This is a list of Academy Awardâ"winning films. This list contains many films that won Academy Awards, up to and including the 89th Academy Awards held on February 26, 2017.
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If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Any column in this list may be sorted by clicking the arrow symbol to the right of the desired column heading.
Note: Competitive awards are separated from honorary awards; as such, any films that were awarded the latter will be shown in brackets next to the number of competitive wins.
Notes
Statistics
As of March 1, 2016
- Total number of films: 1,239
- Total number of Best Picture winners: 88
- Total number of awards ceremonies: 88
- Total number of awards associated with a film: 1,948 Competitive + 54 Honorary
- Total number of nominations associated with a film: 4,403
- Total number of Oscar Statuettes awarded: 2,810 Competitive + 1,963 Honorary = 4,773 in total
Superlatives
- Film with the most awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards.
- Film with the most nominations: All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations.
- Film with the biggest clean sweep: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won all 11 Academy Awards from its 11 nominations.
- Films with the most nominations without a single win: The Turning Point (1977) and The Color Purple (1985) (11 nominations each)
- Film with the most awards without winning Best Picture: Cabaret (1972) won eight Academy Awards from its ten nominations. It lost Best Picture to The Godfather (1972).
- Year with the most films honored: In 1949, 21 films received Academy Awards.
- Year with the most awards: In 1949, 30 Academy Awards were presented for films.
- Year with the most nominations: In 1967, Academy Award-winning films received 70 nominations.
- Year with the fewest films Honored: In 1929/1930 and again in 1930/1931, 6 films received Academy Awards.
- Year with the fewest awards: In 1928/1929, 7 Academy Awards were presented for films.
- Year with the fewest nominations: In 1927/1928, in 1929/1930, and again in 1930/1931, Academy Award-winning films received 17 nominations.