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  1. Memorable Moments. Ben Burtt. Special Achievement Award for Star Wars, with presenters Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and Mark Hamill. Vanessa Redgrave. Supporting Actress winner for Julia. John Williams. Original Score winner Star Wars, with presenters Olivia Newton-John and Henry Mancini. View More Memorable Moments.

  2. Academy Awards. 51st →. The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories.

  3. Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards. Films with the most nominations: All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations. Film with the highest clean sweep: The Lord of the Rings: The ...

    • All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann. 2023: German composer Volker Bertelmann took home the accolade for his score to anti-war epic ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’.
    • Dune – Hans Zimmer. 2022: Zimmer’s 27-year wait for his second Oscar – his first being in 1994 for The Lion King – set a new composer record, one previously held by Breakfast at Tiffany’s composer Henry Mancini.
    • Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. 2021: Three musical greats picked up the Best Score award for Disney and Pixar’s animation about a jazz musician who winds up trapped in an alternate world, and must connect to his true purpose on Earth to find his way out.
    • Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir. 2020: Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman to win an Academy Award for a film score since 1997. In her speech, she urged women and girls to “please speak up; we need to hear your voices.”
  4. Legendary animator/cartoonist Walter Lantz, creator of Woody Woodpecker, received an Honorary Academy Award in 1979 (at the ceremony honoring films of 1978) for "bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures." The award was "presented" by Lantz's most famous creation, Woody Woodpecker, using combined live-action and animation.

  5. A list of 92 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Zone of Interest (2023), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Dune (2021), Sound of Metal (2019) and 1917 (2019). About this list: Every movie awarded the Best Sound Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards, including: • 1929/30–1957: Best Sound Recording • 1958–2002: Best Sound • 2003–2019: Best Sound Mixing • 2020–present: Best ...

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  7. 50th Academy Awards (1978) - Movies from 1977. Highlights. Best Picture: Annie Hall. Best Director: Woody Allen. Best Leading Actress: Diane Keaton. Best Leading Actor: Richard Dreyfuss. Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards. Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave. Best International Film: Madame Rosa.

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