) |
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In 2021 Anthony Hopkins, age 83, was the oldest winner of any acting Academy Award.
In 2003 Adrien Brody age 29 was the youngest winner of the Best Actor Oscar.
Best Supporting Actor
In 2012 Christopher Plummer 82 was the oldest winner
In 1981 Timothy Hutton age 20 was the youngest winner
Best Actress
In 1990 Jessica Tandy age 80 was the oldest winner
In 1987 Marlee Matlin age 21 was the youngest winner
Best Supporting Actress
In 1985 Peggy Ashcroft age 77 was the oldest winner
In 1974 Tatum O'Neal age 10 was the youngest winner