Table of contents:
- 1. Titanic (1997)
- 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 3. Ben Hur (1959)
- 4. West Side Story (1961)
- 5. The English Patient (1996)
- 6. Gigi (1958)
- 7. The Last Emperor (1987)
- 1. It happened one night (1934)
- 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- 3. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Video: The Big Five, The Silence of the Lambs and other award-winning films
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Over the past few years, hundreds of films have been nominated for Academy Awards. Some of them won one or two, while others managed to "take" more than three with them. But to date, only about fifty films have received five or more Oscars. Many of them, including Schindler's List, Star Wars and The Godfather: Part II, are still considered some of the finest films of all time. Some of this list are new classics, and some are well-forgotten by many pictures of the erased years, but one way or another, they all won a victory in one of the most prestigious nominations.
In the 89th Academy Awards in 2017, 43 films were nominated for the Big Five, including three 1967 films (Bonnie and Clyde, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Graduate) and three 1981 films "Atlantic City", "On the Golden Pond" and "The Reds."
The most recent candidate to win the Big Five was La La Land, released in 2016. The popular film was nominated for 14 Oscars, including the Big Five. And while La La Land was originally billed as Best Picture due to its confused envelopes, it still won six Oscars, but only two of the Big Five. As it turned out, Moonlight was the real winner.
Screenwriter Damien Chazelle wrote the original screenplay for the film, winning a Director's Award (at the age of thirty-two, becoming the youngest director ever to do so), but he never won a Screenwriting Award. It is also worth mentioning that the stars of the film, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, were nominated for awards for their leading roles. And as regrettable as it may sound, the fact remains, and only Stone left with the award, leaving Gosling with nothing. In addition to the aforementioned films, other films, which, in principle, will be discussed, were also included in the list of the best.
1. Titanic (1997)
James Cameron's romantic-dramatic creation Titanic became a hit with audiences around the world, making Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet mega-stars Oscar-nominated. And it is not surprising that the greatest achievement of "Titanic" is considered to be the incredibly huge number of awards and prizes that he won at the 70th Academy Awards, having received eleven awards, two of which went to Cameron - Best Picture and Best Director. In fact, the film won nine other awards: Original Drama Score, Artistic Design, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, and Celine Dion's original song "My Heart Will Go On."
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The final part of the epic adaptation of the legendary "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien was also included in the list of nominees that received a myriad of awards. It was the first and, to date, the only fantasy film to win an Oscar for Best Picture. On top of that, it has collected all the awards for which it was nominated, making it the most successful film in Oscar history. In total, The Return of the King has won 11 awards at the 76th Academy. In addition to the main prize of the evening, Peter Jackson received the title of Best Director, as well as awards for Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Artistic Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Original Score and Best Original Song.
3. Ben Hur (1959)
When it comes to high-budget movies made in the mid-20th century, Ben-Hur stands up well against decades of advanced technology and special effects. It is therefore fitting that the first film to win eleven Oscars - the largest number ever produced of any film - is the historical epic of William Wyler. In addition to Best Picture, Ben-Hur received an Academy Award for Best Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Special Effects, Film Editing, Sound Recording and Music. Charlton Heston was named Best Actor in a Leading Role and Hugh Griffith was named Best Supporting Actor.
4. West Side Story (1961)
Stephen Sondheim's contemporary musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet was a sensation the very moment he hit Broadway in 1957. And the film adaptation was an Oscar-nominated hit. West Side Story won ten Oscars at its 34th Academy Awards, including Sound, Music, Film Editing, Costume Design, Cinematography and Art Direction. He also won four of the most coveted awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris, Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno, and Best Director for Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.
5. The English Patient (1996)
This mesmerizing World War II novel - about the cartographer and his illicit romance - was beloved by critics, audiences and Oscar voters. The English Patient received nine of the twelve Academy Awards nominations for Best Picture, Best Director for Anthony Minghella and Best Supporting Actress for Juliette Binoche. He also received an Oscar for art direction, costume design, cinematography, film editing and original score.
6. Gigi (1958)
This charming musical comedy about a precocious young woman sent to Paris to study etiquette did not make much of an impression on subsequent generations. But Gigi was an Oscar-winning record holder at one point, at least until Ben-Hur came out the following year. Gigi has won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director by Vincent Minnelli. The film also received awards for Art Direction, Costume Design, Original Score, Original Song, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Adapted Screenplay.
7. The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci's adaptation of the autobiography of Emperor Pouilly was a hit for moviegoers and an undeniable success at the 60th Academy Awards. The Last Emperor swept the categories in which it was nominated, winning a total of nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. The biographical drama has also received awards for art direction, costume design, cinematography, original score, sound, film editing and adapted screenplay.
And now I would like to mention the films that won the real jackpot - the "Big Five", which many dream about, but only a few get it.
1. It happened one night (1934)
It Happened One Night, a romantic comedy, was the first film to win a Big Five Oscars, winning grand prizes at the 7th Academy Awards in 1935. The film was directed by Frank Capra and Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures.
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the second film to win the Big Five Academy Awards, was produced by Michael Douglas and Saul Zaenz for Fantasy Films and distributed by United Artists. In addition to the Big Five, the film was nominated for four additional Oscars: Best Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif), Best Cinematography (Haskel Wexler and Bill Butler), Best Film Editing (Richard Chu, Linzy Klingman and Sheldon Kahn) and Best Music and Original Score (Jack Nietzsche).
3. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The third Big Five winner, the crime thriller The Silence of the Lambs, was produced by Edward Saxton, Kenneth Utt and Ronald M. Bozeman for Strong Heart / Demme Production and Orion Pictures and distributed by Orion. The film also won Oscars for Best Film Editing (Craig McKay) and Best Sound (Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman), as well as many other popular awards, including critics.
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