List of films with the most Academy Awards per ceremony

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This is a list of films receiving the most Academy Awards at each awards ceremony. This also contains a list of films receiving the most Academy Award nominations at each awards ceremony.

This information is current as of the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 9, 2020, which honored the best films of 2019.

List of films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony[]

Academy Awards Season Film Title Best Picture Awards[A] Nominations Notes
Ceremony Year in Film Winner Nominee
1st 1927–1928 7th Heaven ✓ 3 5
Sunrise 3 4 [B]
2nd 1928–1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1 1
The Broadway Melody ✓ ✓ 1 3
Coquette 1 1
The Divine Lady 1 3
In Old Arizona ✓ 1 5
The Patriot ✓ 1 5
White Shadows in the South Seas 1 1
3rd 1929–1930 All Quiet on the Western Front ✓ ✓ 2 4
The Big House ✓ 2 4
4th 1930–1931 Cimarron ✓ ✓ 3 7
5th 1931–1932 Bad Girl ✓ 2 3
The Champ ✓ 2 4
6th 1932–1933 Cavalcade ✓ ✓ 3 4
7th 1934 It Happened One Night ✓ ✓ 5 5
8th 1935 The Informer ✓ 4 6
9th 1936 Anthony Adverse ✓ 4 7
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola ✓ ✓ 3 10
11th 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood ✓ 3 4
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind ✓ ✓ 8 13 [C]
13th 1940 The Thief of Bagdad 3 4
14th 1941 How Green Was My Valley ✓ ✓ 5 10
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver ✓ ✓ 6 12
16th 1943 The Song of Bernadette ✓ 4 12
17th 1944 Going My Way ✓ ✓ 7 10
18th 1945 The Lost Weekend ✓ ✓ 4 7
19th 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives ✓ ✓ 7 8 [D]
20th 1947 Gentleman's Agreement ✓ ✓ 3 8
Miracle on 34th Street ✓ 3 4
21st 1948 Hamlet ✓ ✓ 4 7
22nd 1949 The Heiress ✓ 4 8
23rd 1950 All About Eve ✓ ✓ 6 14
24th 1951 An American in Paris ✓ ✓ 6 8
A Place in the Sun ✓ 6 9
25th 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful 5 6
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity ✓ ✓ 8 13
27th 1954 On the Waterfront ✓ ✓ 8 12
28th 1955 Marty ✓ ✓ 4 8
29th 1956 Around the World in 80 Days ✓ ✓ 5 8
The King and I ✓ 5 9
30th 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai ✓ ✓ 7 8
31st 1958 Gigi ✓ ✓ 9 9
32nd 1959 Ben-Hur ✓ ✓ 11 12
33rd 1960 The Apartment ✓ ✓ 5 10
34th 1961 West Side Story ✓ ✓ 10 11
35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia ✓ ✓ 7 10
36th 1963 Cleopatra ✓ 4 9
Tom Jones ✓ ✓ 4 10
37th 1964 My Fair Lady ✓ ✓ 8 12
38th 1965 Doctor Zhivago ✓ 5 10
The Sound of Music ✓ ✓ 5 10
39th 1966 A Man for All Seasons ✓ ✓ 6 8
40th 1967 In the Heat of the Night ✓ ✓ 5 7
41st 1968 Oliver! ✓ ✓ 5 11 [E]
42nd 1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ✓ 4 7
43rd 1970 Patton ✓ ✓ 7 10
44th 1971 The French Connection ✓ ✓ 5 8
45th 1972 Cabaret ✓ 8 10
46th 1973 The Sting ✓ ✓ 7 10
47th 1974 The Godfather Part II ✓ ✓ 6 11
48th 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ✓ ✓ 5 9
49th 1976 All the President's Men ✓ 4 8
Network ✓ 4 10
50th 1977 Star Wars ✓ 6 10 [F]
51st 1978 The Deer Hunter ✓ ✓ 5 9
52nd 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer ✓ ✓ 5 9
53rd 1980 Ordinary People ✓ ✓ 4 6
54th 1981 Chariots of Fire ✓ ✓ 4 7
Raiders of the Lost Ark ✓ 4 8 [G]
55th 1982 Gandhi ✓ ✓ 8 11
56th 1983 Terms of Endearment ✓ ✓ 5 11
57th 1984 Amadeus ✓ ✓ 8 11
58th 1985 Out of Africa ✓ ✓ 7 11
59th 1986 Platoon ✓ ✓ 4 8
60th 1987 The Last Emperor ✓ ✓ 9 9
61st 1988 Rain Man ✓ ✓ 4 8 [H]
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy ✓ ✓ 4 9
63rd 1990 Dances with Wolves ✓ ✓ 7 12
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs ✓ ✓ 5 7
65th 1992 Unforgiven ✓ ✓ 4 9
66th 1993 Schindler's List ✓ ✓ 7 12
67th 1994 Forrest Gump ✓ ✓ 6 13
68th 1995 Braveheart ✓ ✓ 5 10
69th 1996 The English Patient ✓ ✓ 9 12
70th 1997 Titanic ✓ ✓ 11 14
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love ✓ ✓ 7 13
72nd 1999 American Beauty ✓ ✓ 5 8
73rd 2000 Gladiator ✓ ✓ 5 12
74th 2001 A Beautiful Mind ✓ ✓ 4 8
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ✓ 4 13
75th 2002 Chicago ✓ ✓ 6 13
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ✓ ✓ 11 11
77th 2004 The Aviator ✓ 5 11
78th 2005 Brokeback Mountain ✓ 3 8
Crash ✓ ✓ 3 6
King Kong 3 4
Memoirs of a Geisha 3 6
79th 2006 The Departed ✓ ✓ 4 5
80th 2007 No Country for Old Men ✓ ✓ 4 8
81st 2008 Slumdog Millionaire ✓ ✓ 8 10
82nd 2009 The Hurt Locker ✓ ✓ 6 9
83rd 2010 Inception ✓ 4 8
The King's Speech ✓ ✓ 4 12
84th 2011 The Artist ✓ ✓ 5 10
Hugo ✓ 5 11
85th 2012 Life of Pi ✓ 4 11
86th 2013 Gravity ✓ 7 10
87th 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ✓ ✓ 4 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel ✓ 4 9
88th 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road ✓ 6 10
89th 2016 La La Land ✓ 6 14
90th 2017 The Shape of Water ✓ ✓ 4 13
91st 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody ✓ 4 5
92nd 2019 Parasite ✓ ✓ 4 6
93rd 2020–2021 Nomadland ✓ ✓ 3 6
93
Ceremonies 		94
Years in Film 		116
Film Titles 		74
Winners 		107
Nominees 		574
Awards 		991
Nominations 		Column
Totals
Notes
  1. ^ This column includes competitive awards (i.e., Academy Awards of Merit) only. It does not include the following: Honorary Awards; Special Awards; Special Achievement Awards; and Scientific or Technical Awards.
  2. ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture (now known as Best Picture), while Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture. At the time, these two categories were seen as equally the top award of the night, intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior film-making. The following year, however, at the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Academy discontinued the Unique and Artistic Picture award and decided retroactively that the Outstanding Picture award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded.
  3. ^ Gone with the Wind received 8 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award and a Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
  4. ^ The Best Years of Our Lives received 7 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award.
  5. ^ Oliver! received 5 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received an Honorary Award.
  6. ^ Star Wars received 6 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Achievement Award.
  7. ^ Raiders of the Lost Ark received 4 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Achievement Award.
  8. ^ At the 61st Academy Awards (1988), Rain Man and Who Framed Roger Rabbit each received 4 awards. Rain Man received 4 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. Who Framed Roger Rabbit received 3 competitive Academy Awards of Merit; in addition, the film received a Special Achievement Award.

Historical progression of most Academy Awards per ceremony[]

This table displays the historical progression of films receiving a record number of Academy Awards:

Record Number
of Awards 		Film Title Achievement Academy Awards Season Duration of
Record
Ceremony Year in Film
3 awards 7th Heaven Set Record 1st 1927–1928 6 years
Sunrise
Cimarron Tied Record 4th 1930–1931
Cavalcade Tied Record 6th 1932–1933
5 awards It Happened One Night Broke Record 7th 1934 5 years
8 awards Gone with the Wind Broke Record 12th 1939 19 years
From Here to Eternity Tied Record 26th 1953
On the Waterfront Tied Record 27th 1954
9 awards Gigi Broke Record 31st 1958 1 year
11 awards Ben-Hur Broke Record 32nd 1959 62 years
Titanic Tied Record 70th 1997
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Tied Record 76th 2003

List of films receiving the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony[]

Academy Awards Season Film Title Best Picture Nominations Awards[A] Notes
Ceremony Year in Film Winner Nominee
1st 1927–1928 7th Heaven ✓ 5 3
2nd 1928–1929 In Old Arizona ✓ 5 1
The Patriot ✓ 5 1
3rd 1929–1930 The Love Parade ✓ 6 0
4th 1930–1931 Cimarron ✓ ✓ 7 3
5th 1931–1932 Arrowsmith ✓ 4 0
The Champ ✓ 4 2
6th 1932–1933 Cavalcade ✓ ✓ 4 3
A Farewell to Arms ✓ 4 2
Lady for a Day ✓ 4 0
7th 1934 One Night of Love ✓ 6 2 [B]
8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty ✓ ✓ 8 1
9th 1936 Anthony Adverse ✓ 7 4
Dodsworth ✓ 7 1
The Great Ziegfeld ✓ ✓ 7 3
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola ✓ ✓ 10 3
11th 1938 You Can't Take It with You ✓ ✓ 7 2
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind ✓ ✓ 13 8 [C]
13th 1940 Rebecca ✓ ✓ 11 2
14th 1941 Sergeant York ✓ 11 2
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver ✓ ✓ 12 6
16th 1943 The Song of Bernadette ✓ 12 4
17th 1944 Going My Way ✓ ✓ 10 7
Wilson ✓ 10 5
18th 1945 The Bells of St. Mary's ✓ 8 1
19th 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives ✓ ✓ 8 7 [D]
20th 1947 Gentleman's Agreement ✓ ✓ 8 3
21st 1948 Johnny Belinda ✓ 12 1
22nd 1949 The Heiress ✓ 8 4
23rd 1950 All About Eve ✓ ✓ 14 6
24th 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire ✓ 12 4
25th 1952 High Noon ✓ 7 4
Moulin Rouge ✓ 7 2
The Quiet Man ✓ 7 2
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity ✓ ✓ 13 8
27th 1954 On the Waterfront ✓ ✓ 12 8
28th 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing ✓ 8 3
Marty ✓ ✓ 8 4
The Rose Tattoo ✓ 8 3
29th 1956 Giant ✓ 10 1
30th 1957 Sayonara ✓ 10 4
31st 1958 The Defiant Ones ✓ 9 2
Gigi ✓ ✓ 9 9
32nd 1959 Ben-Hur ✓ ✓ 12 11
33rd 1960 The Apartment ✓ ✓ 10 5
34th 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg ✓ 11 2
West Side Story ✓ ✓ 11 10
35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia ✓ ✓ 10 7
36th 1963 Tom Jones ✓ ✓ 10 4
37th 1964 Mary Poppins ✓ 13 5
38th 1965 Doctor Zhivago ✓ 10 5
The Sound of Music ✓ ✓ 10 5
39th 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ✓ 13 5
40th 1967 Bonnie and Clyde ✓ 10 2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ✓ 10 2
41st 1968 Oliver! ✓ ✓ 11 5 [E]
42nd 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days ✓ 10 1
43rd 1970 Airport ✓ 10 1
Patton ✓ ✓ 10 7
44th 1971 Fiddler on the Roof ✓ 8 3
The French Connection ✓ ✓ 8 5
The Last Picture Show ✓ 8 2
45th 1972 Cabaret ✓ 10 8
The Godfather ✓ ✓ 10 3
46th 1973 The Exorcist ✓ 10 2
The Sting ✓ ✓ 10 7
47th 1974 Chinatown ✓ 11 1
The Godfather Part II ✓ ✓ 11 6
48th 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ✓ ✓ 9 5
49th 1976 Network ✓ 10 4
Rocky ✓ ✓ 10 3
50th 1977 Julia ✓ 11 3
The Turning Point ✓ 11 0
51st 1978 The Deer Hunter ✓ ✓ 9 5
Heaven Can Wait ✓ 9 1
52nd 1979 All That Jazz ✓ 9 4
Kramer vs. Kramer ✓ ✓ 9 5
53rd 1980 The Elephant Man ✓ 8 0
Raging Bull ✓ 8 2
54th 1981 Reds ✓ 12 3
55th 1982 Gandhi ✓ ✓ 11 8
56th 1983 Terms of Endearment ✓ ✓ 11 5
57th 1984 Amadeus ✓ ✓ 11 8
A Passage to India ✓ 11 2
58th 1985 The Color Purple ✓ 11 0
Out of Africa ✓ ✓ 11 7
59th 1986 Platoon ✓ ✓ 8 4
A Room with a View ✓ 8 3
60th 1987 The Last Emperor ✓ ✓ 9 9
61st 1988 Rain Man ✓ ✓ 8 4
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy ✓ ✓ 9 4
63rd 1990 Dances with Wolves ✓ ✓ 12 7
64th 1991 Bugsy ✓ 10 2
65th 1992 Howards End ✓ 9 3
Unforgiven ✓ ✓ 9 4
66th 1993 Schindler's List ✓ ✓ 12 7
67th 1994 Forrest Gump ✓ ✓ 13 6
68th 1995 Braveheart ✓ ✓ 10 5
69th 1996 The English Patient ✓ ✓ 12 9
70th 1997 Titanic ✓ ✓ 14 11
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love ✓ ✓ 13 7
72nd 1999 American Beauty ✓ ✓ 8 5
73rd 2000 Gladiator ✓ ✓ 12 5
74th 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ✓ 13 4
75th 2002 Chicago ✓ ✓ 13 6
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ✓ ✓ 11 11
77th 2004 The Aviator ✓ 11 5
78th 2005 Brokeback Mountain ✓ 8 3
79th 2006 Dreamgirls 8 2
80th 2007 No Country for Old Men ✓ ✓ 8 4
There Will Be Blood ✓ 8 2
81st 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ✓ 13 3
82nd 2009 Avatar ✓ 9 3
The Hurt Locker ✓ ✓ 9 6
83rd 2010 The King's Speech ✓ ✓ 12 4
84th 2011 Hugo ✓ 11 5
85th 2012 Lincoln ✓ 12 2
86th 2013 American Hustle ✓ 10 0
Gravity ✓ 10 7
87th 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ✓ ✓ 9 4
The Grand Budapest Hotel ✓ 9 4
88th 2015 The Revenant ✓ 12 3
89th 2016 La La Land ✓ 14 6
90th 2017 The Shape of Water ✓ ✓ 13 4
91st 2018 The Favourite ✓ 10 1
Roma ✓ 10 3
92nd 2019 Joker ✓ 11 2
93rd 2020–2021 Mank ✓ 10 2
93
Ceremonies 		94
Years in Film 		128
Film Titles 		58
Winners 		127
Nominees 		1,235
Nominations 		511
Awards 		Column
Totals
Notes
  1. ^ This column includes competitive awards (i.e., Academy Awards of Merit) only. It does not include the following: Honorary Awards; Special Awards; Special Achievement Awards; and Scientific or Technical Awards.
  2. ^ One Night of Love received 2 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
  3. ^ Gone with the Wind received 8 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award and a Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
  4. ^ The Best Years of Our Lives received 7 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award.
  5. ^ Oliver! received 5 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received an Honorary Award.

Historical progression of most Academy Award nominations per ceremony[]

This table displays the historical progression of films receiving a record number of Academy Award nominations:

Record Number
of Nominations 		Film Title Achievement Academy Awards Season Duration of
Record
Ceremony Year in Film
5 nominations 7th Heaven Set Record 1st 1927–1928 2 years
In Old Arizona Tied Record 2nd 1928–1929
The Patriot
6 nominations The Love Parade Broke Record 3rd 1929–1930 1 year
7 nominations Cimarron Broke Record 4th 1930–1931 4 years
8 nominations Mutiny on the Bounty Broke Record 8th 1935 2 years
10 nominations The Life of Emile Zola Broke Record 10th 1937 2 years
13 nominations Gone with the Wind Broke Record 12th 1939 11 years
14 nominations All About Eve Broke Record 23rd 1950 71 years
Titanic Tied Record 70th 1997
La La Land Tied Record 89th 2016

Superlatives[]

Films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) earned the largest "clean sweep" of Academy Awards, winning all 11 awards out of its 11 nominations (including Best Picture).
Films receiving the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
  • With only one exception – Dreamgirls (2006) – every film on this list above was nominated for Best Picture.
Films receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
  • A total of 69 films appear on both lists above. That is, there are 69 films that received the most Academy Awards – as well as the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility.
    • Of these 69 films, all 69 received a Best Picture nomination.
    • Of these 69 films, 52 received the Best Picture award.
Best Picture winners receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
  • A total of 69 films received both the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations in their respective years of eligibility. Of these 69 films, 52 also received the Best Picture award.
    • The first film to achieve this feat was: Cimarron (1930–1931).
    • The most recent film to achieve this feat was: The Shape of Water (2017).
Record-breaking films
  • The following four films either set, broke, or tied both records – the film with the most Academy Awards and the film with the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility:
    • 7th Heaven (1927–1928),
    • Cimarron (1930–1931),
    • Gone with the Wind (1939), and
    • Titanic (1997).

See also[]

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