Theme : Oscar | Academy Awards
- First woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director is Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2009).
- First X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture is Midnight Cowboy (1969).
- Tom Hanks got the Academy Award for Best Actor consecutively for Philadelphia, 1993 and Forrest Gump, 1994.
- Most awards won by a single film - Three films share the credit of this. They won 11 Academy Awards - Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
- Most awards won by a man - Walt Disney won 26 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary). He also won the most Oscars in one year - 4 .
- Youngest winner of an acting award is Tatum O'Neal, age 10 (Best Supporting Actress, Paper Moon, 1973).
- Most nominations for a single film - Two films received 14 nominations. They are: All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997).
- Most awards won by an Indian - A. R. Rahman won 2 Oscars (Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song) for Slumdog Millionaire (2009)
