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Oscars 1991 Winners & Nominees

The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) took place on March 25, 1991. Dances with Wolves won Best Picture and 6 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 19 categories is below.

All 19 categories Most wins
categories
19
nominations
73
films nominated
26
winners
17
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Best Picture
Dances with Wolves
Headline winners

Oscars 1991: The Winners

Dances with Wolves won Best Picture against 3 other nominees. Kevin Costner (Best Director), Jeremy Irons (Best Actor) and Kathy Bates (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Dances with Wolves (1990) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Dances with Wolves

1990 · Adventure, Drama, Western · $424M worldwide

7 wins from 12 nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991)

  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Sound
  • Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

During the Civil War, Lieutenant John Dunbar ventures to the American frontier, hoping to establish a remote outpost. After encountering a Sioux tribe, he slowly earns their trust and begins to integrate into their way of life, learning their language and customs. As Dunbar experiences the richness of their culture, he grapples with the encroaching presence of the U.S. Army and the inevitable clash of civilizations.

About Dances with Wolves
Scoreboard

Oscars 1991: Which Films Won the Most

Dances with Wolves won 7 awards from 12 nominations. 8 films won at least once, while The Godfather: Part III went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Dances with Wolves (1990) movie poster
    Dances with Wolves 7 / 12
    1990 · Adventure, Drama · 7 wins from 12 nominations
  2. Dick Tracy (1990) movie poster
    Dick Tracy 3 / 7
    1990 · Action, Thriller · 3 wins from 7 nominations
  3. Ghost (1990) movie poster
    Ghost 2 / 5
    1990 · Drama, Mystery · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) movie poster
    Cyrano de Bergerac 1 / 5
    1990 · Drama, History · 1 win from 5 nominations
  5. Reversal of Fortune (1990) movie poster
    Reversal of Fortune 1 / 3
    1990 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 3 nominations
  6. The Hunt for Red October (1990) movie poster
    The Hunt for Red October 1 / 3
    1990 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. Total Recall (1990) movie poster
    Total Recall 1 / 3
    1990 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 3 nominations
  8. Misery (1990) movie poster
    Misery 1 / 1
    1990 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. The Godfather: Part III (1990) movie poster
    The Godfather: Part III 0 / 7
    1990 · Action, Drama · 0 wins from 7 nominations
  10. The Grifters (1990) movie poster
    The Grifters 0 / 4
    1990 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 4 nominations
Full results

All 19 Oscars 1991 Categories: Winners & Nominees

19 categories and 73 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

19 categories · 73 nominations

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Oscars 1991 Best Foreign Language Film

Official name: Foreign Language Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The Oscars 1991 Best Picture Marathon

All 4 Best Picture nominees at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991), back to back: 9 hours 51 minutes.

Total running time 9h 51m 9 hours 51 minutes All 4 films
Longest
Dances with Wolves 3h 1m
Shortest
Awakenings 2h 1m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1991 Winners

Drama led with 54 nominations across 18 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 54 nominations · 22%
  2. Thriller 8 wins · 32 nominations · 25%
  3. Comedy 6 wins · 25 nominations · 24%
  4. Romance 6 wins · 24 nominations · 25%
  5. Action 5 wins · 22 nominations · 23%
  6. Crime 4 wins · 22 nominations · 18%
  7. Adventure 9 wins · 18 nominations · 50%
  8. Western 7 wins · 13 nominations · 54%
  9. Mystery 3 wins · 8 nominations · 38%
  10. Music 3 wins · 7 nominations · 43%
1991 season

How the Rest of the 1991 Awards Season Voted

The other 7 ceremonies of 1991, with the winner of each top prize. Dances with Wolves also won the top prize at 2 of them.

All 1991 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 1991: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 63rd Academy Awards (1991), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991)?

Dances with Wolves (1990) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Awakenings, Ghost and The Godfather: Part III.

About Dances with Wolves

Which film won the most awards at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991)?

Dances with Wolves (1990) won the most: 7 awards from 12 nominations. Dick Tracy was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991)?

Dances with Wolves (1990) led with 12 nominations and won 7 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991)?

Best Director: Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves. Best Actor: Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune. Best Actress: Kathy Bates for Misery. Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost.

When was the 63rd Academy Awards (1991)?

The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) took place on March 25, 1991. The database has 19 categories and 73 nominations for it.