Drake BirdList RulesAll films that have won at least one Academy Award in any category
A complete list of all Oscar-winning movies, with all the films that ever won and the number of Academy Awards that each of the winners took home. If a movie is on this list, then rest-assured, it is one of the best films ever made. Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes Hollywood filmmakers for various achievements within the industry. Some years, a small handful of highly-recognized films sweep a majority of the awards—think Titanic and The English Patient—but other years, the awards are spread out and several films win one or two Oscars in various categories. The number of Oscars that any given film wins has to do with how good the film is, but can also be determined by luck, release date, the mood of the Academy members, and the quality of the other films that were released that year.
This list of Academy Award winning movies is ordered by the number of statues each of these films brought home, so you can easily glance and see which films have won the most awards. It also lists the awards each film won and highlights those awards which are most coveted, the so-called Big Five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. Only three movies in history have won all of the Big Five Academy Awards. These films are The Silence of the Lambs (1991), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and It Happened One Night (1931). Based on their successes, these films should be at the top at any film buff's must-see list.
To many, the Academy Award, also known as the Oscar, is considered the most prestigious award in Hollywood. The awards are given to individuals for their various roles within the production of their films. Somebody involved in all the films listed won an Oscar. For people who worked on these award-winning movies, the recognition is a career changer, and for a movie it can mean a surge in additional profits at the box office.
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Ben-Hur
1959Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe
Directed by: William Wyler
Awards Won: 11 of 12 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (William Wyler)
3. Best Actor (Charlton Heston)
4. Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith)
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Costume Design
8. Best Special Effects
9. Best Film Editing
10. Best Music
11. Best Sound Recording
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Actors: Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Awards Won: 11 of 11 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Peter Jackson)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Original Score
5. Best Original Song
6. Best Visual Effects
7. Best Art Direction
8. Best Costume Design
9. Best Makeup
10. Best Sound Mixing
11. Best Film Editing3
Titanic
1997Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, James Cameron, Bill Paxton
Directed by: James Cameron
Awards Won: 11 of 14 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (James Cameron)
3. Best Art Direction
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Costume Design
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Original Dramatic Score
8. Best Original Song
9. Best Sound
10. Best Sound Effects Editing
11. Best Visual Effects4
West Side Story
1961Actors: Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, John Astin, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer
Directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Awards Won: 10 of 11 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins)
3. Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiris)
4. Best Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno)
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Costume Design
8. Best Film Editing
9. Best Music
10. Best Sound5
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Awards Won: 9 of 12 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Anthony Minghella)
3. Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche)
4. Best Art Direction
5. Best Cinematography
6. Best Costume Design
7. Best Film Editing
8. Best Original Dramatic Score
9. Best Sound6
Gigi
1958Actors: Eva Gabor, Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Cecil Beaton, Pat Sheehan
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Awards Won: 9 of 9 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Vincente Minnelli)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Art Direction
5. Best Cinematography
6. Best Costume Design
7. Best Film Editing
8. Best Musical Score
9. Best Original Song7
The Last Emperor
1987Actors: Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Awards Won: 9 of 9 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Costume Design
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Original Score
8. Best Sound
9. Best Art Direction8
Actors: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Awards Won: 8 of 12 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Elia Kazan)
3. Best Actor (Marlon Brando)
4. Best Supporting Actress (Eve Marie Saint)
5. Best Screenplay
6. Best Art Direction
7. Best Cinematography
8. Best Film Editing9
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Awards Won: 8 of 13 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Fred Zinnemann)
3. Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra)
4. Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed)
5. Best Screenplay
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Film Editing
8. Best Sound10
Actors: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, George Reeves
Directed by: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
Awards Won: 8 of 13 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Victor Fleming)
3. Best Actress (Vivien Leigh)
4. Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel)
5. Best Adapted Screenplay
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Film Editing
8. Best Art Direction11
Gandhi
1982Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ben Kingsley, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Awards Won: 8 of 11 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Richard Attenborough)
3. Best Actor (Ben Kingsley)
4. Best Screenplay
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Costume Design
8. Best Film Editing12
Amadeus
1984Actors: Jeffrey Jones, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Ebersole, Abraham Murphy, Tom Hulce
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Awards Won: 8 of 11 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Miloš Forman)
3. Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham)
4. Best Adapted Screenplay
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Costume Design
7. Best Makeup
8. Best Sound13
Actors: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan,
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Awards Won: 8 of 10 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Danny Boyle)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Original Score,
6. Best Original Song
7. Best Film Editing
8. Best Sound Mixing14
My Fair Lady
1964Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Jeremy Brett, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Theodore Bikel
Directed by: George Cukor
Awards Won: 8 of 12 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (George Cukor)
3. Best Actor (Rex Harrison)
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Sound
6. Best Score
7. Best Art Direction
8. Best Costume Design15
Cabaret
1972Actors: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper
Directed by: Bob Fosse
Awards Won: 8 of 10 nominations
1. Best Director (Bob Fosse)
2. Best Actress (Liza Minnelli)
3. Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey)
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Film Editing
6. Best Score
7. Best Art Direction
8. Best Sound16
Going My Way
1944Actors: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, William Smith, Carl Switzer, William Frawley
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Awards Won: 7 of 10 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Leo McCarey)
3. Best Actor (Bing Crosby)
4. Best Supporting Actor (Barry Fitzgerald)
5. Best Screenplay
6. Best Original Motion Picture Story
7. Best Song17
Patton
1970Actors: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Paul Frees, Lowell Thomas, Alan MacNaughtan
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Awards Won: 7 of 10 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Franklin J. Schaffner)
3. Best Actor (George C. Scott; refused)
4. Best Screenplay
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Sound18
Actors: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, André Morell
Directed by: David Lean
Awards Won: 7 of 8 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (David Lean)
3. Best Actor (Alec Guinness)
4. Best Adapted Screenplay
5. Best Score
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Cinematography19
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson
Directed by: John Madden
Awards Won: 7 of 13 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow)
3. Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench)
4. Best Original Screenplay
5. Best Costume Design
6. Best Art Direction
7. Best Score20
Schindler's List
1993Actors: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, Norbert Weisser
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Awards Won: 7 of 12 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Original Score
5. Best Film Editing
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Art Direction21
The Sting
1973Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Awards Won: 7 of 10 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (George Roy Hill)
3. Best Original Screenplay
4. Best Art Direction
5. Best Costume Design
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Score22
Actors: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Charles Rocket, Graham Greene, Maury Chaykin
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Awards Won: 7 of 12 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Kevin Costner)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Original Score
5. Best Film Editing
6. Best Cinematography
7. Best Sound23
Out of Africa
1985Actors: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Iman Abdulmajid, Leslie Phillips, Michael Gough
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Awards Won: 7 of 11 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (Sydney Pollack)
3. Best Adapted Screenplay
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Original Score
7. Best Sound24
Actors: Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer
Directed by: David Lean
Awards Won: 7 of 10 nominations
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director (David Lean)
3. Best Original Score
4. Best Cinematography
5. Best Art Direction
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Sound25
Gravity
2013Actors: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Phaldut Sharma, Amy Warren
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Awards Won: 7 of 10 nominations
1. Best Director (Alfonso Cuarón)
2. Best Cinematography
3. Best Film Editing
4. Best Original Score
5. Best Sound Editing
6. Best Sound Mixing
7. Best Visual Effects
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