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Academy Award for Best Picture
Awarded for Best Picture of the Year
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded 1929 (for films released in 1927
and 1928)
Currently
held by
The King's Speech (2010)
Official
website
http://www.oscars.org
Academy Award for Best PictureFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the
Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to
artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best
Picture category is the only category in which every memberof the Academy is eligible not only to vote on the final ballot,
but also to nominate. During the annual Academy Awards
ceremony, Best Picture is reserved as the final awardpresented and, since 1951, is collected at the podium by the
film's producers. The Academy Award for Best MotionPicture is considered the most important of the Academy
Awards, as it is the final award presented, and represents all
the directing, acting, and writing efforts put forth for a film.The Grand Staircase columns at the Kodak Theatre in Los
Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have beenheld since 2002, showcase every film that has won the BestPicture title since the award's inception 82 years ago. On June 24, 2009, AMPAS announced that the number of
films nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from five to ten, starting with the 82nd Academ
Awards (2009).[1]
Contents
1 History2 Winners and nominees
2.1 1920s
2.2 1930s
2.3 1940s
2.4 1950s
2.5 1960s
2.6 1970s
2.7 1980s
2.8 1990s
2.9 2000s2.10 2010s
2.11 Notes
3 Milestones
3.1 Milestones related to acting
3.2 Milestones related to country or language
3.3 Milestones related to directing
3.4 Milestones related to genre
3.5 Milestones related to other Academy Awards
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3.6 Milestones related to other awards ceremonies
3.7 Milestones related to rating
3.8 Milestones related to sequels, prequels, remakes and adaptations
3.9 Milestones related to superlatives
3.10 Milestones related to technology
4 Superlatives
5 See also
6 References7 External links
History
At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony (for 1927 and 1928), there was no Best Picture award. Instead, there wertwo separate awards, one called Most Outstanding Production, won by the epic Wings, and one called Most
Artistic Quality of Production, won by the art film Sunrise. The awards were intended to honor different and
equally important aspects of superior filmmaking, and in fact the judges and the studio bosses who sought toinfluence their decisions paid more attention to the latter - MGM head Louis B. Mayer, who had disliked the
realism of King Vidor's The Crowd, another of the nominees (the third was Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B.Schoedsack's Chang) pressured the judges not to honor his own studio's film, and to select Sunrise instead. The
next year, the Academy instituted a single award called Best Production, and decided retroactively that the award
won by Wings had been the equivalent of that award, with the result that Wings is often listed as the winner of asole Best Picture award for the first year. The title of the award was eventually changed to Best Picture for the
1931 awards.
From 1944 to 2008, the Academy restricted nominations to five Best Picture nominees per year. As of the 83rd
Academy Awards ceremony (for 2010), there have been 484 films nominated for the Best Picture award.
Throughout the past 83 years, AMPAS has presented a total of 84 Best Picture awards. Invariably, the AcademyAwards for Best Picture and Best Director have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 83 films
that have been awarded Best Picture, 61 have also been awarded Best Director.[1](http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/bestpixdirdiff.html) Only three films have won Bes
Picture without their directors being nominated (though only one since the early 1930s): Wings (1927/28), Grand
Hotel(1931/32), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). The only two Best Director winners to win for films which didnot receive a Best Picture nomination are likewise in the early years: Lewis Milestone (1927/28) and Frank Lloyd
(1928/29).
However, in 2009, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that the number of Best Pictur
nominees would be increased from five to ten. The expansion was a throwback to the Academy's early years in th1930s and '40s, when anywhere between eight and 12 films were shortlisted (or longlisted). "Having 10 Best
Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that ofte
show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," AMPAS PresideSid Ganis said in a press conference. "I can't wait to see what that list of 10 looks like when the nominees are
announced in February."[1] At the same time, the voting system was switched from first-past-the-post to Alternativ
Vote (also known as Instant Run-off Vote).[2]
One point of contention is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for categories other than Best
Foreign Language Film. Very few foreign language films have been nominated for any other categories, regardless
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of artistic merit. To date, only eight foreign language films (and three partly foreign language films) have been
nominated for Best Picture: Grand Illusion (French, 1938); Z(French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972);Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); Il Postino (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful(Italian, 1998);
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); and Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese, 2006),
which was ineligible for the Best Foreign Language Oscar because it was an American production. The only partly
foreign language films to win Best Picture are The Godfather Part II(English/Sicilian, 1974), The Last Emperor
(English/Mandarin, 1987) and Slumdog Millionaire (English/Hindi, 2008).
Another point of contention is the recent extreme bias toward 2-plus hour films: Crash (2005, 112m) is the shortefilm to win Best Picture in the past 20 years. It has been criticized for ignoring films that were huge commercial andcritical successes. Furthermore, no animated film has won the award (Disney's Beauty and the Beastand Disney-
Pixar's Up and Toy Story 3 were nominated), and only one comedy (Shakespeare in Love, 1998) has won in the
last 30 years.
To date, eleven films exclusively financed outside the United States have won Best Picture; all eleven were financein part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films were, in chronological order: Hamlet, The Bridge on the
River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Tom Jones, A Man for All Seasons, Oliver!, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, Th
Last Emperor, Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech
No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Frontand Lawrence ofrabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form, usually due to editing for reissu
(and subsequently partly restored by archivists). Other winners and nominees such as Tom Jones and Star Wars
are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. The 1928 film The Patriotis the only Best Picturenominee that is lost; The Racketwas believed lost for many years but a print existed in producer Howard Hughes
archives and it has since been shown on Turner Classic Movies. Wings and Sunrise were the only silent winners o
a Best Picture-equivalent award, although a part-silent version ofAll Quiet on the Western Frontwas created foforeign-language release and survives.
Winners and nominees
In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Except for
the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film firstpremiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release, but it may be the year
after first release (as with Casablanca and, if the film-festival premiere is considered, Crash). This is the yearbefore the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible
for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.)
appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony. Each individual entryshows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. For foreign language films, the original title
also shown. Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone tthe producer. The official name of the award has changed several times over the years:
1927/28 1928/29: Outstanding Picture
1929/30 1940: Outstanding Production
1941 1943: Outstanding Motion Picture
1944 1961: Best Motion Picture
1962 Present:Best Picture
For the first ceremony, three films each were nominated for two separate awards similar to the Best Picture Award
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For the following three years, five films were nominated for the award. This was expanded to eight in 1933, to ten
in 1934, and to twelve in 1935, before being dropped back to ten in 1937. In 1945 it was reduced back to five.This number remained until 2010, when it was once again raised to ten.
For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd AcademyAwards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928 and July 31,
1929. Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previouscalendar year from January 1 to December 31.
1920s
1927/28[A] (1st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Wings Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky Lucien Hubbard
The Racket Caddo, Paramount Howard Hughes
Seventh Heaven Fox William Fox
1928/29 (2nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Broadway Melody Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[L]Irving Thalberg & Lawrence
Weingarten
AlibiFeature Productions, United
ArtistsRoland West
The Hollywood Revue of
1929Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Harry Rapf
In Old Arizona Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
The Patriot Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
1930s
1929/30[B] (3rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Carl Laemmle, Jr.
The Big House Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
Disraeli Warner Bros. Jack Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck
The Divorcee Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Robert Z. Leonard
The Love Parade Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
1930/31 (4th)
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Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Cimarron RKO Radio William LeBaron
East Lynne Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
The Front Page Caddo, United Artists Howard Hughes
Skippy Paramount Adolph Zukor
Trader Horn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving G. Thalberg
1931/32 (5th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Grand Hotel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
Arrowsmith Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn
Bad Girl Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
The Champ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer King Vidor
Five Star Final First National Hal B. Wallis
One Hour with You Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
Shanghai Express Paramount Adolph Zukor
The Smiling Lieutenant Paramount Ernst Lubitsch
1932/33 (6th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Cavalcade
[H]
Fox Winfield Sheehan
[G]
42nd Street Warner Bros. Darryl F. Zanuck
A Farewell to Arms[H] Paramount Adolph Zukor
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
Lady for a Day Columbia Frank Capra
Little Women[H] RKO Radio Merian C. Cooper, Kenneth MacGowan
The Private Life of Henry VIII London Films, United Artists Alexander Korda
She Done Him Wrong Paramount William LeBaronSmilin' Through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
State Fair Fox Winfield Sheehan[G]
1934 (7th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
It Happened One Night[I] Columbia Harry Cohn
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The Barretts of Wimpole
Street[I]Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
Cleopatra Paramount Cecil B. DeMille
Flirtation Walk First National Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, Robert Lord
The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
Here Comes the Navy Warner Bros. Lou Edelman
The House of Rothschild[I]20th Century, United
Artists
Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, Raymond
Griffith
Imitation of Life Universal John M. Stahl
One Night of Love Columbia Harry Cohn, Everett Riskin
The Thin Man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg
Viva Villa! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
The White Parade Fox Jesse L. Lasky
1935 (8th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Mutiny on the Bounty[J] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin
Alice Adams RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
Broadway Melody of 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John W. Considine, Jr.
Captain Blood[J]Warner Bros.,
Cosmopolitan
Hal B. Wallis, Harry Joe Brown, Gordon
Hollingshead
David Copperfield Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
The Informer[J] RKO Radio Cliff Reid
The Lives of a Bengal
LancerParamount Louis D. Lighton
A Midsummer Night's
DreamWarner Bros. Henry Blanke
Les Misrables20th Century, United
ArtistsDarryl F. Zanuck
Naughty Marietta Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg
Ruggles of Red Gap Paramount Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Top Hat RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
1936 (9th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Great Ziegfeld Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hunt Stromberg
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Anthony Adverse Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
Dodsworth Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulbert
Libeled Lady Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lawrence Weingarten
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Columbia Frank Capra
Romeo and Juliet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg
San Francisco Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John Emerson, Bernard H. Hyman
The Story of Louis Pasteur Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
A Tale of Two Cities Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
Three Smart Girls Universal Joe Pasternak, Charles R. Rogers
1937 (10th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Life of Emile Zola Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
The Awful Truth Columbia Leo McCarey, Everett Riskin
Captains Courageous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis Lighton
Dead End Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulbert
The Good Earth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin
In Old Chicago 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Kenneth MacGowan
Lost Horizon Columbia Frank Capra
One Hundred Men and a Girl Universal Charles R. Rogers, Joe Pasternak
Stage Door RKO Radio Pandro S. Berman
A Star Is Born Selznick International, United Artists David O. Selznick
1938 (11th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
You Can't Take It With You Columbia Frank Capra
The Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Alexander's Ragtime Band 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Harry Joe BrownBoys Town Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer John W. Considine, Jr.
The Citadel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Victor Saville
Four Daughters Warner Bros., First National Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Grand Illusion R. A. O., World Pictures Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch
Jezebel Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Pygmalion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Gabriel Pascal
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Test Pilot Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis Lighton
1939 (12th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gone with the Wind Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer David O. Selznick
Dark Victory Warner Bros. David Lewis
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Victor Saville
Love Affair RKO Radio Leo McCarey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Columbia Frank Capra
Ninotchka Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
Of Mice and Men Roach, United Artists Lewis Milestone
Stagecoach United Artists Walter Wanger
The Wizard of Oz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mervyn LeRoy
Wuthering Heights Goldwyn, United Artists Samuel Goldwyn
1940s
1940 (13th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Rebecca Selznick, United Artists David O. Selznick
All This, and Heaven Too Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, David Lewis
Foreign Correspondent Wanger, United Artists Walter Wanger
The Grapes of Wrath 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson
The Great Dictator Chaplin, United Artists Charlie Chaplin
Kitty Foyle RKO Radio David Hempstead
The Letter Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
The Long Voyage Home Argosy, Wanger, United Artists John Ford
Our Town Lesser, United Artists Sol Lesser
The Philadelphia Story Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1941[C] (14th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
Blossoms in the Dust Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Irving Asher
Citizen Kane RKO Radio Orson Welles
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Columbia Everett Riskin
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Hold Back the Dawn Paramount Arthur Hornblow, Jr.The Little Foxes RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
The Maltese Falcon Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
One Foot in Heaven Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
Sergeant York Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis, Jesse L. Lasky
Suspicion RKO Radio Alfred Hitchcock
1942 (15th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Mrs. Miniver Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
49th Parallel GFD, Columbia Michael Powell
Kings Row Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
The Magnificent Ambersons Mercury, RKO Radio Orson Welles
The Pied Piper 20th Century Fox Nunnally Johnson
The Pride of the Yankees Goldwyn, RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
Random Harvest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
The Talk of the Town Columbia George Stevens
Wake Island Paramount Joseph Sistrom
Yankee Doodle Dandy Warner Bros. Jack Warner, Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney
1943 (16th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Casablanca Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
For Whom the Bell Tolls Paramount Sam Wood
Heaven Can Wait 20th Century Fox Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Clarence Brown
In Which We Serve United Artists Nol Coward
Madame Curie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
The More the Merrier Columbia George StevensThe Ox-Bow Incident 20th Century Fox Lamar Trotti
The Song of Bernadette 20th Century Fox William Perlberg
Watch on the Rhine Warner Bros. Hal B. Wallis
1944[D] (17th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Going My Way Paramount Leo McCarey
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Double Indemnity Paramount Joseph Sistrom
Gaslight Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Since You Went Away Selznick, United Artists David O. Selznick
Wilson 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
1945 (18th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Lost Weekend Paramount Charles Brackett
Anchors Aweigh Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Joe Pasternak
The Bells of St. Mary's RKO Radio Leo McCarey
Mildred Pierce Warner Bros. Jerry Wald
Spellbound United Artists David O. Selznick
1946 (19th)Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Best Years of Our Lives RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
Henry V United Artists Laurence Olivier
It's a Wonderful Life RKO Radio Frank Capra
The Razor's Edge 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
The Yearling Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sidney Franklin
1947 (20th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gentleman's Agreement 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
The Bishop's Wife RKO Radio Samuel Goldwyn
Crossfire RKO Radio Adrian Scott
Great Expectations Rank-Cineguild, U-I Ronald Neame
Miracle on 34th Street 20th Century Fox William Perlberg
1948 (21st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
HamletJ. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films, Universal
InternationalLaurence Olivier
Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. Jerry Wald
The Red Shoes Rank Organisation, Powell and Pressburger, Eagle-
Lion Films
Michael Powell, Emeric
Pressburger
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Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia Sam Spiegel
Peyton Place 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald
Sayonara Warner Bros. William Goetz
12 Angry Men United Artists Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose
Witness for the Prosecution United Artists Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
1958 (31st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Gigi Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Freed
Auntie Mame Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lawrence Weingarten
The Defiant Ones Kramer, United Artists Stanley Kramer
Separate Tables United Artists Harold Hecht
1959 (32nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sam Zimbalist
Anatomy of a Murder Columbia Otto Preminger
The Diary of Anne Frank 20th Century Fox George Stevens
The Nun's Story Warner Bros. Henry Blanke
Room at the Top Continential, British Lion Films John Woolf, James Woolf
1960s
1960 (33rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Apartment United Artists Billy Wilder
The Alamo United Artists John Wayne
Elmer Gantry United Artists Bernard Smith
Sons and Lovers 20th Century Fox Jerry Wald
The Sundowners Warner Bros. Fred Zinnemann
1961 (34th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
West Side Story United Artists Robert Wise
Fanny Warner Bros. Joshua Logan
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The Guns of Navarone Columbia Carl Foreman
The Hustler 20th Century Fox Robert Rossen
Judgment at Nuremberg United Artists Stanley Kramer
1962[E] (35th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Lawrence of Arabia Columbia Sam Spiegel
The Longest Day 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck
The Music Man Warner Bros. Morton DaCosta
Mutiny on the Bounty Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Aaron Rosenberg
To Kill a Mockingbird U-I Alan J. Pakula
1963 (36th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Tom Jones United Artists Tony Richardson
America, America Warner Bros. Elia Kazan
Cleopatra 20th Century Fox Walter Wanger
How the West Was Won Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Bernard Smith
Lilies of the Field United Artists Ralph Nelson
1964 (37th)
FilmProduction
company(s)Producer(s)
My Fair Lady Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner
Becket Paramount Hal B. Wallis
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love
the BombColumbia Stanley Kubrick
Mary PoppinsWalt Disney
Productions
Walt Disney, Bill
Walsh
Zorba the Greek 20th Century Fox Michael Cacoyanni
1965 (38th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Robert Wise
Darling Embassy Joseph Janni
Doctor Zhivago Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Carlo Ponti
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Ship of Fools Columbia Stanley Kramer A Thousand Clowns United Artists Fred Coe
1966 (39th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
A Man for All Seasons Columbia Fred Zinnemann
Alfie Paramount Lewis GilbertThe Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming United Artists Norman Jewison
The Sand Pebbles 20th Century Fox Robert Wise
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros. Ernest Lehman
1967 (40th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
In the Heat of the Night United Artists Walter Mirisch
Bonnie and Clyde Warner Bros., Seven Arts Warren Beatty
Doctor Dolittle 20th Century Fox Arthur P. Jacobs
The Graduate Embassy Lawrence Turman
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Columbia Stanley Kramer
1968 (41st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Oliver! Columbia John Woolf
Funny Girl Columbia Ray Stark
The Lion in Winter Avco Embassy Martin Poll
Rachel, Rachel Warner Bros. Paul Newman
Romeo and Juliet Paramount Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne
1969 (42nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Midnight Cowboy United Artists Jerome Hellman
Anne of the Thousand Days Universal Hal B. Wallis
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox John Foreman
Hello, Dolly! 20th Century Fox Ernest Lehman
Z[K] Cinema V Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi
1970s
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1970 (43rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Patton 20th Century Fox Frank McCarthy
Airport Universal Ross Hunter
Five Easy Pieces Columbia Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
Love Story Paramount Howard G. Minsky
MASH 20th Century Fox Ingo Preminger
1971 (44th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The French Connection 20th Century Fox Philip D'Antoni
A Clockwork Orange Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the Roof United Artists Norman Jewison
The Last Picture Show Columbia Stephen J. Friedman
Nicholas and Alexandra Columbia Sam Spiegel
1972 (45th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Godfather Paramount Albert S. Ruddy
Cabaret Allied Artists Cy Feuer
Deliverance Warner Bros. John Boorman
The Emigrants[K] Warner Bros. Bengt Forslund
Sounder 20th Century Fox Robert B. Radnitz
1973 (46th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Sting Universal Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
American Graffiti Lucasfilm, Universal Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz
Cries and Whispers[K] New World Pictures Ingmar Bergman
The Exorcist Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty
A Touch of Class Avco Embassy Melvin Frank
1974 (47th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Godfather Part
II[O]Paramount
Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred
Roos
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Chinatown Paramount Robert Evans
The Conversation Paramount Francis Ford Coppola
Lenny United Artists Marvin Worth
The Towering Inferno20th Century Fox, Warner
Bros.Irwin Allen
1975 (48th)Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists Saul Zaentz[N], Michael Douglas
Barry Lyndon Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick
Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand
Jaws Universal Richard D. Zanuck
Nashville Paramount Robert Altman
1976 (49th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Rocky United Artists Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
All the President's Men Warner Bros. Walter Coblenz
Bound for Glory United Artists Robert F. Blumofe, Harold Leventhal
Network Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Howard Gottfried
Taxi Driver Columbia Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
1977 (50th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Annie Hall United Artists Charles H. Joffe
The Goodbye Girl Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Ray Stark
Julia 20th Century Fox Richard Roth
Star Wars Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox Gary Kurtz
The Turning Point 20th Century Fox Herbert Ross, Arthur Laurents
1978 (51st)
FilmProduction
company(s)Producer(s)
The Deer Hunter UniversalBarry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John
Peverall
Coming Home United Artists Jerome Hellman
Heaven Can Wait Paramount Warren Beatty
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Missing Universal Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Tootsie Columbia Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
The Verdict 20th Century Fox Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
1983 (56th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Terms of Endearment Paramount James L. Brooks
The Big Chill Columbia Michael Shamberg
The Dresser Columbia Peter Yates
The Right Stuff Warner Bros., The Ladd Company Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Tender Mercies EMI Films, Universal Philip S. Hobel
1984 (57th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Amadeus Orion Saul Zaentz
The Killing Fields Warner Bros. David Puttnam
A Passage to India Columbia John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin
Places in the Heart Tri-Star Arlene Donovan
A Soldier's Story Columbia Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer
1985 (58th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)Out of Africa Universal Sydney Pollack
The Color Purple Warner Bros.Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall,
Quincy Jones
Kiss of the Spider
WomanIsland Alive David Weisman
Prizzi's Honor20th Century Fox, ABC Motion
PicturesJohn Foreman
Witness Paramount Edward S. Feldman
1986 (59th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Platoon Orion Arnold Kopelson
Children of a Lesser God Paramount Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer
Hannah and Her Sisters Orion Robert Greenhut
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The Mission Warner Bros. Fernando Ghia, David PuttnamA Room with a View Cinecom Ismail Merchant
1987 (60th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Last Emperor[O] Columbia Jeremy Thomas
Broadcast News 20th Century Fox James L. BrooksFatal Attraction Paramount Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
Hope and Glory Columbia John Boorman
Moonstruck Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison
1988 (61st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Rain Man United Artists Mark Johnson
The Accidental Tourist Warner Bros. Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
Dangerous Liaisons Warner Bros. Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
Mississippi Burning Orion Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
Working Girl 20th Century Fox Douglas Wick
1989 (62nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
Born on the Fourth of July Universal A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
Dead Poets Society Touchstone Pictures Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
Field of Dreams Universal Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
My Left Foot Miramax Noel Pearson
1990s
1990 (63rd)Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Dances with Wolves Orion Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Awakenings Columbia Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Ghost Paramount Lisa Weinstein
The Godfather Part III Paramount Francis Ford Coppola
Goodfellas Warner Bros. Irwin Winkler
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1991 (64th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Silence of the Lambs Orion Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Beauty and the Beast Disney Don Hahn
Bugsy TriStar Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
JFK Warner Bros. A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
The Prince of Tides Columbia Barbra Streisand, Andrew S. Karsch
1992 (65th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Unforgiven Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood
The Crying Game Miramax Stephen Woolley
A Few Good Men Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
Howards End Sony Pictures Classics Ismail Merchant
Scent of a Woman Universal Martin Brest
1993 (66th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Schindler's List Universal Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
The Fugitive Warner Bros. Arnold Kopelson
In the Name of the Father Universal Jim Sheridan
The Piano Miramax Jane Campion
The Remains of the Day Columbia Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant
1994 (67th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Forrest Gump Paramount Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey
Four Weddings and a
Funeral
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,
GramercyDuncan Kenworthy
Pulp Fiction Miramax Lawrence Bender
Quiz Show Hollywood PicturesMichael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozick,
Robert Redford
The Shawshank
Redemption
Columbia, Castle Rock
EntertainmentNiki Marvin
1995 (68th)
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Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
BraveheartParamount, Icon, 20th Century
FoxMel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey
Apollo 13 Universal, Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer
Babe Universal Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell
Il Postino[K] MiramaxMario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano
Daniele
Sense and
SensibilityColumbia Lindsay Doran
1996 (69th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The English
PatientMiramax Saul Zaentz
Fargo
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,
Gramercy Ethan Coen
Jerry Maguire Gracie Films, TriStarJames L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai,
Cameron Crowe
Secrets & Lies October Films Simon Channing-Williams
Shine Fine Line Features Jane Scott
1997 (70th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
TitanicLightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Fox,
ParamountJames Cameron, Jon Landau
As Good as It
GetsTriStar
James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi
Zea
The Full
MontyFox Searchlight Umberto Pasolini
Good Will
HuntingMiramax Lawrence Bender
L.A.
ConfidentialWarner Bros.
Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael GNathanson
1998 (71st)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Shakespeare
in Love Miramax/UniversalDavid Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward
Zwick, Marc Norman
PolyGram Filmed
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Elizabeth Entertainment, Gramercy Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
Life Is
Beautiful[K]Miramax Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi
Saving Private
RyanDreamWorks, Paramount Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
The Thin Red
Line20th Century Fox Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill
1999 (72nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
American Beauty DreamWorks Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Cider House
RulesMiramax Richard N. Gladstein
The Green MileCastle Rock Entertainment,
Warner Bros.Frank Darabont, David Valdes
The Insider Touchstone Pictures Pieter Jan Brugge, Michael Mann
The Sixth Sense Hollywood PicturesFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, M.
Night Shyamalan
2000s
2000 (73rd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
GladiatorDreamWorks,
Universal
Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko
Lustig
Chocolat Miramax David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon[K]Sony Pictures Classics William Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee
Erin Brockovich Universal, Columbia Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Traffic USA FilmsEdward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura
Bickford
2001 (74th)
FilmProduction
company(s)Producer(s)
A Beautiful MindUniversal,
DreamWorksBrian Grazer, Ron Howard
Gosford Park USA FilmsRobert Altman, Bob Balaban, David
Levy
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In the Bedroom Miramax Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the RingNew Line Cinema
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M.
Osborne
Moulin Rouge! 20th Century FoxMartin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred
Baron
2002 (75th)
FilmProduction
company(s)Producer(s)
Chicago Miramax Martin Richards
Gangs of New York Miramax Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
The Hours Paramount, Miramax Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
The Lord of the Rings: The Two
TowersNew Line Cinema
Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter
Jackson
The Pianist Focus Features Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, AlainSarde
2003 (76th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the KingNew Line Cinema
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson,
Fran Walsh
Lost in Translation Focus Features Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side
of the World
20th Century Fox, Miramax,
Universal
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir,
Duncan Henderson
Mystic River Warner Bros.Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint
Eastwood
Seabiscuit Universal, DreamWorksKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall,
Gary Ross
2004 (77th)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
Million Dollar Baby Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
The Aviator Warner Bros., Miramax Michael Mann, Graham King
Finding Neverland Miramax Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower
Ray Universal Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin
Sideways Fox Searchlight Michael London
2005 (78th)
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2009 (82nd)
Film Production company(s) Producer(s)
The Hurt Locker Summit EntertainmentKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas
Chartier, Greg Shapiro
AvatarLightstorm Entertainment,
20th Century FoxJames Cameron, Jon Landau
The Blind Side Warner Bros. Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, BroderickJohnson
District 9 TriStar Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
An Education Sony Pictures Classics Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Inglourious BasterdsThe Weinstein Co.,
UniversalLawrence Bender
Precious: Based on the Novel
"Push" by SapphireLions Gate Entertainment
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary
Magness
A Serious Man Focus Features Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up Disney/Pixar Jonas Rivera
Up in the Air ParamountDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason
Reitman
2010s
2010 (83rd)
Film Productioncompany(s)
Producer(s)
The King's Speech The Weinstein Co. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
Black Swan Fox Searchlight Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy and Brian Oliver
The Fighter Paramount David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg
Inception Warner Bros. Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All
RightFocus Features Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray
127 Hours Fox Searchlight Danny Boyle and Christian Colson
The Social Network ColumbiaDana Brunetti, Cen Chaffin, Michael De Luca and Scott
Rudin
Toy Story 3 Disney/Pixar Darla K. Anderson
True Grit Paramount Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin
Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini
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Notes
A : The official name of the award for 1928 and 1929 called Outstanding Picture
B : The official name of the award from 1930 to 1940 called Outstanding Production
C : The official name of the award from 1941 to 1943 called Outstanding Motion Picture
D : The official name of the award from 1944 to 1961 called Best Motion Picture
E : The official name of the award from 1962 called Best Picture
F : There were two categories for "Outstanding Picture" with the other being Academy Award for BestUnique and Artistic Production where the winner was Sunrise (production company: Fox; producer: William
Fox). This category was dropped immediately after the first year of the Academy Award.[3]
G12345 : Head of studio
H123 : The Academy also announced that A Farewell to Arms came in second, and Little Women third.
I123 : The Academy also announced that The Barretts of Wimpole Streetcame in second, and The
House of Rothschildthird.
J123 : The Academy also announced that The Informercame in second, and Captain Bloodthird.
K12345678 : Nominated motion picture with non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language
film).[4]
Three of which, Z, Life is Beautifuland Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonwon the AcademyAward for Best Foreign Language Film.[5]
L : Production company with the most nominations (38) and the most awards (5). Applying only from 1928
to 1950.[6]
M : Person with the most nominations (6 nominations, 0 awards). Applying only from 1951 to 2008.[6]
N : Person with the most awards (3 awards, Spiegel 4 nominations, Zaentz 3 nominations). Applying only
from 1951 to 2008.[6]
O123 : Winner with partly non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language).[7]
Milestones
Listed below at various Milestones for Best Picture that various films and individuals have achieved since theinception of the Academy Awards.
Milestones related to acting
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
2nd 1929 The Broadway Melody 1 3 First winner for Best Picture to receive an actingnomination
7th 1934It Happened One Night
5 5First Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor
and Best Actress
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 6 12First Best Picture nominee to receive nominations
in all of the four acting categories
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity 8 13Last Best Picture winner to date to receive
nominations in all of the four acting categories
Only Best Picture winner to have credited roles
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35th 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 7 10 for actors of only one gender
54th 1981 Reds 3 12Last Best Picture nominee to date to receive
nominations in all four of the acting categories
64th 1991The Silence of the
Lambs5 7
Last Best Picture winner to date to win both Best
Actor and Best Actress
70th 1997 As Good As It Gets 2 7Last Best Picture nominee to date to win both
Best Actor and Best Actress
76th 2003The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King11 11
First (and only) film to win more than 10 awards
(including Best Picture) and not receive an acting
nomination
81st 2008 Slumdog Millionaire 8 10Last film to date to win Best Picture without
receiving any acting nominations
Milestones related to country or language
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
6th 1933
The Private
Life of
Henry VIII
1 2First foreign film to be nominated for Best Picture and to win
any Academy Award (British)
11th 1938Grand
Illusion0 1
First foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture
(French)
21st 1948 Hamlet 4 7 First foreign film to win Best Picture (British)
73rd 2000
Crouching
Tiger,
Hidden
Dragon
4 10 Foreign language film nominated for Best Picture to date with
the most number of Academy Award nominations
79th 2006Letters from
Iwo Jima1 4
Last foreign language film to date to be nominated for Best
Picture (Japanese)
79th 2006The
Departed4 5 First (and only) remake of a foreign film to win Best Picture
81st 2008Slumdog
Millionaire8 10
Tied with Gandhi as Best Picture winner with second most
Oscars for a British production (behind The English Patient
and The Last Emperorboth with nine each).[8]
Milestones related to directing
Annual YearFilm
Awards NomsMilestone
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34th 1961West Side
Story10 11
First of only two Best Picture winners to have more than
one credited director (Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise)
59th 1986Children of a
Lesser God1 5
First film directed by a woman (Randa Haines) to be
nominated for Best Picture
62nd 1989Driving Miss
Daisy4 9
Last film to date to win Best Picture without being
nominated for Best Director
70th 1997 Titanic 11 14 First Best Picture winner to be produced, directed, written,and edited by the same person (James Cameron)
71st 1998Shakespeare
in Love7 13 Most Oscars without a Best Director win
80th 2007No Country
for Old Men4 8
Last Best Picture winner to date to have more than one
credited director (Joel and Ethan Coen)
82nd 2009The Hurt
Locker6 9
First (and only) Best Picture winner directed by a woman
(Kathryn Bigelow)
82nd 2009 Precious 2 6 First (and only) Best Picture nominee directed by anAfrican-American (Lee Daniels)
Milestones related to genre
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
1st1927-
28Wings 2 2
First war film to be nominated and win
Best Picture
1st 1927-28
Wings 2 2 First (and only) silent film to win BestPicture
2nd1928-
29The Broadway Melody 1 3 First musical to win Best Picture
4th1930-
31Cimarron 3 7 First Western to win Best Picture
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 First comedy to win Best Picture
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 3 10First biographical picture (biopic) to win
Best Picture
12th 1939 The Wizard of Oz 2 6First children's film to be nominated for
Best Picture
13th 1940 Rebecca 2 11 First thriller to win Best Picture
40th 1967 In the Heat of the Night 5 7First (and only) mystery to win Best
Picture
44th 1971 A Clockwork Orange 0 4First science Fiction film to be nominated
for Best Picture
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46th 1973 The Exorcist 2 10 First horror film to be nominated for Best
Picture
49th 1976 Rocky 3 10 First sports film to win Best Picture
58th 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman 1 4First Independent film to be nominated for
Best Picture
64th 1991 Beauty and the Beast 2 6First animated film to be nominated for
Best Picture
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 5 7First (and only) horror film to win Best
Picture
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love 7 13 Last comedy to date to win Best Picture
73rd 2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon4 10
First (and only) martial arts film to date to
be nominated for Best Picture
74th 2001 A Beautiful Mind 4 8 Last biopic to date to win Best Picture
75th 2002 Chicago 6 13Last musical to date to win (or be
nominated for) Best Picture
76th 2003The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King11 11
First (and only) fantasy film to date to win
Best Picture
Milestones related to other Academy Awards
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
1st1927-
28
Wings 2 2Winner of the first Academy award for Best
Picture
2nd1928-
29The Broadway Melody 1 3
First film to win Best Picture without winning any
other Academy Awards
4th1930-
31Cimarron 3 7
First film to be nominated for every major
Academy Award, including Best Picture
5th1931-
32Grand Hotel 1 1
First (and only) film to win Best Picture without
receiving any other nominations
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5First of only three films to win every major
Academy Award, including Best Picture
8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1 8Last film to date to win Best Picture without
winning any other Academy Awards
16th 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident 0 1Last film to date to be nominated for Best Picture
and no other award
24th 1951 Decision Before Dawn 0 2
First film to be nominated for Best Picture and
only one other award after the switch to five
nominees in 1944
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39th 1966Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?5 13
First (and only) Best Picture nominee to be
nominated for every award category in which it
was eligible
53rd 1980 Ordinary People 4 6Last film to date to win Best Picture without a
Best Film Editing nomination.
48th 1975One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest5 9
Second of only three films to win every major
Academy Award, including Best Picture
64th 1991The Silence of the
Lambs5 7
Third of only three films to win every major
Academy Award, including Best Picture
70th 1997 Titanic 11 14Last film to date to win Best Picture without a
screenplay nomination (Adapted or Original)
76th 2003The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King11 11
Last film to date to win Best Picture and all of its
other nominated categories
Milestones related to other awards ceremonies
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
11th 1938
You Can't
Take It
With You
2 7First of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for
the screen from plays which won the Pulitzer Prize
18th 1945The Lost
Weekend4 7
Only film to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
28th 1955 Marty 4 8Only film to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'Or
46th 1973 The Sting 7 10
First of only two films to win Best Picture without being
nominated for either of the three Golden Globes for Best
Motion Picture (drama, comedy/musical or foreign film).
61st 1988 Rain Man 4 8 First (and only) film to win Berlin Golden Bear and Best Picture
62nd 1989Driving
Miss Daisy4 9
Second of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted
for the screen from plays having won the Pulitzer Prize
78th 2005 Crash 3 6 One of only two film festival acquisitions to win Best Picture
78th 2005 Crash 3 6
Second of only two films to win Best Picture without being
nominated for either of the three Golden Globes for Best
Motion Picture (drama, comedy/musical or foreign film).
82nd 2009The Hurt
Locker6 9 Second of only two film festival acquisitions to win Best Picture
Milestones related to rating
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Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
41st 1968 Oliver! 6 11 First film with an MPAA rating to win Best Picture
41st 1968 Oliver! 6 11First (and only) G-rated film to date to win Best
Picture
42nd 1969 Midnight Cowboy 3 7 First (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture
43rd 1970 Patton 7 10 First PG-rated film to win Best Picture
44th 1971A Clockwork
Orange0 4 Last X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture
44th 1971The French
Connection5 8 First R-rated film to win Best Picture
58th 1985 The Color Purple 0 11First PG-13-rated to be nominated for Best
Picture
60th 1987 The Last Emperor 9 9 First PG-13-rated film to win Best Picture
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 4 9Last Best Picture winner to date with a PG rating
(or lower)
Milestones related to sequels, prequels, remakes and adaptations
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
4th1930-
31
Skippy 1 4
First (and only) film based on a comic book, comic
strip, or graphic novel to be nominated for Best
Picture
8th 1935A Midsummer
Night's Dream2* 3
First Shakespeare adaptation to be nominated for
Best Picture (*one of its two Oscars was a write-in
winner)
18th 1945The Bells of St.
Mary's1 8 First sequel to be nominated for Best Picture
28th 1955 Marty 4 8First (and only) film based on a television movie or
mini-series to win Best Picture
47th 1974 The Godfather PartII
6 11 First sequel to win Best Picture.
63rd 1990The Godfather Part
III0 7
First of only two trilogies to have all three films
nominated for Best Picture
66th 1993 The Fugitive 1 7First film based on a television series to be
nominated for Best Picture
73rd 2000 Traffic 4 5Last Best Picture nominee to date to have been
based on a television movie or mini-series
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77th 2004 The Aviator 5 11 Last film to date to win the most Academy Awards
(5) in its year without winning Best Picture82nd 2009 The Hurt Locker 6 9 Lowest-grossing film after 1955 to win Best Picture
Milestones related to technology
Annual Year Film Awards Noms Milestone
2nd1928-
29
The Broadway
Melody1 3 First sound film to win Best Picture
10th 1937 A Star Is Born 1 7 First all-color film nominated for Best Picture
12th 1939Gone with the
Wind8 13 First all-color film to win Best Picture
26th 1953 The Robe 2 5First motion picture (and Best Picture nominee) in
CinemaScope
33rd 1960 The Apartment 5 10Last black-and-white film before 1993 (and last entirely
in B&W) to win Best Picture
64th 1991Beauty and the
Beast2 6
First and only hand drawn animated film to be nominated
for Best Picture
66th 1993 Schindler's List 7 12First (and only) black-and-white film after 1960 to win
Best Picture (though with some color sequences)
78th 2005Good Night,
and Good Luck0 6
Last black-and-white film to date to be nominated for
Best Picture
82nd 2009 Avatar 3 9 First nominee to be entirely filmed using 3D technology
82nd 2009 Up 2 5First computer animated film to be nominated for Best
Picture
Superlatives
Category Record Holder Record Notes
Most Best Picture Awards by aStudio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 5 awards Note 1
Most Best Picture Nominations by a
StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer 40 nominations
Most Best Picture Awards by a
ProducerSam Spiegel and Saul Zaentz 3 awards Note 1
Most Best Picture Nominations by aStanley Kramer, Steven
Spielberg, 6 nominations Note 2
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Producer and Kathleen Kennedy
Best Picture with the Most Awards
Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The
Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King
11 awards
Best Picture with the Most
NominationsAll About Eve and Titanic 14 nominations
Longest Best Picture Winner Gone with the Wind3 hours and 54
minutesNote 3
Longest Best Picture Nominee Cleopatra4 hours and 3
minutesNote 4
Shortest Best Picture Winner Marty1 hour and 31
minutesNote 5
Shortest Best Picture Nominee She Done Him Wrong
1 hour and 6
minutes
Note 1: Until the 23rd Academy Awards (1950), Best Picture was awarded to the studio that produced the film.
Beginning with the 24th Academy Awards (1951), however, it has been awarded to the individual producers
credited on the film. Note also that until 1943, there were ten (rather than five) nominated films per year. As of
2009, there are once again ten nominated films. The first year in which multiple individuals jointly won was 1973,
with three winners forThe Sting. The greatest number of joint winners was five, forShakespeare in Love in 1998
After this, the Academy imposed a limit of three nominated producers per film; however, this limit may be exceedein a "rare and extraordinary circumstance", such as in 2008 when both Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack
were posthumously included among four nominees forThe Reader.[10]
Note 2: Stanley Kramer, Steven Spielberg, and Kathleen Kennedy are the producers who have received the mostBest Picture nominations, with six apiece. Neither Kramer nor Kennedy has ever won the Best Picture award;
Spielberg won forSchindler's Listin 1993.
Note 3: It remains a very close call a tie, virtually between the top two "longest" Best Pictures. The total film
time (without music) ofGone with the Wind(1939) is almost 221 minutes (3 hours and 41 minutes); with the
Overture, Intermission, Entr'acte, and Walkout Music, it reaches 234 minutes (3 hours and 54 minutes). The total
film time (without music) of the original Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is just over 222 minutes (3 hours and 42
minutes), slightly longer than Gone with the Wind. Lawrence of Arabia's additional elements extend the film to
about 232 minutes (3 hours and 52 minutes). If just counting the film itself, Lawrence of Arabia is the longest of th
two contenders. The other longest Best Picture winners are, in order: Ben-Hur(1959) at 212 minutes (3 hours an
32 minutes) and The Lord of Rings: Return of the King(2003) at 201 minutes (3 hours and 21 minutes).
Note 4: The longest movie to ever win any Academy Award was Russia's War and Peace (1965) at 414 minutes
(6 hours and 54 minutes), winner of Best Foreign Language Film.
Note 5: AfterMarty, the second shortest Best Picture winner is Annie Hall(1977) at 93 minutes (1 hour and 33minutes).
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See also
List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees
List of Academy Award-winning films
List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees
Academy Award for Best Unique and Artistic Production
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Films considered the greatest everLists of films
List of film production companies
List of presenters of Best Picture Academy Award
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
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External links
Oscars.org (http://www.oscars.org/) (official Academy site)
Oscar.com (http://www.oscar.com/) (official ceremony promotional site)
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