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The 172 pages that link to Academy Awards, each with the reason it gives.

• Cannes Film FestivalCompared with: Unlike Cannes’s international festival jury, the Academy Awards recognize films through industry voting.

• Academy Award for Best ActressNarrower topic: The Best Actress prize is one category within this larger ceremony.

• Academy Award for Best ActorNarrower topic: Best Actor is one of the Academy Awards’ original competitive categories.

• Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNarrower topic: This acting category is one of the Academy Awards’ competitive honors.

• Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNarrower topic: This acting category is one of the Academy Awards’ competitive honors.

• Emmy AwardsCompared with: The Oscars honor cinema, while Emmy programs recognize television work.

• Academy Award for Best PictureNarrower topic: Best Picture is the ceremony’s top film prize within a larger set of awards.

• Academy Award for Best DirectorNarrower topic: Best Director is one of the Academy Awards’ original competitive categories.

• Film festivalCompared with: The Oscars honor films through an awards ceremony rather than a multi-day screening program.

• Laurence OlivierRelated: Olivier won the Best Actor award for Hamlet and later received an honorary award.

• Academy Honorary AwardNarrower topic: The Honorary Award belongs to this larger awards program but sits outside its competitive categories.

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesBroader topic: The awards are the Academy’s most prominent public activity.

• Academy Award for Best Original SongNarrower topic: Best Original Song is one of the Academy Awards’ competitive categories.

• Screen Actors Guild AwardsRelated: Shared acting nominees and winners make the awards a notable point of comparison during Oscar season.

• Venice Film FestivalCompared with: The Oscars reward films through industry voting rather than a festival jury.

• Academy Award for Best International Feature FilmNarrower topic: The international feature prize developed as one category within the Oscars.

• Clint EastwoodRelated: Eastwood won Best Director and Best Picture for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby.

• John HustonRelated: Huston’s directing and writing were recognized with multiple Academy Awards.

• Louis B. MayerRelated: MGM’s prestige productions and publicity flourished in the awards culture Mayer helped foster.

• Academy Award for Best Original ScreenplayNarrower topic: The screenplay prize is one category within this broader awards program.

• Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayNarrower topic: The adapted-screenplay prize is one category within this broader awards program.

• Oprah WinfreyRelated: Winfrey received an acting nomination and later the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

• Quincy JonesRelated: Jones received seven Oscar nominations, reflecting his major film-scoring career.

• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleRelated: A BAFTA win can strengthen, but does not guarantee, an Oscar campaign.

• Academy Award for Best Original ScoreNarrower topic: The score prize is one category within this larger awards program.

• César AwardCompared with: The César was conceived partly as a French national counterpart to Hollywood’s Oscars.

• Cary GrantRelated: Grant received an honorary Academy Award in 1970 after never winning a competitive acting Oscar.

• GoodfellasRelated: Joe Pesci won the 1991 award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Tommy.

• Triple Crown of ActingRelated: An acting Oscar supplies the film award required for the Triple Crown.

• Berlin International Film FestivalCompared with: Unlike the Berlinale, the Academy Awards recognize films through an industry voting process, not a festival competition.

• EGOTRelated: An Oscar win supplies the film award required for an EGOT.

• Tom CruiseRelated: Cruise has received four Academy Award nominations as an actor and producer.

• Academy Award for Best CinematographyNarrower topic: Best Cinematography is one category within this larger awards program.

• Peabody AwardsCompared with: The Oscars recognize cinema across craft categories; Peabody honors selected works for storytelling and public value.

• Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureNarrower topic: This category is one of the Academy Awards, with its own eligibility and voting rules.

• Independent Spirit AwardsCompared with: The Oscars reward films across the industry, while the Spirit Awards focus on independent production.

• The GraduateRelated: Nichols won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Graduate.

• The VerdictRelated: The Verdict received five nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.

• Anthony HopkinsNarrower topic: Hopkins’s two acting wins mark the industry recognition of performances decades apart.

• BAFTA AwardsCompared with: Their overlapping season makes differences in voting and national perspective visible.

• Evening gownRelated: Its red-carpet arrivals showcase evening gowns as public statements of fashion.

• Ingrid BergmanNarrower topic: Bergman’s three acting wins made her one of the Academy’s most honored performers.

• Titanic (1997 film)Narrower topic: Titanic won 11 Oscars, tying the record for most wins by a film.

• Africa Movie Academy AwardsCompared with: The Oscars provide a prominent global comparison, but center on the US film industry.

• All About EveRelated: All About Eve won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

• British Academy Film AwardsCompared with: The Oscars are the closest global counterpart, with a different academy and voting electorate.

• British Academy of Film and Television ArtsCompared with: They are the most prominent United States counterpart to BAFTA’s film awards.

• Daniel Day-LewisNarrower topic: His three Best Actor wins are a rare distinction within the awards' history.

• Douglas FairbanksRelated: Fairbanks served as the Academy’s first president and hosted the first ceremony.

• Joseph L. MankiewiczRelated: Mankiewicz won consecutive directing and screenplay Oscars for A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve.