20 Most Oscar Nominated Movies Ever - Ranked From Worst To Best

6. All About Eve (1950)

All About Eve
Fox

Nominations: 14

Wins: 6 (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Sound)

All About Eve is the only film in history to receive four female acting nominations, two for Best Actress and two for Best Supporting Actress, with each unfortunately cancelling the other out and leaving it with zero wins for Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter.

Indeed, this film is stacked with excellent performances, best of all Davis as an aging actress being overshadowed by a younger on-the-rise talent.

It is a thematically rich film about feminism, equality, ambition and the dark nature of showbiz that remains a total blast today, one that juggles its wry wit perfectly with some darker narrative elements.

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