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Oscars 2014 Winners & Nominees

The 86th Academy Awards (2014) took place on March 2, 2014. 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Gravity won the most, 7 of its 10 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 21 categories is below.

All 21 categories Most wins
categories
21
nominations
102
films nominated
42
winners
21
Held on
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
Headline winners

Oscars 2014: The Winners

12 Years a Slave won Best Picture against 7 other nominees. Alfonso Cuarón (Best Director), Matthew McConaughey (Best Actor) and Cate Blanchett (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

12 Years a Slave (2013) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Biography, Drama, History · $188M worldwide

3 wins from 9 nominations at the 86th Academy Awards (2014)

  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Adapted Screenplay

A free man living with his family in the North, Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. Stripped of his name and identity, he endures horrific conditions and faces brutal treatment while struggling to survive and maintain hope. Through perseverance and unexpected alliances, he fights to reclaim his freedom and return to his loved ones.

About 12 Years a Slave
Scoreboard

Oscars 2014: Which Films Won the Most

Gravity won 7 awards from 10 nominations. 9 films won at least once, while American Hustle went home empty-handed from 10 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Gravity (2013) movie poster
    Gravity 7 / 10
    2013 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 7 wins from 10 nominations
  2. 12 Years a Slave (2013) movie poster
    12 Years a Slave 3 / 9
    2013 · Biography, Drama · 3 wins from 9 nominations
  3. Dallas Buyers Club (2013) movie poster
    Dallas Buyers Club 3 / 6
    2013 · Biography, Drama · 3 wins from 6 nominations
  4. Frozen (2013) movie poster
    Frozen 2 / 2
    2013 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  5. The Great Gatsby (2013) movie poster
    The Great Gatsby 2 / 2
    2013 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  6. Blue Jasmine (2013) movie poster
    Blue Jasmine 1 / 3
    2013 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) movie poster
    20 Feet from Stardom 1 / 1
    2013 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. The Great Beauty (2013) movie poster
    The Great Beauty 1 / 1
    2013 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) movie poster
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1 / 1
    1969 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. American Hustle (2013) movie poster
    American Hustle 0 / 10
    2013 · Drama, History · 0 wins from 10 nominations
Full results

All 21 Oscars 2014 Categories: Winners & Nominees

21 categories and 102 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (8). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

21 categories · 102 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Oscars 2014 Best Picture Marathon

All 8 Best Picture nominees at the 86th Academy Awards (2014), back to back: 16 hours 47 minutes.

Total running time 16h 47m 16 hours 47 minutes All 8 films
Longest
The Wolf of Wall Street 3h
Shortest
Gravity 1h 31m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 2014 Winners

Drama led with 86 nominations across 29 films and won 17. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 17 wins · 86 nominations · 20%
  2. Thriller 10 wins · 34 nominations · 29%
  3. Biography 6 wins · 34 nominations · 18%
  4. History 6 wins · 29 nominations · 21%
  5. Adventure 3 wins · 26 nominations · 12%
  6. Crime 0 wins · 24 nominations · 0%
  7. Comedy 4 wins · 19 nominations · 21%
  8. Action 3 wins · 18 nominations · 17%
  9. Sci-Fi 7 wins · 14 nominations · 50%
  10. Mystery 9 wins · 12 nominations · 75%
2014 season

How the Rest of the 2014 Awards Season Voted

The other 12 ceremonies of 2014, with the winner of each top prize. 12 Years a Slave also won the top prize at 4 of them.

All 2014 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 2014: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 86th Academy Awards (2014), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards (2014)?

12 Years a Slave (2013) won Best Picture. The other nominees were American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Nebraska, Philomena and The Wolf of Wall Street.

About 12 Years a Slave

Which film won the most awards at the 86th Academy Awards (2014)?

Gravity (2013) won the most: 7 awards from 10 nominations. 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club followed with 3 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 86th Academy Awards (2014)?

Gravity (2013) and American Hustle (2013) led with 10 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 86th Academy Awards (2014)?

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity. Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine. Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club. Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave.

When was the 86th Academy Awards (2014)?

The 86th Academy Awards (2014) took place on March 2, 2014. The database has 21 categories and 102 nominations for it.