Has a comedy ever won an Oscar for Best Picture?

The following have been the only ‘comedies’ that have won Best Picture:

It Happened One Night (1934)
You Can’t Take It With You (1938)
Going My Way (1944) – a musical comedy.
Tom Jones (1963, UK) – an historical epic/comedy.
The Sting (1973)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Artist (2011, Fr./US)

What comedy movies won Oscars?

Here is a list of comedic performances that went on to get nominated or win an Academy Award for acting.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Blazing Saddles. 1974.
Private Benjamin. 1980.
A Fish Called Wanda. 1988.
City Slickers. 1991.
My Cousin Vinny. 1992.
Little Miss Sunshine.
Tropic Thunder.

What was the first comedy to win the Best Picture Oscar?

In the Seventh Annual Academy Awards, held in 1935, It Happened One Night won the Big Five: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture, becoming the first comedy to win the most coveted award in Hollywood.

Has any movie only won Best Picture?

“Gone with the Wind” (1939) was the pioneer for color films, while “Midnight Cowboy” (1969) is the only X-rated film to ever win best picture. Few sequels are nominated for best picture and only two have won: “The Godfather Part II” (1974) and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” (2003).

What film beat Goodfellas for an Oscar?

Dances with Wolves
“Goodfellas” (Winner: “Dances with Wolves”) The 63rd Academy Awards didn’t do right by Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. The film lost Best Picture to “Dances With Wolves,” and Scorsese lost the Best Director prize to “Wolves” helmer Kevin Costner.

Which best picture nominated film has the most swear words?

Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” was dubbed the “most foul-mouthed film” by Buzz Bingo with 715 swear words throughout the 180-minute film.

What is best picture category?

This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Oscars is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The Best Picture category is usually the final award of the night and is widely considered as the most prestigious honor of the ceremony.

Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?

Bhanu Athaiya
At the 55th Academy Awards, Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes. Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Score for the same film. As of 2021, apart from Mother India, only two Indian films have been nominated for the Oscars—Salaam Bombay!

Who gets an Oscar when Best Picture winners?

Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer or producers. The Academy used the producer credits of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) until 1998, when all five producers of Shakespeare in Love made speeches after its win.

What beat Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture?

Forrest Gump
“Forrest Gump” beat “Pulp Fiction” and “The Shawshank Redemption” for best picture (1995) As the years pile on, the best picture win by “Forrest Gump” at the 67th Academy Awards becomes more of a head-scratcher.

Did Shawshank win an Oscar?

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film
American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
The Shawshank Redemption/Awards

What is the best comedy movie to win an Oscar?

10 Comedy Movies That Earned Academy Award Nominations 1 Tropic Thunder (2008) 2 Annie Hall (1977) 3 When Harry Met Sally (1989) 4 Blazing Saddles (1974) 5 Juno (2007) 6 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 7 Sideways (2004) 8 Shrek (2001) 9 Back To The Future (1985) 10 The Nutty Professor (1996)

Do the Oscars give comedy their due?

The 87th Annual Oscars are upon us, and with that comes the common debate as to whether the Oscars don’t give comedy their due. The argument can certainly be made that there is a definite type of film which always receives nominations described as “Oscar bait”; the films which seem to have been made with a checklist of “how to get nominated.”

Do comedy movies ever get Academy Award nominations?

Comedy films aren’t often given much love at the Academy Awards, but there have been a few top comedy movies to earn Academy Award nominations. Comedy is one of those genres that seemingly never gets any respect come awards season.

Is comedy “Oscar bait?

The argument can certainly be made that there is a definite type of film which always receives nominations described as “Oscar bait”; the films which seem to have been made with a checklist of “how to get nominated.” But in the 87 years since the Oscars have been around, there have more than a few times that the Oscars genuinely loved comedy.