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Oscars 1996 Winners & Nominees

The 68th Academy Awards (1996) took place on March 25, 1996. Braveheart won Best Picture and 4 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 19 categories is below.

All 19 categories Most wins
categories
19
nominations
78
films nominated
27
winners
18
Held on
Best Picture
Braveheart
Headline winners

Oscars 1996: The Winners

Braveheart won Best Picture against 3 other nominees. Mel Gibson (Best Director), Nicolas Cage (Best Actor) and Susan Sarandon (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Braveheart (1995) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Braveheart

1995 · Action, Biography, Drama · $213M worldwide

5 wins from 10 nominations at the 68th Academy Awards (1996)

  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Director
  • Best Makeup
  • Best Sound Effects Editing

In medieval Scotland, William Wallace (Mel Gibson) embarks on a courageous fight for freedom after suffering a tragic loss. He rallies a group of rebels to challenge the oppressive rule of King Edward I and his forces. Wallace’s defiance ignites a national uprising against English tyranny, leading to a fierce and ultimately defining struggle for Scottish independence and self-determination.

About Braveheart
Scoreboard

Oscars 1996: Which Films Won the Most

Braveheart won 5 awards from 10 nominations. 10 films won at least once, while Nixon went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Braveheart (1995) movie poster
    Braveheart 5 / 10
    1995 · Action, Biography · 5 wins from 10 nominations
  2. Apollo 13 (1995) movie poster
    Apollo 13 2 / 9
    1995 · Adventure, Drama · 2 wins from 9 nominations
  3. Restoration (1996) movie poster
    Restoration 2 / 2
    1996 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  4. The Usual Suspects (1995) movie poster
    The Usual Suspects 2 / 2
    1995 · Mystery, Thriller · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  5. Pocahontas (1995) movie poster
    Pocahontas 2 / 2
    1995 · Drama, History · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  6. Babe (1995) movie poster
    Babe 1 / 7
    1995 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 7 nominations
  7. Sense and Sensibility (1995) movie poster
    Sense and Sensibility 1 / 7
    1995 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 7 nominations
  8. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) movie poster
    Leaving Las Vegas 1 / 4
    1995 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 4 nominations
  9. Dead Man Walking (1995) movie poster
    Dead Man Walking 1 / 4
    1995 · Drama, Crime · 1 win from 4 nominations
  10. Mighty Aphrodite (1995) movie poster
    Mighty Aphrodite 1 / 2
    1995 · Fantasy, Comedy · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 19 Oscars 1996 Categories: Winners & Nominees

19 categories and 78 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 · 78 nominations

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Oscars 1996 Best Makeup

Official name: Makeup

1 nominee

Oscars 1996 Best Visual Effects

Official name: Visual Effects

2 nominees
Movie marathon

The Oscars 1996 Best Picture Marathon

All 4 Best Picture nominees at the 68th Academy Awards (1996), back to back: 9 hours 2 minutes.

Total running time 9h 2m 9 hours 2 minutes All 4 films
Longest
Braveheart 2h 57m
Shortest
Babe 1h 29m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1996 Winners

Drama led with 66 nominations across 21 films and won 15. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 15 wins · 66 nominations · 23%
  2. History 11 wins · 25 nominations · 44%
  3. Romance 7 wins · 22 nominations · 32%
  4. Adventure 3 wins · 21 nominations · 14%
  5. Action 5 wins · 19 nominations · 26%
  6. Biography 7 wins · 17 nominations · 41%
  7. Fantasy 2 wins · 17 nominations · 12%
  8. Family 3 wins · 14 nominations · 21%
  9. War 5 wins · 13 nominations · 38%
  10. Thriller 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
1996 season

How the Rest of the 1996 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 1996, with the winner of each top prize. Sense and Sensibility won the most of them: 3.

All 1996 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 1996: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 68th Academy Awards (1996), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 68th Academy Awards (1996)?

Braveheart (1995) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Apollo 13, Babe and Sense and Sensibility.

About Braveheart

Which film won the most awards at the 68th Academy Awards (1996)?

Braveheart (1995) won the most: 5 awards from 10 nominations. Apollo 13, Restoration, The Usual Suspects and 1 other followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 68th Academy Awards (1996)?

Braveheart (1995) led with 10 nominations and won 5 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 68th Academy Awards (1996)?

Best Director: Mel Gibson for Braveheart. Best Actor: Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas. Best Actress: Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking. Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects. Best Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino for Mighty Aphrodite.

When was the 68th Academy Awards (1996)?

The 68th Academy Awards (1996) took place on March 25, 1996. The database has 19 categories and 78 nominations for it.