Oscar Emotional Moments Of All Time

Here are some of those emotional moments in which not only the winner but the viewer and the audience was also emotion at the same time. I can be the speeches or the person receiving an award made everyone at oscar emotional and eyes full of tears and heart full of joy. this is the reason oscar is not just an award its an emotion for all the actors and actresses in the world.

1. When Giving Speeches

a. Gwyneth Paltrow won for best actress

When Gwyneth picked up the trophy for Best Actress in 1999 after her performance in Shakespeare in Love the speech became infamous. Watching it now, it’s actually pretty standard and sweet for the first few minutes. It’s when she thanks her family that the waterworks start and you know what, it’s actually properly upsetting. You can snark all you want but when she starts talking about her dad we almost lost it.

b. Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel scooped a Best Actor win for the classic My Left Foot in 1989. His speech is measured but respectful and if you’ve any of the fond memories of the film (and Brenda Fricker’s winning performance, the speech for which is sadly not online) you’ll be getting a bit choked up as he talks and dedicates his award to Christy Brown.

c. Anna Paquin

Quvenzhané Wallis is nominated for this year’s Best Actress nomination at only 9 years old for her work on Beasts of the Southern Wild. She’s the youngest ever nominee and will surely be taking hints from Anna Paquin, who won a Best Supporting Actress trophy for The Piano in 1993 aged 11. Paquin’s reaction is really adorable and if Quvenzhané has any sense, she’ll do something similar if she wins.

d. Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is one of the rare film stars who nab awards and star in massive hit movies consistently. His speech on winning Best Actor for Philadelphia in 1993 is a reminder of what makes Tom so great. His speech touches on the same themes the film famously did when it tackled the issue of AIDS and he manages to make a moving tribute that feels genuine and heartfelt. Incredibly powerful.

e. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

When this pair nabbed Best Original Song for Falling Slowly from Once in 2007 it was a moment of celebration for many Irish musicians. Once was a slow-burning success story that since went on to become a Broadway musical (that opens in Dublin later this month)Hansard and Irglova are so genuinely shocked you’ll be completely won over and when Jon Stewart lets Marketa come out to properly say her thanks you’ll be bawling. Not a dry eye in the house.

2. When Receiving Award

a. Heath Ledger wins posthumous Oscar

After his sudden death at 28 from an accidental overdose of prescription medications, Heath Ledger family accepted his best-supporting actor award, for his towering performance as the Joker in Batman movie The Dark Knight.

b. Leonardo DiCaprio wins the best actor

After five acting nominations, DiCaprio, at last, clinched a little gold man for his taxing performance in wilderness survival drama The Revenant. Onstage, the longtime environmental activist used the podium to rally for global warming efforts, saying, "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating." Earlier that night, DiCaprio walked the red carpet with his Titanic co-star Kate Winslet, who adorably teared up during his speech.

c. Halle Berry makes history with Oscar win

As the first and only black woman to win the best actress, the Monster's Ball star emphasized the award's significance, proclaiming, "This moment is so much bigger than me." She dedicated the honor to "every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened." 

d. Martin Scorsese finally wins the best director

After five previous nominations in the category, Scorsese brought home the award in his sixth try with mobster drama The Departed. He has earned two directing nominations since, for Hugo and The Wolf of Wall Street.

e. Charlie Chaplin gets an epic 12-minute standing ovation

The silent-film icon garnered the longest standing ovation in the awards' history when he returned to the U.S. to accept a lifetime achievement, Oscar, after 20 years in exile for alleged Communist sympathies.