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The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2017, via global live stream from the academy. [11] La La Land received the most nominations with a record-tying fourteen (1950's All About Eve and 1997's Titanic also achieved this distinction); [ 12 ] Arrival and Moonlight came in second with eight apiece.
At age 89, Best Adapted Screenplay winner James Ivory became the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar. [24] Jordan Peele was the first African American winner for Best Original Screenplay. [ 25 ] Rachel Morrison became the first woman nominated for Best Cinematography .
This is a list of Academy Award–winning films. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture , its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non ...
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. [1] [2] They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [3]
The Godfather series is the only film series with multiple Best Picture winners, with the first film winning the award for 1972 and the second film winning the award for 1974. [ 23 ] Another nominee, Broadway Melody of 1936 , was a follow-up of sorts to previous winner The Broadway Melody , but beyond the title and some music, the two films ...
The 2016–17 film awards season began in November 2016 with the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2016 and ended in February 2017 with the 89th Academy Awards. Major winners for the year included La La Land , Moonlight , Manchester by the Sea , among others.
Film Status Notes 1927–28 Charles Chaplin: The Circus: Nominated Chaplin was originally nominated in this category (and three others) for The Circus, but the academy took him out of the running and gave him a Special Award. 1929–30 George Arliss: Disraeli: Won The Green Goddess: Nominated Ronald Colman: Bulldog Drummond: Nominated Condemned ...
The best picture Oscar has marked the epitome of the award-show season for 95 years — where only one film comes out on top. Read on to see all the films that have won best picture thus far.