During this time of year I focus a lot of my mind on the Academy Awards. While I don't completely agree with the notion that the Oscars are the be-all, end-all when it comes to what is the best films of the year, it does give viewers a broad spectrum of what are considered some of the most well-made movies in the past 12 months. A lot of us everyday Joe Blow Americans who don't know the ins and outs of Hollywood can't understand what makes great art direction or costume design, let alone point out the best short animated film or documentary, but we do get a glimpse into the opinions of what those who make movies think of movies.
Last year I took a look at the Best Picture winning films and compared it with the Best Director winners who did not match. If you have any interest in that post you can find it at http://mobyd.blogspot.com/2011/02/correlation-between-oscars-best.html.
This year I have tackled the movies that earned the most nominations for the year and whether those movies won the Best Picture or Best Director awards. The following is the list:
1928 (1st): Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings received four nominations each (tied for second) and won the preceding awards for Best Picture (which were divided into Outstanding Picture, Production and Unique and Artistic Production). Two Arabian Knights won Best Director, Comedy Picture and Seventh Heaven won Best Director, Dramatic Picture.
1929 (2nd): The Broadway Melody received three nominations (tied for third with Alibi and The Divine Lady; In Old Arizona and The Patriot received the most with five nominations) and won Best Picture. The Divine Lady won Best Director.
1930 (3rd): All Quiet on the Western Front received four nominations (tied for second with The Big House and The Divorcee; The Love Parade received the most with six nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1931 (4th): Cimarron received seven nominations (most) and won Best Picture. Skippy won Best Director.
1932 (5th): Grand Hotel received one nomination (the only time in Oscar history where a movie with only the Best Picture nominee won; Arrowsmith and The Champ received the most with four nominations) and won Best Picture. Bad Girl won Best Director.
1933 (6th): Cavalcade received four nominations (tied for most with A Farewell to Arms and Lady for a Day) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1934 (7th): It Happened One Night received five nominations (tied for second with Cleopatra and The Gay Divorcee; One Night of Love received the most with six nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1935 (8th): Mutiny on the Bounty received seven nominations (tied for most with The Lives of a Bengal Lancer) and won Best Picture. The Informer won Best Director.
1936 (9th): The Great Ziegfeld received seven nominations (tied for most with Anthony Adverse and Dodsworth) and won Best Picture. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town won Best Director.
1937 (10th): The Life of Emile Zola received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture. The Awful Truth won Best Director.
1938 (11th): You Can’t Take It with You received seven nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1939 (12th): Gone with the Wind received 13 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1940 (13th): Rebecca received 11 nominations (most) and won Best Picture. The Grapes of Wrath won Best Director.
1941 (14th): How Green Was My Valley received 10 nominations (second; Sergeant York received the most with 11 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1942 (15th): Mrs. Miniver received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1943 (16th): Casablanca received eight nominations (third; The Song of Bernadette received the most with 12 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1944 (17th): Going My Way received 10 nominations (tied for most with Wilson) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1945 (18th): The Lost Weekend received seven nominations (second; The Bells of St. Mary’s received the most with eight nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1946 (19th): The Best Years of Our Lives received eight nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1947 (20th): Gentleman’s Agreement received eight nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1948 (21st): Hamlet received seven nominations (tied for second with Joan of Arc; Johnny Belinda received the most with 12 nominations) and won Best Picture. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre won Best Director.
1949 (22nd): All the King’s Men received seven nominations (tied for second with Come to the Stable; The Heiress received the most with eight nominations) and won Best Picture. A Letter to Three Wives won Best Director.
1950 (23rd): All About Eve received 14 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1951 (24th): An American in Paris received eight nominations (tied for third with Quo Vadis; A Streetcar Named Desire received the most with 12 nominations) and won Best Picture. A Place in the Sun won Best Director.
1952 (25th): The Greatest Show on Earth received five nominations (tied for sixth with Viva Zapata!; High Noon, Moulin Rouge, and The Quiet Man received the most with seven nominations) and won Best Picture. The Quiet Man won Best Director.
1953 (26th): From Here to Eternity received 13 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1954 (27th): On the Waterfront received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1955 (28th): Marty received eight nominations (tied for most with Love is a Many-Splendored Thing and The Rose Tattoo) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1956 (29th): Around the World in Eighty Days received eight nominations (third; Giant received the most with 10 nominations) and won Best Picture. Giant won Best Director.
1957 (30th): The Bridge on the River Kwai received eight nominations (third; Sayonara received the most with 10 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1958 (31st): Gigi received nine nominations (tied for most with The Defiant Ones) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1959 (32nd): Ben-Hur received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1960 (33rd): The Apartment received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1961 (34th): West Side Story received 11 nominations (tied for most with Judgment at Nuremberg) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1962 (35th): Lawrence of Arabia received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1963 (36th): Tom Jones received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1964 (37th): My Fair Lady received 12 nominations (tied for second with Becket; Mary Poppins received the most with 13 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1965 (38th): The Sound of Music received 10 nominations (tied for most with Doctor Zhivago) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1966 (39th): A Man for All Seasons received eight nominations (second; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? received the most with 13 nominations) won Best Picture and Best Director.
1967 (40th): In the Heat of the Night received seven nominations (tied for fourth with The Graduate and Thoroughly Modern Millie; Bonnie and Clyde and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner received the most with 10 nominations) and won Best Picture. The Graduate won Best Director.
1968 (41st): Oliver! received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1969 (42nd): Midnight Cowboy received seven nominations (tied for third with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Hello, Dolly!; Anne of the Thousand Days received the most with 10 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1970 (43rd): Patton received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1971 (44th): The French Connection received eight nominations (tied for most with Fiddler on the Roof and The Last Picture Show) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1972 (45th): The Godfather received 10 nominations (tied for most with Cabaret) and won Best Picture. Cabaret won Best Director.
1973 (46th): The Sting received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1974 (47th): The Godfather: Part II received 11 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1975 (48th): One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest received nine nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1976 (49th): Rocky received 10 nominations (tied for most with Network) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1977 (50th): Annie Hall received five nominations (tied for fifth with The Goodbye Girl; Julia and The Turning Point received the most with 11 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1978 (51st): The Deer Hunter received nine nominations (tied for most with Heaven Can Wait) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1979 (52nd): Kramer vs. Kramer received nine nominations (tied for most with All That Jazz) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1980 (53rd): Ordinary People received six nominations (tied for fourth with Fame and Tess; The Elephant Man and Raging Bull received the most with eight nominations) won Best Picture and Best Director.
1981 (54th): Chariots of Fire received seven nominations (fifth; Reds received the most with 12 nominations) and won Best Picture. Reds won Best Director.
1982 (55th): Gandhi received 11 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1983 (56th): Terms of Endearment received 11 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1984 (57th): Amadeus received 11 nominations (tied for most with A Passage to India ) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1985 (58th): Out of Africa received 11 nominations (tied for most with The Color Purple) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1986 (59th): Platoon received eight nominations (tied for most with A Room with a View) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1987 (60th): The Last Emperor received nine nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1988 (61st): Rain Man received eight nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1989 (62nd): Driving Miss Daisy received nine nominations (most) and won Best Picture. Born on the Fourth of July won Best Director.
1990 (63rd): Dances with Wolves received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1991 (64th): The Silence of the Lambs received seven nominations (tied for third with The Prince of Tides; Bugsy received the most with 10 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1992 (65th): Unforgiven received nine nominations (tied for most with Howard’s End) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1993 (66th): Schindler’s List received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1994 (67th): Forrest Gump received 13 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1995 (68th): Braveheart received 10 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1996 (69th): The English Patient received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1997 (70th): Titanic received 14 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
1998 (71st): Shakespeare in Love received 13 nominations (most) and won Best Picture. Saving Private Ryan won Best Director.
1999 (72nd): American Beauty received eight nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2000 (73rd): Gladiator received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture. Traffic won Best Director.
2001 (74th): A Beautiful Mind received eight nominations (tied for second with Moulin Rouge!; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring received the most with 13 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2002 (75th): Chicago received 13 nominations (most) and won Best Picture. The Pianist won Best Director.
2003 (76th): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received 11 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2004 (77th): Million Dollar Baby received seven nominations (tied for second with Finding Neverland; The Aviator received the most with 11 nominations) and received Best Picture and Best Director.
2005 (78th): Crash received six nominations (tied for second with Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha; Brokeback Mountain received the most with eight nominations) and won Best Picture. Brokeback Mountain won Best Director.
2006 (79th): The Departed received five nominations (tied for fifth with Blood Diamond; Dreamgirls received the most nominations with eight) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2007 (80th): No Country for Old Men received eight nominations (tied for most with There Will Be Blood) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2008 (81st): Slumdog Millionaire received 10 nominations (second; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button received 13 nominations) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2009 (82nd): The Hurt Locker received nine nominations each (tied for most with Avatar) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
2010 (83rd): King’s Speech received 12 nominations (most) and won Best Picture and Best Director.
There are periods in the Academy Awards history where receiving the most nominations was a good sign to win both Best Picture and Best Director. In 1958-1963, 1970-1976, 1982-1990, and 1992-1999, the movie that received the most nominations (or came in a tie for most nominations) ended up being the heavy favorite for the top two statues, excluding 1972, 1989, and 1998.
In the past two years the film with the most nominations ended up with Oscars in Best Picture and Best Director, so we will see if Hugo can keep the trend continuing as it has the most nominations at 11.
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