Category: Lotsa Stuff

“Ordinary People” won Best Picture and Best Director at the 53rd Academy Awards, beating “Raging Bull”, “The Elephant Man” and “Tess”. Two biographical films about living people got the top...

“Kramer vs. Kramer” may have won all 4 of the top Oscars at the 52nd Academy Awards if Meryl Street was considered a lead actress, but she was nominated as...

“The Deer Hunter” won Best Picture and Best Director at the 51st Academy Awards. The also rans were “Coming Home”, “Heaven Can Wait”, “Midnight Express” and “An Unmarried Woman”. Best...

“Annie Hall” won 4 Oscars at the 50th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. That was out of 5 nominations. It was up against these 3 films with way more nominations:...

“Rocky” won the Best Picture Oscar at the 49th Academy Awards, beating “All the President’s Men”, “Network”, “Bound for Glory”, and “Taxi Driver.” John G. Avildsen also won Best Director...

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” took all 4 top honors at the 48th Academy Awards. In addition to Best Picture, it won Best Director (Miloš Forman), Best Actor (Jack...

History was made at the 47th Academy Awards when The Godfather II won Best Picture two years after the original had done the same. It was also remarkable that three...

“The Sting” was the Best Picture Oscar winner at the 46th Academy Awards, winning the statuette over “American Graffiti”, “Cries and Whispers”, “The Exorcist” and “A Touch of Class”. This...

At the 45th Academy Awards, “The Godfather” won Best Picture over “Cabaret”, “Deliverance”, “The Emigrants” and “Sounder”. Oscar history sort of repeated itself when Marlon Brando refused to accept the...