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.
The five major Oscars are Best Movie, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, It Happened One Night and Silence of the Lambs each one all the major Oscars. Who has won the most total Academy Awards?
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).
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.
Lawrence of Arabia - 7
Receiving seven Academy Awards, the film won best picture, director, cinematography (color), set decoration (color), sound, film editing and score.
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.
9 WINS: 'The Last Emperor' (1987)
This story about the final Emperor of China went undefeated at the Academy Awards, going nine-for-nine.
All About Eve (1950): won 6 awards out of 16 possible categories. Titanic (1997): won 11 awards out of 17 possible categories. La La Land (2016): won 6 awards out of 17 possible categories.
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.
No film has won all four awards; however, there are two films that hold the distinction of winning three out of the four categories they were nominated in: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
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.
Unsurprisingly, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the 95th Academy Awards, but what was surprising was that Elvis did not win a single award.
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.
As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time.
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.
Lawrence of Arabia
At three hours and 48 minutes, it's the longest-running best picture winner (one minute longer than “Gone With the Wind”). The tale of T.E.
Ben-Hur set a new Oscar record by winning 11 Academy Awards. Bob Hope was the master of ceremonies.