Which Film Has Won the Most Oscars? Three Share It
The shared Academy Award wins record, with nomination counts and sources.
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Summary
Which film has won the most Oscars? Three films share the record with 11 competitive Academy Awards each: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). No later film has surpassed that wins total in competitive categories.
Which three films share the record?
- Ben-Hur (1959): 11 wins from 12 nominations
- Titanic (1997): 11 wins from 14 nominations
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): 11 wins from 11 nominations
Academy statistics documents and major record lists agree on this three-way tie.
Did Return of the King win every award it was nominated for?
Yes. It converted all 11 nominations into wins, a clean sweep that is itself a notable record among high winners.
Which films are next on the wins list?
West Side Story (1961) has 10 wins. Several films sit at nine, including Gigi (1958), The Last Emperor (1987) and The English Patient (1996), per Academy film-facts tables.
Are honorary Oscars counted in this record?
The shared record of 11 refers to competitive awards. Special or honorary Oscars are tracked separately and are not what people usually mean by "most Oscars won by a film."
FAQ
Which film has won the most Oscars? Ben-Hur, Titanic and The Return of the King share the lead with 11 each.
Which has the most nominations? That is a different record. See ShopperCove's nominations post for the nomination leaders.
Has any film won 12 or more? Not in competitive Oscars, according to Academy records summarised by Guinness and Wikipedia's awards-record list.
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Facts in this draft were checked on 14 Oct 2026 against the sources listed in the body (official records, publishers, encyclopaedias and named news outlets). No original testing or reporting was done; figures are quoted as published by those sources, fiction and folklore are labelled as such, and any estimate or prediction is labelled as such.
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