The Academy Awards are awards given to people working in the motion picture industry; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry and usually awarded to a film released the previous year. The films below are listed with their production year, so for example the Oscar 2000 went to the best supporting actress in 1999.
Originally winners of this award received a plaque.
... moderate the downturn in economic growth in 1999 that investors had expressed concerns about over the summer of 1998, and the country posted moderate GDP growth. ...