"Titanic" is also one of three movies to win a record 11 awards, joined by "Ben-Hur" (1959) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003). Yet the latter takes the cake for being the most-nominated movie to win in every single nominated category.
As of October 2022, three films tied for most Academy Award wins of all time. "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), and "Titanic" (1997) each received 11 Oscars.
There's a reason why Grand Hotel is the only film to ever win Best Picture without receiving a nomination in any other category. A film that's worth a watch, sure, but nothing more.
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What movie got 11 Oscars?
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.
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.
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.
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).
A24 swept the Oscars with 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' and 'The Whale' It's the first time one studio has won all six top awards at the Oscars. Independent film studio A24 has made history, becoming the first production company to ever sweep the Oscars' top prizes.
It received five other nominations. Gone with the Wind was the first color movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Sidney Howard was the first posthumous winner in a competitive category (for the screenplay of Gone with the Wind).
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.
Actors with the most Oscar nominations and their wins 1929-2022. As of March 2022, Meryl Streep was the person with the most Oscar nominations of all time, with an impressive 21 nominations and three wins.
And no one was slapped. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the Oscars on Sunday night, winning seven awards, including best picture, best actress, best director, best editing, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best original screenplay.
The longest film ever made, according to Guinness World Records, is "The Cure for Insomnia" (1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV. It lasts 85 hours and is considered an extraordinary achievement in the film industry.
James Cameron seemed to be the only one capable of reviving the box office thanks to the success of Avatar: The Way of Water, which nearly topped its predecessor with an impressive global sum of over $2.3 billion. To date, per Insider, only six movies have ever grossed $2 billion.
Among the elite list of 53 billion-dollar grossing films are sequels, Disney remakes and iconic franchises such as Star Wars, Avatar, James Bond, The Lord of the Rings, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter, The Fast & The Furious Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Transformers and Disney and Pixar toons.
