Oscar Winning Movies
This poll consists of the movies that won at least the Oscar for Best Picture/Best Motion Picture of the Year.
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- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.Total of 5 Oscars:
Best Picture - James L. Brooks
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Shirley MacLaine
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Nicholson
Best Director - James L. Brooks
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - James L. Brooks - DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Total of 8 Oscars:
Best Picture - Saul Zaentz
Best Actor in a Leading Role - F. Murray Abraham
Best Director - Milos Forman
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Peter Shaffer
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Patrizia von Brandenstein, Karel Cerný
Best Costume Design - Theodor Pistek
Best Sound - Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Christopher Newman
Best Makeup - Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith - DirectorSydney PollackStarsMeryl StreepRobert RedfordKlaus Maria BrandauerIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.Total of 7 Oscars:
Best Picture - Sydney Pollack
Best Director - Sydney Pollack
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Kurt Luedtke
Best Cinematography - David Watkin
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Stephen B. Grimes, Josie MacAvin
Best Sound - Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
Best Music, Original Score - John Barry - DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem DafoeChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Picture - Arnold Kopelson
Best Director - Oliver Stone
Best Sound - John Wilkinson, Richard D. Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
Best Film Editing - Claire Simpson - DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn LoneJoan ChenPeter O'TooleBernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.Total of 9 Oscars:
Best Picture - Jeremy Thomas
Best Director - Bernardo Bertolucci
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
Best Cinematography - Vittorio Storaro
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri
Best Costume Design - James Acheson
Best Sound - Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock
Best Film Editing - Gabriella Cristiani
Best Music, Original Score - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Picture - Mark Johnson
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Dustin Hoffman
Best Director - Barry Levinson
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Ron Bass, Barry Morrow - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan AykroydAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Picture - Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Tandy
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Alfred Uhry
Best Makeup - Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney - DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerMary McDonnellGraham GreeneLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.Total of 7 Oscars:
Best Picture - Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Best Director - Kevin Costner
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Michael Blake
Best Cinematography - Dean Semler
Best Sound - Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins
Best Film Editing - Neil Travis
Best Music, Original Score - John Barry - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Total of 5 Oscars:
Best Picture - Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Anthony Hopkins
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Jodie Foster
Best Director - Jonathan Demme
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Ted Tally - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan FreemanRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Picture - Clint Eastwood
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Gene Hackman
Best Director - Clint Eastwood
Best Film Editing - Joel Cox - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Total of 7 Oscars:
Best Picture - Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
Best Director - Steven Spielberg
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Steven Zaillian
Best Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Allan Starski, Ewa Braun
Best Film Editing - Michael Kahn
Best Music, Original Score - John Williams - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.Total of 6 Oscars:
Best Picture - Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Hanks
Best Director - Robert Zemeckis
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Eric Roth
Best Film Editing - Arthur Schmidt
Best Effects, Visual Effects - Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall - DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.Total of 5 Oscars:
Best Picture - Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey
Best Director - Mel Gibson
Best Cinematography - John Toll
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing - Lon Bender, Per Hallberg
Best Makeup - Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell - DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Total of 9 Oscars:
Best Picture - Saul Zaentz
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Juliette Binoche
Best Director - Anthony Minghella
Best Cinematography - John Seale
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Best Costume Design - Ann Roth
Best Sound - Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman
Best Film Editing - Walter Murch
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - Gabriel Yared - DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Total of 11 Oscars:
Best Picture - James Cameron, Jon Landau
Best Director - James Cameron
Best Cinematography - Russell Carpenter
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Peter Lamont, Michael Ford
Best Costume Design - Deborah L. Scott
Best Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
Best Film Editing - Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing - Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
Best Effects, Visual Effects - Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
Best Music, Original Song - James Horner, Will Jennings
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - James Horner - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.Total of 7 Oscars:
Best Picture - David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Gwyneth Paltrow
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Judi Dench
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Martin Childs, Jill Quertier
Best Costume Design - Sandy Powell
Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score - Stephen Warbeck - DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.Total of 5 Oscars:
Best Picture - Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Kevin Spacey
Best Director - Sam Mendes
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Alan Ball
Best Cinematography - Conrad L. Hall - DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie NielsenA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.Total of 5 Oscars:
Best Picture - Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Russell Crowe
Best Costume Design - Janty Yates
Best Sound - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston
Best Effects, Visual Effects - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey - DirectorRon HowardStarsRussell CroweEd HarrisJennifer ConnellyA mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Picture - Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Connelly
Best Director - Ron Howard
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Akiva Goldsman - DirectorRob MarshallStarsRenée ZellwegerCatherine Zeta-JonesRichard GereTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.Total of 6 Oscars:
Best Picture - Martin Richards
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Best Costume Design - Colleen Atwood
Best Film Editing - Martin Walsh
Best Sound - Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Total of 11 Oscars:
Best Picture - Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh
Best Director - Peter Jackson
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Best Film Editing - Jamie Selkirk
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee
Best Costume Design - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
Best Makeup - Richard Taylor, Peter Swords King
Best Music, Original Score - Howard Shore
Best Music, Original Song - Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox
Best Sound Mixing - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
Best Visual Effects - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsHilary SwankClint EastwoodMorgan FreemanFrankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Hilary Swank
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Morgan Freeman
Best Achievement in Directing - Clint Eastwood - DirectorPaul HaggisStarsDon CheadleSandra BullockThandiwe NewtonLos Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.Total of 3 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco
Best Achievement in Film Editing - Hughes Winborne - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Graham King
Best Achievement in Directing - Martin Scorsese
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - William Monahan
Best Achievement in Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Javier Bardem
Best Achievement in Directing - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.Total of 8 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Christian Colson
Best Achievement in Directing - Danny Boyle
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
Best Achievement in Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Achievement in Film Editing - Chris Dickens
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - A.R. Rahman
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - A.R. Rahman, Gulzar
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian GeraghtyDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.Total of 6 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Best Achievement in Directing - Kathryn Bigelow
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Mark Boal
Best Achievement in Film Editing - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Paul N.J. Ottosson - DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Colin Firth
Best Achievement in Directing - Tom Hooper
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - David Seidler - DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.Total of 5 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Thomas Langmann
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Jean Dujardin
Best Achievement in Directing - Michel Hazanavicius
Best Achievement in Costume Design - Mark Bridges
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - Ludovic Bource - DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn GoodmanActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Total of 3 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Chris Terrio
Best Achievement in Film Editing - William Goldenberg - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Total of 3 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Anthony Katagas
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - John Ridley - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Best Achievement in Directing - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Best Achievement in Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki - DirectorTom McCarthyStarsMark RuffaloMichael KeatonRachel McAdamsThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.Total of 2 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy - DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Total of 3 Oscars:
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Mahershala Ali
Best Adapted Screenplay - Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsSally HawkinsOctavia SpencerMichael ShannonAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.Total of 4 Oscars:
Best Achievement in Directing - Guillermo del Toro
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
Best Achievement in Production Design - Paul D. Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeffrey A. Melvin