The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to producers working in the film industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to submit a nomination. Best Picture is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a film. Consequently, Best Picture is the final award and the conclusion of the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception.[1] As of the 86th Academy Awards nominations, there have been 512 films[2] nominated for the Best Picture award.
History
Category name changes
At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony (for 1927 and 1928), there were two categories that were seen as equally the top award of the night: Outstanding Picture and Unique and Artistic Production, the previous being won by the war epic Wings, and the latter by the art film Sunrise, both the awards were intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior filmmaking. The following year, the Academy dropped the Unique and Artistic Production award, and decided retroactively that the award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded.[3] Though the award kept the title Outstanding Picture for the next ceremony, the name underwent several changes over the years as seen below, the last being in 1962 when it became Best Picture.[2]
- 1927/28 → 1928/29: Academy Award for Outstanding Picture
- 1929/30 → 1940: Academy Award for Outstanding Production
- 1941 → 1943: Academy Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
- 1944 → 1961: Academy Award for Best Motion Picture
- 1962 → present: Academy Award for Best Picture
Best Picture and Best Director
Originally the production company was presented the award until 1950 where upon all credited producers were able to receive the award. This rule was modified in 1998 where a three-producer limit was applied due to all five producers of Shakespeare in Love receiving the award.[4][5][5][6] Despite this, the Academy can make exceptions to the limit, as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously among the four producers nominated for The Reader.[7]
Notably, the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 85 films that have been awarded Best Picture, 62 have also been awarded Best Director. Only four films have won Best Picture without their directors being nominated: Wings (1927/28), Grand Hotel (1931/32), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), and Argo (2012). The only two Best Director winners to win for films which did not receive a Best Picture nomination are distinctly during the early years: Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights (1927/28), and Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady (1928/29).[8]
Nomination limit increased
On June 24, 2009, AMPAS announced that the number of films nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from five to ten, starting with the 82nd Academy Awards (2009).[9] The expansion was a throwback to the Academy's early years in the 1930s and 1940s, when eight to twelve films were nominated. "Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," AMPAS President Sid Ganis said in a press conference. "I can't wait to see what that list of 10 looks like when the nominees are announced in February."[9] At the same time, the voting system was switched from first-past-the-post to instant runoff voting (also known as preferential voting).[10] Two years after this change, the Academy revised the rule again so that the number of films nominated was between 5 and 10; nominated films must earn either 5% of first-place rankings or 5% after an abbreviated variation of the single transferable vote nominating process used for nominations in other major categories.[11] Bruce Davis, the Academy executive director at the time, stated, "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number."[12]
Controversies
The Award is not without controversy. One point of contention is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for Best Picture. To date, only nine foreign language films have been nominated in the category: Grand Illusion (French, 1938); Z (French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972); Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); Il Postino (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful (Italian, 1998); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese, 2006, but ineligible for Best Foreign Language Film, as it was an American production); and Amour (French, 2012).[13]
Other points of contention include the lack of animated films being nominated (Disney's Beauty and the Beast became the 1st film to get nominated, and Disney-Pixar's Up and Toy Story 3 were nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees); no science fiction film has won despite a number of successful nominees; only one fantasy film has won the award The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003; and only two comedies (Shakespeare in Love, 1998; and The Artist, 2011) have won in the last 30 years. Also to date, there has yet to be a documentary nominated for Best Picture.[14]
Twelve films exclusively financed outside the United States have won Best Picture, eleven of which were financed, in part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films were, in chronological order: Hamlet, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Tom Jones, A Man for All Seasons, Oliver!, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, The Last Emperor, Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech. The twelfth film, The Artist, was financed by France.[14]
Sequel nominations and winners
Only a small number of sequels have been nominated for Best Picture of which two have won; The Godfather Part II and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Other nominees include The Bells of St. Mary, The Godfather Part III, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Toy Story 3.[13]
Another nominee, Broadway Melody of 1936, was a follow-up of sorts to previous winner The Broadway Melody, although, beyond the title and some music, there is no story connection with the earlier film. In addition, The Silence of the Lambs was adapted from the sequel novel to Red Dragon, which had previously been adapted for the screen as Manhunter by a different studio. Furthermore, another Best Picture nominee, The Lion in Winter, features Peter O'Toole as King Henry II, a role he had played previously in the film Becket. Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima was a companion piece to his film Flags of Our Fathers, released earlier the same year, which depicts the same battle from different viewpoints; the two films were shot back to back.
Notably, the only remake to win is The Departed, though a few other winners, such as Mutiny on the Bounty and Ben-Hur, were heavily inspired and influenced by previous films of the same name, they were nevertheless adaptations of the same novel.[15]
Silent film winners
The Artist (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue) was the first silent film since Wings to win Best Picture. The film was also the first silent nominee since The Patriot, as well as the first Best Picture winner shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's The Apartment (Schindler's List, the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but contained some color sequences).[14]
Version availability
No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Lawrence of Arabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form, usually due to editing for reissue (and subsequently partly restored by archivists) while other winners and nominees such as Tom Jones and Star Wars are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. The 1928 film The Patriot is the only Best Picture nominee that is lost.[16] The Racket, also from 1928, was believed lost for many years until a print was found in Howard Hughes' archives. It has since been restored and shown on Turner Classic Movies.[17] Also, the only surviving complete prints of 1931's East Lynne and 1934's The White Parade exist within the UCLA film archive.[18]
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.[2] Except for the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film first premiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release, but it may be the year after first release (as with Casablanca and, if the film-festival premiere is considered, Crash). This is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.
Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer or producers. The Academy used the producer credits of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) until 1998, when all five producers of Shakespeare in Love made speeches after its win.[4][5] A three-producer limit has applied since.[5][6] There was controversy over the exclusion of some PGA-credited producers of Crash and Little Miss Sunshine.[6] The Academy can make exceptions to the limit, as when Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously among the four nominated for The Reader.[7]
For the first ceremony, three films were nominated for the award. For the following three years, five films were nominated for the award. This was expanded to eight in 1933, to ten in 1934, and to twelve in 1935, before being dropped back to ten in 1937. In 1945 it was further reduced to five. This number remained until 2009, when the limit was raised to ten and later adjusted in 2011, to vary between five and ten.
For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd Academy Awards presented on April 3, 1930, recognized films that were released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.
1920s
1930s
1940s
1940 (13th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Rebecca |
Selznick, United Artists |
David O. Selznick |
All This, and Heaven Too |
Warner Bros. |
Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, David Lewis |
Foreign Correspondent |
Wanger, United Artists |
Walter Wanger |
The Grapes of Wrath |
20th Century Fox |
Darryl F. Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson |
The Great Dictator |
Chaplin, United Artists |
Charlie Chaplin |
Kitty Foyle |
RKO Radio |
David Hempstead |
The Letter |
Warner Bros. |
Hal B. Wallis |
The Long Voyage Home |
Argosy, Wanger, United Artists |
John Ford |
Our Town |
Lesser, United Artists |
Sol Lesser |
The Philadelphia Story |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
1995 (68th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Braveheart |
Paramount, Icon, 20th Century Fox |
Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey |
Apollo 13 |
Universal, Imagine Entertainment |
Brian Grazer |
Babe |
Universal, Kennedy Miller Productions |
Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell |
Il Postino: The Postman[K] |
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Esterno Mediterraneo Film, Blue Dahlia, Penta Film |
Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele |
Sense and Sensibility |
Columbia, Mirage |
Lindsay Doran |
1998 (71st)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Shakespeare in Love |
Miramax, Universal, Bedford Falls Company |
David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman |
Elizabeth |
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy |
Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan |
Life Is Beautiful[K] |
Melampo Cinematografica, Pacific Pictures |
Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi |
Saving Private Ryan |
DreamWorks, Paramount |
Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn |
The Thin Red Line |
20th Century Fox |
Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Grant Hill |
2000s
2000 (73rd)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Gladiator |
DreamWorks, Universal |
Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig |
Chocolat |
Miramax |
David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[K] |
Sony Pictures Classics |
William Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee |
Erin Brockovich |
Universal, Columbia, Jersey Films |
Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher |
Traffic |
USA Films, Bedford Falls Company |
Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford |
2001 (74th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
A Beautiful Mind |
DreamWorks, Universal |
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard |
Gosford Park |
Sandcastle 5 Productions, Zestwick |
Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David Levy |
In the Bedroom |
Miramax |
Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
New Line Cinema, Wingnut Films |
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M. Osborne |
Moulin Rouge! |
20th Century Fox, Bazmark |
Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron |
2002 (75th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Chicago |
Miramax |
Martin Richards |
Gangs of New York |
Miramax |
Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein |
The Hours |
Paramount, Miramax |
Scott Rudin, Robert Fox |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
New Line Cinema, Wingnut Films |
Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson |
The Pianist |
RP Productions, Heritage Films, Babelsberg Studios, Runteam |
Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde |
2003 (76th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
New Line Cinema, Wingnut Films |
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh |
Lost in Translation |
Focus Features |
Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |
20th Century Fox, Miramax, Universal |
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson |
Mystic River |
Warner Bros., Malpaso |
Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood |
Seabiscuit |
DreamWorks, Universal |
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross |
2005 (78th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Crash |
BlackFriar's Bridge, Harris Company, ApolloProScreen |
Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman |
Brokeback Mountain |
Focus Features |
Diana Ossana, James Schamus |
Capote |
United Artists, A-Line Pictures, Cooper's Town Productions, Infinity Media |
Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven |
Good Night, and Good Luck |
Section Eight Productions |
Grant Heslov |
Munich |
DreamWorks, Universal |
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel |
2006 (79th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
The Departed |
Warner Bros., Plan B Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Vertigo Entertainment |
Graham King |
Babel |
Paramount Vantage, Anonymous Content, Zeta Film |
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik |
Letters from Iwo Jima[K] |
Warner Bros., Malpaso |
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz |
Little Miss Sunshine |
Fox Searchlight |
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub |
The Queen |
Granada Productions |
Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward |
2007 (80th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
No Country for Old Men |
Miramax, Paramount Vantage |
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
Atonement |
Working Title |
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster |
Juno |
Fox Searchlight |
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith |
Michael Clayton |
Warner Bros. |
Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack |
There Will Be Blood |
Paramount Vantage, Miramax |
Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar |
2008 (81st)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Slumdog Millionaire [O] |
Celador, Film4 |
Christian Colson |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount, Warner Bros. |
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin |
Frost/Nixon |
Universal, Imagine, Working Title |
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner |
Milk |
Focus Features |
Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks |
The Reader |
The Weinstein Co., Mirage, Neunte Babelsberg Film |
Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris |
2009 (82nd)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
The Hurt Locker |
Voltage Pictures, First Light Productions, Kingsgate Films |
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro |
Avatar |
20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment |
James Cameron, Jon Landau |
The Blind Side |
Warner Bros., Alcon Entertainment |
Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson |
District 9 |
Wingnut Films, TriStar Pictures |
Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham |
An Education |
Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films |
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey |
Inglourious Basterds |
The Weinstein Co., Universal, Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg Film |
Lawrence Bender |
Precious |
LionsGate, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment |
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness |
A Serious Man |
Focus Features, Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions |
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
Up |
Disney, Pixar |
Jonas Rivera |
Up in the Air |
Paramount, The Montecito Picture Company |
Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman |
2010s
2010 (83rd)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
The King's Speech |
The Weinstein Co., Momentum Pictures, UK Film Council, See-Saw Films, Bedlam Productions |
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin |
127 Hours |
Fox Searchlight, Pathé, Everest Entertainment |
Danny Boyle, John Smithson, and Christian Colson |
Black Swan |
Fox Searchlight, Cross Creek Pictures, Phoenix Pictures |
Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver |
The Fighter |
The Weinstein Co., Paramount, Mandeville Films |
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg |
Inception |
Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Films |
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas |
The Kids Are All Right |
Focus Features, Gilbert Films |
Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray |
The Social Network |
Columbia, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street |
Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin |
Toy Story 3 |
Disney, Pixar |
Darla K. Anderson |
True Grit |
Paramount, Skydance Productions, Mike Zoss Productions |
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Scott Rudin |
Winter's Bone |
Roadside Attractions |
Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini |
2011 (84th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
The Artist |
The Weinstein Co. (US/AUS), Warner Bros. (France), Entertainment Film Distributors (UK), La Petite Reine, ARP Sélection, Studio 37, La Class Americane, France 3 Cinema, U Film, Jouror Productions, JD Prod, Wild Bunch |
Thomas Langmann |
The Descendants |
Fox Searchlight |
Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor |
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
Warner Bros., Scott Rudin Productions |
Scott Rudin |
The Help |
DreamWorks, Touchstone, Participant Media, Imageation Abu Dahbi |
Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan |
Hugo |
Paramount, GK Films |
Graham King and Martin Scorsese |
Midnight in Paris |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum |
Moneyball |
Columbia, Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions |
Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt |
The Tree of Life |
Fox Searchlight, River Road Entertainment |
Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill |
War Horse |
DreamWorks, Touchstone, Amblin Entertainment |
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy |
2012 (85th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
Argo |
Warner Bros., GK Films, Smokehouse Pictures |
Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney |
Amour[K] |
Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film Production |
Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz |
Beasts of the Southern Wild |
Fox Searchlight, Cinereach |
Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald |
Django Unchained |
The Weinstein Co., Columbia, Band Apart |
Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone |
Les Misérables |
Universal, Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh Limited |
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh |
Life of Pi |
20th Century Fox |
Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark |
Lincoln |
DreamWorks, Touchstone, 20th Century Fox |
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy |
Silver Linings Playbook |
The Weinstein Co. |
Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, and Jonathan Gordon |
Zero Dark Thirty |
Columbia, Annapurna Pictures |
Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Ellison |
2013 (86th)
Film |
Production company(s) |
Producer(s) |
12 Years a Slave |
Fox Searchlight, Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, New Regency, and Film4 Productions |
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas |
American Hustle |
Columbia Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Annapurna Pictures |
Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon |
Captain Phillips |
Columbia Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street |
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca |
Dallas Buyers Club |
Focus Features, Truth Entertainment, and Voltage Pictures |
Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter |
Gravity |
Warner Bros. Pictures, Esperanto Filmoj, and Heyday Films |
Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman |
Her |
Warner Bros. Pictures, Entertainment Film Distributors, and Annapurna Pictures |
Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, and Vincent Landay |
Nebraska |
Paramount Vantage, FilmNation Entertainment |
Albert Berger, and Ron Yerxa |
Philomena |
The Weinstein Company, Pathé, BBC Films, British Film Institute, Canal+, Cine+, Baby Cow Productions, and Magnolia Mae Films |
Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward |
The Wolf of Wall Street |
Paramount, Universal Pictures, Red Granite Pictures, Appian Way Productions, Sikelia Productions, and Emjag Productions |
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff |
Notes
- A : The official name of the award from 1927/28 to 1928/29 was Outstanding Picture.
- B : The official name of the award from 1929/30 to 1940 was Outstanding Production.
- C : The official name of the award from 1941 to 1943 was Outstanding Motion Picture.
- D : The official name of the award from 1944 to 1961 was Best Motion Picture.
- E : The official name of the award since 1962 has been Best Picture.
- F : There were two categories that were seen as equally the top award at the time: "Outstanding Picture" and Unique and Artistic Production where the winner for the latter was Sunrise (production company: Fox; producer: William Fox). This category was dropped immediately after the first year of the Academy Award and the former category was retroactively seen as the top award.[19]
- G1 2 3 4 5 : Head of studio
- H1 2 3 : The Academy also announced that A Farewell to Arms came in second, and Little Women third.
- I1 2 3 : The Academy also announced that The Barretts of Wimpole Street came in second, and The House of Rothschild third.
- J1 2 3 : The Academy also announced that The Informer came in second, and Captain Blood third.
- K1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : Nominated motion picture with non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language film).[20] Four of which – Z; Life is Beautiful; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Amour – won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[21]
- L : Production company with the most nominations (38) and the most awards (5). Applying only from 1927/1928 to 1950.[22]
- M : Person with the most nominations (8 nominations, 0 awards). Applying only from 1951 to 2012.[22]
- N : Person with the most awards (3 awards, Spiegel 4 nominations, Zaentz 3 nominations). Applying only from 1951 to 2008.[22]
- O1 2 3 : Winner with partly non-English dialogue track (AMPAS: foreign language).[13]
See also
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Academy Awards Database - Best Picture Winners and Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ "Why SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS is Essential". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Associated Press (February 4, 2005). "Who gets the Oscar?". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Academy restricts Oscar winners". BBC. 26 June 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 McNary, Dave (21 January 2008). "PGA avoids credit limit". Variety.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Yamato, Jen (January 27, 2009). "Academy Makes Exceptions for Pollack, Minghella Does this mean more Oscar sympathy for surprise nominee The Reader?". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Best Director Facts - Trivia (Part 2)". Filmsite. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Joyce Eng (24 June 2009). "Oscar Expands Best Picture Race to 10 Nominees". TV Guide Online. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ↑ Poll: Vote on the Oscars Like an Academy Member, Rob Richie, Huffington Post, 16 February 2011
- ↑ Steve Pond (2011-06-22). "New Best Picture Rules Could Discard Large Number of Oscar Ballots (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ Nikki Finke (2011-06-14). "OSCAR SHOCKER! Academy Builds Surprise & Secrecy Into Best Picture Race: Now There Can Be Anywhere From 5 To 10 Nominees". Deadline Hollywood. MMC. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Best Pictures - Facts & Trivia (part 2)". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
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- ↑ "First Remake to win Best Picture". Guinness Book of World Records. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ "Oscar's Most Wanted". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ "The Racket - Progressive Silent Film List". Silent Era. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ "East Lynne Trivia". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ "Best Pictures - Facts & Trivia (part 1)". Filmsite.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
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- ↑ Variety Staff (2007-03-01). "Best Foreign Film". Variety. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
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