In 1950, George Cukor's “Born Yesterday” competed for the Best Picture with “All About Eve,” which swept the Oscars, Minnelli's domestic comedy “Father of the Bride,” the action-adventure “King Solomon's Mines,” and Billy Wilder's dark satire “Sunset Boulevard,” which received an impressive 11 nominations but won only 3.

Though a novice, Eva is already confident of her skills‚ a brash young woman hailing from Franklin, Vermont. The film is personal since Hepburn is playing an aspiring actress very much like herself at the time. 

In 1929-30, “Disraeli” competed with four other films for the Best Picture Oscar: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which won, the prison drama “The Big House,” the Norma Shearer vehicle “The Divorcee,” and “The Love Parade.”

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was nominated for four Oscars, Story and Screenplay, Supporting Actor,
Supporting Actress, and Cinematography.

Brazilian Fernanda Montenegro won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival for her astonishing performance in Walter Salles' humanistic drama “Central Station,” for which she also received a Best Actress nomination.