48th Golden Globe Awards (1991)
· 13 categories · 58 nominations
Best Picture – Drama: Dances with Wolves
Awards season
1991 Movie Awards: Every Ceremony, Winner & Nominee
8 award ceremonies and festivals from January to September 1991, with 264 nominations and 58 winners. Dances with Wolves won the most, 11 awards at 3 ceremonies. At the Oscars, Dances with Wolves won Best Picture. Below: every ceremony and top prize, the most-awarded films and the people who won the most.
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- nominations
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Top prizes
The Top Prize at Every 1991 Ceremony
Dances with Wolves took the top prize at 3 ceremonies (Golden Globes, DGA Awards and Oscars). The other 4 went to 4 films. 1 ceremony has no top prize winner in the database.
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Best Picture – Drama: Golden Globes Dances with Wolves Best Picture – Drama -
Best Animated Feature: Annie Awards Beauty and the Beast Best Animated Feature - Outstanding Directing – Feature Film: DGA Awards Dances with Wolves Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
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Best Film: BAFTA Goodfellas Best Film -
Best Feature: Spirit Awards The Grifters Best Feature - Best Picture: Oscars Dances with Wolves Best Picture
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People's Choice Award: TIFF The Fisher King People's Choice Award
Most awarded
The Most-Awarded Films of 1991
Dances with Wolves won 11 awards from 19 nominations at the 1991 ceremonies. Dick Tracy, Ghost, Goodfellas and 1 other followed with 5 wins each. The logos show where each film won.
- Dances with Wolves 11 / 191990 · Adventure, Drama · 11 wins from 19 nominations
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Dick Tracy 5 / 191990 · Action, Thriller · 5 wins from 19 nominations -
Ghost 5 / 171990 · Drama, Mystery · 5 wins from 17 nominations - Goodfellas 5 / 131990 · Biography, Drama · 5 wins from 13 nominations
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Cinema Paradiso 5 / 121990 · Drama, Comedy · 5 wins from 12 nominations -
Reversal of Fortune 2 / 71990 · Drama, Mystery · 2 wins from 7 nominations - The Grifters 2 / 71990 · Drama, Thriller · 2 wins from 7 nominations
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Cyrano de Bergerac 2 / 61990 · Drama, History · 2 wins from 6 nominations -
The Abyss 2 / 31989 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 3 nominations -
1991 · Action, Sci-Fi · 2 wins from 2 nominations
People
Who Won the Most Awards in 1991
Kevin Costner and Whoopi Goldberg each won 3 awards. Only prizes that name a person count here; Best Picture goes to the film.
Month by month
Every 1991 Award Ceremony
8 ceremonies in date order from January to September 1991. Each links to its full list of winners and nominees.
January 1991 Award Ceremony
March 1991 Award Ceremonies
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43rd Directors Guild of America Awards (1991)· 1 category · 5 nominations
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film: Dances with Wolves
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June 1991 Award Ceremony
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17th Saturn Awards (1991)· 8 categories · 23 nominations
September 1991 Film Festival
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16th Toronto International Film Festival Awards (1991)· 2 categories · 2 nominations
People's Choice Award: The Fisher King
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98 years of results, from 1929 to 2026. The busiest season is 2025, with 19 ceremonies; 1991 has 8. Each year collects its ceremonies, top prizes and biggest winners.
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FAQ
1991 Movie Awards: Questions & Answers
The most-awarded film, the most-awarded person, Best Picture at the Oscars and every ceremony of 1991, answered from the results on this page.
Which movie won the most awards in 1991?
Dances with Wolves (1990) won the most awards at the 1991 ceremonies: 11 wins from 19 nominations, at the DGA Awards, the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Dick Tracy, Ghost, Goodfellas and 1 other followed with 5 wins each.
About Dances with Wolves Who won the most awards in 1991?
Kevin Costner and Whoopi Goldberg each won 3 awards in 1991, the most of anyone named in a category.
Kevin Costner's awards What won Best Picture at the 1991 Oscars?
Dances with Wolves (1990) won Best Picture at the 63rd Academy Awards (1991) on March 25, 1991.
1991 Oscar winners Which award ceremonies took place in 1991?
The database has 8 ceremonies for 1991: 48th Golden Globe Awards, 20th Annie Awards, 43rd Directors Guild of America Awards, 44th British Academy Film Awards, 6th Independent Spirit Awards, 63rd Academy Awards, 17th Saturn Awards and 16th Toronto International Film Festival Awards.