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.

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This information is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 10, 2024, which honored the best films of 2023.

List of films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony

Academy Awards SeasonFilm Title Best Picture Awards [upper-alpha 1] NominationsNotes
CeremonyYear in FilmWinnerNominee
1st 1927 1928 7th Heaven 35
Sunrise 34 [upper-alpha 2]
2nd 1928 1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey 11
The Broadway Melody 13
Coquette 11
The Divine Lady 13
In Old Arizona 15
The Patriot 15
White Shadows in the South Seas 11
3rd 1929 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front 24
The Big House 24
4th 1930 1931 Cimarron 37
5th 1931 1932 Bad Girl 23
The Champ 24
6th 1932 1933 Cavalcade 34
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 55
8th 1935 The Informer 46
9th 1936 Anthony Adverse 47
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 310
11th 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood 34
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind 813 [upper-alpha 3]
13th 1940 The Thief of Bagdad 34
14th 1941 How Green Was My Valley 510
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 612
16th 1943 The Song of Bernadette 412
17th 1944 Going My Way 710
18th 1945 The Lost Weekend 47
19th 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives 78 [upper-alpha 4]
20th 1947 Gentleman's Agreement 38
Miracle on 34th Street 34
21st 1948 Hamlet 47
22nd 1949 The Heiress 48
23rd 1950 All About Eve 614
24th 1951 An American in Paris 68
A Place in the Sun 69
25th 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful 56
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity 813
27th 1954 On the Waterfront 812
28th 1955 Marty 48
29th 1956 Around the World in 80 Days 58
The King and I 59
30th 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai 78
31st 1958 Gigi 99
32nd 1959 Ben-Hur 1112
33rd 1960 The Apartment 510
34th 1961 West Side Story 1011
35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 710
36th 1963 Cleopatra 49
Tom Jones 410
37th 1964 My Fair Lady 812
38th 1965 Doctor Zhivago 510
The Sound of Music 510
39th 1966 A Man for All Seasons 68
40th 1967 In the Heat of the Night 57
41st 1968 Oliver! 511 [upper-alpha 5]
42nd 1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 47
43rd 1970 Patton 710
44th 1971 The French Connection 58
45th 1972 Cabaret 810
46th 1973 The Sting 710
47th 1974 The Godfather Part II 611
48th 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 59
49th 1976 All the President's Men 48
Network 410
50th 1977 Star Wars 610 [upper-alpha 6]
51st 1978 The Deer Hunter 59
52nd 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer 59
53rd 1980 Ordinary People 46
54th 1981 Chariots of Fire 47
Raiders of the Lost Ark 48 [upper-alpha 7]
55th 1982 Gandhi 811
56th 1983 Terms of Endearment 511
57th 1984 Amadeus 811
58th 1985 Out of Africa 711
59th 1986 Platoon 48
60th 1987 The Last Emperor 99
61st 1988 Rain Man 48 [upper-alpha 8]
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 49
63rd 1990 Dances with Wolves 712
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 57
65th 1992 Unforgiven 49
66th 1993 Schindler's List 712
67th 1994 Forrest Gump 613
68th 1995 Braveheart 510
69th 1996 The English Patient 912
70th 1997 Titanic 1114
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love 713
72nd 1999 American Beauty 58
73rd 2000 Gladiator 512
74th 2001 A Beautiful Mind 48
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 413
75th 2002 Chicago 613
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1111
77th 2004 The Aviator 511
78th 2005 Brokeback Mountain 38
Crash 36
King Kong 34
Memoirs of a Geisha 36
79th 2006 The Departed 45
80th 2007 No Country for Old Men 48
81st 2008 Slumdog Millionaire 810
82nd 2009 The Hurt Locker 69
83rd 2010 Inception 48
The King's Speech 412
84th 2011 The Artist 510
Hugo 511
85th 2012 Life of Pi 411
86th 2013 Gravity 710
87th 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 49
The Grand Budapest Hotel 49
88th 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road 610
89th 2016 La La Land 614
90th 2017 The Shape of Water 413
91st 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody 45
92nd 2019 Parasite 46
93rd 20202021 Nomadland 36
94th 2021 Dune 610
95th 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once 711
96th 2023 Oppenheimer 713
96
Ceremonies
96
Years in Film
118
Film Titles
76
Winners
109
Nominees
588
Awards
1015
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 TitleAchievementAcademy Awards SeasonDuration of
Record
CeremonyYear 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 64 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 SeasonFilm Title Best Picture NominationsAwards [upper-alpha 1] Notes
CeremonyYear in FilmWinnerNominee
1st 1927 1928 7th Heaven 53
2nd 1928 1929 In Old Arizona 51
The Patriot 51
3rd 1929 1930 The Love Parade 60
4th 1930 1931 Cimarron 73
5th 1931 1932 Arrowsmith 40
The Champ 42
6th 1932 1933 Cavalcade 43
A Farewell to Arms 42
Lady for a Day 40
7th 1934 One Night of Love 62 [upper-alpha 2]
8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 81
9th 1936 Anthony Adverse 74
Dodsworth 71
The Great Ziegfeld 73
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 103
11th 1938 You Can't Take It with You 72
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind 138 [upper-alpha 3]
13th 1940 Rebecca 112
14th 1941 Sergeant York 112
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 126
16th 1943 The Song of Bernadette 124
17th 1944 Going My Way 107
Wilson 105
18th 1945 The Bells of St. Mary's 81
19th 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives 87 [upper-alpha 4]
20th 1947 Gentleman's Agreement 83
21st 1948 Johnny Belinda 121
22nd 1949 The Heiress 84
23rd 1950 All About Eve 146
24th 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire 124
25th 1952 High Noon 74
Moulin Rouge 72
The Quiet Man 72
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity 138
27th 1954 On the Waterfront 128
28th 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 83
Marty 84
The Rose Tattoo 83
29th 1956 Giant 101
30th 1957 Sayonara 104
31st 1958 The Defiant Ones 92
Gigi 99
32nd 1959 Ben-Hur 1211
33rd 1960 The Apartment 105
34th 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg 112
West Side Story 1110
35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 107
36th 1963 Tom Jones 104
37th 1964 Mary Poppins 135
38th 1965 Doctor Zhivago 105
The Sound of Music 105
39th 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 135
40th 1967 Bonnie and Clyde 102
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 102
41st 1968 Oliver! 115 [upper-alpha 5]
42nd 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days 101
43rd 1970 Airport 101
Patton 107
44th 1971 Fiddler on the Roof 83
The French Connection 85
The Last Picture Show 82
45th 1972 Cabaret 108
The Godfather 103
46th 1973 The Exorcist 102
The Sting 107
47th 1974 Chinatown 111
The Godfather Part II 116
48th 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 95
49th 1976 Network 104
Rocky 103
50th 1977 Julia 113
The Turning Point 110
51st 1978 The Deer Hunter 95
Heaven Can Wait 91
52nd 1979 All That Jazz 94
Kramer vs. Kramer 95
53rd 1980 The Elephant Man 80
Raging Bull 82
54th 1981 Reds 123
55th 1982 Gandhi 118
56th 1983 Terms of Endearment 115
57th 1984 Amadeus 118
A Passage to India 112
58th 1985 The Color Purple 110
Out of Africa 117
59th 1986 Platoon 84
A Room with a View 83
60th 1987 The Last Emperor 99
61st 1988 Rain Man 84
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 94
63rd 1990 Dances with Wolves 127
64th 1991 Bugsy 102
65th 1992 Howards End 93
Unforgiven 94
66th 1993 Schindler's List 127
67th 1994 Forrest Gump 136
68th 1995 Braveheart 105
69th 1996 The English Patient 129
70th 1997 Titanic 1411
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love 137
72nd 1999 American Beauty 85
73rd 2000 Gladiator 125
74th 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 134
75th 2002 Chicago 136
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1111
77th 2004 The Aviator 115
78th 2005 Brokeback Mountain 83
79th 2006 Dreamgirls 82
80th 2007 No Country for Old Men 84
There Will Be Blood 82
81st 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 133
82nd 2009 Avatar 93
The Hurt Locker 96
83rd 2010 The King's Speech 124
84th 2011 Hugo 115
85th 2012 Lincoln 122
86th 2013 American Hustle 100
Gravity 107
87th 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 94
The Grand Budapest Hotel 94
88th 2015 The Revenant 123
89th 2016 La La Land 146
90th 2017 The Shape of Water 134
91st 2018 The Favourite 101
Roma 103
92nd 2019 Joker 112
93rd 20202021 Mank 102
94th 2021 The Power of the Dog 121
95th 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once 117
96th 2023 Oppenheimer 137
96
Ceremonies
96
Years in Film
131
Film Titles
60
Winners
130
Nominees
1,271
Nominations
525
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 TitleAchievementAcademy Awards SeasonDuration of
Record
CeremonyYear 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 73 years
Titanic Tied Record 70th 1997
La La Land Tied Record 89th 2016

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