The Academy Awards are considered the most prestigious and renowned competitive awards in the medium of cinema. Their reputation is such that even scoring a nomination is an achievement in itself. Since the organization's inception in 1929, over three-thousand Oscar statuettes have been awarded to individual honorees.

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Each year, the Academy presents Oscars in 24 categories. The respective winners of each category are crowned, and their names become etched in the books of history. Sometimes, a film goes on to set an Oscar record (or two), for the biggest sweep, most nominations received, or most Academy Awards won.

5 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003) Won Every Award It Was Nominated For

The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003) Sam & Frodo

Based on the third volume of The Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King is the final installment of Peter Jackson's adapted trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers were collectively nominated for nineteen Academy Awards, winning four in 2002 (Best Original Score, Cinematography, Makeup, and Visual Effects), and two in 2003 (Best Sound Editing and Visual Effects).

At the 76th Academy Awards in 2004, The Return of the King made history when it collected every single award it was nominated for, winning eleven awards out of eleven categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Jackson. The film also won for Best Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects. The Return of the King's success in 2004 is known as the largest awards sweep in Oscars history.

4 La La Land (2016) Tied For Most Nominations

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone look into each other's eyes in La La Land

Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, La La Land stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress, respectively. The film follows the two leads as they fall in love and pursue their dreams in Los Angeles, California. When success starts to mount, they must face decisions that threaten the fabric of their love affair, as well as the dreams each of them has worked so hard to achieve.

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La La Land received a record-tying fourteen nominations at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017, including Best Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and two Best Original Song nominations. It won in six categories, including Original Score, Original Song, Cinematography, and Production Design, as well as Best Actress for Emma Stone and Best Director for Damien Chazelle, who became the youngest director to win at the age of 32.

3 All About Eve (1950) Holds The Record For Most Nominations Received For Available Categories

ALL ABOUT EVE 1950 CAST MEMBERS - film of Academy Awards record holder

Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, an aging Broadway starlet whose career is threatened when an ambitious young fan maneuvers herself into Channing's life and endangers her personal relationships. The film also features a performance from Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles, alongside George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, and Barbara Bates.

All About Eve received a record of fourteen nominations at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951, winning in six categories, including Best Motion Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Costume Design, Original Score, and Sound Recording. As of 2022, All About Eve holds the record for most nominations in the available categories it could have been nominated in, which was sixteen.

2 Titanic (1997) Tied For Most Nominations & Most Wins

TITANIC 1997 JAMES CAMERON JACK AND ROSE - Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet

Directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater, respectively. They're characters of different social classes who, whilst aboard the ill-fated voyager, fall in love over the course of a week.

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Nominated for fourteen Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, Titanic tied with All About Eve for most nominations. Receiving recognition in the categories of Best Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Editing, Costume Design, Sound Design, Sound Effects Editing, Original Dramatic Score, and Original Song, Titanic won eleven out of the fourteen and tied the record for most Oscars won by a single film.

1 Ben-Hur (1959) Set The Record For Most Academy Awards Won By A Single Film

Ben-Hur being crowned in the 1959 remake

Directed by William Wyler, Ben-Hur stars Charlton Heston in the titular role of Judah Ben-Hur: a Palestinian Jew battling the Roman Empire in 26 A.D. during the time of Christ. A remake of the 1925 silent film, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, by Karl Tunberg.

At the 32nd Academy Awards in 1960, Ben-Hur made history when it was nominated for twelve Oscars, winning an unprecedented eleven in the categories of Best Motion Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Score, Sound, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Special Effects. The only award Ben-Hur did not win was Best Adapted Screenplay, which went to Neil Paterson for Room at the Top. As of 2022, the only films to have matched Ben-Hur's winnings are Titanic and Return of the King.