The Private Life of Henry VIII was the first British film to be nominated for Best Picture. It won Best Actor for Charles Laughton.

In 1934, 10 films competed for Best Picture: The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothchild, Imitation of Life, It Happened One Night, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa! and The White Parade.

In 1929-30, five films competed for the Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big House, Disraeli, The Divorcee, and The Love Parade.

Little Women was nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Picture, Director George Cukor, and Adaptation, by Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason, which it won.

State Fair was nominated for two Oscars: Best Picture and Adaptation (by Paul Green and Sonya Levien).