Films with Most Academy Award Wins

Source:  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Films with Most Academy Award Wins

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Key Findings

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Ben-Hur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are level at the top on 11 Academy Award Wins in 2003.
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1959 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Gap in 2003: Ben-Hur is 1.4× larger than Gone with the Wind.

About This Dataset

Films with Most Academy Award Wins
This chart highlights the films that have achieved the most Academy Award wins in history. Leading the pack are 'Ben-Hur', 'Titanic', and 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King', each securing an impressive 11 Oscars. Following closely are 'West Side Story' with 10 wins and 'Gigi', 'The Last Emperor', and 'The English Patient', each with 9.
Analysis

Ben-Hur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are level at the top on 11 Academy Award Wins in 2003. West Side Story follows on 10. None of them dominates the field: each holds 14.1% of the combined total of all 8. The other 5 are bunched between 8 and 10 Academy Award Wins.

Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
8
8 categories  ·  8 years
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Top Value
11
Ben-Hur
Academy Award Wins · 1959
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Metrics
1
Academy Award Wins
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Period
1939 – 2003
8 years of data

Methodology & source

Data source
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Coverage
8 entities · 1939–2003 (8 years) · 8 observations
Measure
Academy Award Wins
Last updated
6 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
  • Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
  • Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
  • The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
  • Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2003.
  • An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Academy Award Wins · ranked by 2003

✓ 8 sourced
# Category 1939 1958 1959 1961 1987 1996 1997 2003 Change Source
🥇 Ben-Hur — — 11 — — — — — —
🥈 Titanic — — — — — — 11 — —
🥉 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — — — — — — — 11 —
4 West Side Story — — — 10 — — — — —
5 Gigi — 9 — — — — — — —
6 The Last Emperor — — — — 9 — — — —
7 The English Patient — — — — — 9 — — —
8 Gone with the Wind 8 — — — — — — — —
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