1927/28 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 37 Academy Award records for the 1927/28 film year, covering 25 films and including 17 wins.

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

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Best Picture result

  • ★ Wings
    Paramount Famous Lasky

3 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history

Acting category results

Leading winning films

Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.

  1. 7th Heaven

    3 wins from 5 award records

  2. Sunrise

    3 wins from 4 award records

  3. Wings

    2 wins from 2 award records

  4. The Jazz Singer

    1 win from 2 award records

  5. The Last Command

    1 win from 2 award records

  6. Street Angel

    1 win from 1 award record

Category winners

Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.

Nominations and award records by category

Showing 37 of 37 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Actress

Art Direction

Cinematography

  • ★ Sunrise IMDB — Charles Rosher, Karl Struss
    Source context

    NOTE: For this awards year, awards were presented in the name of the individual and could honor work on one or more films. Charles Rosher and Karl Struss were both honored for cinematography on this film. It is considered a single nomination for the film.

  • The Devil Dancer IMDB — George Barnes
    Source context

    The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.

  • The Magic Flame IMDB — George Barnes
    Source context

    The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.

  • Sadie Thompson IMDB — George Barnes
    Source context

    The source marks this as a multi-film nomination record.

Directing (Comedy Picture)

Directing (Dramatic Picture)

Special Award

  • ★ The Jazz Singer IMDB — Warner Bros.
    Source context

    To Warner Bros., for producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry.

  • ★ The Circus IMDB — Charles Chaplin
    Source context

    NOTE: \"The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself.\" (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)

    To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.

Unique and Artistic Picture

Visual Effects

Adapted Screenplay

Writing (Original Story)

Writing (Title Writing)

Nominated films and other recorded entries

25 films represented in the 1927/28 archive selection.

About these award records

This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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