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Oscars 1992 Winners & Nominees

The 64th Academy Awards (1992) took place on March 30, 1992. The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture and 4 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

All 18 categories Most wins
categories
18
nominations
75
films nominated
21
winners
16
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Best Picture
The Silence of the Lambs
Headline winners

Oscars 1992: The Winners

The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture against 3 other nominees. Jonathan Demme (Best Director), Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor) and Jodie Foster (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 · Thriller, Crime · $273M worldwide

5 wins from 7 nominations at the 64th Academy Awards (1992)

  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Director
  • Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

FBI trainee Clarice Starling is tasked with interviewing the brilliant but incarcerated psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter to help catch another serial killer. As she seeks his insights into the killer's disturbing behavior, Lecter manipulates and probes Starling, forcing her to confront her own traumatic past. The intense collaboration becomes a dangerous game of psychological cat and mouse, blurring the lines between hunter and prey.

About The Silence of the Lambs
Scoreboard

Oscars 1992: Which Films Won the Most

The Silence of the Lambs won 5 awards from 7 nominations. 7 films won at least once, while The Prince of Tides went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) movie poster
    The Silence of the Lambs 5 / 7
    1991 · Thriller, Crime · 5 wins from 7 nominations
  2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) movie poster
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day 4 / 6
    1991 · Action, Sci-Fi · 4 wins from 6 nominations
  3. Bugsy (1991) movie poster
    Bugsy 2 / 10
    1991 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 10 nominations
  4. JFK (1991) movie poster
    JFK 2 / 8
    1991 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 8 nominations
  5. Thelma & Louise (1991) movie poster
    Thelma & Louise 1 / 6
    1991 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 6 nominations
  6. The Fisher King (1991) movie poster
    The Fisher King 1 / 5
    1991 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 5 nominations
  7. City Slickers (1991) movie poster
    City Slickers 1 / 1
    1991 · Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. The Prince of Tides (1991) movie poster
    The Prince of Tides 0 / 7
    1991 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 7 nominations
  9. Hook (1991) movie poster
    Hook 0 / 5
    1991 · Adventure, Fantasy · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  10. Barton Fink (1991) movie poster
    Barton Fink 0 / 3
    1991 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 3 nominations
Full results

All 18 Oscars 1992 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 75 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.

18 categories · 75 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Oscars 1992 Best Picture Marathon

All 4 Best Picture nominees at the 64th Academy Awards (1992), back to back: 9 hours 35 minutes.

Total running time 9h 35m 9 hours 35 minutes All 4 films
Longest
JFK 3h 9m
Shortest
The Silence of the Lambs 1h 58m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1992 Winners

Drama led with 51 nominations across 14 films and won 6. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 6 wins · 51 nominations · 12%
  2. Crime 10 wins · 42 nominations · 24%
  3. Thriller 12 wins · 37 nominations · 32%
  4. Biography 4 wins · 19 nominations · 21%
  5. Comedy 2 wins · 17 nominations · 12%
  6. Romance 1 win · 13 nominations · 8%
  7. Action 4 wins · 12 nominations · 33%
  8. Mystery 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
  9. History 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  10. Sci-Fi 4 wins · 8 nominations · 50%
1992 season

How the Rest of the 1992 Awards Season Voted

The other 6 ceremonies of 1992, with the winner of each top prize. The Silence of the Lambs also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1992 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 1992: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 64th Academy Awards (1992), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards (1992)?

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Bugsy, JFK and The Prince of Tides.

About The Silence of the Lambs

Which film won the most awards at the 64th Academy Awards (1992)?

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) won the most: 5 awards from 7 nominations. Terminator 2: Judgment Day was next with 4 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 64th Academy Awards (1992)?

Bugsy (1991) led with 10 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 64th Academy Awards (1992)?

Best Director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs. Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs. Best Actress: Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs. Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance for City Slickers. Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl for The Fisher King.

When was the 64th Academy Awards (1992)?

The 64th Academy Awards (1992) took place on March 30, 1992. The database has 18 categories and 75 nominations for it.