Can you name the films that earned multiple Oscar nominations in one acting category?

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3 Lead Actor Nominations
1935
Clark Gable,
Charles Laughton,
and Franchot Tone		 
3 Supporting Actor Nominations
1954
Lee J. Cobb,
Karl Malden,
and Rod Steiger		 
1972
James Caan,
Robert Duvall,
and Al Pacino		 
1974
Robert De Niro,*
Michael V. Gazzo,
and Lee Strasberg		 
3 Supporting Actress Nominations
1963
Diane Cilento,
Edith Evans,
and Joyce Redman		 
2 Lead Actor Nominations
1944
Bing Crosby*
and Barry Fitzgerald 		 
1953
Montgomery Clift
and Burt Lancaster		 
1956
James Dean
and Rock Hudson		 
1958
Tony Curtis
and Sidney Poitier		 
1961
Maximilian Schell*
and Spencer Tracy		 
1964
Richard Burton
and Peter O'Toole		 
2 Lead Actor Nominations
1969
Dustin Hoffman
and Jon Voight		 
1972
Michael Caine
and Laurence Olivier		 
1976
Peter Finch*
and William Holden		 
1983
Tom Courtenay
and Albert Finney		 
1984
F. Murray Abraham*
and Tom Hulce		 
2 Lead Actress Nominations
1950
Anne Baxter
and Bette Davis		 
1959
Katharine Hepburn
and Elizabeth Taylor		 
1977
Anne Bancroft
and Shirley MacLaine		 
1983
Shirley MacLaine*
and Debra Winger		 
1991
Geena Davis
and Susan Sarandon		 
2 Supporting Actor Nominations
1939
Harry Carey
and Claude Rains		 
1951
Leo Genn
and Peter Ustinov		 
1953
Brandon deWilde
and Jack Palance		 
1957
Arthur Kennedy
and Russ Tamblyn		 
1959
Arthur O'Connell
and George C. Scott		 
1961
Jackie Gleason
and George C. Scott		 
1967
Gene Hackman and
Michael J. Pollard		 
1971
Ben Johnson*
and Jeff Bridges		 
1976
Burgess Meredith
and Burt Young		 
1977
Jason Robards* and Maximilian Schell		 
1980
Timothy Hutton*
and Judd Hirsch		 
1983
Jack Nicholson*
and John Lithgow		 
1986
Tom Berenger
and Willem Dafoe		 
1991
Harvey Keitel
and Ben Kingsley		 
2 Supporting Actress Nominations
1939
Hattie McDaniel* and Olivia de Havilland		 
1941
Patricia Collinge
and Teresa Wright		 
1942
Teresa Wright*
and May Whitty		 
1943
Gladys Cooper
and Anne Revere		 
1945
Eve Arden
and Ann Blyth		 
1947
Celeste Holm*
and Anne Revere		 
1948
Barbara Bel Geddes
and Ellen Corby		 
1949
Ethel Barrymore
and Ethel Waters		 
1949
Celeste Holm
and Elsa Lanchester		 
1950
Celeste Holm
and Thelma Ritter		 
1954
Jan Sterling
and Claire Trevor		 
1956
Eileen Heckart
and Patty McCormick		 
1957
Hope Lange
and Diane Varsi		 
1959
Susan Kohner
and Juanita Moore		 
1965
Joyce Redman
and Maggie Smith		 
1970
Helen Hayes* and Maureen Stapleton		 
1971
Cloris Leachman*
and Ellen Burstyn		 
2 Supporting Actress Nominations
1973
Tatum O'Neal*
and Madeline Kahn		 
1975
Ronee Blakley
and Lily Tomlin		 
1979
Meryl Streep*
and Jane Alexander		 
1982
Jessica Lange*
and Teri Garr		 
1985
Margaret Avery
and Oprah Winfrey		 
1988
Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver		 
1989
Anjelica Huston
and Lena Olin		 
1994
Dianne Wiest*
and Jennifer Tilly		 
2000 Kate Hudson
and Frances McDormand		 
2001
Helen Mirren
and Maggie Smith		 
2002
Catherine Zeta-Jones*
and Queen Latifah		 
2006
Adriana Barraza
and Rinko Kikuchi		 
2008
Amy Adams
and Viola Davis		 
2009
Vera Farmiga
and Anna Kendrick		 
2010
Melissa Leo*
and Amy Adams		 
2011
Octavia Spencer*
and Jessica Chastain		 
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Oscar: Films with Multiple Noms in an Acting Category Quiz

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