Tomorrow the 91st Academy Awards air, and I thought I’d share the movies and stars who have won the most awards so far. Spoiler: Lord of the Rings are the best movies ever made.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
11 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Original Song (Into The West)
Best Original Music Score
Best Director (Peter Jackson)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound Mixing
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Makeup
Ben-Hur (1959)
11 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Actor (Charlton Heston)
Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith)
Best Director (William Wyler)
Best Original Music Score
Best Cinematography
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound Mixing
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Titanic (1997)
11 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (James Cameron)
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Original Dramatic Score
Best Original Song (My Heart Will Go On)
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects
West Side Story (1961)
10 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins)
Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiris)
Best Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno)
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration (Color)
Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Costume Design (Color)
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Best Sound
The English Patient (1996)
9 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Anthony Minghella)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Juliette Binoche)
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Orignal Dramatic Score
Best Sound
Gigi (1958)
9 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Vincente Minnelli)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Musical Score
Best Original Song (Gigi)
The Last Emperor (1987)
9 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci)
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Orignal Score
Best Sound
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Gone With the Wind (1939)
8 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Victor Fleming)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Actress (Vivien Leigh)
Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel)
Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Film Editing
Best Art Direction
From Here to Eternity (1953)
8 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Fred Zinnemann)
Best Writing, Screenplay
Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra)
Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed)
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Film Editing
Best Sound (Recording)
On the Waterfront (1954)
8 Academy Awards
Best Motion Picture
Best Director (Elia Kazan)
Best Actor (Marlon Brando)
Best Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint)
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration (Black-and-White)
Best Film Editing
My Fair Lady (1964)
8 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (George Cukor)
Best Actor (Rex Harrison)
Best Cinematography
Best Sound
Best Adaptation or Treatment Score
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Cabaret (1972)
8 Academy Awards
Best Director (Bob Fosse)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Liza Minnelli)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joel Grey)
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Orginal Song Score or Adaptation Score
Best Art Direction
Best Sound.
Gandhi (1982)
8 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Richard Attenborough)
Best Actor (Ben Kingsley)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Amadeus (1984)
8 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Miloš Forman)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (F. Murray Abraham)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Sound
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
8 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Sound Mixing
Best Original Song (Jai Ho)
Katharine Hepburn
4 Academy Awards
Best Actress, Morning Glory 1934
Best Actress, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1968
Best Actress, The Lion in Winter 1969
Best Actress, On Golden Pond 1982
Jack Nicholson
3 Academy Awards
Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1976
Best Supporting Actor, Terms of Endearment 1984
Best Actor, As Good as It Gets 1998
Meryl Streep
3 Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress, Kramer vs. Kramer 1980
Best Actress, Sophie’s Choice 1983
Best Actress, The Iron Lady 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis
3 Academy Awards
Best Actor, My Left Foot 1990
Best Actor, There Will Be Blood 2008
Best Actor, Lincoln 2013
Ingrid Bergman
3 Academy Awards
Best Actress, Gaslight 1944
Best Actress, Anastasia 1956
Best Supporting Actress, Murder on the Orient Express 1974
Walter Brennan
3 Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor, Come and Get It 1936
Best Supporting Actor, Kentucky 1938
Best Supporting Actor, The Westerner 1940
The 2019 Academy Awards air Sunday Night, and if you kept up with the news (or my weekly movie news updates), this is most likely going to be a wonderful train wreck to witness.
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