Please be aware that the year for each film refers to the year the Oscars were held and not the year the film was released.
Films with most Oscar wins
Titanic (1998) – 11 Oscars (14 nominations)
Ben-Hur (1960) – 11 Oscars (12 nominations)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004) – 11 Oscars (11 nominations)
Cabaret (1973) is the most winning film not to win Best Picture. It won 8 Oscars out of it’s 10 nominations. But not Best Picture.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) is the most winning film without a Best Picture nomination. I won 5 of it’s 6 nominations.
In total 38 films has won 6 or more competitive Oscars. All of them were Best picture nominees and 32 of them went on to win Best Picture. Click here to see the complete list.
Films with most Oscar nominations
Titanic (1998) – 14 nominations (11 Oscars)
All About Eve (1951) – 14 nominations (6 Oscars)
La La Land (2017) – 14 nominations (6 Oscars)
La La Land is the most nominated film not to win best picture
The Turning Point (1978) and The Color Purple (1986) shares the record for most nominations without a single Oscar win. Both got 11 nominations and didn’t win a single award.
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They (1970) holds the record for most nominations without a Best Picture nomination. It was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 1.
Individual with most Oscar wins
Walt Disney – 22 wins (56 nominations)
Cedric Gibbons – 11 wins (39 nominations)
Alfred Newman – 9 wins (45 nominations)
Details in the most nominated section below.
Individual with most Oscar nominations
Walt Disney – 56 nominations (22 Oscars)
39x Animated Short (12 Oscars)
9x Best Short, Two-reel (5 Oscars)
3x Live action short (1 Oscar)
2x Documentary short (2 Oscars)
2x Best Documentary (2 Oscars)
1x Best Picture (0 Oscars)
John Williams – 54 nominations (5 Oscars)
35x Best Original Score (3 Oscars)
9x Best Score – Dramatic (1 Oscar)
5x Best Original Song (0 Oscars)
2x Best Song Score (1 Oscar)
1x Best Score – Musical (0 Oscars)
1x Best Score – Musical or Comedy (0 Oscars)
1x Best Score – Adaptation (0 Oscars)
Alfred Newman – 45 nominations (9 Oscars)
16x Best Original Score (2 Oscars)
13x Best Score – Musical (4 Oscars)
11x Best Score – Drama or Comedy (2 Oscars)
2x Best Score – Dramatic (0 Oscars)
2x Best Original Song (0 Oscars)
1x Best Score – Adaptation (1 Oscar)
Cedric Gibbons – 39 nominations (11 Oscars)
16x Best Art Direction – Color (4 Oscars)
15x Best Art Direction – Black & White (5 Oscars)
8x Best Art Direction (2 Oscars)
Edith Head – 35 nominations (8 Oscars)
15x Best Costume Design – Black & White (6 Oscars)
13x Best Costume Design – Color (1 Oscar)
7x Best Costume Design (1 Oscar)
Individual with most special awards
Farciot Edouart – 8 Special awards
4x Technical Achievement Award
3x Scientific and Engineering Award
1x Honorary Award
Loren L. Ryder – 8 Special awards
4x Technical Achievement Award
1x Honorary Award
1x Academy Award of Merit
1x Scientific and Engineering Award
1x Medal of Commendation
Douglas Shearer – 7 Special awards
4x Technical Achievement Award
2x Scientific and Engineering Award
1x Academy Award of Merit
Glen Robinson – 6 Special awards
4x Special Achievement Award
2x Technical Achievement Award
Jonathan Erland – 6 Special Awards
2x Technical Achievement Award
2x Scientific and Engineering Award
1x Gordon E. Sawyer Award
1x Medal of Commendation
Individual with most nominations in a single year
Walt Disney (1954) – 6 nominations (4 Oscars)
Best Animated Short (Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom) (won)
Best Short, Two-reel (Bear Country) (won)
Best Documentary Short (The Alaskan Eskimo) (won)
Best Documentary Feature (The Living Desert) (won)
Best Animated Short (Rugged Bear)
Best Short, Two-reel (Ben and Me)
Walt Disney was also nominated 4 times in 1939 and three times in 1943, 1949, 1955, 1956 and 1960
Walt Disney also holds the record for most competitive Oscars in a single year with 4 in 1954. Several filmmakers come second with 3 competitive Oscars.
Francis Ford Coppola (1975) – 5 nominations (3 Oscars)
Best Picture (The Godfather: Part II) (won)
Best Director (The Godfather: Part II) (won)
Best Adapted Screenplay (The Godfather: Part II) (won)
Best Picture (The Conversation)
Best Original Screenplay (The Conversation)
Largest perfect record
Several people have won three awards from three nominations, but only one have won more:
Mark Berger
1980 – Apocalypse Now (Best Sound)
1984 – The Right Stuff (Best Sound)
1985 – Amadeus (Best Sound)
1997 – The English Patient (Best Sound)
Specific categories
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Production Design/Art Direction
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