| Movie Home Page | Best Picture | Nominees | by Genre | ||
| Oscar Home Page | 1927-2001 | ||||
| Genre | 358 Nominees | 74 Winners | Total: 432 films | ||
| Drama | 49% | 39% | 47% | ||
| Comedy | 18% | 14% | 17% | ||
| Historical/Epic | 10% | 16% | 11% | ||
| Musical | 8% | 11% | 8% | ||
| Action-Adventure | 6% | 5% | 6% | ||
| War | 5% | 8% | 5% | ||
| Suspense | 3% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Western | 2% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Rarely Nominated | Genres (by #) | not by % | |||
| Nominated | Won | ||||
| Animated | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sci Fi | 3 | 0 | |||
| Children's Films | 6 | 2 | |||
| Horror | 2 | 1 | |||
| X-Rated | 2 | 1 | |||