38 Films With Most Oscars.

The Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) are a long and proud tradition in Hollywood. People worldwide tune in to see which movies and actors will take home the coveted golden trophies. 

In this article, I share some of the different ways movies have won multiple Oscars. And I give you a list of movies that won the most Oscars to add to your must-see list. 

Roll out the red carpet! Drum roll, please! Here are the top 38 films with most Oscars. 

The Top 38 Oscar-Winning Films.

All the movies on this list have won at least 6 Oscars and are ordered from the most Oscars won to the least.   I also included the genre, nominations, wins, and the year each movie won. 

Year	Movie	Genre	Nominations	Wins
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Epic Fantasy Adventure	11	11
1997	Titanic	Historical Drama	14	11
2003	Ben-Hur	Religious Drama	12	11
1961	West Side Story	Musical Romance	11	10
1996	English Patient	War Drama	12	9
1987	The Last Emperor	Historical Drama	9	9
1958	Gigi	Romantic Comedy	9	9
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	10	8
1984	Amadeus	Biographical Drama	11	8
1982	Gandhi	Bigraphical Drama	11	8
1972	Cabaret	Musical Drama	10	8
1964	My Fair Lady	Musical Comedy	12	8
1954	On the Waterfront	Crime Drama	12	8
1953	From Here to Eternity	Romantic War Drama	13	8
1939	Gone with the Wind	Romance	13	8
2013	Gravity	Sci-F- Thriller	10	7
1998	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	13	7
1993	Schindler’s List	Historical War Drama	12	7
1990	Dances with Wolves	Western/ War Drama	12	7
1985	Out of Africa	Romance	11	7
1973	The Sting	Crime Action Drama	10	7
1970	Patton	Biographical War Drama	10	7
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Historical War Drama	10	7
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	War Drama	8	7
1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	War Drama	8	7
1944	Going My Way	Musical Comedy	10	7
2016	La La Land	Musical Romance	14	6
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	Post Apocalyptic Fantasy	10	6
2009	The Hurt Locker	War Action Drama	9	6
2002	Chicago	Musical Crime	13	6
1994	Forrest Gump	Drama/Romance	13	6
1977	Star Wars	Space Opera	10	6
1974	The Godfather, Part II	Crime Drama	11	6
1966	A Man for All Seasons	Historical Drama	8	6
1951	An American in Paris	Musical Romance	8	6
1951	A Place in the Sun	Drama	9	6
1950	All About Eve	Drama	14	6
1942	Mrs. Miniver	Romantic War Drama	12	6

Which film has won the most Oscars?

3 Movies have a tie for the most Oscars won. “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003), “Titanic” (1997), and “Ben-Hur” (1959). All won 11 Oscars, with only “The Lord of the Rings” winning everything it was nominated for. Let`s watch the trailers of these amazing movies.

“The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” won all the Oscars it was nominated for including, Best picture, best director, best-adapted screenplay, best art direction, best costume design, best film editing, best makeup, best score, best song, best sound mixing, and best visual effects. 

When “Titanic” won its 11 Oscars, it was nominated for 14. It won Oscars for best cinematography, best art direction, best picture, best director, best costume design, best film editing, best score, best song, best sound, best sound editing, and best visual effects. The three Oscars that the movie “Titanic” lost were best actress, best-supporting actress, and best make-up. 

The first movie to take home 11 Oscars was “Ben Hur,” nominated for 12 Oscars. The Oscars it won included best actor, picture, director, cinematography, art direction, best-supporting actor, costume design, film editing, score, score, sound, and special effects. However, it lost the Oscar for adapted screenplay, won by “The Defiant Ones.” 

What movies have won 7 Oscars?

There have been 11 films that have won exactly 7 Oscars, including “Gravity” (2013), “Shakespeare in Love” (1998), “Schindler’s List” (1993), “Dances with Wolves” (1990), “Out of Africa” (1985), “The Sting” (1973), “Patton” (1970), “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957), “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946), and “Going my Way” (1944). 

“Gravity” (2013) is the only movie that won 7 Oscars but did not win the best picture, which was won by “Argo” George Clooney actually had to give the role up for the lead of “Argo” because of scheduling conflicts with filming the movie “Gravity.”

Interestingly enough, George Clooney’s prediction company, Smoke House Pictures, produced the movie “Argo,” so he still had ties to both films. 

Has any movie won all four acting Oscars? 

Out of the 15 movies nominated for all four acting Academy Awards, not a single film has ever won all four acting Oscars at the Academy Awards.

The two movies that came closest, winning 3 out of 4 of the acting Oscars, include “Network” (1976) and “A Street Car Named Desire” (1951). 

In 1976, “Network” actually had two actors nominated for the best actor category. Both Peter Finch and William Holden were nominated for best actor, but Peter Finch walked away with the Oscar. 

“Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) had two actors nominated in the best supporting actor category, Gene Hackman and Micheal J Pollard, neither of which one. Instead, the best supporting actor in 1967 was Walter Matthau for his work in “The Fortune Cookie.” 

Another movie to have multiple actors nominated for an acting category was “From Here to Eternity” (1953) Both Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster were nominated for best actor, but neither actor took home the Oscar. Instead, Gary Cooper took home the Oscar for his work in “High Noon.” 

In this list, the earliest movie to have multiple actors nominated for the same category is “Mrs. Miniver” (1942). Both Teresa Write and May Whitty were nominated for best-supporting actress, with Teresa Wright taking the award home.

All the Movies Nominated for all four acting Oscars include: 

Year	Film	Genre	Acting Oscars Won
2013	American Hustle	Dark Comedy (Crime film)	0
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	Romantic Comedy	1
1981	Reds	Historical Drama	1
1978	Coming Home	Romantic War Drama	2
1976	Network	Dark Comedy	3
1967	Bonnie and Clyde	True Crime Drama	1
1967	Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner	Romantic Comedy	1
1966	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Drama	2
1953	From Here to Eternity	Romantic War Drama	2
1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Gothic Drama	3
1950	Sunset Boulevard	Dark Comedy (Musical)	0
1948	Johnny Belinda	American Drama	1
1943	For Whom the Bell Tolls	War Film	1
1942	Mrs. Miniver	Romantic War Drama	2
1936	My Man Godfrey	Comedy	0

Which films have won the Big 5 Oscars.

Out of the 43 movies to be nominated for the Big 5 Oscars, only three movies have ever won all 5: “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), “One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest” (1975), and “It Happened One Night” (1934). 

The Big 5 Oscars include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. The best screenplay can be the best original or adapted screenplay.  

The best original screenplay has to be a script that isn’t based on any previously published material.

In contrast, the best-adapted screenplay can be previously published works, usually books and plays.

Eight movies out of the 43 nominated for the “Big Five” didn’t win any Big 5 Oscars. 

Final Thought

With nine decades of annual Academy Awards, there have been so few to win multiple Oscars over the years. 

I hope this article has helped you learn about these multi-award-winning films and how they have claimed those awards. 

Did you find any movies to add to your must-see list? 

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