It’s awards season! It’s the time of year when millions of people tune in to watch the Oscars and see their favorite artists get awarded for their work in some of the best movies of the year. As an homage to the Academy Awards, it’s only fitting to look back at some of the previous top-performing films that have set records for having the most nominations in Oscar history. Titanic, The Shape of Water, and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring are just some included in the list of movies that have received the most Oscar nominations.
While not all of these films were able to win as many prestigious prizes as the nominations would have you believe, they are still easily considered some of the most iconic and greatest films of all time. It is also worth noting that other notable films, such as The King’s Speech, The Revenant, and A Streetcar Named Desire are among those that have received 12 nominations but have not been included in the list.
The first Best Picture winner for a film released in the 21st century, Gladiator provided a glorious scale and production to the ruthless world of gladiatorial combat that wowed the Academy and cemented itself as an action epic classic. Its Best Picture victory varies greatly compared to the winners of recent years, finding much more success in the below-the-line technical categories while still taking home the big prize at the end of the day.
The path to victory certainly wasn’t easy, beating out heavy hitters like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Traffic. Still, there is a sense of brilliance and exceptional prowess from Ridley Scott’s massive cinematic epic that left an impact with audience voters, spearheading the 21st century with a bombastic, highly engaging epic that still holds up tremendously to this day. Ironically, the film’s sequel, Gladiator II, would also be nominated for Best Costume Design 24 years later, paralleling one of the awards that the original film won.
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MRS. MINIVER> was one of the most striking and effective romance movies of all time, and one that especially struck a chord with the world that was in the midst of a deadly World War. The film was able to shed light on the pain and difficulties of war impacting home life in a way rarely ever explored in film until then, a notion that made a massive impact on both worldwide audiences and the academy. On top of its massive showing at the Academy Awards, the film would also be highly lucrative at the box office, being the highest-grossing film of 1942, and a massive critical and financial success.
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