List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees

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At the Academy Awards, the so-called "Big Five" awards are those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay). [1] As of the 94th Academy Awards (2021), a total of 43 films have been nominated in all five of these award categories. Only three films have won all five of these major awards: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Eight films failed to win any of the five major awards after being nominated.

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In addition, there are three film studios that have won all of the Big Five awards in the same year for two different films, while Everything Everywhere All at Once won the most "above-the-line" awards (includes Supporting Actor/Actress), with six.

Films nominated for each of the "Big Five" awards

This list of films is sorted by the number of Big Five Academy Awards received by each film. Award winners are listed in bold with green background; others listed are nominees who did not win.

Awards
Ceremony
Year
in Film
Total
Nominations
Total
Awards
Big Five
Awards
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Screenplay
(A): Adapted Screenplay / (O): Original Screenplay
Notes
7th 1934 555 It Happened One Night Frank Capra Clark Gable Claudette Colbert Robert Riskin (A)
48th 1975 955 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Miloš Forman Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Lawrence Hauben / Bo Goldman (A)
64th 1991 755 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme Anthony Hopkins Jodie Foster Ted Tally (A)
12th 1939 1384 Gone with the Wind Victor Fleming Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Sidney Howard (A) [note 1]
15th 1942 1264 Mrs. Miniver William Wyler Walter Pidgeon Greer Garson George Froeschel / James Hilton / Claudine West / Arthur Wimperis (A) [note 2]
50th 1977 544 Annie Hall Woody Allen Woody Allen Diane Keaton Woody Allen / Marshall Brickman (O)
72nd 1999 854 American Beauty Sam Mendes Kevin Spacey Annette Bening Alan Ball (O)
26th 1953 1383 From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann Montgomery Clift / Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Daniel Taradash (A) [note 3]
33rd 1960 1053 The Apartment Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Billy Wilder / I. A. L. Diamond (O)
49th 1976 1043 Network Sidney Lumet Peter Finch / William Holden Faye Dunaway Paddy Chayefsky (O) [note 4]
51st 1978 833 Coming Home Hal Ashby Jon Voight Jane Fonda Robert C. Jones / Waldo Salt / Nancy Dowd (O)
54th 1981 1033 On Golden Pond Mark Rydell Henry Fonda Katharine Hepburn Ernest Thompson (A)
77th 2004 743 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Hilary Swank Paul Haggis (A) [note 5]
4th 193031 732 Cimarron Wesley Ruggles Richard Dix Irene Dunne Howard Estabrook (A)
13th 1940 622 The Philadelphia Story George Cukor James Stewart Katharine Hepburn Donald Ogden Stewart (A)
20th 1947 832 Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan Gregory Peck Dorothy McGuire Moss Hart (A)
24th 1951 962 A Place in the Sun George Stevens Montgomery Clift Shelley Winters Harry Brown / Michael Wilson (A)
27th 1954 722 The Country Girl George Seaton Bing Crosby Grace Kelly George Seaton (A)
32nd 1959 622 Room at the Top Jack Clayton Laurence Harvey Simone Signoret Neil Paterson (A)
40th 1967 1022 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Stanley Kramer Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn William Rose (O) [note 6]
41st 1968 732 The Lion in Winter Anthony Harvey Peter O'Toole Katharine Hepburn James Goldman (A)
49th 1976 1032 Rocky John G. Avildsen Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Sylvester Stallone (O)
69th 1996 1292 The English Patient Anthony Minghella Ralph Fiennes Kristin Scott Thomas Anthony Minghella (A) [note 7]
89th 2016 1462 La La Land Damien Chazelle Ryan Gosling Emma Stone Damien Chazelle (O)
10th 1937 711 A Star Is Born William A. Wellman Fredric March Janet Gaynor William A. Wellman / Robert Carson / Dorothy Parker / Alan Campbell (O)
12th 1939 711 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Sam Wood Robert Donat Greer Garson R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, and Eric Maschwitz (A)
13th 1940 1121 Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Robert E. Sherwood / Joan Harrison (A)
21st 1948 1211 Johnny Belinda Jean Negulesco Lew Ayres Jane Wyman Irma von Cube / Allen Vincent (A)
23rd 1950 1131 Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder William Holden Gloria Swanson Charles Brackett / Billy Wilder / D. M. Marshman, Jr. (O) [note 8]
24th 1951 1241 A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Tennessee Williams (A) [note 9]
39th 1966 1351 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Mike Nichols Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Ernest Lehman (A) [note 10]
40th 1967 711 The Graduate Mike Nichols Dustin Hoffman Anne Bancroft Calder Willingham / Buck Henry (A)
47th 1974 1111 Chinatown Roman Polanski Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway Robert Towne (O)
54th 1981 1231 Reds Warren Beatty Warren Beatty Diane Keaton Warren Beatty / Trevor Griffiths (O) [note 11]
85th 2012 811 Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell Bradley Cooper Jennifer Lawrence David O. Russell (A) [note 12]
31st 1958 700 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Richard Brooks Paul Newman Elizabeth Taylor Richard Brooks / James Poe (A)
34th 1961 920 The Hustler Robert Rossen Paul Newman Piper Laurie Sidney Carroll / Robert Rossen (A)
40th 1967 1020 Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway David Newman / Robert Benton (O) [note 13]
43rd 1970 710 Love Story Arthur Hiller Ryan O'Neal Ali MacGraw Erich Segal (A)
47th 1974 600 Lenny Bob Fosse Dustin Hoffman Valerie Perrine Julian Barry (A)
54th 1981 500 Atlantic City Louis Malle Burt Lancaster Susan Sarandon John Guare (O)
66th 1993 800 The Remains of the Day James Ivory Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (A)
86th 2013 1000 American Hustle David O. Russell Christian Bale Amy Adams Eric Warren Singer / David O. Russell (O) [note 14]

Studio winners across two films

This list of film studios is sorted by the number of Big Five Academy Awards received by two different films altogether.

Awards
Ceremony
Year
in Film
Film studiosBig Five
Awards
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Screenplay
(A): Adapted Screenplay / (O): Original Screenplay
Notes
12th 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Loew's Inc 4 ( Gone with the Wind ) + 1 ( Goodbye, Mr. Chips )Gone with the Wind Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind) Robert Donat (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind) Sidney Howard (A) (Gone with the Wind)
49th 1976 United Artists 3 ( Network ) + 2 ( Rocky )Rocky John G. Avildsen (Rocky) Peter Finch (Network) Faye Dunaway (Network) Paddy Chayefsky (O) (Network)
95th 2022 A24 4 ( Everything Everywhere All at Once ) + 1 ( The Whale )Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Brendan Fraser (The Whale) Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (O) (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Milestones and records

Films nominated for and winning four

These films won all four of their nominations for the Big Five Academy Awards. The list is sorted chronologically.

Awards
Ceremony
Year
in Film
Total
Nominations
Total
Awards
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Screenplay
(A): Adapted Screenplay / (O): Original Screenplay
Notes
17th 1944 107 Going My Way Leo McCarey Bing Crosby - Frank Butler / Frank Cavett (A)
18th 1945 74 The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder Ray Milland - Charles Brackett / Billy Wilder (A)
19th 1946 87 The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler Fredric March - Robert E. Sherwood (A)
27th 1954 128 On the Waterfront Elia Kazan Marlon Brando - Budd Schulberg (O)
28th 1955 84 Marty Delbert Mann Ernest Borgnine - Paddy Chayefsky (A)
30th 1957 87 The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean Alec Guinness - Michael Wilson / Carl Foreman / Pierre Boulle (A)
39th 1966 86 A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann Paul Scofield - Robert Bolt (A)
43rd 1970 107 Patton Franklin J. Schaffner George C. Scott - Francis Ford Coppola / Edmund H. North (O)
44th 1971 85 The French Connection William Friedkin Gene Hackman - Ernest Tidyman (A)
52nd 1979 95 Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton Dustin Hoffman - Robert Benton (A)
55th 1982 118 Gandhi Richard Attenborough Ben Kingsley - John Briley (O)
56th 1983 115 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks - Shirley MacLaine James L. Brooks (A) Debra Winger was also nominated for Best Actress
57th 1984 118 Amadeus Miloš Forman F. Murray Abraham - Peter Shaffer (A) Tom Hulce was also nominated for Best Actor
61st 1988 84 Rain Man Barry Levinson Dustin Hoffman - Ronald Bass / Barry Morrow (O)
67th 1994 136 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis Tom Hanks - Eric Roth (A)
83rd 2010 124 The King's Speech Tom Hooper Colin Firth - David Seidler (O)
95th 2022 117 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Michelle Yeoh Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (O)

Above-the-line awards

List of films with the most "above-the-line" Academy Awards—that is, the "Big Five" + Supporting Acting. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) holds the record with six "above-the-line" awards, while eleven other films have received five. The list is sorted chronologically.

Awards
Ceremony
Year
in Film
Total
Nominations
Total
Awards
Total
Above-The-Line
Awards
Best Picture Best Director Best Actor (M) / Best Actress (F) Best Supporting Actor (M) / Supporting Actress (F) Best Adapted Screenplay (A) / Best Original Screenplay (O)Notes
7th 1934 555 It Happened One Night Frank Capra Clark Gable (M) / Claudette Colbert (F) Robert Riskin (A)
12th 1939 1385 Gone with the Wind Victor Fleming Vivien Leigh (F) Hattie McDaniel (F) Sidney Howard (A) Clark Gable and Olivia de Havilland were also nominated for Actor and Supporting Actress, respectively
15th 1942 1265 Mrs. Miniver William Wyler Greer Garson (F) Teresa Wright (F) George Froeschel / James Hilton / Claudine West / Arthur Wimperis (A) Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, and May Whitty were also nominated for Actor, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress, respectively
17th 1944 1075 Going My Way Leo McCarey Bing Crosby (M) Barry Fitzgerald (M) Frank Butler / Frank Cavett (A) Barry Fitzgerald was also nominated for Actor, for the same performance [note 15]
26th 1953 1385 From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster (M) / Deborah Kerr (F) Frank Sinatra (M) / Donna Reed (F) Daniel Taradash (A)
19th 1946 875 The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler Fredric March (M) Harold Russell (M) Robert E. Sherwood (A)
27th 1954 1285 On the Waterfront Elia Kazan Marlon Brando (M) Eva Marie Saint (F) Budd Schulberg (O) Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, and Rod Steiger were also nominated for Best Supporting Actor
48th 1975 955 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Miloš Forman Jack Nicholson (M) / Louise Fletcher (F) Brad Dourif (M)Lawrence Hauben / Bo Goldman (A)
52nd 1979 955 Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton Dustin Hoffman (M) Meryl Streep (F) Robert Benton (A) Justin Henry and Jane Alexander were also nominated for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, respectively
56th 1983 1155 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks Shirley MacLaine (F) Jack Nicholson (M) James L. Brooks (A) Debra Winger and John Lithgow were also nominated for Actress and Supporting Actor, respectively
64th 1991 755 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme Anthony Hopkins (M) / Jodie Foster (F) Ted Tally (A)
95th 2022 1176 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Michelle Yeoh (F) Ke Huy Quan (M) / Jamie Lee Curtis (F) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (O) Stephanie Hsu was also nominated for Supporting Actress

See also

Notes

  1. Gone With the Wind: Hattie McDaniel won for Best Supporting Actress. Olivia de Havilland was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
  2. Mrs. Miniver: Teresa Wright won for Best Supporting Actress. May Whitty was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
  3. From Here to Eternity: Frank Sinatra won for Best Supporting Actor. Donna Reed won for Best Supporting Actress. This film received six nominations in the Big Five Categories; two actors (Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster) were each nominated for Best Actor.
  4. Network: Beatrice Straight won for Best Supporting Actress. Ned Beatty was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. This film received six nominations in the Big Five Categories; two actors (Peter Finch and William Holden) were each nominated for Best Actor.
  5. Million Dollar Baby: Morgan Freeman won for Best Supporting Actor.
  6. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Cecil Kellaway was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Beah Richards was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
  7. The English Patient: Juliette Binoche won for Best Supporting Actress.
  8. Sunset Boulevard: Erich von Stroheim was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Nancy Olson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
  9. A Streetcar Named Desire: Karl Malden won for Best Supporting Actor. Kim Hunter won for Best Supporting Actress.
  10. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Sandy Dennis won for Best Supporting Actress. George Segal was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
  11. Reds: Maureen Stapleton won for Best Supporting Actress. Jack Nicholson was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
  12. Silver Linings Playbook: Robert de Niro was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Jackie Weaver was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
  13. Bonnie and Clyde: Estelle Parsons won for Best Supporting Actress. Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
  14. American Hustle: Bradley Cooper was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
  15. Going My Way: Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same role in Going My Way ; he won the latter award, losing the former to his co-star, Bing Crosby. The Academy subsequently amended its rules to prevent such recurrences.

References

  1. "Films with Awards for Best Picture, Directing, Actor, Actress and Writing". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.