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

4. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Nominations: 13

Wins: 5 (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design)

An unremittingly savage adaptation of Edward Albee's play that serves up one of the best directorial debuts of all time for Mike Nichols, this searing drama is girded by the compulsively, hilariously brutal back-and-forth between real-life couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

It's a distinctly discomforting and perversely amusing film about marital discord that's as relevant now as it was five decades ago, even if it arguably gets a touch too melodramatic in the final stretch.

Think of it as the Gone Girl of its generation: a movie you shouldn't even consider watching if you're contemplating marriage.