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Oscars 2010 Winners & Nominees

The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) took place on March 7, 2010. The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Avatar matched it with 3 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 22 categories is below.

All 22 categories Most wins
categories
22
nominations
100
films nominated
53
winners
19
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Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Headline winners

Oscars 2010: The Winners

The Hurt Locker won Best Picture against 7 other nominees. Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director), Jeff Bridges (Best Actor) and Sandra Bullock (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Hurt Locker (2009) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

2009 · Action, Drama, Thriller · $49.3M worldwide

3 wins from 6 nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards (2010)

  • Best Director
  • Best Original Screenplay

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About The Hurt Locker
Scoreboard

Oscars 2010: Which Films Won the Most

Avatar and The Hurt Locker won 3 awards each. 12 films won at least once, while Up in the Air went home empty-handed from 6 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Avatar (2009) movie poster
    Avatar 3 / 6
    2009 · Action, Adventure · 3 wins from 6 nominations
  2. The Hurt Locker (2009) movie poster
    The Hurt Locker 3 / 6
    2009 · Action, Drama · 3 wins from 6 nominations
  3. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009) movie poster
    Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire 2 / 5
    2009 · Drama · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Crazy Heart (2009) movie poster
    Crazy Heart 2 / 3
    2009 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 3 nominations
  5. Inception (2010) movie poster
    Inception 2 / 2
    2010 · Action, Sci-Fi · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  6. Inglourious Basterds (2009) movie poster
    Inglourious Basterds 1 / 5
    2009 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 5 nominations
  7. The Young Victoria (2009) movie poster
    The Young Victoria 1 / 3
    2009 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  8. Star Trek Beyond (2016) movie poster
    Star Trek Beyond 1 / 2
    2016 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. The Social Network (2010) movie poster
    The Social Network 1 / 2
    2010 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  10. The Blind Side (2009) movie poster
    The Blind Side 1 / 2
    2009 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 22 Oscars 2010 Categories: Winners & Nominees

22 categories and 100 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (8). 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.

22 categories · 100 nominations

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Oscars 2010 Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Official name: Documentary (Short Subject)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The Oscars 2010 Best Picture Marathon

All 8 Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Academy Awards (2010), back to back: 13 hours 13 minutes for the 6 with a known runtime.

Total running time 13h 13m 13 hours 13 minutes Total for 6 of 8 films · 2 runtimes unknown
Longest
Avatar 2h 42m
Shortest
A Serious Man 1h 46m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 2010 Winners

Drama led with 64 nominations across 32 films and won 14. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 14 wins · 64 nominations · 22%
  2. Thriller 8 wins · 32 nominations · 25%
  3. Action 9 wins · 23 nominations · 39%
  4. Adventure 4 wins · 21 nominations · 19%
  5. Romance 3 wins · 19 nominations · 16%
  6. Biography 3 wins · 17 nominations · 18%
  7. Fantasy 3 wins · 17 nominations · 18%
  8. Sci-Fi 6 wins · 15 nominations · 40%
  9. War 4 wins · 13 nominations · 31%
  10. History 2 wins · 13 nominations · 15%
2010 season

How the Rest of the 2010 Awards Season Voted

The other 11 ceremonies of 2010, with the winner of each top prize. The Hurt Locker also won the top prize at 3 of them.

All 2010 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 2010: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 82nd Academy Awards (2010), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards (2010)?

The Hurt Locker (2009) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Serious Man and Up in the Air.

About The Hurt Locker

Which film won the most awards at the 82nd Academy Awards (2010)?

Avatar and The Hurt Locker each won 3 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards (2010)?

Avatar (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009) and Up in the Air (2009) led with 6 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 82nd Academy Awards (2010)?

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart. Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds. Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.

When was the 82nd Academy Awards (2010)?

The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) took place on March 7, 2010. The database has 22 categories and 100 nominations for it.