Winningest/Most Nominated Films



Here is a list of the movies which have won the most Oscars™, followed by a list of the
films with the most nominations



(A note on year notation: The Academy Awards are presented in March for the artistic achievements of the previous year. It is for this reason that all dates refer to the year in which the movie was released, not the year in which the award was presented.)

Films That Have Won The Most Awards

11 Oscars
Ben-Hur (1959, 12 nominations)
Titanic (1997, 14 nominations)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 11 nominations)2

10 Oscars
West Side Story (1961, 11 nominations)

9 Oscars
Gigi (1958, 9 nominations)
The Last Emperor (1987, 9)
The English Patient (1997, 12)

8 Oscars
Gone With The Wind (1939, 13)
From Here To Eternity (1953, 13)
On The Waterfront (1954, 12)
My Fair Lady (1964, 12)
Cabaret (1972, 10)
Gandhi (1983, 11)
Amadeus (1984, 11)

7 Oscars
Going My Way (1944, 10)
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946, 8)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957, 8)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962, 10)
Patton (1970, 10)
The Sting (1973, 10)
Out Of Africa (1985, 11)
Dances With Wolves (1990, 12)
Schindler’s List (1993, 12)
Shakespeare In Love (1998, 13)

6 Oscars
Mrs. Miniver (1942, 12)
All About Eve, (1940, 14)
An American In Paris (1951, 8)
A Place In The Sun (1951, 9)
A Man For All Seasons (1966, 8)
The Godfather, Part II (1974, 11)
Star Wars (1977, 10)
Forrest Gump, (1994, 13)

5 Oscars
It Happened One Night (1934, 5)
How Green Was My Valley (1941, 10)
Wilson (1944, 10)
The Bad And The Beautiful (1952, 6)
Around The World In 80 Days (1956, 8)
The King And I (1956, 9)
The Apartment, (1960, 10)
Mary Poppins (1964, 13)
Doctor Zhivago (1965, 10)
The Sound Of Music (1965, 10)
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966, 13)
In The Heat Of The Night (1967, 7)
Oliver! (1968, 11)
The French Connection (1971, 9)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, 9)
The Deer Hunter (1978, 9)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, 9)
Terms Of Endearment (1983, 11)
Silence Of The Lambs (1991, 7)
Braveheart (1995, 10)
Saving Private Ryan (1998, 11)
American Beauty (1999, 8)
Gladiator (2000, 12) Chicago (2002, 13) The Aviator (2004, 11)

Films With The Most Nominations

14 Nominations
All About Eve (1950, 6 Oscars)
Titanic (1997, 11)

13 Nominations
Gone With The Wind (1939, 8)
From Here To Eternity (1953, 8)
Mary Poppins (1964, 5)
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966, 5)
Forrest Gump (1994, 6)
Shakespeare In Love (1998, 7)
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings (2001, 4)
Chicago (2002, 6)

12 Nominations
Mrs. Miniver (1942, 6)
The Song Of Bernadette (1943, 4)
Johnny Belinda (1948, 1)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, 4)
On The Waterfront (1954, 8)
Ben Hur (1959, 11)
Becket (1964, 1)
My Fair Lady (1964, 8)
Reds (1981, 3)
Dances With Wolves (1990, 7)
Schindler's List (1993, 7)
The English Patient (1996, 9)
Gladiator (2000, 5)

11 Nominations
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939, 1)
Rebecca (1940, 2)
Sergeant York (1941, 2)
The Pride Of The Yankees (1942, 1)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, 3)
Judgement At Nuremberg (1961, 2)
West Side Story (1961, 10)
Oliver! (1968, 5)
Chinatown (1974, 1)
The Godfather, Part II (1974, 6)
Julia (1977, 3)
The Turning Point (1977, 0)1
Gandhi (1982, 8)
Terms Of Endearment (1983, 5)
Amadeus (1984, 8)
A Passage To India (1984, 2)
The Color Purple (1985, 0)1
Out Of Africa (1985, 7)
Saving Private Ryan (1998, 5)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 11)2
The Aviator (2004, 5)

10 Nominations
The Life Of Emile Zola (1937, 3)
How Green Was My Valley (1941, 5)
Going My Way (1944, 7)
Wilson (1944, 5)
Roman Holiday (1953, 3)
Giant (1956, 1)
Sayonara (1957, 4)
The Apartment (1960, 5)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962, 7)
Tom Jones (1963, 4)
Doctor Zhivago (1965, 5)
The Sound Of Music (1965, 5)
Bonnie And Clyde (1967, 2)
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967, 2)
Anne Of The Thousand Days (1969, 1)
Airport (1970, 1)
Patton (1970, 7)
Cabaret (1972, 8)
The Godfather (1972, 3)
The Exorcist (1973, 2)
The Sting (1973, 7)
Network (1976, 4)
Rocky (1976, 3)
Star Wars (1977, 6)
On Golden Pond (1981, 3)
Tootsie (1982, 1)
Bugsy (1991, 2)
Braveheart (1995, 5)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, 4)
Gangs Of New York (2002, 0)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 2)



FOOTNOTES:

1. The record for most nominations without a single win is held by A Turning Point and The Color Purple which were each nominated for 11 Academy Awards.

2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) holds the record for most Oscar nominations without a single loss.


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