If you include the category "romantic comedy," then it's Shakespeare In Love (1998). In the more traditional "Comedy" category, the answer is Annie Hall (1977). Norm S.
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The first comedy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was Frank Capra's 1934 film "It Happened One Night," which starred Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It was the first of three movies to win the top five Oscars on the same night: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and a screenwriting award. The two others that accomplished the feat: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
"Spirited Away" , a 2001 film by Hayao Miyazaki , won an Academy award for Best Animated Feature .
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1954 went to "On the Waterfront."
Nominated for best film editing did not win
The Best Animated Feature Academy Award was introduced in 2001. The first winner of this award was Shrek.
The Academy Award winner for best picture in 2008 was "Slumdog Millionaire."
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film of 2012 went to "Brave."
"Coquette" for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress .
The first comedy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was Frank Capra's 1934 film "It Happened One Night," which starred Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It was the first of three movies to win the top five Oscars on the same night: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and a screenwriting award. The two others that accomplished the feat: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2011 went to "The Artist."
Coming to America (1988) which was nominated for Costume Design and Makeup was nominated in the 1989 Academy Awards.
"Spirited Away" , a 2001 film by Hayao Miyazaki , won an Academy award for Best Animated Feature .
Jodha Akbar won the Best Movie award from the International Indian Film Academy in 2009.
There is not an Academy Award for Best Musical. The first musical to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was The Broadway Melody in 1929. It was also the first sound film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1954 went to "On the Waterfront."
The 2015 Best Animated Short Film Oscar went to Feast.
Nominated for best film editing did not win