The 42: Oscars’ Big Five Films

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Exactly 42 films have reached the prestigious honor of receiving “The Big Five” nominations at the Oscars — where one film is nominated for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, and Actress. From 1930’s Cimarron to this year’s American Hustle, here are The 42 Big Five.

Which films do you love? Which do you hate? Which have you never heard of? And do you know which three films took the Award in all five categories?

1Cimarron 2ithappenedonenight 3astarisborn

4gonewiththewind 5Goodbye Mr. Chips 6The Philadelphia Story

7Rebecca 8MrsMiniver 9Gentleman’s Agreement

10Johnny Belinda 11Sunset Blvd 12A Place in the Sun

13A Streetcar Named Desire 14From Here to Eternity 15The Country Girl

16Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 17Room at the Top 18The Apartment

19The Hustler 20Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 21Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

22The Graduate 23Bonnie and Clyde 24The Lion in Winter

25Love Story 26Chinatown 27Lenny

28One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 29Network 30Rocky

31Annie Hall 32Coming home33On Golden Pond

34Reds 35Atlantic City36The Silence of the Lambs

37The Remains of the Day38The english Patient 39American Beauty

40Million Dollar Baby 41Silver Linings Playbook 42American Hustle

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Lesley Coffin is a feature editor for FF2media and has also written the books Lew Ayres: Hollywood Conscientious Objector (2012) and Hitchcock's Stars (2014), and currently writing a third book. Follow on twitter @filmbiographer for thoughts on movies and cat pictures.
Lesley Coffin

Lesley Coffin

Lesley Coffin is a feature editor for FF2media and has also written the books Lew Ayres: Hollywood Conscientious Objector (2012) and Hitchcock's Stars (2014), and currently writing a third book. Follow on twitter @filmbiographer for thoughts on movies and cat pictures.