Writer, director and producer bong joon ho won all. These are the countries that have won the most oscars for foreignlanguage films. Although john ford has won more oscars, he has only five best director nominations. List of movies with the most academy awards in history of the oscars. Korean movie wins big at the oscars level 1 learn with. Several social media posts are publicly calling out the movie for. The return of the king 2003 each won 11 oscars during their respective academy awards ceremonies, a tribute to the sheer. Next up was titanic and this achieved fourteen nominations, a tie it shares with all about eve.
Benhur 1959, titanic 1997, and the lord of the rings. He also won the most oscars in one year which was 4 in 1953. Honorary award, special achievement award, juvenile award. But then on the other hand, the movie has also come under fire for how it treated mercurys sexuality.
Competitive oscars are separated from noncompetitive oscars i. The return of the king nzusa 2003 which won all 11 of its nominations on 29 february 2004. Any column in this list may be sorted by clicking the arrow symbol to the right of the desired column heading. The first to achieve the record was benhur usa 1959 which won from 12 nominations on 4 april 1960, followed by titanic. If frontrunner sam mendes were to win this year for his sweeping war epic 1917, it would be his second directing oscar. Joaquin phoenix oscar speech which movie won the most oscars 2020. The 91st oscars are on the horizon, so here are the musical masterminds behind some of movie soundtracks that have won big at the glitzy annual awards. He has nine oscars to his name honouring his work on films such e. Film studio ranking by number of best picture academy. Benhur 1959 15 categories available for nomination. Most awards won by a single film three films have won 11 academy awards. At the 2016 oscars there is no safer bet than leonardo dicaprio winning the best actor award. The male who has won the most oscars is walt disney with 22 oscars.
Of these 69 films, 52 also received the best picture award. But either way, neither of the two gentlemen sorry, greta gerwig could oust record. This poll contains the films that have won 7 or more oscars. There have been 92 best picture winners over the years, and film can be an exciting way to walk through history. Famed film director john ford has won four oscars from a total five nominations for the informer 1935, the grapes of wrath 1940, how green was my valley 1941 and the quiet man 1952. The academy of motion picture arts and sciences has given academy awards to actors and actresses for their performances in films since its inception. Which 1972 movie musical has the distinction of winning the most oscars eight without winning the best picture award. Here are a few oscars records, including people who were unsuccessfully nominated. The academy awards ceremony better known as the oscars has been running since 1929 and is one of the most prestigious events in the film industrys calendar. The individual who has won the most oscars in history is walt disney. Same goes for martin scorsese who is up for his second statue for the irishman.
It became the first and to date only fantasy film to win the academy award for best picture. To do this, we first looked at the films that won the most oscars and broke ties based on number of nominations. The cofounder of walt disney productions and the creator of mickey mouse has won a total of 26 oscars, of which 4 are honorary. A total of 69 films received both the most academy awards and the most academy award nominations in their respective years of eligibility.
The most actoractress nominations and wins 4 parts, detailed best picture milestones by decade note. If a film won the academy award for best picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. List of films with the most academy awards per ceremony. This record is actually shared by three films and perhaps fittingly, theyre some of the most epic blockbusters ever made. The first to achieve the record was benhur usa 1959 which won from 12 nominations on 4 april 1960, followed by titanic usa 1997 from 14 nominations on 23 march 1998 and the lord of the rings. Alongside titanic, two other movies have won 11 oscars. Meryl was born mary louise streep in 1949 in summit, new jersey, to mary wolf wilkinson, a commercial artist, and harry william. The most successful figure to date in the history of the academy awards is katharine hepburn, who won four oscars throughout her acting career. The top winning directors with at least two best director oscars and top nominees. Visual effects guru dennis muren currently holds the record for most oscars won by a person still living. Katharine hepburn won four academy awards all for best actress, more than any. This 1959 film was nominated for 12 academy awards and took home 11.
From west side story and gigi to my fair lady and cabaret, here are the movies with the most oscar wins of all time, with eight or more trophies each. Luise rainer the great ziegfeld 1936 and the good earth 1937 katharine hepburn guess whos coming to dinner 1967 and the lion in winter 1968 best actor. The shape of water won the oscar for best picture last year. It marked the first time a fantasy film had ever won best. William wyler holds the record for the most nominations as director twelve. For snow white, he was given 1 fullsize trophy, and seven miniature statuettes. Movies with the most academy awards of history in the oscars. It won the oscar for best director, best original screenplay, best foreign language movie and best picture.
A fourway tie for fourth place is broken by the number of. John directed more than 140 films, most notably westerns. Which movie won the most oscars without winning the top. The return of the king 2003 10 oscars west side story 1961 9 oscars gone with the wind 1939 gigi 1958 the last emperor 1987 the english patient 1996 8 oscars the best years of our lives 1946 from. Although ford has won the most oscars of any director, william wyler holds the record for the most nominations in this discipline earning 12, three of which won him some silverware. Getty images the biggest single oscar winner in history is walt disney, who won 26 oscars during the course of his career, from a. Parasite wins 4 oscars and makes oscar history oscars. The 43 actors who have won multiple oscars, ranked by who has won the most. Remember, dont judge a film by the number of oscars it has or doesnt have. Throughout the history of the academy awards, there have been actors and actresses who have received multiple academy awards for best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, or best supporting actress. In 1998, james cameron came along to share rather than steal ben hurs crown.
Navy veteran won a total of four oscars in the best director category two while he was serving as a commander in world war ii. Its his second best director win, with the first for gravity in 2014. A few years previously it was universal who ranked top, but the. List of actors with two or more academy awards in acting. The third movie to hit the big 11 wins is lord of the rings. Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, meryl streep has been nominated for the academy award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. As we get closer to the 91st academy awards ceremony, heres a list of the actors, actresses, and directors who have won the most oscars of all time, from walt disney to katharine hepburn. Parasite is the film that took home the most awards at the oscars 2020, winning four academy awards at tonights oscars including best picture, directing, international feature film and writing original screenplay. Most of his oscars, won between 1932 and 1969, came in the category of best animated short, including the three little pigs, the ugly duckling and a posthumous win for winnie the pooh and the.
Heres who has won the most oscars of all time good housekeeping. The 91st academy awards air on sunday, february 24. Which two movies hold the record for 11 academy award nominations without winning oscars. Three films hold the record of winning the most academy awards, having garnered 11 oscars each. Not only that, but it also became the first nonenglish language film in oscar history to win the award for best picture. Actress katharine hepburn holds the record for the most oscars for acting, having won four academy awards across her career and earned a total of 12 nominations. Many amongst the general public are in utter disbelief that the movie won 4 oscars.
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