Bette Davis wins first Academy Award 1936

Film icon Bette Davis won her first Academy Award for her work in the movie Dangerous, at the 8th annual ceremony held March 5, 1936.  It was her second nomination having been nominated the year before.  

Mutiny on the Bounty was nominated for 8 Academy Awards but only took home the Best Picture award.

The Informer was nominated for 6 Academy Awards and won four: Best director for John Ford; Best Actor for Victor McLaglen, Best Writing Screenplay for Dudley Nichols, and Best Score for Max Steiner.   

 

"Amadeus" wins 8 Oscars 1985

Amadeus, the 1984 movie about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his rivalry with fellow composer Antonio Salieri, won 8 Academy Awards at the 57th awards ceremony March 25, 1985. 

It won Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role for F. Murray Abraham, Best Director for Milos Forman, Best Writng, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound and Best Makeup.

Tom Hulce, who played Mozart, received a nomination for Best Actor in  a Leading Role, making Amadeus one of the very few movies to have two actors nominated for Best Actor.