Oscars: Making History

First film to win the most Oscars - 11 Oscars

Largest Sweep of all time - 11 Nominations and 11 Oscars

1. First film to get nominated in the most different technical categories

Nominated in all 10 technical categories: (Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Production Design/Art Direction, Score, Song, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, and Makeup.)

2. Highest-grossing film to win Best Picture - $2,187,463,944

1. First sequel to win the Best Picture award

2. Most Best Picture awards for a film series - The Godfather series with 2 (for 'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather Part II')

First film to receive the most Oscar nominations - 14 Nominations

First foreign-language film to win the most Oscars - 4 Oscars

First foreign-language film to receive the most Oscar nominations - 10 Nominations

First film to win the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay (Original or Adapted).

Most Oscars without winning Best Picture - 8 Oscars

First film to receive the most nominations without any wins - 11 Nominations and 0 Oscars

First film to receive the most nominations without winning Best Picture - 14 Nominations

1. First film to win Best Picture with fewest (1) nominations

2. First film to receive only the Best Picture nomination

Longest time between the release of a film and winning an Oscar - 20 years

The first and only film to have won an award twenty years after its official release. Since it was not released in Los Angeles County until 1972, it was not eligible for any Academy Awards until that time.

Longest film to win Best Picture - 224 minutes (238 with overture, entr'acte, and exit music)

Lowest-grossing film to win Best Picture - $1,380,000

Longest feature film to win an award - 431 minutes (Best Foreign Language Film)

Shortest film to win Best Picture - 90 minutes

Longest documentary film to win an award - 467 minutes (Best Documentary)