Oscars flashback: The biggest winners
Feb 06, 2012 17:07pm
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Some cool Oscar trivia coming your way - the movies with the most nominations and the highest winners.
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Most awards won by a single film: 11 Oscars won by 'Ben Hur'(1959).
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Most awards won by a single film: 11 Oscars won by 'Titanic' (1997).
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Most awards won by a single film: 11 Oscars won by 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003).
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Most nominations received by a single film: 14 Oscar nominations for 'All About Eve' (1950).
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Most nominations received by a single film: 14 Oscar nominations for 'Titanic' (1997).
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Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category) - 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects.
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Most awards won by a man: Walt Disney won 26 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary). He also won the most Oscars in one year: 4 wins.
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Katharine Hepburn won 4 Academy Awards, all for Best Actress.
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Ingrid Bergman won 3 Oscars - 2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress.
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Jack Nicholson won 3 Oscars - 2 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor.
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Walter Brennan won 3 Oscars - 3 Best Supporting Actor.
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Big Five Academy Awards (best picture, director, actor, actress, and writing): 'It Happened One Night' (1934)
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Big Five Academy Awards (best picture, director, actor, actress, and writing): 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975)
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Big Five Academy Awards (best picture, director, actor, actress, and writing): 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
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Luise Rainer won two consecutive Best Actress Awards for 'The Great Ziegfeld' in 1936 and 'The Good Earth' in 1937.
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Katharine Hepburn won two consecutive Best Actress awards for 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' in 1967 and 'The Lion in Winter' in 1968.
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Spencer Tracy won two consecutive Best Actor awards for 'Captains Courageous' in 1937 and 'Boys Town' in 1938.
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Tom Hanks won two consecutive Best Actor awards for 'Philadelphia' in 1993 and 'Forrest Gump' in 1994.














