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Oscars 1993 Winners & Nominees

The 65th Academy Awards (1993) took place on March 29, 1993. Unforgiven won Best Picture and 3 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

categories
18
nominations
77
films nominated
28
winners
18
Headline winners

Oscars 1993: The Winners

Unforgiven won Best Picture against 4 other nominees. Clint Eastwood (Best Director), Al Pacino (Best Actor) and Emma Thompson (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Unforgiven (1992) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Unforgiven

1992 · Drama, Crime, Western · $159M worldwide

4 wins from 9 nominations at the 65th Academy Awards (1993)

  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing

In the harsh landscape of the Wild West, a retired gunslinger is reluctantly drawn back into a violent world when a bounty is placed on two outlaws. He must confront his past and a relentless posse while seeking retribution for a grievous wrong. The journey explores themes of revenge, mortality, and the brutal realities of frontier justice.

About Unforgiven
Scoreboard

Oscars 1993: Which Films Won the Most

Unforgiven won 4 awards from 9 nominations. 10 films won at least once, while A Few Good Men went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Unforgiven (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Drama, Crime · 4 wins from 9 nominations
  2. Howards End (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Drama, Romance · 3 wins from 9 nominations
  3. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Drama, Fantasy · 3 wins from 4 nominations
  4. Aladdin (2019) movie poster
    Aladdin 2 / 4
    2019 · Adventure, Fantasy · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  5. The Crying Game (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Thriller, Romance · 1 win from 6 nominations
  6. Scent of a Woman (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  7. A River Runs Through It (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  8. My Cousin Vinny (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Comedy, Crime · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. Death Becomes Her (1992) movie poster
    1992 · Fantasy, Horror · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 18 Oscars 1993 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 77 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.

Oscars 1993 Best Original Song

Official name: Music (Original Song)

2 nominees
Movie marathon

The Oscars 1993 Best Picture Marathon

All 5 Best Picture nominees at the 65th Academy Awards (1993), back to back: 11 hours 18 minutes.

Total running time 11h 18m 11 hours 18 minutes All 5 films
Longest
Scent of a Woman 2h 37m
Shortest
The Crying Game 1h 52m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1993 Winners

Drama led with 56 nominations across 18 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 56 nominations · 21%
  2. Romance 10 wins · 34 nominations · 29%
  3. Crime 6 wins · 25 nominations · 24%
  4. Thriller 1 win · 18 nominations · 6%
  5. Comedy 4 wins · 16 nominations · 25%
  6. Fantasy 6 wins · 11 nominations · 55%
  7. Western 4 wins · 9 nominations · 44%
  8. Mystery 0 wins · 9 nominations · 0%
  9. Adventure 3 wins · 7 nominations · 43%
  10. Action 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
1993 season

How the Rest of the 1993 Awards Season Voted

The other 5 ceremonies of 1993, with the winner of each top prize.

All 1993 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 1993: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 65th Academy Awards (1993), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 65th Academy Awards (1993)?

Unforgiven (1992) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End and Scent of a Woman.

About Unforgiven

Which film won the most awards at the 65th Academy Awards (1993)?

Unforgiven (1992) won the most: 4 awards from 9 nominations. Howards End and Bram Stoker's Dracula followed with 3 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 65th Academy Awards (1993)?

Unforgiven (1992) and Howards End (1992) led with 9 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 65th Academy Awards (1993)?

Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven. Best Actor: Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman. Best Actress: Emma Thompson for Howards End. Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman for Unforgiven. Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei for My Cousin Vinny.

When was the 65th Academy Awards (1993)?

The 65th Academy Awards (1993) took place on March 29, 1993. The database has 18 categories and 77 nominations for it.