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.
This information is current as of the 95th Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 12, 2023, which honored the best films of 2022.
List of films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony
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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 Title | Achievement | Academy Awards Season | Duration of Record |
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Ceremony | Year 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 | 65 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
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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 Title | Achievement | Academy Awards Season | Duration of Record |
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Ceremony | Year 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 | 74 years |
Titanic | Tied Record | 70th | 1997 | ||
La La Land | Tied Record | 89th | 2016 |
Superlatives
- Films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) earned the largest "clean sweep" of Academy Awards, winning all 11 awards out of its 11 nominations (including Best Picture).
- Films receiving the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
- With only one exception – Dreamgirls (2006) – every film on this list above was nominated for Best Picture.
- Films receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
- A total of 69 films appear on both lists above. That is, there are 69 films that received the most Academy Awards – as well as the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility.
- Of these 69 films, all 69 received a Best Picture nomination.
- Of these 69 films, 52 received the Best Picture award.
- Best Picture winners receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
- A total of 69 films received both the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations in their respective years of eligibility. Of these 69 films, 52 also received the Best Picture award.
- The first film to achieve this feat was: Cimarron (1930–1931).
- The most recent film to achieve this feat was: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).
- Record-breaking films
- The following four films either set, broke, or tied both records – the film with the most Academy Awards and the film with the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility:
- 7th Heaven (1927–1928),
- Cimarron (1930–1931),
- Gone with the Wind (1939), and
- Titanic (1997).
See also
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