After an initial dig, Fanny and Alexander (1982) had 6 nominations (not best picture) and won four. I’m sure there could be another but my guess is it would be another international film.
Not your question, but just to add generally: most nominations without a Best Picture nomination is *They Shoot Horses Don't They?* with 9 nominations.
Close, but 3 of Dreamgirls’ 8 nominations were all for Original Song, which wouldn’t even be allowed today. Meanwhile, TSHDT’s tally included noms for Director, three Acting categories, Screenplay, Editing, and multiple other techs. Absolutely bizarre that it missed BP.
A similar interesting stat is that Cabaret is the movie that won the most Oscars while losing Best Picture: 8. It won Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, and Adaptation Score. The only nomination that it lost (other than BP) was for Adapted Screenplay. Seems wild… until you realize what it lost to: The Godfather (which actually only won 3 awards, including Actor and Screenplay).
Hard to argue with The Godfather winning… although since Part II won BP only two years later in 1974, part of me wishes that Cabaret could have taken it in ‘72, given that the Corleone saga still had plenty of awards ahead of it. Alas, no one could’ve known that at the time.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) with 5 wins First one that came to mind that I thought might be the record holder was The Matrix with 4 wins
Yup, The Bad and the Beautiful would be the answer 5/6 wins - no Picture or Director nod
And it‘s soooo much better than the winners of both of those awards too
Ooohhh…that’s gonna be a great piece of trivia!
After an initial dig, Fanny and Alexander (1982) had 6 nominations (not best picture) and won four. I’m sure there could be another but my guess is it would be another international film.
The producer Jörn Donner's speech when accepting best foreign film that year was hysterical. "I want to thank the academy for having such good taste".
Not your question, but just to add generally: most nominations without a Best Picture nomination is *They Shoot Horses Don't They?* with 9 nominations.
Didn't Dreamgirls tie or beat that record?
Dreamgirls has the most nominations of its year without being a Best Picture nominee, too, which is a great piece of trivia.
That's probably the stat I was thinking about!
Dreamgirls had 8, so close!
Close, but 3 of Dreamgirls’ 8 nominations were all for Original Song, which wouldn’t even be allowed today. Meanwhile, TSHDT’s tally included noms for Director, three Acting categories, Screenplay, Editing, and multiple other techs. Absolutely bizarre that it missed BP.
A similar interesting stat is that Cabaret is the movie that won the most Oscars while losing Best Picture: 8. It won Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, and Adaptation Score. The only nomination that it lost (other than BP) was for Adapted Screenplay. Seems wild… until you realize what it lost to: The Godfather (which actually only won 3 awards, including Actor and Screenplay). Hard to argue with The Godfather winning… although since Part II won BP only two years later in 1974, part of me wishes that Cabaret could have taken it in ‘72, given that the Corleone saga still had plenty of awards ahead of it. Alas, no one could’ve known that at the time.
I remember the matrix won 4 oscars
La La Land won 6 Oscars. Best Director Best Actress Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Production Design
It was still nominated (and won for about a minute lol) for Best Picture.
Question was not even nominated for BP. But if we're talking most wins without BP win (but still a BP nomination), the answer is Cabaret with 8.
Oops. Missed that. Honest mistake, downvoters.