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Oscars 2013 Winners & Nominees

The 85th Academy Awards (2013) took place on February 24, 2013. Argo won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Life of Pi won the most, 4 of its 11 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 21 categories is below.

All 21 categories Most wins
categories
21
nominations
104
films nominated
35
winners
22
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Best Picture
Argo
Headline winners

Oscars 2013: The Winners

Argo won Best Picture against 8 other nominees. Ang Lee (Best Director), Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor) and Jennifer Lawrence (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Argo (2012) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Argo

2012 · Drama · $232M worldwide

3 wins from 7 nominations at the 85th Academy Awards (2013)

  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Adapted Screenplay

In November 1979, during the Iran hostage crisis, six Americans find refuge at the Canadian ambassador's residence in Tehran. Facing imminent discovery, CIA operative Tony Mendez devises a risky plan to extract them. He creates a believable cover story involving a fake science fiction film production to smuggle them out of the country, a perilous operation demanding both quick thinking and bravery.

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Scoreboard

Oscars 2013: Which Films Won the Most

Life of Pi won 4 awards from 11 nominations. 12 films won at least once, while Beasts of the Southern Wild went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Life of Pi (2012) movie poster
    Life of Pi 4 / 11
    2012 · Adventure, Drama · 4 wins from 11 nominations
  2. Les Miserables (2012) movie poster
    Les Miserables 3 / 8
    2012 · Drama, Thriller · 3 wins from 8 nominations
  3. Argo (2012) movie poster
    Argo 3 / 7
    2012 · Drama · 3 wins from 7 nominations
  4. Lincoln (2012) movie poster
    Lincoln 2 / 12
    2012 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 12 nominations
  5. Django Unchained (2012) movie poster
    Django Unchained 2 / 5
    2012 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  6. Skyfall (2012) movie poster
    Skyfall 2 / 5
    2012 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  7. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) movie poster
    Silver Linings Playbook 1 / 8
    2012 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 8 nominations
  8. Amour (2012) movie poster
    Amour 1 / 5
    2012 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 5 nominations
  9. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) movie poster
    Zero Dark Thirty 1 / 5
    2012 · Action, Drama · 1 win from 5 nominations
  10. Anna Karenina (2012) movie poster
    Anna Karenina 1 / 4
    2012 · Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
Full results

All 21 Oscars 2013 Categories: Winners & Nominees

21 categories and 104 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (9). 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.

21 categories · 104 nominations

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By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 2013 Winners

Drama led with 86 nominations across 23 films and won 18. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 18 wins · 86 nominations · 21%
  2. Adventure 9 wins · 33 nominations · 27%
  3. Romance 5 wins · 23 nominations · 22%
  4. History 3 wins · 22 nominations · 14%
  5. Action 6 wins · 21 nominations · 29%
  6. Thriller 6 wins · 20 nominations · 30%
  7. Biography 3 wins · 16 nominations · 19%
  8. Comedy 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  9. War 2 wins · 13 nominations · 15%
  10. Fantasy 1 win · 12 nominations · 8%
2013 season

How the Rest of the 2013 Awards Season Voted

The other 12 ceremonies of 2013, with the winner of each top prize. Argo also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2013 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 2013: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 85th Academy Awards (2013), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards (2013)?

Argo (2012) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty.

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Which film won the most awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013)?

Life of Pi (2012) won the most: 4 awards from 11 nominations. Les Miserables and Argo followed with 3 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 85th Academy Awards (2013)?

Lincoln (2012) led with 12 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013)?

Best Director: Ang Lee for Life of Pi. Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln. Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained. Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables.

When was the 85th Academy Awards (2013)?

The 85th Academy Awards (2013) took place on February 24, 2013. The database has 21 categories and 104 nominations for it.