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4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
3 days ago · Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur ( 1959 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards. Films with the most nominations: All About Eve ( 1950 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and La La Land ( 2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations.
2 days ago · Winners and nominees. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year.
Jun 12, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Jun 12, 2024 • Article History. 12 Years a Slave. Awards And Honors: Golden Globe Award. Academy Award (2014) 12 Years a Slave, American dramatic film, released in 2013, that impressed critics and audiences with its harrowing depiction of slavery in the antebellum South.
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Jun 20, 2024 · Braveheart, historical epic film, released in 1995, that was directed by and starred Mel Gibson and was loosely based on the story of 13th-century Scottish leader William Wallace. The movie was a surprise winner of the Academy Award for best picture.
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Jun 18, 2024 · The winning actors are given a gold-plated statuette known as an Oscar. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Academy Awards for best actor (three), and a number of actors have received two such Oscars, including Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks, both of whom won in consecutive years. Below is a list of the winning actors and the films for which they won.
6 days ago · Currently, there are 92 movies that have won the highly coveted Best Picture Academy Award, and they are all here for you to vote and rank from best to worst.
