Oscar since the beginning

Here are nominees and winners in six top Oscar categories going back to the first awards ceremony in 1928. In the early years, nominations were not made public, so the nominees listed come from Academy records of award deliberations. Ties were allowed in the early years, and until 1934 the period from which films were eligible did not match the calendar year. Nominations for best supporting actors and actresses began in 1936.

Most actor nominations

Most actress nominations

Most director nominations

Most total nominations in major categories

Showing of 2,529 records

Year	Category	Won?	Actor/director name	Film name
2012	Best Picture	no	-	"Beast of the Southern Wild"
2012	Best Picture	no	-	"Silver Linings Playbook"
2012	Best Picture	yes	-	"Argo "
2012	Best Picture	no	-	"Life of Pi"
2012	Best Picture	no	-	"Les Miserables"
2012	Best Picture	yes	-	"Zero Dark Thirty"
2012	Best Picture	no	-	"Lincoln"
2012	Best Picture	no	-	"Amour"
2012	Best Picture	yes	-	"Django Unchained"
2012	Best Actor	no	Bradley Cooper	"Silver Linings Playbook"
2012	Best Actor	yes	Daniel Day-Lewis	"Lincoln"
2012	Best Actor	no	Hugh Jackman	"Les Miserables"
2012	Best Actor	no	Joaquin Phoenix	"The Master"
2012	Best Actor	no	Denzel Washington	"Flight"
2012	Best Actress	no	Naomi Watts	"The Impossible"
2012	Best Actress	no	Jessica Chastain	"Zero Dark Thirty"
2012	Best Actress	yes	Jennifer Lawrence	"Silver Linings Playbook"
2012	Best Actress	no	Emmanuelle Riva	"Amour"
2012	Best Actress	no	Quvenzhane Wallis	"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
2012	Best Supporting Actress	no	Sally Field	"Lincoln"
2012	Best Supporting Actress	yes	Ann Hathaway	"Les Miserables"
2012	Best Supporting Actress	no	Jackie Weaver	"Silver Linings Playbook"
2012	Best Supporting Actress	no	Helen Hunt	"The Sessions"
2012	Best Supporting Actress	no	Amy Adams	"The Master"
2012	Best Supporting Actor	yes	Christopher Waltz	"Django Unchained"
2012	Best Supporting Actor	no	Phillip Seymour Hoffman	"The Master"
2012	Best Supporting Actor	no	Alan Arkin	"Argo"
2012	Best Supporting Actor	no	Tommy Lee Jones	"Lincoln"
2012	Best Supporting Actor	no	Robert De Niro	"Silver Linings Playbook"
2012	Best Director	no	David O. Russell	"Silver Linings Playbook"
2012	Best Director	yes	Ang Lee	"Life of Pi"
2012	Best Director	no	Steven Spielberg	"Lincoln"
2012	Best Director	no	Michael Haneke	"Amour"
2012	Best Director	no	Ben Zeitlin	"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
2011	Best Director	no	Woody Allen	"Midnight in Paris"
2011	Best Director	no	Terrence Malick	"The Tree of Life"
2011	Best Director	no	Martin Scorsese	"Hugo"
2011	Best Director	no	Alexander Payne	"The Descendants"
2011	Best Director	yes	Michel Hazanavicius	"The Artist"
2011	Best Supporting Actor	no	Max von Sydow	"Exteremly Loud & Incredibly Close"
2011	Best Supporting Actor	no	Nick Nolte	"Warrior"
2011	Best Supporting Actor	yes	Christopher Plummer	"Beginners"
2011	Best Supporting Actor	no	Jonah Hill	"Moneyball"
2011	Best Supporting Actor	no	Kenneth Branagh	"My Week With Marylin""
2011	Best Supporting Actress	yes	Octavia Spencer	"The Help"
2011	Best Supporting Actress	no	Janet McTeer	"Albert Nobbs"
2011	Best Supporting Actress	no	Melissa McCarthy	"Bridesmaids"
2011	Best Supporting Actress	no	Jessica Chastain	"The Help"
2011	Best Supporting Actress	no	Berenice Bejo	"The Artist"
2011	Best Actress	no	Michelle Williams	"My Week With Marilyn"