List of Best Picture milestones
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Listed below is a list of milestones for the Academy Award for Best Picture that various films and individuals have achieved since the inception of the Academy Awards.
Contents
- 1 Milestones related to acting
- 2 Milestones related to country or language
- 3 Milestones related to directing
- 4 Milestones related to genre
- 5 Milestones related to other Academy Awards
- 6 Milestones related to other awards ceremonies
- 7 Milestones related to rating
- 8 Milestones related to sequels, prequels, remakes, and adaptations
- 9 Milestones related to superlatives
- 10 Milestones related to technology
- 11 Other superlatives
- 12 Notes
- 13 See also
- 14 References
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1928/29 | The Broadway Melody | 1 | 3 | First winner for Best Picture to receive an acting nomination |
| 7th | 1934 | It Happened One Night | 5 | 5 | First Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor and Best Actress |
| 15th | 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | 6 | 12 | First Best Picture nominee to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories |
| 35th | 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | 7 | 10 | Only Best Picture winner to have credited roles for actors of only one gender |
| 48th | 1975 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | 5 | 9 | Second Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor and Best Actress |
| 64th | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | 5 | 7 | Most recent Best Picture winner to win both Best Actor and Best Actress |
| 70th | 1997 | As Good As It Gets | 2 | 7 | Most recent Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor and Best Actress |
| 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 11 | 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 | 10 | Most recent film to win Best Picture without receiving any acting nominations |
| 86th | 2013 | American Hustle | 0 | 10 | Most recent Best Picture nominee to receive nominations in all four of the acting categories |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1930/31 | Trader Horn | 0 | 1 | First film shot on location outside the United States (Africa and Mexico) to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 6th | 1932/33 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | 1 | 2 | First foreign film to be nominated for Best Picture and to win any Academy Award (British) |
| 11th | 1938 | Grand Illusion | 0 | 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 | Most recent foreign language film nominated for Best Picture with the most number of Academy Award nominations |
| 73rd | 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 4 | 10 | First (and only) Mandarin film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | First production from a non-English speaking country to win Best Picture (French)[1] |
| 85th | 2012 | Amour | 1 | 5 | Most recent foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture (French) |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | 1946 | Henry V | 1 | 5 | First Best Picture nominee directed by an Englishman (Laurence Olivier) | |
| 21st | 1948 | Hamlet | 4 | 7 | First Best Picture winner directed by an Englishman (Laurence Olivier) | |
| 34th | 1961 | West Side Story | 10 | 11 | First of only two Best Picture winners to have more than one credited director (Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise) | |
| 58th | 1985 | The Color Purple | 0 | 11 | Most noms without a Best Director nomination. | |
| 59th | 1986 | Children of a Lesser God | 1 | 5 | First Best Picture nominee directed by a woman (Randa Haines) | |
| 70th | 1997 | Titanic | 11 | 14 | First Best Picture winner to be produced, directed, written, and edited by the same person (James Cameron) | |
| 79th | 2006 | Babel | 1 | 6 | First Best Picture nominee directed by a Mexican (Alejandro González Iñárritu) | |
| 80th | 2007 | No Country for Old Men | 4 | 8 | Most recent Best Picture winner to have more than one credited director (Joel and Ethan Coen) | |
| 82nd | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | 6 | 9 | First (and only) Best Picture winner directed by a woman (Kathryn Bigelow) | |
| 82nd | 2009 | Precious | 2 | 6 | First Best Picture nominee directed by an African-American (Lee Daniels) | |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | First Best Picture winner directed by a Frenchman (Michel Hazanavicius) | |
| 85th | 2012 | Argo | 3 | 7 | Most recent film to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director | |
| 86th | 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | 3 | 9 | First Best Picture winner directed by a person of African descent (Steve McQueen) | |
| 87th | 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 4 | 9 | First Best Picture winner directed by a Mexican (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1927/28 | Wings | 2 | 2 | First war film to be nominated and win Best Picture |
| 2nd | 1928/29 | The Broadway Melody | 1 | 3 | First musical (diegetic backstage) to win Best Picture |
| 2nd | 1928/29 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 0 | 1 | First (and only) revue to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 3rd | 1929/30 | The Love Parade | 0 | 6 | First non-diegetic musical nominated for Best Picture |
| 4th | 1930/31 | Cimarron | 3 | 7 | First western to win Best Picture |
| 7th | 1934 | It Happened One Night | 5 | 5 | First comedy to win Best Picture |
| 9th | 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld | 3 | 7 | First biographical picture (biopic) to win Best Picture |
| 12th | 1939 | The Wizard of Oz | 2 | 6 | First 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 | 7 | First (and only) mystery to win Best Picture |
| 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 |
| 50th | 1977 | Star Wars | 7 | 10 | First science fiction film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 58th | 1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | 1 | 4 | First independent film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 64th | 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | 2 | 6 | First animated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 64th | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | 5 | 7 | First (and only) horror film to win Best Picture |
| 65th | 1992 | Unforgiven | 4 | 9 | Most recent Western to win Best Picture |
| 73rd | 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 4 | 10 | First (and only) martial arts film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 75th | 2002 | Chicago | 6 | 13 | Most recent musical to win Best Picture |
| 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 11 | 11 | First (and only) fantasy film to win Best Picture |
| 86th | 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | 3 | 9 | Most recent biopic to win Best Picture |
| 87th | 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 4 | 9 | Most recent comedy to win Best Picture |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1927/28 | Wings | 2 | 2 | Winner of the first Academy award for Best Picture |
| 2nd | 1928/29 | The Broadway Melody | 1 | 3 | First film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards |
| 4th | 1930/31 | Cimarron | 3 | 7 | First film to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture |
| 5th | 1931/32 | Grand Hotel | 1 | 1 | First (and only) film to win Best Picture without receiving any other nominations |
| 7th | 1934 | It Happened One Night | 5 | 5 | First of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture |
| 8th | 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | 1 | 8 | Most recent film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards |
| 13th | 1940 | Rebecca | 2 | 11 | Last film to win Best Picture without winning for directing, writing, or acting |
| 16th | 1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident | 0 | 1 | Most recent film 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 |
| 39th | 1966 | Who'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 |
| 45th | 1972 | Cabaret | 8 | 10 | Most Oscar wins for a film that lost Best Picture |
| 48th | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 5 | 9 | Second of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture |
| 64th | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | 5 | 7 | Third of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture |
| 67th | 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 0 | 2 | Second, and final, film to be nominated for Best Picture and only one other award during the five nominee era. (1944-2008) |
| 70th | 1997 | Titanic | 11 | 14 | Most recent film to win Best Picture without a screenplay nomination (Adapted or Original) |
| 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 11 | 11 | Most recent film to win Best Picture and all of its other nominated categories |
| 86th | 2013 | American Hustle | 0 | 10 | Most recent film to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture |
| 87th | 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 4 | 9 | Most recent film to win Best Picture without a Best Film Editing nomination. |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1932/33 | 42nd Street | 0 | 2 | Earliest Best Picture nominee to be the basis for a winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical (1981). |
| 11th | 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | 2 | 7 | First of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for the screen from plays that won the Pulitzer Prize |
| 12th | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | 8 | 13 | First of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for the screen from novels that won the Pulitzer Prize |
| 18th | 1945 | The Lost Weekend | 4 | 7 | Only film to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix du Festival International du Film |
| 22nd | 1949 | All the King's Men | 3 | 7 | Second of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for the screen from novels that won the Pulitzer Prize |
| 23rd | 1950 | All About Eve | 6 | 14 | First Best Picture winner to be the basis for a winner (or nominee) of the Tony Award for Best Musical (1970) which, in turn, was the first Best Musical winner or nominee to be based on any film. |
| 27th | 1954 | On the Waterfront | 8 | 12 | First of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for the screen from journalism that won the Pulitzer Prize (for Local Reporting in 1949) |
| 28th | 1955 | Marty | 4 | 8 | Only film to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or |
| 28th | 1955 | Mister Roberts | 1 | 3 | One of two (along with The Rose Tattoo) Best Picture nominees that were the first to be adapted from a recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play (1948). (Note: Mister Roberts was pre-selected for Best Play when that award was a non-competitive category.) |
| 28th | 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | 3 | 8 | One of two (along with Mister Roberts) Best Picture nominees that were the first to be adapted from a recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play (1951). (Note: The Rose Tattoo was pre-selected for Best Play when that award was a non-competitive category.) |
| 29th | 1956 | The King and I | 5 | 9 | First Best Picture nominee based on a recipient of the Tony Award for Best Musical (1952). (Note: The 1952 production of The King and I was pre-selected for the Tony Award when Best Musical was a non-competitive category.) |
| 31st | 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 0 | 6 | First Best Picture nominee based on a nominee for the Tony Award for Best Play (1956) in a competitive category. |
| 32nd | 1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank | 3 | 8 | First Best Picture nominee based on a winner of the Tony Award for Best Play (1956) in a competitive category. |
| 34th | 1961 | West Side Story | 10 | 11 | First Best Picture winner based on a nominee for the Tony Award for Best Musical (1958) in a competitive category. |
| 35th | 1962 | The Music Man | 1 | 6 | First Best Picture nominee based on a Tony Award for Best Musical (1958) winner in a competitive category. |
| 37th | 1964 | My Fair Lady | 8 | 12 | First of two Best Picture winners (awarded in consecutive years) to be based on a winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical (1957). |
| 38th | 1965 | The Sound of Music | 5 | 10 | Second of two Best Picture winners (awarded in consecutive years) to be based on a winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical (1960). (Note: The 1959 production of The Sound of Music tied with Fiorello! for Best Musical.) |
| 39th | 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | 6 | 8 | First of only two Best Picture winners based on a winner of the Tony Award for Best Play (1962). |
| 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). |
| 57th | 1984 | Amadeus | 8 | 11 | Second of only two Best Picture winners based on a winner of the Tony Award for Best Play (1981). |
| 61st | 1988 | Rain Man | 4 | 8 | Only film to win Berlin Golden Bear and Best Picture |
| 62nd | 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | 4 | 9 | Second of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for the screen from plays that won the Pulitzer Prize |
| 78th | 2005 | Crash | 3 | 6 | First of only three 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 | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | 6 | 9 | Second of only three film festival acquisitions to win Best Picture |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | Most recent of only three film festival acquisitions to win Best Picture[2] |
| 88th | 2015 | Spotlight | 2 | 6 | Second of only two Best Picture winners to have been adapted for the screen from journalism that won the Pulitzer Prize (for Public Service in 2003) |
| 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 | 11 | First (and only) G-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 42nd | 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | 3 | 7 | First (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 42nd | 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | 1 | 10 | First M-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 42nd | 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 4 | 7 | Most recent M-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 43rd | 1970 | Patton | 7 | 10 | First (and only) GP-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 44th | 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | 0 | 4 | Most recent X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 44th | 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | 2 | 7 | Most recent GP-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 44th | 1971 | The French Connection | 5 | 8 | First R-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 46th | 1973 | The Sting | 7 | 10 | First PG-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 58th | 1985 | The Color Purple | 0 | 11 | First PG-13-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 59th | 1986 | A Room with a View | 3 | 8 | Last unrated film to receive a Best Picture nomination, as well as the only unrated film after 1967 to get a Best Picture nomination |
| 60th | 1987 | The Last Emperor | 9 | 9 | First PG-13-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 62nd | 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | 4 | 9 | Most recent Best Picture winner with a PG rating |
| 83rd | 2010 | Toy Story 3 | 2 | 5 | Most recent Best Picture nominee with a G rating. |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | Most recent Best Picture winner with a PG-13 rating. |
| 85th | 2012 | Life of Pi | 4 | 11 | Most recent Best Picture nominee with a PG rating. |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1929/30 | Disraeli | 1 | 3 | First remake (of a 1921 silent film) to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 4th | 1930/31 | Skippy | 1 | 4 | First (and only) film based on a comic book, comic strip, or graphic novel to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 8th | 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2* | 3 | First Shakespeare adaptation to be nominated for Best Picture (* one of its two Oscars was a write-in winner) |
| 18th | 1945 | The Bells of St. Mary's | 1 | 8 | First sequel to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 21st | 1948 | Hamlet | 4 | 7 | First (and only) Shakespeare adaptation to win Best Picture |
| 28th | 1955 | Marty | 4 | 8 | First (and only) film based on a television film or mini-series to win Best Picture |
| 47th | 1974 | The Godfather Part II | 6 | 11 | First sequel to win Best Picture. |
| 63rd | 1990 | The Godfather Part III | 0 | 7 | First of only two trilogies to have all three films nominated for Best Picture |
| 63rd | 1990 | The Godfather Part III | 0 | 7 | Only third installment in a trilogy that didn't win Best Picture with all of the installments in the trilogy nominated. |
| 66th | 1993 | The Fugitive | 1 | 7 | First film based on a television series to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 73rd | 2000 | Traffic | 4 | 5 | Most recent Best Picture nominee to have been based on a television film or mini-series |
| 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 11 | 11 | Second of only two trilogies to have all three films nominated for Best Picture, and only one to have the third installment win. |
| 79th | 2006 | The Departed | 4 | 5 | First (and only) remake of a feature film to win Best Picture |
| 83rd | 2010 | Toy Story 3 | 2 | 5 | First of only two sequels to be nominated for Best Picture without any of its predecessors being nominated |
| 88th | 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 6 | 10 | First fourth installment of a franchise to be nominated for Best Picture. Second of only two sequels to be nominated for Best Picture without any of its predecessors being nominated |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1932/33 | She Done Him Wrong | 0 | 1 | Shortest film to be nominated for Best Picture (1 hour 6 minutes) |
| 12th | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | 8 | 13 | Longest film to win Best Picture (3 hours 54 minutes)[note 1] |
| 23rd | 1950 | All About Eve | 6 | 14 | First of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture |
| 25th | 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | 5 | 6 | Most wins without a nomination for Best Picture |
| 28th | 1955 | Marty | 4 | 8 | Shortest film to win Best Picture (1 hour 30 minutes)[note 2] |
| 31st | 1958 | Gigi | 9 | 9 | Shortest title of a Best Picture winner (tied with Argo) |
| 32nd | 1959 | Ben-Hur | 11 | 12 | First of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture |
| 36th | 1963 | Cleopatra | 4 | 5 | Longest film to be nominated for Best Picture (4 hours 8 minutes)[note 3] |
| 42nd | 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | 1 | 9 | Most nominations without being nominated for Best Picture |
| 42nd | 1969 | Z | 2 | 5 | Shortest title of a Best Picture nominee |
| 45th | 1972 | Cabaret | 8 | 10 | Best Picture nominee to win the most Academy Awards (8) without winning Best Picture |
| 50th | 1977 | The Turning Point | 0 | 11 | First of two Best Picture nominees to receive 11 nominations without winning any Academy Awards |
| 58th | 1985 | The Color Purple | 0 | 11 | Second of two Best Picture nominees to receive 11 nominations without winning any Academy Awards |
| 70th | 1997 | Titanic | 11 | 14 | Second of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture |
| 70th | 1997 | Titanic | 11 | 14 | First Best Picture winner to gross more than a billion US dollars worldwide.[4] |
| 70th | 1997 | Titanic | 11 | 14 | Second of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture |
| 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 11 | 11 | First and only film with ten or more nominations (11) to win in every nomination it received including Best Picture |
| 82nd | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | 6 | 9 | Lowest-grossing film after 1955 to win Best Picture |
| 85th | 2013 | Argo | 3 | 7 | Shortest title of a Best Picture winner (tied with Gigi) |
| 87th | 2014 | Selma | 1 | 2 | Most recent film to be nominated for Best Picture and not receive at least a single nomination in direction, acting or screenplay. |
| 87th | 2014 | Selma | 1 | 2 | Most recent film to be nominated for Best Picture to have won every nomination except Best Picture. |
| 88th | 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 6 | 10 | Most recent film to win the most Academy Awards in its year (6) without winning Best Picture |
| Annual | Year | Film | Awards | Noms | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1927/28 | Wings | 2 | 2 | First (of two) silent films to win Best Picture |
| 2nd | 1928/29 | The Broadway Melody | 1 | 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 | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | 8 | 13 | First all-color film to win Best Picture |
| 18th | 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | 1 | 5 | First live action/traditional animation hybrid film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 26th | 1953 | The Robe | 2 | 5 | First motion picture (and Best Picture nominee) in CinemaScope |
| 33rd | 1960 | The Apartment | 5 | 10 | Last black-and-white film before 1993 to win Best Picture |
| 36th | 1963 | How the West Was Won | 3 | 8 | First (and only) film shot in the 3-strip Cinerama process to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 64th | 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | 2 | 6 | First (and, to date, only) traditional animated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 82nd | 2009 | Avatar | 3 | 9 | First nominee to be entirely filmed using 3D film technology |
| 82nd | 2009 | Up | 2 | 5 | First computer animated film to be nominated for Best Picture |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | First silent film since 1927/28 (the first ever awards ceremony) to win Best Picture (though with some sound sequences) |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | Most recent black-and-white film to win Best Picture |
| 84th | 2011 | The Artist | 5 | 10 | Most recent Academy ratio (1.37:1 or 4:3) film to win Best Picture, and the first since various widescreen aspect ratios (ranging from 1.66:1 to 2.40:1) became standard in the mid-1950s |
Other superlatives
| Category | Record Holder | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most Best Picture Awards by a Studio[note 4] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 5 awards |
| Most Best Picture Nominations by a Studio[note 4] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 40 nominations |
| Most Best Picture Awards by a Producer | Sam Spiegel and Saul Zaentz | 3 awards |
| Most Best Picture Nominations by a Producer | Hal B. Wallis | 19 nominations |
| Most Best Picture Awards by a Director | William Wyler | 3 awards |
| Most Best Picture Nominations by a Director | William Wyler | 13 nominations |
Notes
- ↑ It remains a very close call — a tie, virtually — between the top two "longest" Best Pictures. The total film time (without music) of Gone 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 longer of the two contenders. The other longest Best Picture winners are, in order: Ben-Hur (1959) at 212 minutes (3 hours and 32 minutes) and The Lord of Rings: Return of the King (2003) at 201 minutes (3 hours and 21 minutes). However, the Extended Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which was released almost a year after the shorter theatrical version of the film won Best Picture, runs 251 minutes (4 hours and 11 minutes).
- ↑ There is an alternate version which includes an extra scene that takes this film's duration to 94 minutes, a minute longer than the second shortest Best Picture winnner, 1977's Annie Hall. The extra scene is included on the CBS FOX Video but deleted from the MGM Vintage Classics Video and DVD.[3]
- ↑ The longest film to ever win any Academy Award was Russia's War and Peace (1968) at 414 minutes (6 hours and 54 minutes), winner of Best Foreign Language Film.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 for The Sting. The greatest number of joint winners was five, for Shakespeare in Love in 1998. After this, the Academy imposed a limit of three nominated producers per film; however, this limit may be exceeded in a "rare and extraordinary circumstance", such as in 2008 when both Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously included among four nominees for The Reader.[5]
See also
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- Academy Award for Best Picture
- List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of Academy Award-winning films
- List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners
- Academy Award for Best Unique and Artistic Production
- BAFTA Award for Best Film
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Films considered the greatest ever
- Lists 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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