List of films with all four Academy Award acting nominations explained

This is a list of films with performances that have been nominated in all of the Academy Award acting categories.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually bestows Academy Awards for acting performances in the following four categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

Films

As of the 96th Academy Awards (2023), there have been fifteen films containing at least one nominated performance in each of the four Academy Award acting categories.

In the following list, award winners are listed in

bold with gold background; others listed are nominees who did not win. No film has ever won all four awards.
Year
in Film
Awards
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mony
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tions
Acting
Awards
Best
Actor
Best
Actress
Best
Supporting Actor
Best
Supporting Actress
Best Picture
1936data-sort-value="09th" 9thMy Man Godfrey6040William PowellCarole LombardMischa AuerAlice BradyNot Nominated
194215thMrs. Miniver12652Walter PidgeonGreer GarsonHenry TraversTeresa WrightWinner
May Whitty
194316thFor Whom the Bell Tolls8141Gary CooperIngrid BergmanAkim TamiroffKatina PaxinouNominee
194821stJohnny Belinda12141Lew AyresJane WymanCharles BickfordAgnes MooreheadNominee
195023rdSunset Boulevard11340William HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimNancy OlsonNominee
195124thA Streetcar Named Desire12443Marlon BrandoVivien LeighKarl MaldenKim HunterNominee
195326thFrom Here to Eternity13852Montgomery CliftDeborah KerrFrank SinatraDonna ReedWinner
Burt Lancaster
196639thWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?13542Richard BurtonElizabeth TaylorGeorge SegalSandy DennisNominee
196740thBonnie and Clyde10251Warren BeattyFaye DunawayGene HackmanEstelle ParsonsNominee
Michael J. Pollard
196740thGuess Who's Coming to Dinner10241Spencer TracyKatharine HepburnCecil KellawayBeah RichardsNominee
197649thNetwork10453Peter FinchFaye DunawayNed BeattyBeatrice StraightNominee
William Holden
197851stComing Home8342Jon VoightJane FondaBruce DernPenelope MilfordNominee
198154thReds12341Warren BeattyDiane KeatonJack NicholsonMaureen StapletonNominee
201285thSilver Linings Playbook8141Bradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroJacki WeaverNominee
201386thAmerican Hustle10040Christian BaleAmy AdamsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceNominee

Superlatives

No film has won all four awards; however, there are two films that hold the distinction of winning three out of the four categories they were nominated in:

Four of the nominated films hold a total of five nominations, each with an additional nomination within one of the four categories:

Three of the nominated films failed to win any of the four awards:

Five performers were nominated for their work in two different films that received nominations in all acting categories (winners in bold):

Only one director has directed two films that received nominations in all four categories:

The 40th Academy Awards (1967) was the only ceremony in which multiple films held at least one nomination in all four acting categories:

Only two of the nominated films won Best Picture:

Only one of the nominated films was not nominated for Best Picture:

Only one of the nominated films was omitted from the Best Director and Best Screenplay categories:

All of the other films, with the exception of the aforementioned two, were also nominated for each of the non-acting "Big Five" categories: Best Picture, Best Director, and the applicable Best Screenplay (Original) or Adapted; or other Writing categories that have since been discontinued).

See also