Most Oscar-Winning Films of All Time
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Most Oscar-Winning Films of All TimeThe dominance of 'Ben-Hur', 'Titanic', and 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' with their 11 Oscar wins reflects not only their critical acclaim but also their cultural impact over the decades. The gap between these top films and 'West Side Story', which has 10 wins, illustrates the difficulty in achieving such a high level of recognition in the competitive film industry. Interestingly, the films that follow, like 'Gone with the Wind', 'From Here to Eternity', and 'My Fair Lady', each with 8 wins, show that while they are celebrated, they haven't reached the same iconic status. This trend suggests that while films can achieve significant accolades, the benchmark for Oscar wins has remained relatively stagnant, with no new contenders breaking the 11-win threshold in over 20 years.
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Methodology & source
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 1939–2003 (8 years) · 8 observations
- Measure
- Academy Award Wins
- Last updated
- 5 April 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team
- 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.
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