Which movie had the largest Oscar sweep (winning awards in every nominated category)?

This question is really tricky and hard, as it is a well-known fact that every movie listed was outstandingly successful at the ceremony, and all three of them won 11 awards. But the thing is that only one of them won an award in every nominated category, and it was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

Titanic (1997) had 14 nominations and Ben-Hur (1959) had 12. Titanic lost Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kate Winslet), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Gloria Stuart), and Best Makeup. Ben-Hur missed for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Visual Effects.

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scottthelen

I remeber watching the Oscars and thinking, "Damn, Peter Jackson must be getting tired of walking up on stage...he should have brought his bicycle...lol".

Andrea Nelson

Neelanjan Roy, read the question again - "winning awards in EVERY nominated category. It's very clear.

Kath Thomson

Andreas Goldhorn, there are three Lord of the Rings movies. The Fellowship of the Ring received thirteen Academy Award nominations, winning in four categories; The Two Towers won two out of six Academy Award nominations; The Return of the King won eleven Academy Awards from eleven nominations, which included Best sound mixing. Don't know where you got your info from.

Rusty Zahn

Got it right and by the lack of comments and the look of the pie chart I believe a lot of people got it wrong

earlepg

Now 20 years ago. Wow! It still seems like it was a recent event. I saw all three movies and definitely remembered LOTR since it was the most recent and, being a fan of sci-fi and fantasy, I was very pleased with the result.

Dave Levett

Good guess

Sean Philips

bob brunet nola, how is this a trick question? It clearly states ‘winning awards in every category’ and only one of the three did that. The fact that you do not know the answer/cannot grasp simple English does not make it a ‘trick question’.

Sean Philips

Elma Griffiths, so why are you commenting?

Howard Groopman

Good question and I'm glad I got it

Cecilia Vaughan

Got it wrong

Kath Thomson

bob brunet nola: what is tricky about the question? The largest Oscar sweep AND winning in EVERY nominated category. "Return of the King" matched the record 11 Oscar wins of "Titanic" and "Ben-Hur" but became only the third movie to sweep every category in which it was nominated, following "Gigi" and "The Last Emperor," which both went nine-for-nine.

David Gregory

I went for Ben Hur. I’m not right very often but I’m wrong again

Rae Ann Randall

I guessed Titanic. Never saw the other 2.

Ramon Cosio Galvin

Three movies share the record for the most Oscars. Titanic (1997), Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) each nabbed 11 Academy Awards in the years in which they were nominated, the highest number of Oscars for one movie.

Lynda Jenkinson.

If you go to the WETA Workshop in Wellington New Zealand you can see them in the boardroom. A rare meeting with Sir Richard Taylor allowed some school principals the privilege of holding an oscar.