The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), the third installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, won 11 Oscars. It is now tied with Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997) for winning the most Oscars.
Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) have all won 11 Oscars.
The three movies that won 11 Academy Awards each were "Ben-Hur" (1959), "Titanic" (1997) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003).
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1985 went to "Out of Africa," which won seven Oscars in 11 nominations. "The Color Purple" also was nominated for 11 awards, but did not win any.
The last 10 Academy Award winners for Best Picture are as follows: 2016 -- "Moonlight" 2015 -- "Spotlight" 2014 -- "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)." 2013 -- "12 Years a Slave" 2012 -- "Argo" 2011 -- "The Artist" 2010 -- "The King's Speech" 2009 -- "The Hurt Locker" 2008 -- "Slumdog Millionaire" 2007 -- "No Country for Old Men"
Three movies won 11 Oscars: Ben-Hur (1959) which was nominated for 12 awards, Titanic (1997) which was nomianted for 14 awards, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) that won all 11 nominations.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001):Best CinematographyBest Effects, Visual EffectsBest MakeupBest Music, Original Score (4/13)The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002):Best Sound EditingBest Visual Effects (2/6)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003):Best Achievement in Sound MixingBest Art Direction-Set DecorationBest Costume DesignBest DirectorBest EditingBest MakeupBest Music, Original ScoreBest Music, Original SongBest PictureBest Visual EffectsBest Writing, Adapted Screenplay (11/11)That's a total of 17 Oscars. All three movies won for Visual Effects.
When it comes to records, no movie has won a major number of Academy Awards in the past 10 years. In 1997, the film "Titanic," won 11 Academy Awards. However, in 1959, "Ben-Hur," also took 11 Academy Awards home. To date, these movies are tied for first place.
On February 29, 2004, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won 11 2003 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The movie was based on the third installment of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.On February 29, 2004, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won 11 2003 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The movie was based on the third installment of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Books don't win Academy Awards, but their movie adaptions do. Films based on Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" and J.R.R. Tolkein's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" have won a record 11 Oscars.
To be specific, it was the third "Lord of the Rings" movie -- "The Return of the King"--that won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture of 2003.
In 1959, "Ben Hur" won 11 Academy Awards (out of 12 nominations). Two other films have tied this record of 11 wins: "Titanic" in 1997; "Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King" in 2003.
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"Ben-Hur" won 11 Academy Awards in 1959, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
2003. The Lord of the Rings won a record breaking 11 Academy Awards. It is tied with two other films for that many Academy Awards; Ben-Hur and Titanic.
The only movies to win 11 Academy Awards were from other decades: "Ben-Hur" (1959), "Titanic" (1997) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003).
In some ways since Titanic won 11 Academy Awards, the first time since 1954. The maximum amount of Academy awards a film has ever won is 11 and there's only a few films that achieved that honor
Titanic (1997) won 11 Academy Awards at the 70th Academy Awards on Monday, March 23, 1998. Billy Crystal hosted the ceremony for the sixth time, and later received an Emmy award for his performance. Titanic dominated the evening, picking up 11 awards out of 14 nominations. The film tied All About Eve(1950) for the most overall nominations and Ben-Hur (1959) for the most wins. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) later matched the latter record. Due to the popularity of Titanic, which was still the #1 movie at the box office at the time, the Academy Awards earned its highest television ratings in history based on audience size (57.25 million).
"Titanic" won 11 1997 Academy Awards, tying it with "Ben-Hur" (1959) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) for the most Oscars won in a single night.