Released: 1958 · Competitive Oscar wins: 9.
Gigi won all nine categories in which it was nominated at the 1959 ceremony. Its haul includes Best Picture, Vincente Minnelli’s direction, Cecil Beaton’s costumes, the musical score and the title song. This makes it a compact example of an awards sweep built around several parts of musical filmmaking.
Look for the collaboration between costume, staging and music rather than judging it only by the songs. It is the earliest release among the three nine-win films, so our sorting rule puts it ahead of the other two. The nine-for-nine result describes its own nominated categories, not every category offered that year.
Official award record: 1959.
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