Academy Awards Summaries

Academy Awards Winners - 1927 to present

ACADEMY AWARDS® WINNERS
(1927/8 - present)

Academy Awards Summaries

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Academy Awards® Summaries:

These sections include The "Most Oscar® Wins By Film," The "Most Oscar® Nominations By Film," The "Most Acting Nominations By Film," The "Actors-Actresses with the Most Nominations and Wins," The "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar® winners, The "Best Actress" and "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar® winners, The "Best Screenplay/Writer" Oscar® winners, The "Best Director" Oscar® winners, and The "Best Picture" Oscar® winners.

An extensive Oscar® History - year by year and decade by decade, is also provided, accompanied by the poster of the "Best Picture" winner.

The "Most Oscar® Wins By Film"
The "Most Oscar® Nominations By Film"
The "Most Acting Nominations By Film"
The "Actors-Actresses with the Most Nominations and Wins" (4 parts)
The "Best Actor" Oscar® winners
The "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar® winners
The "Best Actress" Oscar® winners
The "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar® winners
The "Best Screenplay/Writer" Oscar® winners
The "Best Director" Oscar® winners
The "Best Picture" Oscar® winners
Oscar® History - Year by Year (each illustrated with the "Best Picture" poster)

Awards History (By Decade):
Introduction, 1927/8-39, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Academy Awards Summaries

Most Oscar® Wins By Film
(Films Receiving 6 or More Competitive Awards)

Oscars®	Movie Title	Year	Nominations
11	Ben-Hur	1959	12
11	Titanic	1997	14
11	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	11
10	West Side Story	1961	11
9	Gigi	1958	9
9	The Last Emperor	1987	9
9	The English Patient	1996	12
8	Gone With The Wind	1939	13
8	From Here to Eternity	1953	13
8	On The Waterfront	1954	12
8	My Fair Lady	1964	12
8	Cabaret *	1972	10
8	Gandhi	1982	11
8	Amadeus	1984	11
7	Going My Way	1944	10
7	The Best Years of Our Lives	1946	8
7	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	8
7	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	10
7	Patton	1970	10
7	The Sting	1973	10
7	Out of Africa	1985	11
7	Dances with Wolves	1990	12
7	Schindler's List	1993	12
7	Shakespeare in Love	1998	13
6	Mrs. Miniver	1942	12
6	All About Eve	1950	14
6	An American in Paris	1951	8
6	A Place in the Sun *	1951	9
6	A Man for All Seasons	1966	8
6	The Godfather, Part II	1974	11
6	Star Wars *	1977	10
6	Forrest Gump	1994	13
6	Chicago	2002	13

* did not win Best Picture

Most Oscar® Nominations By Film
(Films Receiving 11 or More Nominations)

Nominations	Movie Title	Year	Oscars®
14	All About Eve	1950	6
14	Titanic	1997	11
13	Gone With The Wind	1939	8
13	From Here to Eternity	1953	8
13	Mary Poppins *	1964	5
13	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? *	1966	5
13	Forrest Gump	1994	6
13	Shakespeare in Love	1998	7
13	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring *	2001	4
13	Chicago	2002	6
12	Mrs. Miniver	1942	6
12	The Song of Bernadette *	1943	4
12	Johnny Belinda *	1948	1
12	A Streetcar Named Desire *	1951	4
12	On The Waterfront	1954	8
12	Ben-Hur	1959	11
12	Becket *	1964	1
12	My Fair Lady	1964	8
12	Reds *	1981	3
12	Dances With Wolves	1990	7
12	Schindler's List	1993	7
12	The English Patient	1996	9
12	Gladiator	2000	5
11	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington *	1939	1
11	Rebecca	1940	2
11	Sergeant York *	1941	2
11	The Pride of the Yankees *	1942	1
11	Sunset Boulevard *	1950	3
11	Judgment at Nuremberg *	1961	2
11	West Side Story	1961	10
11	Oliver!	1968	5
11	The Godfather	1972	3
11	Chinatown *	1974	1
11	The Godfather, Part II	1974	6
11	Julia *	1977	3
11	The Turning Point *	1977	0
11	Gandhi	1982	8
11	Terms of Endearment	1983	5
11	Amadeus	1984	8
11	A Passage to India *	1984	2
11	The Color Purple *	1985	0
11	Out of Africa	1985	7
11	Saving Private Ryan *	1998	5
11	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	11
11	The Aviator *	2004	5

* did not win Best Picture

Most Acting Nominations By Film
(Includes Both Leading and Supporting Nominations)

Acting Nominations	Movie Title	Year	Acting Oscars®
5	Network *	1976	3
5	Mrs. Miniver	1942	2
5	From Here to Eternity	1953	2
5	On the Waterfront	1954	2
5	Bonnie and Clyde *	1967	1
5	The Godfather, Part II	1974	1
5	All About Eve	1950	1
5	Peyton Place *	1957	0
5	Tom Jones	1963	0
4	A Streetcar Named Desire *	1951	3
4	Kramer vs. Kramer	1979	2
4	Terms of Endearment	1983	2
4	Gone With the Wind	1939	2
4	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? *	1966	2
4	The Last Picture Show *	1971	2
4	Coming Home *	1978	2
4	Chicago	2002	1
4	Judgment at Nuremberg *	1961	1
4	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner *	1967	1
4	Reds	1981	1
4	Sunset Boulevard *	1950	0
4	The Godfather	1972	1
4	Johnny Belinda *	1948	1
4	For Whom the Bell Tolls *	1943	1
4	My Man Godfrey *	1936	0
3	Mutiny on the Bounty	1935	0
3	Moonstruck *	1987	2
3	The Aviator *	2004	1
3	Million Dollar Baby	2004	2
3	Brokeback Mountain*	2005	0

* did not win Best Picture

Awards History (By Decade):
Introduction, 1927/8-39, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Academy Awards Summaries