List of movies with more than one Academy Award nomination in the same category

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These are lists of movies with more than one Academy Award nomination in a single category. There are five categories in which this is possible: the four acting categories, and Best Original Song.

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As of the 81st Academy Awards, producers can submit at most two songs from the same film for Best Original Song; prior to this, four films received three nominations in the category.

There is no statutory limit on the number of acting nominees from the same film in a single category. As of the 95th Academy Awards, no film has ever received more than three; the last film to do so was The Godfather Part II , which received three nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the 47th Academy Awards.

The movie, year and nominees are listed, as well as the outcome at the ceremony.

Academy Award for Best Actor

YearFilmNomineesWinner
1935
(8th)
Mutiny on the Bounty Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone Victor McLaglen, The Informer
1944
(17th)
Going My Way Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald Crosby
1953
(26th)
From Here to Eternity Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster William Holden, Stalag 17
1956
(29th)
Giant James Dean and Rock Hudson Yul Brynner, The King and I
1958
(31st)
The Defiant Ones Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier David Niven, Separate Tables
1961
(34th)
Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell and Spencer Tracy Schell
1964
(37th)
Becket Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
1969
(42nd)
Midnight Cowboy Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight John Wayne, True Grit
1972
(45th)
Sleuth Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier Marlon Brando, The Godfather
1976
(49th)
Network Peter Finch and William Holden Finch
1983
(56th)
The Dresser Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
1984
(57th)
Amadeus F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce Abraham

Academy Award for Best Actress

YearFilmNomineesWinner
1950
(23rd)
All About Eve Anne Baxter and Bette Davis Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
1959
(32nd)
Suddenly, Last Summer Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
1977
(50th)
The Turning Point Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
1983
(56th)
Terms of Endearment Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger MacLaine
1991
(64th)
Thelma & Louise Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

YearFilmNomineesWinner
1939
(12th)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Harry Carey and Claude Rains Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach
1951
(24th)
Quo Vadis Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire
1953
(26th)
Shane Brandon deWilde and Jack Palance Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity
1954
(27th)
On the Waterfront Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger Edmond O'Brien, The Barefoot Contessa
1957
(30th)
Peyton Place Arthur Kennedy and Russ Tamblyn Red Buttons, Sayonara
1959
(32nd)
Anatomy of a Murder Arthur O'Connell and George C. Scott Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur
1961
(34th)
The Hustler Jackie Gleason and George C. Scott George Chakiris, West Side Story
1967
(40th)
Bonnie and Clyde Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke
1971
(44th)
The Last Picture Show Jeff Bridges and Ben Johnson Johnson
1972
(45th)
The Godfather James Caan, Robert Duvall and Al Pacino Joel Grey, Cabaret
1974
(47th)
The Godfather Part II Robert De Niro, Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg De Niro
1976
(49th)
Rocky Burgess Meredith and Burt Young Jason Robards, All The President's Men
1977
(50th)
Julia Jason Robards and Maximilian Schell Robards
1980
(53rd)
Ordinary People Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton Hutton
1983
(56th)
Terms of Endearment John Lithgow and Jack Nicholson Nicholson
1986
(59th)
Platoon Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
1991
(64th)
Bugsy Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley Jack Palance, City Slickers
2017
(90th)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell Rockwell
2019
(92nd)
The Irishman Al Pacino and Joe Pesci Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020/21
(93rd)
Judas and the Black Messiah Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield Kaluuya
2021
(94th)
The Power of the Dog Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee Troy Kotsur, CODA
2022
(95th)
The Banshees of Inisherin Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

YearFilmNomineesWinner
1939
(12th)
Gone with the Wind Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel McDaniel, becoming the first African-American to win an Academy Award
1941
(14th)
The Little Foxes Patricia Collinge and Teresa Wright Mary Astor, The Great Lie
1942
(15th)
Mrs. Miniver May Whitty and Teresa Wright Wright
1943
(16th)
The Song of Bernadette Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls
1945
(18th)
Mildred Pierce Eve Arden and Ann Blyth Anne Revere, National Velvet
1947
(20th)
Gentleman's Agreement Celeste Holm and Anne Revere Holm
1948
(21st)
I Remember Mama Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby Claire Trevor, Key Largo
1949
(22nd)
Come to the Stable Celeste Holm and Elsa Lanchester Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men
Pinky Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters
1950
(23rd)
All About Eve Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter Josephine Hull, Harvey
1954
(27th)
The High and the Mighty Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront
1956
(29th)
The Bad Seed Eileen Heckart and Patty McCormack Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
1957
(30th)
Peyton Place Hope Lange and Diane Varsi Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara
1959
(32nd)
Imitation of Life Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank
1963
(36th)
Tom Jones Diane Cilento, Edith Evans and Joyce Redman Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s
1965
(38th)
Othello Joyce Redman and Maggie Smith Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue
1970
(43rd)
Airport Helen Hayes and Maureen Stapleton Hayes
1971
(44th)
The Last Picture Show Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman Leachman
1973
(46th)
Paper Moon Madeline Kahn and Tatum O'Neal O'Neal, becoming the youngest person to win an Academy Award
1975
(48th)
Nashville Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin Lee Grant, Shampoo
1979
(52nd)
Kramer vs. Kramer Jane Alexander and Meryl Streep Streep
1982
(55th)
Tootsie Teri Garr and Jessica Lange Lange
1985
(58th)
The Color Purple Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor
1988
(61st)
Working Girl Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist
1989
(62nd)
Enemies, A Love Story Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot
1994
(67th)
Bullets Over Broadway Jennifer Tilly and Dianne Wiest Wiest
2000
(73rd)
Almost Famous Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock
2001
(74th)
Gosford Park Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind
2002
(75th)
Chicago Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones Zeta-Jones
2006
(79th)
Babel Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
2008
(81st)
Doubt Amy Adams and Viola Davis Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2009
(82nd)
Up in the Air Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick Mo'Nique, Precious
2010
(83rd)
The Fighter Amy Adams and Melissa Leo Leo
2011
(84th)
The Help Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer Spencer
2018
(91st)
The Favourite Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
2022
(95th)
Everything Everywhere All at Once Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu Curtis

Academy Award for Best Original Song

YearFilmNomineesWinner(s)
1980
(53rd)
Fame Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford for "Fame"
Michael Gore and Lesley Gore for "Out Here on My Own"
Gore and Pitchford, "Fame"
1983
(56th)
Flashdance Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara for "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky for "Maniac"
Moroder, Forsey, and Cara, "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Yentl Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman for "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
Legrand and Bergmans for "The Way He Makes Me Feel"
1984
(57th)
Footloose Kenny Loggins and Tom Snow for "Footloose"
Snow and Dean Pitchford for "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Stevie Wonder, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red
1985
(58th)
White Nights Lionel Richie for "Say You, Say Me"
Stephen Bishop for "Separate Lives"
Richie
1989
(62nd)
The Little Mermaid Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for "Kiss the Girl"
Menken and Ashman for "Under the Sea"
Menken and Ashman, "Under the Sea"
1991
(64th)
Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for "Be Our Guest"
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for "Beauty and the Beast"
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for "Belle"
Menken and Ashman, "Beauty and the Beast"
1992
(65th)
Aladdin Alan Menken and Tim Rice for "A Whole New World"
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for "Friend Like Me"
Menken and Rice, "A Whole New World"
The Bodyguard David Foster and Linda Thompson for "I Have Nothing"
Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich for "Run to You"
1993
(66th)
Philadelphia Neil Young for "Philadelphia"
Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia"
Springsteen
1994
(67th)
The Lion King Elton John and Tim Rice for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
Elton John and Tim Rice for "Hakuna Matata"
Elton John and Tim Rice for "Circle of Life"
John and Rice, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
2003
(76th)
Cold Mountain Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett for "The Scarlet Tide"
Sting for "You Will Be My Ain True Love"
Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox, "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2006
(79th)
Dreamgirls Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven for "Listen"
Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett for "Love You I Do"
Henry Krieger and Willie Reale for "Patience"
Melissa Etheridge, "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth
2007
(80th)
Enchanted Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for "Happy Working Song"
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for "So Close"
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for "That's How You Know"
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, "Falling Slowly" from Once
2008
(81st)
Slumdog Millionaire A. R. Rahman and Gulzar for "Jai Ho"
A. R. Rahman and M.I.A. for "O... Saya"
Rahman and Gulzar, "Jai Ho"
2009
(82nd)
The Princess and the Frog Randy Newman for "Almost There"
Randy Newman for "Down in New Orleans"
Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
2016
(89th)
La La Land Justin Hurwitz and Pasek & Paul for "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)"
Justin Hurwitz and Pasek & Paul for "City of Stars"
Hurwitz and Pasek & Paul, "City of Stars"
2023
(96th)
Barbie Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for "I'm Just Ken"
Billie Eilish and Finneas O' Connell for " What Was I Made For"
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