Best Picture
This 2023 film follows the creation and aftermath of one of the individuals responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb
Oppenheimer
My opening speech alluded to this movie, for which Liza Minelli won best actress
Cabaret
After slapping Chris Rock in 2021, this man won Best Actor for his role in King Richard
Will Smith
Despite being nominated 10 times, this man has only won once for The Departed (2006)
Martin Scorcese
According to academy rules, a film must be this long to be eligible as a feature film.
40 minutes
Beating out the likes of Oppenheimer, Ben-Hur, and Lawrence of Arabia, this movie had the longest runtime of any Best Picture Winner
Gone With The Wind
This actress won last year (2023)
Emma Stone
This actor won last year (2023)
Cillian Murphy
This director won last year (2023)
Christopher Nolan
The first person to win an Oscar for acting in a Tarantino Movie
Christoph Waltz
This movie won Best Picture in 1961, and a remake of the same film was nominated 80 years later in 2021
West Side Story
For Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981), this actress holds the title for the most wins in our category.
Katherine Hepburn
This actor won his 3rd Best Actor award in 2012 for his portrayal of the 16th president of the United States
Daniel Day-Lewis
The first woman to win this Category. For The Hurt Locker (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow
The only year where all of the Best Picture and Best Actor nominees all overlapped:
Paul Scofield (A Man for all Seasons), Richard Burton (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?), Steve McQueen (The Sand Pebbles), Michael Caine (Alfie), Alan Arkin (The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!)
1966
This musical Gene Kelley Classic won in 1951
An American In Paris
In a tie in 1968, Barbara Streisand won Best Actress with glee for her role in this movie
Funny Girl
This man won in 93' and 94'
Tom Hanks
This man has the most wins in this category for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952)
John Ford
Name the only two films for which two people shared the best director award.
West Side Story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins), No Country For Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen)
These 2 trilogies are the only ones to receive nominations from all of their films
The Godfather and Lord of the Rings
This actress has been nominated an astonishing 17 times
Meryl Streep
Ben-Hur (1959)
Charlton Heston
This individual won for La La Land (2016)
Damien Chazelle
These two characters have generated the most acting nominations for their portrayals. (Hint: real people)
Henry VIII (Charles Laughton, Robert Shaw, Richard Burton); Elizabeth I (Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett x2)