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).
Billy Wilder's The Apartment brought home five Oscars at the 1960 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, and Best Film Editing.
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night is the first movie in history to have won all “Big Five” Oscars. Interestingly, both lead actors were nominated for 3 awards throughout their careers but took home their sole trophy for It Happened One Night.
In the past 90 years, only three films, It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) have won all five Oscars from the forty-three films that secured nominations in all five prestige Academy Award categories.
At 11 victories apiece, the current three record-holders are “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” “Titanic” and “Ben-Hur.” But where do other Academy Awards faves like “West Side Story,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Gone with the Wind” fall on the all-time list?
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 in each category.
Before “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) was the most-awarded picture in recent decades. The highest number won by a single film is 11, which three films have achieved in the 95-year history of the awards.
The person who has triumphed more times at the Oscars than anyone else in history is Walt Disney. America's most iconic filmmaker racked up a whopping 26 Oscars, four of which were honorary awards, and he also holds the record for the most nominations on record – 59.
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.
Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.
To date, no film has won all four Academy Awards in the four acting categories (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress). However, there have been fifteen films containing at least one nominated performance in each of the four Academy Award acting categories.
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.
Day-Lewis remains the only actor in history to have earned three Best Actor Academy Awards. There has been a numberof actos who havepicked up two awards in the past. Jack Nicholson has earned 12 nominations in total and has three wins, though not all for Best Actor.
No male actor has yet won four Academy Awards but three have achieved a hat-trick, with Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis and the little-remembered Water Brennan, all in the three Oscars club.
'Everything Everywhere All At Once' takes home 7 Oscars, including Best Picture. It was a huge night for the sci-fi multiverse movie.
Titanic received awards for: Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score, Original Song and losing out on Best Actress, Supporting Actress and Makeup.
Let's end the suspense. The woman who holds the records for the most wins is a costume designer: Edith Head. In a career that spanned over five decades and 400 film credits, Edith Head (1897 – 1981) garnered an incredible 35 Oscar nominations and 8 wins for Best Costume Design, the most for any woman in history.
As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time.
The record for the youngest Academy Award winner of all time goes to the brilliantly talented Tatum O'Neal. At a mere ten years and 148 days old, she won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Addie Loggins in 1973's Paper Moon, becoming the youngest Oscar winner of any competitive category.
2021: 36 Nominations – 7 wins. 2020: 24 Nominations – 2 wins. 2019: 14 Nominations – 4 wins.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 85 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the award a record three times. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated a record nine times. Peter O'Toole is the most nominated actor in this category without a single win.
The Player (12) To date, Robert Altman's The Player holds the record for ensemble cast with the most Oscar wins at 12. The film featured an all-star cast and tells the story of a Hollywood film executive who accidentally murders someone, yet, in true Hollywood fashion, still manages to find a happy ending.
"Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), and "Titanic" (1997) each received 11 Oscars. The musical with the most Oscar wins was "West Side Story" (1961), with ten trophies.