Poll: Oscars: Making History

Results of 500 votes:

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   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

    

   Largest Sweep of all time - 11 Nominations and 11 Oscars
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   Parasite (2019)

    

   First foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award
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   The Godfather Part II (1974)

    

   1. First sequel to win the Best Picture award 2. Most Best Picture awards for a film series - The Godfather series with 2 (for 'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather Part II')
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   Titanic (1997)

    

   1. First film to get nominated in the most different technical categories Nominated in all 10 technical categories: (Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Production Design/Art Direction, Scor…
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   War and Peace (1965)

    

   Longest feature film to win an award - 431 minutes (Best Foreign Language Film)
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   Ben-Hur (1959)

    

   First film to win the most Oscars - 11 Oscars
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   La La Land (2016)

    

   First film to receive the most nominations without winning Best Picture - 14 Nominations
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   Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    

   First film to win Best Picture with no female speaking roles
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   Gone with the Wind (1939)

    

   Longest film to win Best Picture - 224 minutes (238 with overture, entr'acte, and exit music)
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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

     

    First foreign-language film to receive the most Oscar nominations - 10 Nominations
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    Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

     

    First film with an entirely non-white cast to win Best Picture
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    Moonlight (2016)

     

    First film with an all-black cast to win Best Picture
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    Black Panther (2018)

     

    First superhero and/or comic book film to be nominated for Best Picture
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    Midnight Cowboy (1969)

     

    First X-rated film to win Best Picture It was also the first X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture and the only one to date to have won it.
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    Fanny and Alexander (1982)

     

    First foreign-language film to win the most Oscars - 4 Oscars
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    It Happened One Night (1934)

     

    First film to win the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay (Original or Adapted).
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    All About Eve (1950)

     

    First film to receive the most Oscar nominations - 14 Nominations
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    Cabaret (1972)

     

    Most Oscars without winning Best Picture - 8 Oscars
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    The Grand Illusion (1937)

     

    First foreign-language film to be nominated for Best Picture
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    Marty (1955)

     

    Shortest film to win Best Picture - 90 minutes
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    O.J.: Made in America (2016)

     

    Longest documentary film to win an award - 467 minutes (Best Documentary)
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    Limelight (1952)

     

    Longest time between the release of a film and winning an Oscar - 20 years The first and only film to have won an award twenty years after its official release. Since it was not released in Los Angele…
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    The Turning Point (1977)

     

    First film to receive the most nominations without any wins - 11 Nominations and 0 Oscars
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    Grand Hotel (1932)

     

    1. First film to win Best Picture with fewest (1) nominations 2. First film to receive only the Best Picture nomination
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    Cimarron (1960)

     

    Lowest-grossing film to win Best Picture - $1,380,000