Miscellaneous Trivia

Note: In all listings of nominations, icon denotes a win.

Foreign Language Films Nominated For The Most Oscars

  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) [10 nominations, 4 wins]
  • Roma (2018) [10 nominations, 3 wins]
  • Life Is Beautiful (1998) [7 nominations, 3 wins]
  • Das Boot (1982) [6 nominations, 0 wins]
  • Fanny and Alexander (1983) [6 nominations, 3 wins]
  • Parasite (2019) [6 nominations, 4 wins]

Foreign Language Film Nominations and Wins by Country

Country Nominations Wins
France389
Italy2811
Spain204
Sweden163
Denmark133
Japan131
Germany112
Poland111
Hungary102
Israel100
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics93
West Germany81
Mexico91
West Germany81
The Netherlands73
Argentina72
Canada71
Russia71
Belgium70
Czechoslovakia62
Yugoslavia60
Switzerland52
Algeria51
Greece50
Norway50
Austria42
Brazil40
West Germany40
Iran32
Czech Republic31
Taiwan31
India30
Hong Kong30
Bosnia & Herzegovina21
Chile21
Federal Republic of Germany21
South Africa21
Lebanon20
People's Republic of China20
The Palestinian Territories20
United Kingdom20
Ivory Coast11
South Korea11
North Macedonia10
Romania10
Tunisia10

People Nominated for Acting, Directing and Writing the Same Film

  • Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, 1941)
  • Woody Allen (Annie Hall, 1978)
  • Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait, 1978) (Also nominated as Producer)
  • Warren Beatty (Reds, 1981) (Also nominated as Producer)
  • Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful, 1998)

The Only Films To Win Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress And Screenplay

  • It Happened One Night (1934)
  • One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  • The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

The Only Consecutive Double Oscar Winners

  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz won Directing and Screenplay Oscars for A Letter To Three Wives in 1949 and All About Eve in 1950.
  • Alan Menken won Oscars for Best Song and Best Original Score in 1991 for Beauty and the Beast and again the following year for Aladdin.

The First Posthumous Oscar Winner

Sidney Howard, for the screenplay of Gone With The Wind (1939)

The Only Twins To Win Oscars

Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein shared the Screenplay with Howard Koch for Casablanca (1943).

The Only Oscar To Win An Oscar

Oscar Hammerstein II (Best Song: 1941, 1945)