Directors Whose Films Won Most Oscars

39 Oscars:

1 for Come and Get It (1936) 1 for Dodsworth (1936) 2 for Jezebel (1938) 1 for Wuthering Heights (1939) 1 for The Westerner (1940) 6 for Mrs. Miniver (1942) 7 for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 4 for The Heiress (1949) 3 for Roman Holiday (1953) 1 for The Big Country (1958) 11 for Ben-Hur (1959) 1 for Funny Girl (1968)

32 Oscars:

3 for Jaws (1975) 1 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 4 for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4 for E.T. (1982) 1 for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 1 for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 3 for Jurassic Park (1993) 7 for Schindler's List (1993) 5 for Saving Private Ryan (1998) 2 for Lincoln (2012) 1 for Bridge of Spies (2015)

27 Oscars:

1 for Blithe Spirit (1945) 2 for Great Expectations (1946) 1 for The Sound Barrier (1952) 7 for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 7 for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 5 for Doctor Zhivago (1965) 2 for Ryan's Daughter (1970) 2 for A Passage to India (1984)

24 Oscars:

1 for The Search (1948) 4 for High Noon (1952) 8 for From Here to Eternity (1953) 2 for Oklahoma! (1955) 6 for A Man for All Seasons (1966) 3 for Julia (1977)

23 Oscars:

6 for An American in Paris (1951) 5 for The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 1 for Lust for Life (1956) 1 for Designing Woman (1957) 9 for Gigi (1958) 1 for The Sandpiper (1965)

21 Oscars:

2 for Aliens (1986) 1 for The Abyss (1989) 4 for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 11 for Titanic (1997) 3 for Avatar (2009)

21 Oscars:

1 for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) 3 for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) 1 for Panic in the Streets (1950) 4 for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 1 for Viva Zapata! (1952) 8 for On the Waterfront (1954) 1 for East of Eden (1955) 1 for Splendour in the Grass (1961) 1 for America, America (1963)

20 Oscars:

4 for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 2 for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 11 for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3 for King Kong (2005)

20 Oscars:

1 for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 2 for Raging Bull (1980) 1 for The Color of Money (1986) 1 for Goodfellas (1990) 1 for The Age of Innocence (1993) 5 for The Aviator (2004) 4 for The Departed (2006) 5 for Hugo (2011)