Films That Won at Three of the Big Four Awards
Only a handful of films have won at three of the four big awards — usually a festival prize in Cannes or Berlin, followed by Oscar and Golden Globe wins the next winter. Here they are, ranked by total wins.
The most awarded is The English Patient (1996), with 12 wins, followed by Shakespeare in Love (11) and Dances with Wolves (11). Among them, 69 won at least one Oscar, 69 won a Golden Globe, 43 won a prize at Cannes and 27 won a prize at the Berlinale. They were released between 1950 and 2025.
69 films.
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The English Patient
1996 · 2h 42m
Drama · Romance · War

Shakespeare in Love
1998 · 2h 4m
Romance · History · Comedy

Dances with Wolves
1990 · 3h 1m
Adventure · Drama · Western

All About Eve
1950 · 2h 19m
Drama

The Artist
2011 · 1h 40m
Drama · Comedy · Romance

Emilia Pérez
2024 · 2h 12m
Drama · Thriller

Rain Man
1988 · 2h 14m
Drama

Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · 1h 39m
Drama

Platoon
1986 · 2h
Drama · War · Action

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · 2h 9m
Drama

The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · 1h 59m
Crime · Thriller · Drama

Traffic
2000 · 2h 27m
Thriller · Drama · Crime

The Piano
1993 · 2h
Drama · Romance

Coming Home
1978 · 2h 7m
Drama · Romance · War

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · 1h 40m
Comedy · Drama

Apocalypse Now
1979 · 2h 27m
Drama · War

There Will Be Blood
2007 · 2h 38m
Drama

Moonstruck
1987 · 1h 42m
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Marty
1955 · 1h 30m
Drama · Romance

Chariots of Fire
1981 · 2h 3m
Drama · History

Parasite
2019 · 2h 13m
Comedy · Thriller · Drama

Howards End
1992 · 2h 22m
Drama · Romance

Sense and Sensibility
1995 · 2h 16m
Drama · Romance

The Mission
1986 · 2h 5m
Adventure · Drama · Action · History

Mystic River
2003 · 2h 18m
Thriller · Crime · Drama · Mystery

Adaptation.
2002 · 1h 55m
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Boyhood
2014 · 2h 45m
Drama

A Man and a Woman
1966 · 1h 42m
Drama · Romance

Norma Rae
1979 · 1h 50m
Drama

Philadelphia
1993 · 2h 6m
Drama

Z
1969 · 2h 2m
Thriller · Crime · Drama

A Separation
2011 · 2h 3m
Drama

Babel
2006 · 2h 23m
Drama

The Hours
2002 · 1h 54m
Drama

The Defiant Ones
1958 · 1h 36m
Crime · Drama · Adventure · Thriller

Good Will Hunting
1997 · 2h 7m
Drama

Cat Ballou
1965 · 1h 37m
Western · Comedy

Places in the Heart
1984 · 1h 51m
Drama

Anatomy of a Fall
2023 · 2h 31m
Thriller · Mystery · Crime

Lilies of the Field
1963 · 1h 34m
Comedy · Drama

Room at the Top
1958 · 1h 55m
Drama · Romance

Cyrano de Bergerac
1990 · 2h 17m
Drama · Comedy · History · Romance

East of Eden
1955 · 1h 55m
Drama

Iris
2001 · 1h 31m
Drama · Romance

Bird
1988 · 2h 41m
Drama · Music

Divorce Italian Style
1961 · 1h 44m
Comedy · Crime

The Living Desert
1953 · 1h 9m

Son of Saul
2015 · 1h 47m
War · Drama · Thriller

Sentimental Value
2025 · 2h 13m
Drama

Pulp Fiction
1994 · 2h 34m
Thriller · Crime · Comedy

Inglourious Basterds
2009 · 2h 33m
Drama · Thriller · War

M*A*S*H
1970 · 1h 56m
Comedy · Drama · War

The Substance
2024 · 2h 21m
Horror · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Children of a Lesser God
1986 · 1h 59m
Drama · Romance

Lili
1953 · 1h 21m
Romance · Drama · Music

Never on Sunday
1960 · 1h 31m
Comedy · Romance

Amour
2012 · 2h 7m
Drama · Romance

Come Back, Little Sheba
1952 · 1h 36m
Drama

Drive My Car
2021 · 2h 59m
Drama

I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · 1h 57m
Drama

The Hospital
1971 · 1h 43m
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

No Man's Land
2001 · 1h 38m
Action · History · War

Pelle the Conqueror
1987 · 2h 37m
Drama

The Official Story
1985 · 1h 52m
Drama · History

All About My Mother
1999 · 1h 41m
Comedy · Drama

Black Orpheus
1959 · 1h 40m
Drama · Romance

Cinema Paradiso
1988 · 2h 4m
Drama · Romance

Monster
2003 · 1h 49m
Crime · Drama

Two Women
1960 · 1h 40m
Drama · War