Award-Winning Action Films at the Oscars
357 action films have been recognised at the Oscars, and 102 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11 wins), Everything Everywhere All at Once (7 wins) and Star Wars (7 wins). The films span 1927 to 2025.
Genres come from each film's catalogue data, so a film can appear under more than one genre. Every title links to its complete record at all four awards.
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11 won · 11 nom.
7 won · 11 nom.
Star Wars(1977)7 won · 11 nom.
Mad Max: Fury Road(2015)6 won · 10 nom.
Gladiator(2000)5 won · 12 nom.
Braveheart(1995)5 won · 10 nom.
Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)5 won · 9 nom.
The French Connection(1971)5 won · 8 nom.
Sinners(2025)4 won · 16 nom.
4 won · 13 nom.
4 won · 10 nom.
Inception(2010)4 won · 8 nom.
Platoon(1986)4 won · 8 nom.
4 won · 6 nom.
The Matrix(1999)4 won · 4 nom.
Avatar(2009)3 won · 9 nom.
Dunkirk(2017)3 won · 8 nom.
How the West Was Won(1962)3 won · 8 nom.
The Towering Inferno(1974)3 won · 8 nom.
Black Panther(2018)3 won · 7 nom.
King Kong(2005)3 won · 4 nom.
3 won · 4 nom.
The Bourne Ultimatum(2007)3 won · 3 nom.
The Dark Knight(2008)2 won · 8 nom.
Aliens(1986)2 won · 7 nom.
Battleground(1949)2 won · 6 nom.
2 won · 6 nom.
Earthquake(1974)2 won · 5 nom.
Skyfall(2012)2 won · 5 nom.
The Longest Day(1962)2 won · 5 nom.
Black Hawk Down(2001)2 won · 4 nom.
Ford v Ferrari(2019)2 won · 4 nom.
Planet of the Apes(1968)2 won · 4 nom.
2 won · 4 nom.
The Incredibles(2004)2 won · 4 nom.
Twelve O'Clock High(1949)2 won · 4 nom.
King Solomon's Mines(1950)2 won · 3 nom.
Speed(1994)2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
Wings(1927)2 won · 2 nom.
Airport(1970)1 won · 10 nom.
The Fugitive(1993)1 won · 7 nom.
The Guns of Navarone(1961)1 won · 7 nom.
The Mission(1986)1 won · 7 nom.
American Sniper(2014)1 won · 6 nom.
1 won · 6 nom.
Top Gun: Maverick(2022)1 won · 6 nom.
1 won · 5 nom.
1 won · 5 nom.
Return of the Jedi(1983)1 won · 5 nom.
The Great Race(1965)1 won · 5 nom.
Air Force(1943)1 won · 4 nom.
Avatar: The Way of Water(2022)1 won · 4 nom.
F1(2025)1 won · 4 nom.
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)1 won · 4 nom.
Pearl Harbor(2001)1 won · 4 nom.
1 won · 4 nom.
Ran(1985)1 won · 4 nom.
Star Trek(2009)1 won · 4 nom.
Superman(1978)1 won · 4 nom.
The Dirty Dozen(1967)1 won · 4 nom.
Top Gun(1986)1 won · 4 nom.
1 won · 3 nom.
Logan's Run(1976)1 won · 3 nom.
Men in Black(1997)1 won · 3 nom.
No Time to Die(2021)1 won · 3 nom.
Reap the Wild Wind(1942)1 won · 3 nom.
RoboCop(1987)1 won · 3 nom.
Spider-Man 2(2004)1 won · 3 nom.
The Hunt for Red October(1990)1 won · 3 nom.
The Hurricane(1937)1 won · 3 nom.
The War of the Worlds(1953)1 won · 3 nom.
Total Recall(1990)1 won · 3 nom.
Adventures of Don Juan(1948)1 won · 2 nom.
Bullitt(1968)1 won · 2 nom.
Independence Day(1996)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Shaft(1971)1 won · 2 nom.
Tenet(2020)1 won · 2 nom.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri(1954)1 won · 2 nom.
Training Day(2001)1 won · 2 nom.
U-571(2000)1 won · 2 nom.
Batman(1989)1 won · 1 nom.
Big Hero 6(2014)1 won · 1 nom.
Blood on the Sun(1945)1 won · 1 nom.
Crash Dive(1943)1 won · 1 nom.
December 7th(1943)1 won · 1 nom.
Eskimo(1933)1 won · 1 nom.
Godzilla Minus One(2023)1 won · 1 nom.
Goldfinger(1964)1 won · 1 nom.
Innerspace(1987)1 won · 1 nom.
Logorama(2009)1 won · 1 nom.
Mighty Joe Young(1949)1 won · 1 nom.
No Man's Land(2001)1 won · 1 nom.
RRR(2022)1 won · 1 nom.
Spawn of the North(1938)1 won · 1 nom.
Spectre(2015)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Suicide Squad(2016)1 won · 1 nom.
The Dawn Patrol(1930)1 won · 1 nom.
The Last of the Mohicans(1992)1 won · 1 nom.
Thunderball(1965)1 won · 1 nom.
Captain Phillips(2013)6 nom.
Foreign Correspondent(1940)6 nom.
Blood Diamond(2006)5 nom.
5 nom.
5 nom.
Arabian Nights(1942)4 nom.
Armageddon(1998)4 nom.
Die Hard(1988)4 nom.
4 nom.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)4 nom.
The Last Samurai(2003)4 nom.
Wake Island(1942)4 nom.
1941(1979)3 nom.
Apocalypto(2006)3 nom.
Army Girl(1938)3 nom.
Baby Driver(2017)3 nom.
Backdraft(1991)3 nom.
Batman Forever(1995)3 nom.
Children of Men(2006)3 nom.
Cliffhanger(1993)3 nom.
Crimson Tide(1995)3 nom.
El Cid(1961)3 nom.
Flying Tigers(1942)3 nom.
3 nom.
In the Line of Fire(1993)3 nom.
Objective, Burma!(1945)3 nom.
Runaway Train(1985)3 nom.
Sicario(2015)3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
The Patriot(2000)3 nom.
The Professionals(1966)3 nom.
The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)3 nom.
The Stunt Man(1980)3 nom.
The Young Lions(1958)3 nom.
Transformers(2007)3 nom.
3 nom.
Young Winston(1972)3 nom.
Air Force One(1997)2 nom.
Airport '77(1977)2 nom.
Batman Returns(1992)2 nom.
Bite the Bullet(1975)2 nom.
Black Rain(1989)2 nom.
Bulldog Drummond(1929)2 nom.
Captains of the Clouds(1942)2 nom.
Clear and Present Danger(1994)2 nom.
Con Air(1997)2 nom.
Decision Before Dawn(1951)2 nom.
Deepwater Horizon(2016)2 nom.
Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)2 nom.
Gulliver's Travels(1939)2 nom.
Ice Station Zebra(1968)2 nom.
Iron Man(2008)2 nom.
Kagemusha(1980)2 nom.
2 nom.
Lone Survivor(2013)2 nom.
2 nom.
Morituri(1965)2 nom.
Mulan(2020)2 nom.
One Million B.C.(1940)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
Silverado(1985)2 nom.
Sometimes a Great Notion(1971)2 nom.
Spider-Man(2002)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
The Black Hole(1979)2 nom.
The Bodyguard(1992)2 nom.
The Creator(2023)2 nom.
The Frogmen(1951)2 nom.
The Grandmaster(2013)2 nom.
The Lone Ranger(2013)2 nom.
The Mask of Zorro(1998)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Perfect Storm(2000)2 nom.
The Wind and the Lion(1975)2 nom.
Tron(1982)2 nom.
Twister(1996)2 nom.
Under Siege(1992)2 nom.
United 93(2006)2 nom.
Wanted(2008)2 nom.
Willow(1988)2 nom.
1 nom.
4 Devils(1928)1 nom.
Above and Beyond(1952)1 nom.
Alien³(1992)1 nom.
All Is Lost(2013)1 nom.
Allied(2016)1 nom.
Avengers: Endgame(2019)1 nom.
Avengers: Infinity War(2018)1 nom.
Batman Begins(2005)1 nom.
Beverly Hills Cop(1984)1 nom.
Beverly Hills Cop II(1987)1 nom.
Billy Budd(1962)1 nom.
Blue Thunder(1983)1 nom.
Bugsy Malone(1976)1 nom.
1 nom.
Captain Caution(1940)1 nom.
Captain Fury(1939)1 nom.
Captain Kidd(1945)1 nom.
Caravans(1978)1 nom.
Casino Royale(1967)1 nom.
Condemned!(1929)1 nom.- Cow Dog(1956)1 nom.
1 nom.
Dae(1979)1 nom.
1 nom.
Daylight(1996)1 nom.
Days of Thunder(1990)1 nom.
Defiance(2008)1 nom.
Desperate Journey(1942)1 nom.
Diamonds Are Forever(1971)1 nom.
Dillinger(1945)1 nom.
Doctor Strange(2016)1 nom.
DragonHeart(1996)1 nom.
Dune(1984)1 nom.
Electra(1962)1 nom.
Eraser(1996)1 nom.
Face/Off(1997)1 nom.
Flat Top(1952)1 nom.
For Your Eyes Only(1981)1 nom.
1 nom.
Gladiator II(2024)1 nom.
Go for Broke!(1951)1 nom.
Gold(1974)1 nom.
Greyhound(2020)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Hatari!(1962)1 nom.
Hell and High Water(1954)1 nom.
Hell's Angels(1930)1 nom.
1 nom.
Hero(2002)1 nom.
Hollow Man(2000)1 nom.
Hooper(1978)1 nom.
House of Flying Daggers(2004)1 nom.
1 nom.
I, Robot(2004)1 nom.
Incredibles 2(2018)1 nom.
1 nom.
Instead of Abracadabra(2008)1 nom.
Iphigenia(1977)1 nom.
Iron Man 2(2010)1 nom.
Iron Man 3(2013)1 nom.
Jurassic World Rebirth(2025)1 nom.
1 nom.
Knock on Wood(1954)1 nom.
Kong: Skull Island(2017)1 nom.
Krakatoa, East of Java(1968)1 nom.
Kung Fu Panda(2008)1 nom.
Kung Fu Panda 2(2011)1 nom.
Lethal Weapon(1987)1 nom.
Lethal Weapon 2(1989)1 nom.
Little Caesar(1931)1 nom.
Live and Let Die(1973)1 nom.
Logan(2017)1 nom.
Maleficent(2014)1 nom.
Maverick(1994)1 nom.
Meteor(1979)1 nom.
Mighty Joe Young(1998)1 nom.
Minority Report(2002)1 nom.
Missing Link(2019)1 nom.
1 nom.
Moonraker(1979)1 nom.
Napoleon and Samantha(1972)1 nom.
Never Cry Wolf(1983)1 nom.
Nimona(2023)1 nom.
Nine Lives(1957)1 nom.
Oktapodi(2008)1 nom.
Operation Thunderbolt(1977)1 nom.
Outland(1981)1 nom.
Outside the Law(2010)1 nom.
Pacific Liner(1939)1 nom.
Poseidon(2006)1 nom.
Predator(1987)1 nom.
Prologue(2015)1 nom.
Puss in Boots(2011)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Raya and the Last Dragon(2021)1 nom.
Ready Player One(2018)1 nom.
Real Steel(2011)1 nom.
1 nom.
Ridin' on a Rainbow(1941)1 nom.
1 nom.
Rob Roy(1995)1 nom.
1 nom.
Romancing the Stone(1984)1 nom.
Salt(2010)1 nom.
Sanjay's Super Team(2015)1 nom.
Secret Command(1944)1 nom.
1 nom.
Shark Tale(2004)1 nom.
Silver Streak(1976)1 nom.
Smokey and the Bandit(1977)1 nom.
Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)1 nom.
Space Cowboys(2000)1 nom.
Speedy(1928)1 nom.
1 nom.
Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)1 nom.
Stand by for Action(1942)1 nom.
Star Trek Beyond(2016)1 nom.
Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)1 nom.
Star Trek: First Contact(1996)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Starship Troopers(1997)1 nom.
Strange Invaders(2001)1 nom.
Strategic Air Command(1955)1 nom.
Superman(1941)1 nom.
Superman Returns(2006)1 nom.
Tell It Like a Woman(2022)1 nom.
That Man from Rio(1964)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Day of the Jackal(1973)1 nom.
The Desert Rats(1953)1 nom.
The Fifth Element(1997)1 nom.
The Fighting Seabees(1944)1 nom.
The Four Musketeers(1974)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Karate Kid(1984)1 nom.
The Karate Kid Part II(1986)1 nom.
The Last Voyage(1960)1 nom.
The Lively Set(1964)1 nom.
The Lost Patrol(1934)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Mark of Zorro(1940)1 nom.
The Mummy(1999)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Rock(1996)1 nom.
The Sea Beast(2022)1 nom.
The Smashing Machine(2025)1 nom.
The Son of Monte Cristo(1940)1 nom.
The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944)1 nom.
The Time Machine(2002)1 nom.
1 nom.
Trader Horn(1931)1 nom.
1 nom.
TRON: Legacy(2010)1 nom.
Tropic Thunder(2008)1 nom.
Troy(2004)1 nom.
True Lies(1994)1 nom.
Two-Minute Warning(1976)1 nom.
Under Western Stars(1938)1 nom.
Unstoppable(2010)1 nom.
Vengeance (La Venganza)(1958)1 nom.
Von Ryan's Express(1965)1 nom.
Warrior(2011)1 nom.
Waterworld(1995)1 nom.
When Time Ran Out...(1980)1 nom.
Wing and a Prayer(1944)1 nom.
1 nom.