List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Submissions
Table:
Year
(Ceremony)
Film title used in nomination
Original title
Director
Result

1957
(30th)

The Lagoon of Desire

Η λίμνη των πόθων

Giorgos Zervos

Not Nominated

1962
(35th)

Electra

Ilektra (Ηλέκτρα)

Michael Cacoyannis

Nominated[5]

1963
(36th)

The Red Lanterns

Τα κόκκινα φανάρια

Vasilis Georgiadis

Nominated[6]

1964
(37th)

Treason

Προδοσία

Kostas Manoussakis

Not Nominated

1965
(38th)

Blood on the Land

Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο

Vasilis Georgiadis

Nominated[7]

1966
(39th)

Queen of Clubs

Dama Spathi (Ντάμα σπαθί)

George Skalenakis

Not Nominated

1968
(41st)

Imperiale

Βυζαντινή Ραψωδία

George Skalenakis

Not Nominated

1969
(42nd)

Girls in the Sun

Κορίτσια στον Ήλιο

Vasilis Georgiadis

Not Nominated

1975
(48th)

The Travelling Players

O Thiasos (Ο Θίασος)

Theo Angelopoulos

Not Nominated

1977
(50th)

Iphigenia

Ifigeneia (Iφιγένεια)

Michael Cacoyannis

Nominated[8]

1981
(54th)

The Man with the Carnation

Ο άνθρωπος με το γαρίφαλο

Nikos Tzimas

Not Nominated

1982
(55th)

Angel

Angelos (Άγγελος)

Giorgos Katakouzinos

Not Nominated

1987
(60th)

Theofilos

Theofilos (Θεόφιλος)

Lakis Papastathis

Not Nominated

1988
(61st)

In the Shadow of Fear

Στη σκιά του τρόμου

Yiorgos Karypidis

Not Nominated

1989
(62nd)

Landscape in the Mist

Τοπίο στην ομίχλη

Theo Angelopoulos

Not Nominated

1990
(63rd)

Love Under the Date-Tree

Erotas sti hourmadia (Έρωτας στη χουρμαδιά)

Stavros Tsiolis

Not Nominated

1995
(68th)

Ulysses' Gaze

Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα

Theo Angelopoulos

Not Nominated

1997
(70th)

Slaughter of the Cock

Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα

Andreas Pantzis

Not Nominated

1998
(71st)

Eternity and a Day

Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα

Theo Angelopoulos

Not Nominated

1999
(72nd)

From the Edge of the City

Apo tin akri tis polis (Από την άκρη της πόλης)

Constantinos Giannaris

Not Nominated

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The year 1957 in film involved some significant events . The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year 's box office in North America , France , and Germany , and won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26 , 1958 , to honor the best films of 1957 . The Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for The Bridge on the River Kwai , despite the fact that he did not know English . The actual writers , Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and did not receive screen credit for their work . Foreman and Wilson have since been acknowledged by the Academy for their contributions . Peyton Place tied the record for the most nominations without a win ( 9 ) set by The Little Foxes ( 1941 ) . This record would stand until 1977 when The Turning Point received 11 nominations without a win , which is the record to date ( The Color Purple tied the record in 1985 ) . Peyton Place also set the record for most unsuccessful acting nominations with five ; this record has been tied once , by Tom Jones at the 36th Academy Awards . This was the first time all five Best Picture nominations were nominated for Best Director as well .
The Lake of Thinking ( Greek : Η λίμνη των πόθων , translit . I limni ton pothon , also known as The Lagoon of Desire ) is a 1958 Greek drama film directed by Giorgos Zervos . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 30th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events , with Lawrence of Arabia the year 's top-grossing film as well as winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture .
The 35th Academy Awards , honoring the best in film for 1962 , were held on April 8 , 1963 , at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica , California , hosted by Frank Sinatra .
Electra ( Greek : Ηλέκτρα Ilektra ) is a 1962 Greek film based on the play Electra , written by Euripides . It was directed by Michael Cacoyannis , as the first installment of his Greek tragedy trilogy , followed by The Trojan Women in 1971 and Iphigenia in 1977 . It starred Irene Papas in the lead role as Elektra , and Giannis Fertis as Orestis .
Michael Cacoyannis ( Greek : Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης , Michalis Kakogiannis ; 11 June 1922 - 25 July 2011 ) was a Greek Cypriot filmmaker , best known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek . He directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film . Much of his work was rooted in classical texts , especially those of the Greek tragedian Euripides . He was nominated for an Academy Award five times , a record for any Cypriot film artist . He received Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations for Zorba the Greek , and two nominations in the Foreign Language Film category for Electra and Iphigenia .
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events , including the big-budget epic Cleopatra , Alfred Hitchcock 's horror The Birds , and two films with all-star casts , How the West Was Won and It 's a Mad , Mad , Mad , Mad World .
The 36th Academy Awards , honoring the best in film for 1963 , were held on April 13 , 1964 , at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica , California . They were hosted by Jack Lemmon . Best Picture winner Tom Jones became the only film in history to garner three Best Supporting Actress nominations ; it also tied the Oscar record of five unsuccessful acting nominations , set by Peyton Place at the 30th Academy Awards . This year 's winner for Best Actress category was unique . Although playing a supporting role and having a relatively small amount on the screen , Patricia Neal won the Best Actress category for her role in Hud . The movie also won for Best Supporting Actor for Melvyn Douglas and Best Cinematography - Black and White . It was the second and , to date , last film to win two acting awards without being nominated for Best Picture ( the other being The Miracle Worker ) . At age 71 , Margaret Rutherford set a then-record as the oldest winner for Best Supporting Actress , a year after Patty Duke set a then-record as the youngest ever winner . Rutherford was also only the second Oscar winner over the age of 70 at the time of her win ( the other was Edmund Gwenn ) , as well as becoming the last woman born in the 19th century to win . This was the only time in Academy history that all Best Supporting Actress nominees were born outside the United States . Sidney Poitier became the first Black actor to win Best Actor , and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was the first Oscar-winning film to have aired on network television prior to the ceremony . Best Sound Effects was introduced this year , with It 's a Mad , Mad , Mad , Mad World winning the award .
The Red Lanterns ( Greek : Τα κόκκινα φανάρια , translit . Ta Kokkina fanaria ) is a 1963 Greek drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis and based on a play by Alekos Galanos . It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . It was also entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival .
Vasilis Georgiadis ( Greek : Βασίλης Γεωργιάδης ; 12 August 1921 - 30 April 2000 ) was a Greek film director and actor . His films The Red Lanterns ( 1963 ) and Blood on the Land ( 1966 ) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events , including two highly successful musical films , My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins .
The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964 . For the first time , an award was presented in the field of makeup . The Best Picture winner of 1964 , director George Cukor 's My Fair Lady , was about the transformative training of a rough-speaking flower girl into a lady . The musical had run for many years on the stage in both NYC and London . Audrey Hepburn , the female lead of the film , was controversially not nominated for Best Actress . The unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews - who had originated the role on Broadway and , coincidentally , the Best Actress winner of the year for Mary Poppins - as well as the revelation that the majority of her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon ( which was n't approved by Hepburn herself ) were seen as the main reasons for the snub . The ceremony was produced by MGM 's Joe Pasternak and hosted , for the 14th time , by Bob Hope . The awards show was a star-studded one , including an appearance by Judy Garland , who sang a medley of Cole Porter songs in tribute to the composer , who had died in October 1964 . This event marked the first time that more than two films had received ten or more nominations ( repeated at the 50th and 92nd Academy Awards ) , and the only time in Oscar history that three films got twelve or more nominations : Becket and My Fair Lady each received twelve , while Mary Poppins received thirteen . It was also the first year since the inception of the Supporting Actor and Actress categories wherein all four acting Oscars were won by non-American performers ; this would be repeated at the 80th Academy Awards .
Treason ( Greek : Προδοσία , translit . Prodosia ) is a 1964 Greek drama film directed by Kostas Manoussakis . It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival . The film was also selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Kostas Manoussakis ( Greek : Κώστας Μανουσάκης ; January 1929 - 26 August 2005 ) was a Greek film director and screenwriter . His 1964 film Treason was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival and his 1966 film The Fear was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival .
The year 1965 in film involved some significant events , with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office .
The 38th Academy Awards , honoring the best in film for 1965 , were held on April 18 , 1966 , at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica , California . They were hosted by Bob Hope . The ceremony was broadcast on the ABC network and was the first to be broadcast live in color . The two most nominated films were The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago , each with ten nominations and five wins . The winner of Best Picture was 20th Century Fox 's and Robert Wise 's The Sound of Music , adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Broadway musical . Both movies are in the top 10 inflation-adjusted commercially successful films ever made , and both would appear 33 years later on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the twentieth century . The Sound of Music was the first Best Picture winner without a screenwriting nomination since Hamlet ; it would be the last until Titanic at the 70th Academy Awards . Othello became the third film ( of four to date ) to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture . Lynda Bird Johnson , daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson , attended the Academy Awards presentation and was escorted by actor George Hamilton .
Blood on the Land ( Greek : Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο , translit . To Homa vaftike kokkino ) is a 1966 Greek western drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis . Its subject is conflict between landowners and agricultural workers in the early 20th century . It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events . A Man for All Seasons won six Academy Awards , including Best Picture .
The 39th Academy Awards , honoring the best in film for 1966 , were held on April 10 , 1967 , at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica , California . They were hosted by Bob Hope . Only two of the Best Picture nominees were nominated for Best Director : A Man for All Seasons and Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Both were adaptations of stage dramas .
Queen of Clubs ( Greek : Ντάμα σπαθί , translit . Dama spathi ) is a 1966 Greek drama film directed by George Skalenakis . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
George Skalenakis ( Greek : Γιώργος Σκαλενάκης ; 17 May 1926 - 14 September 2014 ) was a Greek film director and actor .
The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows :
The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14 , 1969 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , Los Angeles . It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion . For the first time since the 11th Academy Awards , there was no host . Oliver ! is the only winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture to receive a G-rating prior to winning the award ( several earlier Best Picture winners have received the same rating retroactively ) . By contrast , the following year would see the only X-rated film to win Best Picture , Midnight Cowboy . Oliver ! would also be the last British film to win Best Picture until Chariots of Fire in 1982 and the last movie musical to win until Chicago in 2003 ( though others have been nominated between 1969 and 2003 : Hello , Dolly ! , Fiddler on the Roof , Cabaret , All That Jazz , Beauty and the Beast , and Moulin Rouge ! ) . The year was notable for the first - and so far , only - tie for Best Actress ( or any female acting category ) . Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl shared the award . Hepburn also became the second actress and third performer overall to win an acting Oscar two years in a row , after Luise Rainer in 1936 ( The Great Ziegfeld ) and 1937 ( The Good Earth ) , and Spencer Tracy in 1937 ( Captains Courageous ) and 1938 ( Boys Town ) . The previous year , Hepburn had won Best Actress for Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner .
Imperiale ( Greek : Βυζαντινή Ραψωδία , translit . Vyzantini rapsodia ) is a 1968 Greek drama film directed by George Skalenakis . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events , with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy , a film rated X , winning the Academy Award for Best Picture .
The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7 , 1970 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles , California . For the second year in a row , there was no official host . Awards were presented by seventeen Friends of Oscar : Bob Hope , John Wayne , Barbra Streisand , Fred Astaire , Jon Voight , Myrna Loy , Clint Eastwood , Raquel Welch , Candice Bergen , James Earl Jones , Katharine Ross , Cliff Robertson , Ali MacGraw , Barbara McNair , Elliott Gould , Claudia Cardinale , and Elizabeth Taylor . This was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast via satellite to an international audience , but only outside North America . Mexico and Brazil were the sole countries to broadcast the event live . This is currently the highest rated of the televised Academy Awards ceremonies , according to Nielsen ratings . Midnight Cowboy became the first - and so far , the only - X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture . Its rating has since been downgraded to R. The previous year had seen the only G-rated film to win Best Picture , Carol Reed 's Oliver ! . They Shoot Horses , Do n't They ? set an Oscar record by receiving nine nominations without one for Best Picture . This was the last time until the 68th Academy Awards wherein none of the four acting winners had appeared in Best Picture nominees , as well as the first time where every acting nomination , as well as every major nominated film , was in color .
Girls in the Sun ( Greek : Κορίτσια στον Ήλιο , translit . Koritsia ston Ilio ) is a 1968 Greek drama film directed by Vasilis Georgiadis . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee . The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film .
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events , with Steven Spielberg 's thriller Jaws topping the box office .
The 48th Academy Awards were presented Monday , March 29 , 1976 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles , California . The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau , Robert Shaw , George Segal , Goldie Hawn and Gene Kelly . This year , ABC took over broadcast rights from NBC and continues to broadcast them today . The recent previous editions had been held on Tuesday night . ( NBC 's coverage of the NCAA championship basketball game aired opposite the ceremony ; during the presentation of the Best Film Editing award , the winner was jokingly announced ( by presenter Elliott Gould ) as Indiana , 86-68 ; the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers had won the NCAA title that night in Philadelphia . The following year , the two events were again on the same night . ) Miloš Forman 's One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest made a clean sweep of the major categories : Best Picture , Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Director and Best Screenplay ( Adapted ) . It was the second of three films to date to accomplish the sweep , following It Happened One Night in 1934 and preceding The Silence of the Lambs in 1991 . French actress Isabelle Adjani received her first nomination for Best Actress this year , making Adjani , 20 at the time , the youngest actress to be nominated in the leading actress category , breaking the record set by 22-year-old Elizabeth Hartman in 1965 . This record would later be surpassed by 13-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes in 2004 , and again in 2013 by nine-year old Quvenzhané Wallis . Adjani also presented the Best Film Editing award that night along with Gould who delivered the Indiana joke during the presentation . At age 80 , George Burns became the oldest acting and Best Supporting Actor awardee ( as well as the final person to receive an acting award born in the nineteenth century ) , a record that stood until Jessica Tandy won Best Actress in 1989 .
The Travelling Players ( Greek : Ο Θίασος , translit . O Thiassos ) is a 1975 Greek film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos that traces the history of mid-20th-century Greece from 1939 to 1952 . Many critics have declared The Travelling Players Angelopoulos ' masterpiece ; 16 critics and five directors voted it one of their favorite films in the British Film Institute 's 2012 Sight & Sound poll .
Theodoros Theo Angelopoulos ( /ˌændʒəˈlɒpəlɒs/ ; Greek : Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος ; 27 April 1935 - 24 January 2012 ) was a Greek filmmaker , screenwriter and film producer . An acclaimed and multi-awarded film director who dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on , Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world . He started making films in 1967 . In the 1970s he made a series of political films about modern Greece . Angelopoulos ' work , described by Martin Scorsese as that of a masterful filmmaker , is characterized by slightest movement , slightest change in distance , long takes , and complex yet carefully composed scenes ; his cinematic method , as a result , is often described as sweeping and hypnotic . In 1998 his film Eternity and a Day went on to win the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival , and his films have been shown at many of the world 's most esteemed film festivals .
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events .
The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles , California on April 3 , 1978 . The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope , who hosted the awards for the nineteenth and last time . Two of the year 's biggest winners were Star Wars , which swept the technical categories by winning 6 out of its 10 nominations and a Special Achievement for Sound Effects Editing , and Annie Hall , winning 4 out of 5 nominations , including Best Picture , Best Actress and Best Director . The awards show was also notable for a very politically charged acceptance speech by Vanessa Redgrave . The Turning Point set the record for the most nominations without a win ( 11 ) , previously held by Peyton Place and The Little Foxes , which each had 9 nominations with no wins . This record , later tied by The Color Purple , still stands as of 2018 [ update ] . Annie Hall was the last Best Picture winner to be nominated for just five awards until The Departed 29 years later in 2006 . Jason Robards became the fourth actor to win back-to-back Oscars , following Luise Rainer , Spencer Tracy , and Katharine Hepburn . For the only time to date , both Best Actor and Best Actress winners won for roles in two different romantic comedies . This event marked the second of three times that more than two films had received ten or more nominations ( after the 37th and before the 92nd Academy Awards ) . The animated opening sequence , as well as promos for the Awards show , were designed by British graphic designer Harry Marks , who outsourced the animated sequences to Robert Abel and Associates . Marks also designed animated sequences for the top nominated categories , which were n't used for the final telecast .
Iphigenia ( Greek : Ιφιγένεια ) is a 1977 Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis , based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia , the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sacrificed . Cacoyannis adapted the film , the third in his Greek tragedy trilogy ( after the released of Electra in 1962 and The Trojan Women in 1971 ) , from his stage production of Euripides ' play Iphigenia at Aulis . The film stars Tatiana Papamoschou as Iphigenia , Kostas Kazakos as Agamemnon and the legendary actress Irene Papas as Clytemnestra . The score was composed by Mikis Theodorakis . Iphigenia was nominated for one Oscar , Best Foreign Language Film . It was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival . Iphigenia received the 1978 Belgian Femina Award and received the Best Film Award at the 1977 Thessaloniki Film Festival , where Tatiania Papamoschou also received the Best Leading Actress Award for her role as Iphigenia .
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths .
The 54th Academy Awards were presented March 29 , 1982 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson . Chariots of Fire was the surprise winner ( with a leading 12 nominations , Reds had been expected to win ) of the Best Picture Oscar . It was the first time in 13 years that a British film won the Academy 's top honor . The next year 's winner , Gandhi , was also a British production . Henry Fonda won his only competitive Oscar this year , as Best Actor for On Golden Pond . At 76 years of age , Fonda became the oldest winner in the Best Actor category in Academy history . The only other nomination he received in his career was Best Actor for his performance in The Grapes of Wrath 41 years earlier - a record gap between acting nominations . His co-star , Katharine Hepburn , won her fourth Best Actress award , extending her own record for the most Best Actress wins by any actress . This year 's nominations also marked the second time ( after 1967 ) that three different films were nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards : Best Picture , Director , Actor , Actress , and Screenplay . The three films were On Golden Pond , Atlantic City and Reds . However , none of them won the Best Picture prize , losing to Chariots of Fire .
The Man with the Carnation ( Greek : Ο άνθρωπος με το γαρύφαλλο , translit . O anthropos me to garyfallo ) is a 1980 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Tzimas , dealing with the arrest , trial and execution of the Greek Communist Nikos Belogiannis and his associates in 1951-1952 . It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma . The film was also selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths .
The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11 , 1983 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , Los Angeles . The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli , Dudley Moore , Richard Pryor , and Walter Matthau . The awards were dominated by the Best Picture winner Gandhi , which won eight awards out of its eleven nominations . Jessica Lange became the first performer in four decades to receive nominations in both acting categories in the same year , ultimately winning Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie . Meryl Streep won her first Best Actress award . She had been nominated the year before for The French Lieutenant 's Woman and would be nominated for a record seventeen times in the following decades . Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman . This marked the first of 28 consecutive years where a Barbara Walters interview special aired before the ceremony . Walters had previously aired an interview special in 1981 and , in subsequent years , her special aired prior to the Academy 's formal broadcast of celebrities walking the red carpet . It was also the only time George C. Scott attended an Oscars ceremony .
Angel ( Greek : Άγγελος , translit . Angelos ) is a 1982 Greek drama film directed by Giorgos Katakouzinos . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Giorgos Katakouzinos ( Greek : Γιώργος Κατακουζηνός ) was a Greek film director and screenwriter . He was born in Alexandria , Egypt on January 1 , 1943 and died in Athens on August 13 , 2013 . He is mostly known for his film Angelos , a film shot in 1982 , which dealt with the topic of homosexuality . The film was inspired by a real event that happened a few years earlier . The film is considered pretty daring for the early 1980s , because homosexuality was social stigma in conservative Greek society of those times . The film won three awards in Thessaloniki film festival among them the best film award . The second film Apousies ( Absences ) deals with a Greek bourgeois family in the early 20th century and won accolades in Valencia International Film Festival . His third film Zoe was also inspired by a real crime that had shocked Greek society in the late 1980s . He had also worked in Greek television .
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths . Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987 .
The 60th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on April 11 , 1988 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 22 categories honoring films released in 1987 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta . Actor Chevy Chase hosted the show for the second consecutive year . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , California , on March 27 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Shirley Jones . The Last Emperor won nine awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Bernardo Bertolucci . For their performances in Moonstruck , Cher and Olympia Dukakis won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress , respectively . Michael Douglas won Best Actor for his role in Wall Street ; Sean Connery won Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables . The telecast garnered 42.2 million viewers in the United States . As of 2020 [ update ] , this is the most recent Academy Awards ceremony to take place in April .
Theofilos ( Greek : Θεόφιλος ) is a 1987 Greek drama film directed by Lakis Papastathis on the life of the Greek painter Theofilos Hatzimichail . It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths . Rain Man was awarded the Academy Award for Best Picture , marking one of the few instances where the top-grossing film of the year was also the winner of such an award that year .
The 61st Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 1988 , and took place on Wednesday , March 29 , 1989 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 23 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Allan Carr and directed by Jeff Margolis . Ten days earlier , in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson . Rain Man won four awards , including the Best Picture . Other winners included Who Framed Roger Rabbit , also four wins ( three competitive and one special ) ; Dangerous Liaisons , with three awards ; and The Accused , The Accidental Tourist , A Fish Called Wanda , The Appointments of Dennis Jennings , Beetlejuice , Bird , Hôtel Terminus : The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie , The Milagro Beanfield War , Mississippi Burning , Pelle the Conqueror , Tin Toy , Working Girl , and You Do n't Have to Die with one each . The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States , the highest since the 56th ceremony in 1984 .
In the Shadow of Fear ( Greek : Στη Σκιά του Φόβου Sti skia tou fovou ) is a 1988 Greek drama film directed by Giorgos Karypidis . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The year 1989 involved many significant films .
The 62nd Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 1989 and took place on March 26 , 1990 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 23 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the first time . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , California on March 3 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Richard Dysart and Diane Ladd . Driving Miss Daisy won four awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for Jessica Tandy , the oldest person at the time to win a competitive acting Oscar . Other winners included Glory with three awards , Born on the Fourth of July , The Little Mermaid , and My Left Foot with two , and The Abyss , Balance , Batman , Cinema Paradiso , Common Threads : Stories from the Quilt , Dead Poets Society , Henry V , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , The Johnstown Flood , and Work Experience with one . The telecast garnered more than 40 million viewers in the United States .
Landscape in the Mist ( Greek : Τοπίο στην ομίχλη , translit . Topio stin omichli ) is a 1988 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee . A critics ' poll by the Village Voice included it in the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century list . The film is the third installment in Angelopoulos ' Trilogy of Silence , following Voyage to Cythera ( 1984 ) and The Beekeeper ( 1986 ) .
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below . Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990 .
The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 25 , 1991 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as the Oscars ) were presented in 23 categories . The ceremony , which was televised in the United States on ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis . Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the second consecutive year . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , California on March 2 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Geena Davis . Dances with Wolves won seven awards including Best Picture . Other winners included Dick Tracy with three awards , Ghost with two awards , and American Dream , Creature Comforts , Cyrano de Bergerac , Days of Waiting , Goodfellas , The Hunt for Red October , Journey of Hope , The Lunch Date , Misery , Reversal of Fortune , and Total Recall with one . The telecast garnered nearly 43 million viewers in the United States .
Love Under the Date-Tree ( Greek : Έρωτας στη χουρμαδιά , Erotas sti hourmadia ) is a 1990 Greek comedy film directed by Stavros Tsiolis . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
This is a list of films released in 1995 . The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year 's biggest box-office hit , and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
The 68th Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25 , 1996 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis . Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time , having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994 . Three weeks earlier , in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , on March 2 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss . Braveheart won five awards , including Best Director for Mel Gibson and Best Picture . Other winners included Apollo 13 , Pocahontas , Restoration and The Usual Suspects with two awards , and Anne Frank Remembered , Antonia 's Line , Babe , A Close Shave , Dead Man Walking , Il Postino : The Postman , Leaving Las Vegas , Lieberman in Love , Mighty Aphrodite , One Survivor Remembers and Sense and Sensibility with one . The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States .
Ulysses ' Gaze ( Greek : Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα , translit . To Vlemma tou Odyssea ) is a 1995 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos and starring Harvey Keitel , Maia Morgenstern , and Erland Josephson . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards but it was not nominated .
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films , including Titanic , and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks .
The 70th Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 23 , 1998 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the show , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 1997 . The ceremony , which was televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the sixth time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 , and he had hosted the previous year 's gala . Nearly a month earlier in an event held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California on February 28 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Ashley Judd . Titanic won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for James Cameron and Best Picture . Other winners included As Good as It Gets , Good Will Hunting and L.A . Confidential with two awards , and The Full Monty , Geri 's Game , Karakter , The Long Way Home , Visas and Virtue , Men in Black and A Story of Healing with one . The telecast garnered more than 57 million viewers in the United States , making it the most watched Oscars broadcast in history .
Slaughter of the Cock ( Greek : Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα , I sfagi tou kokora ) is a 1996 Greek drama film directed by Andreas Pantzis . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films including ; Shakespeare in Love ( which won the Academy Award for Best Picture ) , Saving Private Ryan , American History X , The Truman Show , Primary Colors , Rushmore , Rush Hour , There 's Something About Mary , The Big Lebowski , and Terrence Malick 's directorial return in The Thin Red Line . Animated releases included Antz , A Bug 's Life , Mulan , The Prince of Egypt and The Rugrats Movie . Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1998 .
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21 , 1999 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the third time . She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 68th ceremony in 1996 . Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California on February 27 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Anne Heche . Shakespeare in Love won seven awards including Best Picture . Other winners included Saving Private Ryan with five awards , Life Is Beautiful with three , and Affliction , Bunny , Election Night , Elizabeth , Gods and Monsters , The Last Days , The Personals , The Prince of Egypt and What Dreams May Come with one . The telecast garnered nearly 46 million viewers in the United States .
Eternity and a Day ( Greek : Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα , Mia aioniótita kai mia méra ) is a 1998 Greek film starring Bruno Ganz , and directed by Theo Angelopoulos . The film won the Palme d'Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick 's final film Eyes Wide Shut , Pedro Almodóvar 's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother , the science-fiction hit The Matrix , the Deep Canvas-pioneering Disney animated feature Tarzan and Best Picture-winner American Beauty and the well-received The Green Mile , as well as the animated works Toy Story 2 , Stuart Little , The Iron Giant and South Park : Bigger , Longer & Uncut . Other noteworthy releases included Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman 's breakout film Being John Malkovich and M. Night Shyamalan 's breakout film The Sixth Sense , the controversial Fight Club and Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia . The year also featured George Lucas ' top-grossing Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace . Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999 .
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26 , 2000 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , the AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 23 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998 . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on March 4 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek . American Beauty won five awards , including Best Picture . Other winners included The Matrix with four awards , The Cider House Rules and Topsy-Turvy with two , and All About My Mother , Boys Do n't Cry , Girl , Interrupted , King Gimp , My Mother Dreams the Satan 's Disciples in New York , The Old Man and the Sea , One Day in September , The Red Violin , Sleepy Hollow , and Tarzan with one . The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States .
From the Edge of the City ( Greek : Από την άκρη της πόλης , romanized : Apo tin akri tis polis ) is a 1998 Greek film directed by Constantinos Giannaris . It was Greece 's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards , but did not manage to receive a nomination .
Constantine Giannaris , also Constantinos Giannaris ( Greek : Κωνσταντίνος Γιάνναρης ; born 1959 ) , is a Greek film director , screenwriter and actor .