Which film has won the most Oscars of all time? Three films hold the record of winning the most Academy Awards, having garnered 11 Oscars each: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Out of these, Titanic received the most nods with a total of 14 nominations.
The three movies to hold the Guinness World Record of winning 11 Oscars — the highest by a film — are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic and Ben-Hur. On the other hand, Titanic is one of the three films which has received the most number of nominations at 14.
Milos Forman's film tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his fierce rival, composer Antonio Salieri. The 1984 film won eight Academy Awards for best picture, director, actor, adapted screenplay, set decoration, costume design, sound and makeup.
Katharine Hepburn has won the most acting Academy Awards
The four films that solidified her legacy are "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968) and "On Golden Pond" (1981).
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Who has 26 Oscars?
Disney won 26 Oscars over the course of his career and was nominated a grand total of 59 times. Most of his Oscars, won between 1932 and 1969, came in the category of Best Animated Short, including The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling and a posthumous win for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.
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.
The film composer has won five Oscars, four Golden Globes, seven BAFTAs and 25 Grammys. With 52 Oscar nominations, he is second only to Walt Disney as most nominated person ever.
In 2021, Anthony Hopkins took home his second statuette, for his role in The Father. The year before, Renée Zellweger took home her second Oscar after playing Judy Garland in Judy. In 2020, Mahershala Ali picked up his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Best Picture winner Green Book.
Daniel Day-Lewis became the first and currently only man to win three best actor Oscars, while Frances McDormand became only the second woman and third of her counterparts overall to achieve the same. Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941.
Three films currently hold the title for most Oscars collected by a single film, and one of them is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson. The film picked up 11 awards, including those for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, among others.
What movie was nominated for the most Oscars without winning?
Both The Turning Point (USA 1977) starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft (both USA) and The Colour Purple (USA 1986) starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg (both USA) were nominated 11 times for an Academy Award, but didn't win an Oscar.
As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time. While the "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" star scored four acting accolades during her career, six fellow actors tied for the second spot with three wins each.
Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards (all for Best Actress), more than any other actor or actress in the history of the award. As of 2021, 44 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories. Katharine Hepburn leads the way with four (all Best Actress).
The "Big Five" Oscars award categories are those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, either Original or Adapted.
What movie was nominated for 10 Oscars but never won?
Close and O'Toole boast an impressive eight win-less nominations, but they fall short of the most-nominated films to fail to win an Oscar. Both 'The Turning Point' (1977) and 'The Color Purple' (1986) picked up 11 Academy Award nominations without winning a single one, sharing the record for films.
Who is the youngest ever Oscars winner? There are, of course, multiple different types of award on offer at the Oscars, but the youngest person to win any of them at all is Tatum O'Neal. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 1974 Oscars at the age of 10.
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars won by an individual with a total of 22 competitive awards and four honorary awards. Disney was nominated 59 times throughout his career, receiving one award posthumously.
Winning consecutive Academy Awards is a rare and impressive achievement, showcasing exceptional talent and the difficulty of even getting nominated. Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks are the only two actors to have won Best Actor in successive years, with Tracy winning in 1937 and 1938 and Hanks winning in 1993 and 1994.
Luise Rainer won her two Best Actress awards in back-to-back years in 1936 and 1937, winning her second Oscar at 27 years old. Jodie Foster was 29 when she won her second Oscar for Silence of the Lambs at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992.
