In 2004, “The Aviator,” the most nominated picture, competed for the Best Picture Oscar with Marc Forster's fable “Finding Neverland,” which won for Score; Clint Eastwood's drama “Million Dollar Baby,” which won Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor; Taylor Hackford's musical bio “Ray,” which won Best Actor for Jamie Foxx, and Alexander Payne's “Sideways,” which won Adapted Screenplay for him and partner Jim Taylor.

In 1997, “As Good As It Gets” competed with four other films for the Best Picture Oscar: The U.K. comedy “The Full Monty,” the youth psychodrama “Good Will Hunting,” which won Original Screenplay, the period noir “L.A Confidential,” which won Adapted Screenplay, and the epic-disaster “Titanic,” which was nominated for 14 and swept most (11) of the Oscars.

Though featureing one of Bograt's greatest screen performances, “The Caine Mutiny” was the biggest Oscar loser in 1954, failing to win a single Oscar out of its 7 nominations. Kazan's “On the Waterfront,” also made by Columbia, swept most of the awards, inlcuding Picture, Director, Actor.

In 1939, the five Supporting Actress nominees were: Olivia de Havilland, Geraldine Fitzgerlad, Hattie McDaniel, who won for Gone With the Wind,
Edna May Oliver, and Maria Ouspenskaya.

In 1940, the five Supporting Actress nominees were: Judith Anderson, Jane Darwell, who won for The Grapes of Wrath, Ruth Hussey, Barbara O'Neill, and Marjorie Rambeau.