There is the list of
the films that won the most Oscars
(
Titanic
,
Ben-Hur
and
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
), with eleven statuettes, but also the
productions that arrived at the ceremony with multiple nominations
, including the best film and left empty-handed.
This is due to what, perhaps, perhaps, in one of those, happens with two titles of the ten that are nominated for best film this year.
They are
The Killers of the Moon
, by Martin Scorsese (10 nominations, the one that had the strongest was that of Lily Gladstone, who if she won would become the first Native American woman to do so, but it seems that it would go to Emma Stone, for
Poor People creatures
) and
Maestro
, the Netflix production by and with Bradley Cooper, with 7 nominations.
Below is a list of successful films, with important nominations, but that did not win a single Hollywood Academy Award.
The year listed is that of the ceremony, which rewards films released a year earlier.
The Elephant Man (1981) 8 nominations
John Hurt was nominated for best leading actor.
A rarity within David Lynch's filmography.
Anthony Hopkins is the surgeon who rescues a severely disfigured man (John Hurt, behind so much makeup) and who is mistreated while being paraded like a fairground monster, but he is a kind and intelligent man.
It was nominated for best film, direction, leading actor (John Hurt), adapted screenplay, music, editing, costume design and art direction.
What movie won many statuettes that night?
Robert Redford's directorial debut,
People Like One
, which took home 4 of the 6 awards he was up for.
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Among the 10 films nominated for an Oscar by the Hollywood Academy, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Maestro and Poor Things stand out.
The ceremony will take place on March 10 and will be hosted by the well-known American presenter Jimmy Kimmel.
The Wolf (1942) 9 nominations
Bette Davis was nominated for an Oscar 10 times, always as a leading actress.
She won it twice, but not for "La loba."
William Wyler's classic was based on the play that had triumphed on Broadway two years earlier.
Bette Davis is the sister of the Hubbard clan, who want to become more millionaires than they are, building a cotton factory, but with the capital of Regina's husband (Davis).
It aspired to become best film and win best direction, leading actress (Bette Davis), two supporting actresses (Teresa Wright and Patricia Collinge), screenplay, music for drama, editing and black and white art direction.
The winner in that ceremony was
How green was my valley!
, by John Ford, which won 5 of the 10 statuettes for which she was nominated.
The Devil's Cauldron (1958) 9 nominations
Terry Moore and Bob Coe in a scene from the film.
It was about life in a quiet New England town, which hides too many secrets.
It nominated for the Oscars for best film, direction (Mark Robson), leading actress (Lana Turner), two supporting actors, two supporting actresses, adapted screenplay and direction of photography.
But it was the year of
The Bridge on the River Kwai
, which won 7 of the 8 Oscars for which it was nominated.
The Spirits of the Island (2023) 9 nominations
Candidates and losers: Colin Farrell (for leading actor) and Brendan Gleeson (for supporting actor).
Beautiful comedy-drama, about two friends from a coastal town in Ireland, who find themselves at a dead end when one of them decides to end their friendship with the other.
It was nominated for best film, direction (Martin McDonagh), leading actor (Colin Farrell), two supporting actors (Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan), supporting actress (Kerry Condon), original screenplay, music and editing.
It was not long ago: last year
Everything Everywhere at the same time
won 7 statuettes of the 11 for which it was nominated.
Gangs of New York (2003) 10 nominations
Leonardo DiCaprio in the first of his six performances for director Scorsese.
Martin Scorsese is the average academic who doesn't like him.
He had already passed it with
Taxi Driver
(4 nominations, zero awards, and it would happen with
The Wolf of Wall Street
, 5 nominations), and he had to wait for
The Departed
to win best film and direction.
But with this period action drama, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Díaz, he walked away, again, empty-handed.
It was competing for best film (Harvey Weinstein would have won), direction, leading actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), original screenplay, cinematography, song (The Hands
That Built America
, by U2), editing, costume design, sound and art direction.
The big winner of that ceremony was
Chicago
, which walked away with 6 of the 13 statuettes for which it was nominated.
Steel Tempering (2011) 10 nominations
The Cohens' film stars Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges.
The remake of the classic with John Wayne, directed by the Coen brothers, was a furious western, about a young woman who asked the Marshall to catch her father's murderer.
Nominated for best film, direction, leading actor (Jeff Bridges), supporting actress (Hailee Steinfeld), adapted screenplay, cinematography, costume design, art direction, sound mixing and sound editing.
But there was
The King's Speech
, with Colin Firth, which won 4 of the 12 awards he was up for.
American Hustle (2014) 10 nominations
Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence: a luxury cast for the director of "The Light Side of Life."
By David O. Russell, with Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Cristian Bale, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.
A conman and his partner are forced to work for an FBI agent, who brings them into a world of gangsters.
It was nominated for best picture, direction, leading actor (Bale), leading actress (Adams), supporting actor (Cooper), supporting actress (Lawrence), original screenplay, editing, costume design and production design.
Who won?
12 Years a Slave
, the first Oscar for Brad Pitt, who was its producer.
She won 3 of the nine areas in which she was a candidate.
The Irishman (2020) 10 nominations
Another from Scorsese.
Joe Pescy, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Another from Martin Scorsese, also with ten nominations and no one going up on stage to acknowledge an award.
A hitman recalls his possible involvement in the murder of union leader Jimmy Hoffa.
Nominated for best film, direction, two supporting actors (Al Pacino and Joe Pesci), original screenplay, cinematography, editing, costume design, production design and visual effects, for the Argentine Pablo Helman, who managed to rejuvenate faces by Robert De Niro and company.
Who took everything important in that ceremony?
Parasites
, by Bong Joon-Ho, with 4 Oscars of the 6 he aspired to.
Decision Moment (1978) 11 nominations
Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine competed against each other for best leading actress.
The first had already won it, the second would do so for "The Force of Affection."
By Herbert Ross, with Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft in a remarkable acting duel, but perhaps that competition made them split votes, and Diane Keaton won, for
Annie Hall, Two Strange Lovers
, by Woody Allen.
When a daughter joins a ballet company, a retired dancer remembers the decision she made long ago to abandon ballet to start a family.
In addition to film, direction and the two leading actresses, she was nominated for best supporting actress (Leslie Brown), supporting actor (Mijail Baryshnikov), original screenplay, cinematography, editing, sound and art direction.
In that ceremony,
Annie Hall
won 4 statuettes, when she was nominated for 5.
The Color Purple (1986) 11 nominations
Whoopi Goldberg had her first nomination, and she didn't win.
She would do it as a supporting actress for "Ghost."
It was Steven Spielberg's first “serious” film, and the Academy completely ignored it.
That year, when the production released in 1985 was awarded, the big winner was
Africa mia
.
Look on YouTube for the video of the broadcast, when Sydney Pollack, who beats the director of
ET
, before going on stage goes and shakes Spielberg's hand, as if telling him the award was for you.
Her nominations: best film, leading actress (Whoopi Goldberg), two supporting actresses (Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey), adapted screenplay, music, song, cinematography, art direction, costume design and makeup.
Outside the Top Ten list they are also with 8 nominations and no statuette
Quo Vadis
?
(1952),
A Nun's Story
(1960),
The Yangtze on Fire
(1967),
The Remains of the Day
(1994),
Elvis
(2023) and
Ragtime
(8 nominations, but not for best film, 1982).