Abaixo, os oitenta melhores filmes, os melhores atores e as melhores atrizes, desde 1928. Oitenta filmes — e mais de oitenta atores e atrizes, porque nestes dois casos houve empates.

Quanto aos melhores filmes, gostaria de destacar meus quatro “all time favorites” (tenho outros “all time favorites”, mas não ganharam o Oscar):

1939: Gone with the Wind (E o Vento Levou)
1940: Rebecca
1943: Casablanca (este foi o ano em que nasci)
1965: The Sound of Music (Noviça Rebelde)

Quanto aos atores e atrizes, houve mais atrizes que ganharam mais de um prêmio — com Katharine Hepburn ganhando o absurdo de quatro!

Houve ocasiões em que um ator ganhou o prêmio “back to back” — dois anos seguidos. Spencer Tracy e Tom Hanks, por exemplo, entre os melhores atores, e Katharine Hepburn, entre as melhores atrizes.

Houve prêmios recusados: George C. Scott e Marlon Brando (neste caso, o segundo dele).

Desde 1968 venho acompanhando os Oscars regularmente. Em Agosto do ano anterior fui estudar nos Estados Unidos e, no início do ano seguinte, assisti ao meu primeiro Oscar na televisão. Faz quarenta anos este ano. Como o Oscar comemora oitenta, eu tive o privilégio de assistir à metade deles.

Em 1968 o melhor filme foi In the Heat of the Night, com Sidney Poitier e Rod Steiger. O filme aparece abaixo com a data de 1967 porque foi lançado nesse ano. Mas o prêmio foi entregue no início de 1968. Rod Steiger foi premiado como o Melhor Ator por esse filme e Katharine Hepburn foi premiada como Melhor Atriz pelo filme “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”, também com Sidney Poitier. Lembro-me das imagens daquele dia como se fosse hoje.

Aqui estão os premiados nesses últimos oitenta anos:

O Melhor Filme nos oitenta anos do Oscar

1928 (1st)
* Wings — Paramount Famous Lasky

1929 (2nd)
* The Broadway Melody — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1930 (3rd)
* All Quiet on the Western Front — Universal 

1931 (4th)
* Cimarron — RKO Radio 

1932 (5th)
* Grand Hotel — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

1933 (6th)
* Cavalcade — Fox 

1934 (7th)
* It Happened One Night — Columbia 

1935 (8th)
* Mutiny on the Bounty — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

1936 (9th)
* The Great Ziegfeld — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

1937 (10th)
* The Life of Emile Zola — Warner Bros. 

1938 (11th)
* You Can’t Take It with You — Columbia 

1939 (12th)
* Gone with the Wind — Selznick International Pictures 

1940 (13th)
* Rebecca — Selznick International Pictures 

1941 (14th)
* How Green Was My Valley — 20th Century-Fox 

1942 (15th)
* Mrs. Miniver — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

1943 (16th)
* Casablanca — Warner Bros. 

1944 (17th)
* Going My Way — Paramount 

1945 (18th)
* The Lost Weekend — Paramount 

1946 (19th)
* The Best Years of Our Lives — Samuel Goldwyn Productions 

1947 (20th)
* Gentleman’s Agreement — 20th Century-Fox 

1948 (21st)
* Hamlet — J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films 

1949 (22nd)
* All the King’s Men — Robert Rossen Productions 

1950 (23rd)
* All about Eve — 20th Century-Fox 

1951 (24th)
* An American in Paris — Arthur Freed, Producer 

1952 (25th)
* The Greatest Show on Earth — Cecil B. DeMille, Producer 

1953 (26th)
* From Here to Eternity — Buddy Adler, Producer 

1954 (27th)
* On the Waterfront — Sam Spiegel, Producer 

1955 (28th)
* Marty — Harold Hecht, Producer 

1956 (29th)
* Around the World in 80 Days — Michael Todd, Producer 

1957 (30th)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai — Sam Spiegel, Producer 

1958 (31st)
* Gigi — Arthur Freed, Producer 

1959 (32nd)
* Ben-Hur — Sam Zimbalist, Producer 

1960 (33rd)
* The Apartment — Billy Wilder, Producer 

1961 (34th)
* West Side Story — Robert Wise, Producer 

1962 (35th)
* Lawrence of Arabia — Sam Spiegel, Producer 

1963 (36th)
* Tom Jones — Tony Richardson, Producer 

1964 (37th)
* My Fair Lady — Jack L. Warner, Producer 

1965 (38th)
* The Sound of Music — Robert Wise, Producer 

1966 (39th)
* A Man for All Seasons — Fred Zinnemann, Producer 

1967 (40th)
* In the Heat of the Night — Walter Mirisch, Producer 

1968 (41st)
* Oliver! — John Woolf, Producer 

1969 (42nd)
* Midnight Cowboy — Jerome Hellman, Producer 

1970 (43rd)
* Patton — Frank McCarthy, Producer 

1971 (44th)
* The French Connection — Philip D’Antoni, Producer 

1972 (45th)
* The Godfather — Albert S. Ruddy, Producer 

1973 (46th)
* The Sting — Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers 

1974 (47th)
* The Godfather Part II — Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers 

1975 (48th)
* One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest — Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers 

1976 (49th)
* Rocky — Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers 

1977 (50th)
* Annie Hall — Charles H. Joffe, Producer 

1978 (51st)
* The Deer Hunter — Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers 

1979 (52nd)
* Kramer vs. Kramer — Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer 

1980 (53rd)
* Ordinary People — Ronald L. Schwary, Producer 

1981 (54th)
* Chariots of Fire — David Puttnam, Producer 

1982 (55th)
* Gandhi — Richard Attenborough, Producer 

1983 (56th)
* Terms of Endearment — James L. Brooks, Producer 

1984 (57th)
* Amadeus — Saul Zaentz, Producer 

1985 (58th)
* Out of Africa — Sydney Pollack, Producer 

1986 (59th)
* Platoon — Arnold Kopelson, Producer 

1987 (60th)
* The Last Emperor — Jeremy Thomas, Producer 

1988 (61st)

* Rain Man — Mark Johnson, Producer 

1989 (62nd)
* Driving Miss Daisy — Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers 

1990 (63rd)
* Dances With Wolves — Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers 

1991 (64th)
* The Silence of the Lambs — Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers 

1992 (65th)
* Unforgiven — Clint Eastwood, Producer 

1993 (66th)
* Schindler’s List — Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig, Producers 

1994 (67th)
* Forrest Gump — Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Producers 

1995 (68th)
* Braveheart — Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers 

1996 (69th)
* The English Patient — Saul Zaentz, Producer 

1997 (70th)
* Titanic — James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers 

1998 (71st)
* Shakespeare in Love — David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers 

1999 (72nd)
* American Beauty — Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers 

2000 (73rd)
* Gladiator — Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers 

2001 (74th)
* A Beautiful Mind — Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers 

2002 (75th)
* Chicago — Martin Richards, Producer 

2003 (76th)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers 

2004 (77th)
* Million Dollar Baby — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers 

2005 (78th)
* Crash — Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers 

2006 (79th)
* The Departed — Graham King, Producer 

2007 (80th)
* No Country for Old Men — Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers 

O Melhor Ator nos oitenta anos do Oscar

1928 (1st)
* Emil Jannings — The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh  

1929 (2nd)
* Warner Baxter — In Old Arizona 

1930 (3rd)
* George Arliss — Disraeli

1931 (4th)
* Lionel Barrymore — A Free Soul

1932 (5th)
(Empate)
* Wallace Beery — The Champ
* Fredric March — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (O primeiro dele)

1933 (6th)
* Charles Laughton — The Private Life of Henry VIII  

1934 (7th)
* Clark Gable — It Happened One Night  

1935 (8th)
* Victor McLaglen — The Informer  

1936 (9th)
* Paul Muni — The Story of Louis Pasteur  

1937 (10th)
* Spencer Tracy — Captains Courageous (O primeiro dele)

1938 (11th)
* Spencer Tracy — Boys Town (O segundo dele)

1939 (12th)
* Robert Donat — Goodbye, Mr. Chips  

1940 (13th)
* James Stewart — The Philadelphia Story 

1941 (14th)
* Gary Cooper — Sergeant York (O primeiro dele)

1942 (15th)
* James Cagney — Yankee Doodle Dandy  

1943 (16th)
* Paul Lukas — Watch on the Rhine  

1944 (17th)
* Bing Crosby — Going My Way 

1945 (18th)
* Ray Milland — The Lost Weekend  

1946 (19th)
* Fredric March — The Best Years of Our Lives (O segundo dele)

1947 (20th)
* Ronald Colman — A Double Life  

1948 (21st)
* Laurence Olivier — Hamlet 

1949 (22nd)
* Broderick Crawford — All the King’s Men 

1950 (23rd)
* José Ferrer — Cyrano de Bergerac

1951 (24th)
* Humphrey Bogart — The African Queen  

1952 (25th)
* Gary Cooper — High Noon (O segundo dele)

1953 (26th)
* William Holden — Stalag 17  

1954 (27th)
* Marlon Brando — On the Waterfront (O primeiro dele)

1955 (28th)
* Ernest Borgnine — Marty  

1956 (29th)
* Yul Brynner — The King and I  

1957 (30th)
* Alec Guinness — The Bridge on the River Kwai  

1958 (31st)
* David Niven — Separate Tables  

1959 (32nd)
* Charlton Heston — Ben-Hur  

1960 (33rd)
* Burt Lancaster — Elmer Gantry  

1961 (34th)
* Maximilian Schell — Judgment at Nuremberg 

1962 (35th)
* Gregory Peck — To Kill a Mockingbird  

1963 (36th)
* Sidney Poitier — Lilies of the Field  

1964 (37th)
* Rex Harrison — My Fair Lady 

1965 (38th)
* Lee Marvin — Cat Ballou  

1966 (39th)
* Paul Scofield — A Man for All Seasons

1967 (40th)
* Rod Steiger — In the Heat of the Night  

1968 (41st)
* Cliff Robertson — Charly  

1969 (42nd)
* John Wayne — True Grit  

1970 (43rd)
* George C. Scott — Patton (recusou o prêmio)

1971 (44th)
* Gene Hackman — The French Connection  

1972 (45th)
* Marlon Brando — The Godfather (O segundo dele – desta vez, recusou o prêmio)

1973 (46th)
* Jack Lemmon — Save the Tiger

1974 (47th)
* Art Carney — Harry and Tonto  

1975 (48th)
* Jack Nicholson — One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (O primeiro dele)

1976 (49th)
* Peter Finch — Network  

1977 (50th)
* Richard Dreyfuss — The Goodbye Girl  

1978 (51st)
* Jon Voight — Coming Home  

1979 (52nd)
* Dustin Hoffman — Kramer vs. Kramer (O primeiro dele)

1980 (53rd)
* Robert De Niro — Raging Bull 

1981 (54th)
* Henry Fonda — On Golden Pond  

1982 (55th)
* Ben Kingsley — Gandhi  

1983 (56th)
* Robert Duvall — Tender Mercies  

1984 (57th)
* F. Murray Abraham — Amadeus  

1985 (58th)
* William Hurt — Kiss of the Spider Woman  

1986 (59th)
* Paul Newman — The Color of Money  

1987 (60th)
* Michael Douglas — Wall Street  

1988 (61st)
* Dustin Hoffman — Rain Man (O segundo dele)

1989 (62nd)
* Daniel Day-Lewis — My Left Foot (O primeiro dele)

1990 (63rd)
* Jeremy Irons — Reversal of Fortune  

1991 (64th)
* Anthony Hopkins — The Silence of the Lambs  

1992 (65th)
* Al Pacino — Scent of a Woman  

1993 (66th)
* Tom Hanks — Philadelphia (O primeiro dele)

1994 (67th)
* Tom Hanks — Forrest Gump (O segundo dele)

1995 (68th)
* Nicolas Cage — Leaving Las Vegas  

1996 (69th)
* Geoffrey Rush — Shine  

1997 (70th)
* Jack Nicholson — As Good As It Gets (O segundo dele)   

1998 (71st)
* Roberto Benigni — Life Is Beautiful  

1999 (72nd)
* Kevin Spacey — American Beauty  

2000 (73rd)
* Russell Crowe — Gladiator  

2001 (74th)
* Denzel Washington — Training Day  

2002 (75th)
* Adrien Brody — The Pianist  

2003 (76th)
* Sean Penn — Mystic River  

2004 (77th)
* Jamie Foxx — Ray  

2005 (78th)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman — Capote 

2006 (79th)
* Forest Whitaker — The Last King of Scotland  

2007 (80th)
* Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood {O segundo dele} 

A Melhor Atriz nos oitenta anos do Oscar

1928 (1st)
* Janet Gaynor — 7th Heaven; Street Angel; and Sunrise 

1929 (2nd)
* Mary Pickford — Coquette

1930 (3rd)
* Norma Shearer — The Divorcee 

1931 (4th)
* Marie Dressler — Min and Bill

1932 (5th)
* Helen Hayes — The Sin of Madelon Claudet  

1933 (6th)
* Katharine Hepburn — Morning Glory (o primeiro dela) 

1934 (7th)
* Claudette Colbert — It Happened One Night  

1935 (8th)
* Bette Davis — Dangerous (O primeiro dela)

1936 (9th)
* Luise Rainer — The Great Ziegfeld (O primeiro dela)

1937 (10th)
* Luise Rainer — The Good Earth (O segundo dela)

1938 (11th)
* Bette Davis — Jezebel (O segundo dela)

1939 (12th)
* Vivien Leigh — Gone with the Wind (O primeiro dela)

1940 (13th)
* Ginger Rogers — Kitty Foyle  

1941 (14th)
* Joan Fontaine — Suspicion (sua irmã, Olivia de Havilland, ganhou dois Oscars)

1942 (15th)
* Greer Garson — Mrs. Miniver  

1943 (16th)
* Jennifer Jones — The Song of Bernadette  

1944 (17th)
* Ingrid Bergman — Gaslight (O primeiro dela)  

1945 (18th)
* Joan Crawford — Mildred Pierce  

1946 (19th)
* Olivia de Havilland — To Each His Own (O primeiro dela — sua irmã, Joan Fontaine, já havia ganho um Oscar, perfazendo três entre elas)

1947 (20th)
* Loretta Young — The Farmer’s Daughter  

1948 (21st)
* Jane Wyman — Johnny Belinda  

1949 (22nd)
* Olivia de Havilland — The Heiress (O segundo dela) 

1950 (23rd)
* Judy Holliday — Born Yesterday  

1951 (24th)
* Vivien Leigh — A Streetcar Named Desire {O segundo dela} 

1952 (25th)
* Shirley Booth — Come Back, Little Sheba

1953 (26th)
* Audrey Hepburn — Roman Holiday

1954 (27th)
* Grace Kelly — The Country Girl

1955 (28th)
* Anna Magnani — The Rose Tattoo

1956 (29th)
* Ingrid Bergman — Anastasia {O segundo dela)

1957 (30th)
* Joanne Woodward — The Three Faces of Eve  

1958 (31st)
* Susan Hayward — I Want To Live! 

1959 (32nd)
* Simone Signoret — Room at the Top  

1960 (33rd)
* Elizabeth Taylor — Butterfield 8 (O primeiro dela)

1961 (34th)
* Sophia Loren — Two Women 

1962 (35th)
* Anne Bancroft — The Miracle Worker  

1963 (36th)
* Patricia Neal — Hud  

1964 (37th)
* Julie Andrews — Mary Poppins  

1965 (38th)
* Julie Christie — Darling  

1966 (39th)
* Elizabeth Taylor — Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? {O segundo dela} 

1967 (40th)
* Katharine Hepburn — Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner {O segundo dela} 

1968 (41st) (Empate)
* Katharine Hepburn — The Lion in Winter {O terceiro dela}
* Barbra Streisand — Funny Girl

1969 (42nd)
* Maggie Smith — The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970 (43rd)
* Glenda Jackson — Women in Love (O primeiro dela)

1971 (44th)
* Jane Fonda — Klute (O primeiro dela)

1972 (45th)
* Liza Minnelli — Cabaret

1973 (46th)
* Glenda Jackson — A Touch of Class (O segundo dela)

1974 (47th)
* Ellen Burstyn — Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

1975 (48th)
* Louise Fletcher — One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

1976 (49th)
* Faye Dunaway — Network

1977 (50th)
* Diane Keaton — Annie Hall  

1978 (51st)
* Jane Fonda — Coming Home {O segundo dela} 

1979 (52nd)
* Sally Field — Norma Rae (O primeiro dela)

1980 (53rd)
* Sissy Spacek — Coal Miner’s Daughter  

1981 (54th)
* Katharine Hepburn — On Golden Pond {O quarto dela} 

1982 (55th)
* Meryl Streep — Sophie’s Choice  

1983 (56th)
* Shirley MacLaine — Terms of Endearment  

1984 (57th)
* Sally Field — Places in the Heart {O segundo dela} 

1985 (58th)
* Geraldine Page — The Trip to Bountiful  

1986 (59th)
* Marlee Matlin — Children of a Lesser God

1987 (60th)
* Cher — Moonstruck  

1988 (61st)
* Jodie Foster — The Accused {O primeiro dela) 

1989 (62nd)
* Jessica Tandy — Driving Miss Daisy  

1990 (63rd)
* Kathy Bates — Misery

1991 (64th)
* Jodie Foster — The Silence of the Lambs {O segundo dela} 

1992 (65th)
* Emma Thompson — Howards End  

1993 (66th)
* Holly Hunter — The Piano  

1994 (67th)
* Jessica Lange — Blue Sky  

1995 (68th)
* Susan Sarandon — Dead Man Walking  

1996 (69th)
* Frances McDormand — Fargo  

1997 (70th)
* Helen Hunt — As Good As It Gets  

1998 (71st)
* Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love  

1999 (72nd)
* Hilary Swank — Boys Don’t Cry (O primeiro dela)

2000 (73rd)
* Julia Roberts — Erin Brockovich  

2001 (74th)
* Halle Berry — Monster’s Ball  

2002 (75th)
* Nicole Kidman — The Hours  

2003 (76th)
* Charlize Theron — Monster  

2004 (77th)
* Hilary Swank — Million Dollar Baby {O segundo dela} 

2005 (78th)
* Reese Witherspoon — Walk the Line  

2006 (79th)
* Helen Mirren — The Queen  

2007 (80th)
* Marion Cotillard — La Vie en Rose 

Dados retirados do banco de dados encontrado em http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1203990866445

Em Campinas, 26 de Fevereiro de 2008