This is a list of films receiving the most Academy Awards at each awards ceremony. This also contains a list of films receiving the most Academy Award nominations at each awards ceremony.
This information is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 10, 2024, which honored the best films of 2023.
List of films receiving the most Academy Awards per ceremony[edit]
^At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture (now known as Best Picture), while Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture. At the time, these two categories were seen as equally the top award of the night, intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior film-making. The following year, however, at the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Academy discontinued the Unique and Artistic Picture award and decided retroactively that the Outstanding Picture award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded.
Films receiving the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
With only one exception – Dreamgirls (2006) – every film on this list above was nominated for Best Picture.
Films receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
A total of 69 films appear on both lists above. That is, there are 69 films that received the most Academy Awards – as well as the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility.
Of these 69 films, all 69 received a Best Picture nomination.
Of these 69 films, 52 received the Best Picture award.
Best Picture winners receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony
A total of 69 films received both the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations in their respective years of eligibility. Of these 69 films, 52 also received the Best Picture award.
The most recent film to achieve this feat was: Oppenheimer (2023).
Record-breaking films
The following four films either set, broke, or tied both records – the film with the most Academy Awards and the film with the most Academy Award nominations – in their respective years of eligibility: