Record Holders
This legendary filmmaker that really created the animation movies we know and love today holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a man at 22.
Walt Disney
Let the spice flow and let this film be nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Film Editing. At least.
Dune
1990's kicked off quite the generation of moviemaking when this Kevin Costner led epic won Best Picture.
Dances With Wolves
Martin Scorsese finally got a Best Director award in 2008 when this film, which he notably stated he didn't create to have a shot at an award, won Best Picture as well.
The Departed
Nominated for Best Picture (and absolutely robbed), this 2010 movie about a massive social media site won Aaron Sorkin a Best Adapted Screenplay award.
The Social Network
This iconic 2000's wuxia film shares the record for most nominations received by a foreign-language film at 10 with Roma.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Will Smith has extreme potential to snag a nomination, if not a win, for Best Actor for the first time since 2007 in this upcoming film about the lives of Venus and Serena Williams.
King Richard
Robert Zemeckis won Best Director for this 1994 flick that become an all time great Tom Hanks performance.
Forrest Gump
Starring in the new Hawkeye Disney+ series, this actor was nominated for Best Actor for his role in The Hurt Locker.
Jeremy Renner
In 2017, La La Land was announced as Best Picture when in fact this movie actually won.
Moonlight
A24's first and currently only film to win Best Picture, even though the studios highest domestic grossing film in Uncut Gems got snubbed out of the 2020 Oscars, which still remains the greatest travesty of our generation.
This 2016 film shares the record of most nominations received by a single film (14) with All About Eve and Titanic.
La La Land
Best Picture, Best Director (Won), Best Actress (Emma Stone - Won), Best Actor, Best Cinematography (Won), Best Original Score (Won), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song (Won), Best Production Design (Won), Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Original Song (Double Nom), Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing
Kristen Stewart is coming for the Best Actress crown after her riveting performance in this Princess Diana biopic.
Spencer
The upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson movie Licorice Pizza is said to carry the same vibe as this 1997 PTA film that was nominated for Best Screenplay.
Boogie Nights
Nicolas Cage was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in this 2022 Charlie Kaufman written film.
Adaptation
The 2012 Best Picture winning Argo was the first movie that this actor produced, directed, and starred in.
Ben Affleck
Ben Hur, Titanic, and this 2003 film all hold the record for most awards won by a single film at 11.
The archetypal choice for Best Picture will inevitably be this black and white picture directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Belfast
This actor won a Best Supporting Actor award for his work alongside Harrison Ford in what is a possibly one of the best action films of the 90's.
Tommy Lee Jones
2009 represented a monumental year when the Academy extended the number of Best Picture nominees from 5 to this.
10
This 2013 film gave Jared Leto his only Academy Award nomination and win of his career so far.
Silence of the Lambs is one of 3 films to have received the "Big Five" Academy Awards that consists of these awards.
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut unlocks both Oliva Colman and Jessie Buckley who have good shots at Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, for this film.
The Lost Daugher
Maria Tomei won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in this 1992 film in which she starred alongside Joe Pesci and Ralph Macchio.
My Cousin Vinny
This Darren Aronofsky film won Mickey Rourke a nod for Best Actor in 2009.
The Wrestler
Laura Dern won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Nora Fanshaw in this 2019 Netflix Original movie directed by Noah Baumbach.
Marriage Story