The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards.

Best Actor/Best Actress

*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#Film awards, and List of awards for supporting actor#Film.

Best Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

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, in whole or in part, to a feature film. * AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay *

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, mus ...

* BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * César Award for Best Adaptation * Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay

* AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay *

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best ...

* BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay * Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay * Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay * Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay * Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay * Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

Best Animated Film

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is an Academy Awards, Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best animation, animated feature film. An animated feature is defined by the a ...

* Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation * Annie Award for Best Animated Feature ** Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent * Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Film * Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film * BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film *

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film is one of the annual awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics since 2008. Winners 2000s *2008: Wall-E *2009: Up (2009 film), Up 2010s *2010: Toy Story 3 *2011: Rango (2011 ...

* César Award for Best Animated Film * Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature * Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film * Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature * European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film * Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film *

Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a Golden Globe Award category that was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate categor ...

* Goya Award for Best Animated Film * Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year * Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film *

National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film The National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 2000) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Every year from 2001 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2011 and in 2020, 2021, and 2024 the awar ...

* National Film Award for Best Animated Film * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film * Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film * San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film * San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature *

Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature The Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature is an annual Satellite Award given by the International Press Academy. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Directors with multiple wins ;3 wins *Hayao Miyazak ...

* Saturn Award for Best Animated Film * St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature * Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film * Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature

Best Cinematography

* AACTA Award for Best Cinematography * Academy Award for Best Cinematography * BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography * Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography * César Award for Best Cinematography * Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography * Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography * Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography *

Magritte Award for Best Cinematography The Magritte Award for Best Cinematography (French language, French: Magritte de la meilleure image) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence ...

Best Costume Design

* AACTA Award for Best Costume Design *

Academy Award for Best Costume Design The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design. The award was first given in 1949, for films made in 1948 ...

* BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design * Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design

Best Director

* AACTA Award for Best Direction *

Academy Award for Best Director The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibit ...

* Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Director *

BAFTA Award for Best Direction The BAFTA Award for Best Direction, formerly known as David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction, is a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a ...

* Canadian Screen Award for Best Director * César Award for Best Director * Citra Award for Best Director * Crystal Simorgh for Best Director * Empire Award for Best Director * Empire Award for Best British Director * European Film Award for Best Director * Golden Globe Award for Best Director * Golden Horse Award for Best Director *

Goya Award for Best Director The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the 1st Goya Awards, first edition of ...

* Independent Spirit Award for Best Director * Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year * Lux Style Award for Best Film Director *

Polish Academy Award for Best Director The Polish Film Awards, Polish Academy Award for Best Film Director is an annual award given to the best Poland, Polish film director of the year. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins ...

* Satellite Award for Best Director * Saturn Award for Best Director

Best Film Editing

* AACTA Award for Best Editing *

Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive year ...

American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the ...

* BAFTA Award for Best Editing * Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing *

César Award for Best Editing The César Award for Best Editing () is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1976. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Academy Award for Best Editing *BAFT ...

* Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing * Genie Award for Best Film Editing * German Film Prize for Best Editing * Golden Horse Award for Best Film Editing *

Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best editing of the year. These awards are noted in the established print media such as ''Variety (magazine), Variet ...

* San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing * Satellite Award for Best Editing * Saturn Award for Best Editing

Best Foreign Language Film

A "Best Foreign Language Film" is generally awarded to a film originating in a country and language different from those where the award is being given. * Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, until 2020 called Best Foreign Language Film * BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, until 1990 called Best Foreign Language Film *

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is a Golden Globe Award presented by Dick Clark Productions to reward theatrically-released feature film not in the English language. It was first introduced at the 7th Golden Globe Awards f ...

* Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film * Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Best Makeup

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Academy Awards, Academy Award given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s a ...

Best Picture

* AACTA Award for Best Film *

Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film a ...

BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is a film award given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards, representing the best films of 19 ...

* BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film * Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film * Cairo International Film Festival * Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture * Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or * César Award for Best Film * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture * Crystal Simorgh for Best Film * Empire Award for Best Film *

Empire Award for Best British Film The Empire Award for Best British Film was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire (film magazine), ''Empire'' to honour the best British film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best British Film was one of ...

* Filmfare Award for Best Film *

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Since its institution in 1943, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association i ...

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Eligibility Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in ...

* Film Fest Gent’s Grand Prix * Guldbagge Award for Best Film * Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film * Independent Spirit Award for Best Film *

MTV Movie Award for Best Movie This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Movie. From 2012 to 2018, it was renamed to Movie of the Year. '' The Lord of the Rings Trilogy'' won in three consecutive years (2002–2004) and is the only franchise w ...

* Lux Style Award for Best Film * NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture * National Board of Review Award for Best Film *

National Film Award for Best Feature Film The National Film Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in I ...

* National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film * Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture

Best Production Design

* AACTA Award for Best Production Design *

Academy Award for Best Production Design The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted f ...

– Formally known as Best Art Direction *

BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Best Production Design is a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize a designer who has delivered outstanding production design in a film. T ...

* César Award for Best Production Design * National Film Award for Best Production Design *

Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Production Design The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Production Design is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to recognize achievement in art director#Film, art direction in film. It was first awarded i ...

Polish Academy Award for Best Production Design The Polish Academy Award for Best Production Design is an annual award given to the best Polish film production design of the year. Winners and nominees References External links Polish Film Awards official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Polish ...

* Golden Calf for Best Production Design * Bavarian Film Awards (Production Design) * European Film Award for Best Production Designer * Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Production Design * Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design * Saturn Award for Best Production Design

Best Score (or Best Original Score)

* AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score *

Academy Award for Best Original Score The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by ...

* Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Music – Original Score * BAFTA Award for Best Film Music * Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score * Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score *

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media is an honor presented to a composer (or composers) for an original score created for a film, TV show or series, or other visual media at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was establishe ...

* Satellite Award for Best Original Score

Best Song (or Best Original Song)

Academy Award for Best Original Song The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the Film industry, motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who h ...

* Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song * Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song *

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song is a Golden Globe Award that was awarded for the first time in 1962 and has been awarded annually since 1965 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The award is presented to the songwriters of a ...

Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Awards awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media. Alan Menken has won five awards (out of nine nominati ...

* Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Song Written and/or Recording Created for a Film * Lux Style Award for Best Song of the Year * Satellite Award for Best Original Song

Best Sound

{{for, the stage award, Tony Award for Best Sound Design * AACTA Award for Best Sound *

Academy Award for Best Sound The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarde ...

* BAFTA Award for Best Sound *

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Sound The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sound is a retired award given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association from 2009 to 2011. List of winners and nominees 2000s 2009: '' Avatar'' * '' Distri ...

* Canadian Screen Award for Best Overall Sound * Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing * César Award for Best Sound *

David di Donatello for Best Sound The David di Donatello for Best Sound () is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of sound technicians who have worked within the Ita ...

* Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design * Golden Calf for Best Sound Design * IIFA Award for Best Sound Recording *

Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist The Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist winners: References Official website
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* Laurence Olivier Award for Best Sound Design * Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Sound * Polish Academy Award for Best Sound * Satellite Award for Best Sound

Best Special Effects (or Best Visual Effects)

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best achievement in visual effects. It has been handed to four members of the team directly responsible for creatin ...

, which was called "Best Special Effects" from 1939 to 1963, and included both visual and sound effects from 1939 to 1962 * BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects, which has been known as that since it was introduced in 1982 * Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Effects * César Award for Best Visual Effects * MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects * Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects