List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of films which have been nominated in either four or all five of the so-called "Big Five" Academy Award (Oscar) categories.^[1] The "Big Five" Awards are those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and screenplay — either Best Adapted Screenplay or Best Original Screenplay. A film that wins all five of is said to have won an "Oscar Grand Slam". Only three films have won the Oscar Grand Slam, while 40 films have been nominated for it. This list is current as of the 81st Academy Awards ceremony held on 22 February 2009.

Winners are listed in bold with yellow background; others are nominees who did not win.

Oscars	Year	Noms	Wins	Picture	Director	Actor	Actress	Screenwriter (Adapted/Original)	Notes
7	1934	5	5	It Happened One Night	Frank Capra	Clark Gable	Claudette Colbert	Robert Riskin (A)
48	1975	5	5	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Miloš Forman	Jack Nicholson	Louise Fletcher	Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman (A)
64	1991	5	5	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme	Anthony Hopkins	Jodie Foster	Ted Tally (A)
12	1939	5	4	Gone With The Wind	Victor Fleming	Clark Gable	Vivien Leigh	Sidney Howard (A)
15	1942	5	4	Mrs. Miniver	William Wyler	Walter Pidgeon	Greer Garson	George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis (A)
50	1977	5	4	Annie Hall	Woody Allen	Woody Allen	Diane Keaton	Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman (O)
72	1999	5	4	American Beauty	Sam Mendes	Kevin Spacey	Annette Bening	Alan Ball (O)
26	1953	5[n 1]	3	From Here to Eternity	Fred Zinnemann	Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster	Deborah Kerr	Daniel Taradash (A)	Also won for both Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra) and Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed)
33	1960	5	3	The Apartment	Billy Wilder	Jack Lemmon	Shirley MacLaine	Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (O)
49	1976	5	3	Network	Sidney Lumet	Peter Finch	Faye Dunaway	Paddy Chayefsky (O)	Also won for Best Supporting Actress (Beatrice Straight)
51	1978	5	3	Coming Home	Hal Ashby	Jon Voight	Jane Fonda	Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, Nancy Dowd (O)
54	1981	5	3	On Golden Pond	Mark Rydell	Henry Fonda	Katharine Hepburn	Ernest Thompson (A)
77	2004	5	3	Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood	Hilary Swank	Paul Haggis (A)	Morgan Freeman also won Best Supporting Actor
4	1931	5	2	Cimarron	Wesley Ruggles	Richard Dix	Irene Dunne	Howard Estabrook (A)
13	1940	5	2	The Philadelphia Story	George Cukor	James Stewart	Katharine Hepburn	Donald Ogden Stewart (A)
20	1947	5	2	Gentleman's Agreement	Elia Kazan	Gregory Peck	Dorothy McGuire	Moss Hart (A)
24	1951	5	2	A Place in the Sun	George Stevens	Montgomery Clift	Shelley Winters	Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (A)
27	1954	5	2	The Country Girl	George Seaton	Bing Crosby	Grace Kelly	George Seaton (A)
32	1959	5	2	Room at the Top	Jack Clayton	Laurence Harvey	Simone Signoret	Neil Paterson (A)
40	1967	5	2	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Stanley Kramer	Spencer Tracy	Katharine Hepburn	William Rose (O)
41	1968	5	2	The Lion in Winter	Anthony Harvey	Peter O'Toole	Katharine Hepburn	James Goldman (A)
49	1976	5	2	Rocky	John G. Avildsen	Sylvester Stallone	Talia Shire	Sylvester Stallone (O)
69	1996	5	2	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella	Ralph Fiennes	Kristin Scott Thomas	Anthony Minghella (A)	Juliette Binoche also won Best Supporting Actress
10	1937	5	1	A Star Is Born	William A. Wellman	Fredric March	Janet Gaynor	William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell (O)
12	1939	5	1	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Sam Wood	Robert Donat	Greer Garson	R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz (A)
13	1940	5	1	Rebecca	Alfred Hitchcock	Laurence Olivier	Joan Fontaine	Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison (A)
21	1948	5	1	Johnny Belinda	Jean Negulesco	Lew Ayres	Jane Wyman	Irma von Cube, Allen Vincent (A)
23	1950	5	1	Sunset Boulevard	Billy Wilder	William Holden	Gloria Swanson	Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr. (O)
24	1951	5	1	A Streetcar Named Desire	Elia Kazan	Marlon Brando	Vivien Leigh	Tennessee Williams (A)
39	1966	5	1	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Mike Nichols	Richard Burton	Elizabeth Taylor	Ernest Lehman (A)
40	1967	5	1	The Graduate	Mike Nichols	Dustin Hoffman	Anne Bancroft	Calder Willingham, Buck Henry (A)
47	1974	5	1	Chinatown	Roman Polanski	Jack Nicholson	Faye Dunaway	Robert Towne (O)
54	1981	5	1	Reds	Warren Beatty	Warren Beatty	Diane Keaton	Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths (O)
31	1958	5	0	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Richard Brooks	Paul Newman	Elizabeth Taylor	Richard Brooks, James Poe (A)
34	1961	5	0	The Hustler	Robert Rossen	Paul Newman	Piper Laurie	Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen (A)
40	1967	5	0	Bonnie and Clyde	Arthur Penn	Warren Beatty	Faye Dunaway	David Newman, Robert Benton (O)
43	1970	5	0	Love Story	Arthur Hiller	Ryan O'Neal	Ali MacGraw	Erich Segal (A)
47	1974	5	0	Lenny	Bob Fosse	Dustin Hoffman	Valerie Perrine	Julian Barry (A)
54	1980[n 2]	5	0	Atlantic City	Louis Malle	Burt Lancaster	Susan Sarandon	John Guare (O)
66	1993	5	0	The Remains of the Day	James Ivory	Anthony Hopkins	Emma Thompson	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (A)
18	1945	4	4	The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder	Ray Milland	—	Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder (A)	Jane Wyman, the female lead, was not nominated
19	1946	4	4	The Best Years of Our Lives	William Wyler	Fredric March	—	Robert E. Sherwood (A)	Myrna Loy, the female lead, was not nominated
27	1954	4	4	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan	Marlon Brando	—	Budd Schulberg (O)	Eva Marie Saint, the female lead, won Best Supporting Actress
28	1955	4	4	Marty	Delbert Mann	Ernest Borgnine	—	Paddy Chayefsky (A)	Betsy Blair, the female lead, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
30	1957	4	4	The Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean	Alec Guinness	—	Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle (A)	the film had no significant female role. Foreman and Wilson were blacklisted and received awards in 1984.
39	1966	4	4	A Man for All Seasons	Fred Zinnemann	Paul Scofield	—	Robert Bolt (A)	Wendy Hiller, the female lead, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
43	1970	4	4	Patton	Franklin J. Schaffner	George C. Scott	—	Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North (A)	No significant female role
44	1971	4	4	The French Connection	William Friedkin	Gene Hackman	—	Ernest Tidyman (A)	No significant female role
52	1979	4	4	Kramer vs. Kramer	Robert Benton	Dustin Hoffman	—	Robert Benton (A)	Meryl Streep, the female lead, won Best Supporting Actress
55	1982	4	4	Gandhi	Richard Attenborough	Ben Kingsley	—	John Briley (O)	Rohini Hattangadi, the female lead, was not nominated
56	1983	4	4	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks	—	Shirley MacLaine	James L. Brooks (A)	Jack Nicholson, the male lead, won Best Supporting Actor
57	1984	4[n 3]	4	Amadeus	Miloš Forman	F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce	—	Peter Shaffer (A)	Elizabeth Berridge, the female lead, was not nominated
61	1988	4	4	Rain Man	Barry Levinson	Dustin Hoffman	—	Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass (O)	Valeria Golino, the female lead, was not nominated
67	1994	4	4	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis	Tom Hanks	—	Eric Roth (A)	Robin Wright Penn, the female lead, was not nominated
23	1950	4[n 4]	3	All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	—	Anne Baxter and Bette Davis	Joseph L. Mankiewicz (A)	George Sanders, the male lead, won Best Supporting Actor
36	1963	4	3	Tom Jones	Tony Richardson	Albert Finney	—	John Osborne (A)	Diane Cilento, Edith Evans and Joyce Redman were all nominated for Best Supporting Actress
37	1964	4	3	My Fair Lady	George Cukor	Rex Harrison	—	Alan Jay Lerner (A)	Audrey Hepburn, the female lead, was not nominated
40	1967	4	3	In the Heat of the Night	Norman Jewison	Rod Steiger	—	Stirling Silliphant (A)
42	1969	4	3	Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger	Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight	—	Waldo Salt (A)
45	1972	4	3	The Godfather	Francis Ford Coppola	Marlon Brando	—	Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (A)	Diane Keaton, the female lead, was not nominated.
47	1974	4	3	The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola	Al Pacino	—	Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (A)	Diane Keaton, the female lead, was not nominated Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor
53	1980	4	3	Ordinary People	Robert Redford	—	Mary Tyler Moore	Alvin Sargent (A)	Timothy Hutton won Best Supporting Actor
58	1985	4	3	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack	—	Meryl Streep	Kurt Luedtke (A)	Robert Redford, the male lead, was not nominated
62	1989	4	3	Driving Miss Daisy	—	Morgan Freeman	Jessica Tandy	Alfred Uhry (A)	Bruce Beresford, the director, was not nominated
63	1990	4	3	Dances with Wolves	Kevin Costner	Kevin Costner	—	Michael Blake (A)	Mary McDonnell was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
66	1993	4	3	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg	Liam Neeson	—	Steven Zaillian (A)	No significant female role
71	1998	4	3	Shakespeare in Love	John Madden	—	Gwyneth Paltrow	Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (O)	Joseph Fiennes, the male lead, was not nominated Judi Dench won Best Supporting Actress
74	2001	4	3	A Beautiful Mind	Ron Howard	Russell Crowe	—	Akiva Goldsman (A)	Jennifer Connelly, the female lead, won Best Supporting Actress
75	2002	4	3	The Pianist	Roman Polanski	Adrien Brody	—	Ronald Harwood (A)	No significant female role
38	1965	4	2	Darling	John Schlesinger	—	Julie Christie	Frederic Raphael (O)
41	1968	4	2	Oliver!	Carol Reed	Ron Moody	—	Vernon Harris (A)
45	1974	4	2	Cabaret	Bob Fosse	—	Liza Minnelli	Jay Presson Allen (A)	Joel Grey was nominated for Best Supporting Actor
51	1978	4	2	The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino	Robert De Niro	—	Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker, Deric Washburn (O)	Meryl Streep was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
56	1983	4	2	Tender Mercies	Bruce Beresford	Robert Duvall	—	Horton Foote (O)
60	1987	4	2	Moonstruck	Norman Jewison	—	Cher	John Patrick Shanley (O)	Vincent Gardenia was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Olympia Dukakis won Best Supporting Actress
65	1992	4	2	Howards End	James Ivory	—	Emma Thompson	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (A)
66	1993	4	2	The Piano	Jane Campion	—	Holly Hunter	Jane Campion (O)	Anna Paquin also won Best Supporting Actress
69	1996	4	2	Fargo	Joel Coen	—	Frances McDormand	Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (O)	William H. Macy was nominated Best Supporting Actor
70	1997	4	2	As Good as It Gets	—	Jack Nicholson	Helen Hunt	Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks (O)	James L. Brooks, the director, was not nominated
78	2005	4	2	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee	Heath Ledger	—	Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (A)	Michelle Williams, the only significant female role, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
73	2000	4	2	Gladiator	Ridley Scott	Russell Crowe	—	David Franzoni (O)	Connie Nielsen, the female lead, was not nominated
81	2008	4	2	Milk	Gus Van Sant	Sean Penn	—	Dustin Lance Black (O)
37	1964	4	1	Becket	Peter Glenville	Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole	—	Edward Anhalt (A)
37	1964	4	1	Mary Poppins	Robert Stevenson	—	Julie Andrews	Don DaGradi, Bill Walsh (A)
46	1973	4	1	The Exorcist	William Friedkin	—	Ellen Burstyn	William Peter Blatty (A)	Jason Miller was nominated for Best Supporting Actor
48	1975	4	1	Dog Day Afternoon	Sidney Lumet	Al Pacino	—	Frank Pierson (O)
50	1977	4	1	The Goodbye Girl	—	Richard Dreyfuss	Marsha Mason	Neil Simon (O)	Herbert Ross, the director, was not nominated
50	1977	4	1	Julia	Fred Zinnemann	—	Jane Fonda	Alvin Sargent (A)	Jason Robards won Best Supporting Actor Vanessa Redgrave won Best Supporting Actress
58	1985	4	1	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Hector Babenco	William Hurt	—	Leonard Schrader (A)
59	1986	4	1	Children of a Lesser God	—	William Hurt	Marlee Matlin	Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff (A)	Randa Haines, the director, was not nominated
62	1989	4	1	Born on the Fourth of July	Oliver Stone	Tom Cruise	—	Ron Kovic, Oliver Stone (A)
62	1989	4	1	Dead Poets Society	Peter Weir	Robin Williams	—	Tom Schulman (O)
65	1992	4	1	Scent of a Woman	Martin Brest	Al Pacino	—	Bo Goldman (A)
67	1994	4	1	Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino	John Travolta	—	Roger Avary, Quentin Tarantino (O)	Uma Thurman was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
70	1997	4	1	Good Will Hunting	Gus Van Sant	Matt Damon	—	Ben Affleck, Matt Damon (O)	Robin Williams won Best Supporting Actor Minnie Driver was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
71	1998	4	1	La vita è bella	Roberto Benigni	Roberto Benigni	—	Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami (O)
71	1998	4	1	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg	Tom Hanks	—	Robert Rodat (O)
73	2000	4	1	Erin Brockovich	Steven Soderbergh	—	Julia Roberts	Susannah Grant (O)	Albert Finney was nominated for Best Supporting Actor
75	2002	4	1	Chicago	Rob Marshall	—	Renee Zellwegger	Bill Condon (A)	Richard Gere, the male lead, was not nominated. Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress
75	2002	4	1	The Hours	Stephen Daldry	—	Nicole Kidman	David Hare (A)	No significant male lead, other than Ed Harris, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Julianne Moore, another female lead, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress due to her Best Actress nomination for another film, while the third female lead, Meryl Streep, wasn't nominated.
76	2003	4	1	Lost in Translation	Sofia Coppola	Bill Murray	—	Sofia Coppola (O)	Scarlett Johansson, the female lead, was not nominated
76	2003	4	1	Mystic River	Clint Eastwood	Sean Penn	—	Brian Helgeland (A)	Tim Robbins also won for Best Supporting Actor
78	2005	4	1	Capote	Bennett Miller	Philip Seymour Hoffman	—	Dan Futterman (A)	Catherine Keener was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
79	2006	4	1	The Queen	Stephen Frears	—	Helen Mirren	Peter Morgan (O)
80	2007	4	1	Juno	Jason Reitman	—	Ellen Page	Diablo Cody (O)
80	2007	4	1	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	Daniel Day-Lewis	—	Paul Thomas Anderson (A)
81	2008	4	1	The Reader	Stephen Daldry	—	Kate Winslet	David Hare (A)
37	1964	4	0	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Stanley Kubrick	Peter Sellers	—	Peter George, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern (A)
45	1972	4	0	Utvandrarna	Jan Troell	—	Liv Ullmann	Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell (A)
50	1977	4	0	The Turning Point	Herbert Ross	—	Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine	Arthur Laurents (O)	Mikhail Baryshnikov was nominated for Best Supporting Actor
53	1980	4	0	The Elephant Man	David Lynch	John Hurt	—	Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, David Lynch (A)
55	1982	4	0	Tootsie	Sydney Pollack	Dustin Hoffman	—	Larry Gelbart, Don McGuire, Murray Schisgal (O)	Jessica Lange won Best Supporting Actress
56	1983	4	0	The Dresser	Peter Yates	Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney	—	Ronald Harwood (A)
57	1984	4	0	The Killing Fields	Roland Joffé	Sam Waterston	—	Bruce Robinson (A)
58	1985	4	0	Prizzi's Honor	John Huston	Jack Nicholson	—	Richard Condon, Janet Roach (A)	Anjelica Huston won Best Supporting Actress
60	1987	4	0	Broadcast News	—	William Hurt	Holly Hunter	James L. Brooks (O)	James L. Brooks, the director, was not nominated
64	1991	4	0	Bugsy	Barry Levinson	Warren Beatty	—	James Toback (O)
72	1999	4	0	The Insider	Michael Mann	Russell Crowe	—	Michael Mann, Eric Roth (A)
74	2001	4	0	In the Bedroom	—	Tom Wilkinson	Sissy Spacek	Robert Festinger, Todd Field (A)	Todd Field, the director, was not nominated
75	2002	4	0	Gangs of New York	Martin Scorsese	Daniel Day-Lewis	—	Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan, Steven Zaillian (O)
77	2004	4	0	The Aviator	Martin Scorsese	Leonardo DiCaprio	—	John Logan (O)	Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress
78	2005	4	0	Good Night, and Good Luck.	George Clooney	David Strathairn	—	George Clooney, Grant Heslov (O)
80	2007	4	0	Michael Clayton	Tony Gilroy	George Clooney	—	Tony Gilroy (O)	Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress
81	2008	4	0	Frost/Nixon	Ron Howard	Frank Langella	—	Peter Morgan (A)	No significant female role
82	2009	4	TBA	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow	Jeremy Renner	—	Mark Boal (O)
82	2009	4	TBA	Precious	Lee Daniels	—	Gabourey Sidibe	Geoffrey Fletcher (A)
82	2009	4	TBA	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman	George Clooney	—	Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (A)	Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress

At the 40th Academy Awards ceremony for 1967, three out of the five Best Picture nominees were also Big Five nominees: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. The other two nominees were Doctor Dolittle and In the Heat of the Night (which won Best Picture).

At the 54th Academy Awards ceremony for 1981, three out of the five Best Picture nominees were also Big Five nominees: On Golden Pond, Atlantic City, and Reds. Chariots of Fire won Best Picture.

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1. ^ 6 nominations: 2 for Best Actor
2. ^ Not released in the U.S. till 1981, hence nominated at the 54th Oscars rather than the 53rd.
3. ^ 5 nominations: 2 for Best Actor
4. ^ 5 nominations: 2 for Best Actress