Award-Winning Adventure Films at the Oscars
523 adventure films have been recognised at the Oscars, and 154 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are Ben-Hur (11 wins), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11 wins) and Dances with Wolves (7 wins). The films span 1925 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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Ben-Hur(1959)11 won · 12 nom.
11 won · 11 nom.
Dances with Wolves(1990)7 won · 12 nom.
7 won · 11 nom.
Star Wars(1977)7 won · 11 nom.
Lawrence of Arabia(1962)7 won · 10 nom.
Dune(2021)6 won · 10 nom.
Mad Max: Fury Road(2015)6 won · 10 nom.
Gladiator(2000)5 won · 12 nom.
Hugo(2011)5 won · 11 nom.
Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)5 won · 9 nom.
5 won · 8 nom.
4 won · 13 nom.
Life of Pi(2012)4 won · 11 nom.
4 won · 10 nom.
Inception(2010)4 won · 8 nom.
The Right Stuff(1983)4 won · 8 nom.
Spartacus(1960)4 won · 6 nom.
The Revenant(2015)3 won · 12 nom.
Avatar(2009)3 won · 9 nom.
Black Panther(2018)3 won · 7 nom.
Dick Tracy(1990)3 won · 7 nom.
Camelot(1967)3 won · 5 nom.
Jaws(1975)3 won · 4 nom.
King Kong(2005)3 won · 4 nom.
3 won · 4 nom.
The Thief of Bagdad(1940)3 won · 4 nom.
3 won · 4 nom.
Jurassic Park(1993)3 won · 3 nom.
A Passage to India(1984)2 won · 11 nom.
2 won · 10 nom.
Doctor Dolittle(1967)2 won · 9 nom.
The Defiant Ones(1958)2 won · 9 nom.
The Poseidon Adventure(1972)2 won · 9 nom.
Lost Horizon(1937)2 won · 7 nom.
Battleground(1949)2 won · 6 nom.
2 won · 6 nom.
Aladdin(1992)2 won · 5 nom.
Dune: Part Two(2024)2 won · 5 nom.
Fantastic Voyage(1966)2 won · 5 nom.
Skyfall(2012)2 won · 5 nom.
The Wizard of Oz(1939)2 won · 5 nom.
Up(2009)2 won · 5 nom.
Planet of the Apes(1968)2 won · 4 nom.
2 won · 4 nom.
The Incredibles(2004)2 won · 4 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
Alice in Wonderland(2010)2 won · 3 nom.
King Solomon's Mines(1950)2 won · 3 nom.
Born Free(1966)2 won · 2 nom.
Coco(2017)2 won · 2 nom.
Frozen(2013)2 won · 2 nom.
Pocahontas(1995)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)1 won · 9 nom.
Barbie(2023)1 won · 8 nom.
Cold Mountain(2003)1 won · 7 nom.
The Alamo(1960)1 won · 7 nom.
The Guns of Navarone(1961)1 won · 7 nom.
1 won · 7 nom.
The Mission(1986)1 won · 7 nom.
1 won · 6 nom.
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)1 won · 6 nom.
The High and the Mighty(1954)1 won · 6 nom.
Thelma & Louise(1991)1 won · 6 nom.
1 won · 5 nom.
Interstellar(2014)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.
The Rains Came(1939)1 won · 5 nom.
2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)1 won · 4 nom.
Air Force(1943)1 won · 4 nom.
Avatar: The Way of Water(2022)1 won · 4 nom.
Back to the Future(1985)1 won · 4 nom.
Captains Courageous(1937)1 won · 4 nom.
Finding Nemo(2003)1 won · 4 nom.
1 won · 4 nom.
1 won · 4 nom.
Star Trek(2009)1 won · 4 nom.
Superman(1978)1 won · 4 nom.
The Abyss(1989)1 won · 4 nom.
The African Queen(1951)1 won · 4 nom.
The Dirty Dozen(1967)1 won · 4 nom.
Toy Story(1995)1 won · 4 nom.
Travels with My Aunt(1972)1 won · 4 nom.
Father Goose(1964)1 won · 3 nom.
1 won · 3 nom.
King Kong(1976)1 won · 3 nom.
Marooned(1969)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.
Spider-Man 2(2004)1 won · 3 nom.
The Black Stallion(1979)1 won · 3 nom.
The Black Swan(1942)1 won · 3 nom.
1 won · 3 nom.
1 won · 3 nom.
The Garden of Allah(1936)1 won · 3 nom.
The Hurricane(1937)1 won · 3 nom.
The Old Man and the Sea(1958)1 won · 3 nom.
Total Recall(1990)1 won · 3 nom.
Adventures of Don Juan(1948)1 won · 2 nom.
Avatar: Fire and Ash(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
Broken Lance(1954)1 won · 2 nom.
Destination Moon(1950)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Flow(2024)1 won · 2 nom.
Harry and Tonto(1974)1 won · 2 nom.
Independence Day(1996)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Inside Out(2015)1 won · 2 nom.
Shrek(2001)1 won · 2 nom.
The Golden Compass(2007)1 won · 2 nom.
The Prince of Egypt(1998)1 won · 2 nom.
Toy Story 4(2019)1 won · 2 nom.
U-571(2000)1 won · 2 nom.
Big Hero 6(2014)1 won · 1 nom.
Brave(2012)1 won · 1 nom.
Crash Dive(1943)1 won · 1 nom.
Cyrano de Bergerac(1950)1 won · 1 nom.
Dersu Uzala(1975)1 won · 1 nom.
Eskimo(1933)1 won · 1 nom.
Free Solo(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
Frenchman's Creek(1944)1 won · 1 nom.
Goldfinger(1964)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Kon-Tiki(1950)1 won · 1 nom.
Mighty Joe Young(1949)1 won · 1 nom.
Plymouth Adventure(1952)1 won · 1 nom.
Quest for Fire(1981)1 won · 1 nom.
Rango(2011)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.
1 won · 1 nom.
Tarzan(1999)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
The Jungle Book(2016)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
The Old Man and the Sea(1999)1 won · 1 nom.
The Silent World(1956)1 won · 1 nom.
The Time Machine(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
The Two Mouseketeers(1952)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Thunderball(1965)1 won · 1 nom.
Topkapi(1964)1 won · 1 nom.
Two Arabian Knights(1927)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Zootopia(2016)1 won · 1 nom.
True Grit(2010)10 nom.
Hawaii(1966)7 nom.
Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)7 nom.
The Martian(2015)7 nom.
127 Hours(2010)6 nom.
Nebraska(2013)6 nom.
War Horse(2011)6 nom.
Captain Blood(1935)5 nom.
Hook(1991)5 nom.
5 nom.
5 nom.
The Sundowners(1960)5 nom.
Arabian Nights(1942)4 nom.
Armageddon(1998)4 nom.
If I Were King(1938)4 nom.
Jungle Book(1942)4 nom.
Kismet(1944)4 nom.
News of the World(2020)4 nom.
4 nom.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)4 nom.
4 nom.
4 nom.
The Sea Hawk(1940)4 nom.
The Wiz(1978)4 nom.
Cliffhanger(1993)3 nom.
David Copperfield(1935)3 nom.
Deliverance(1972)3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
Ivanhoe(1952)3 nom.
3 nom.
North by Northwest(1959)3 nom.
Objective, Burma!(1945)3 nom.
Runaway Train(1985)3 nom.
Sahara(1943)3 nom.
Saludos Amigos(1942)3 nom.
Souls at Sea(1937)3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
Sundown(1941)3 nom.
Test Pilot(1938)3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
3 nom.
The Polar Express(2004)3 nom.
The Professionals(1966)3 nom.
The Spy Who Loved Me(1977)3 nom.
The Wild Robot(2024)3 nom.
Tom Sawyer(1973)3 nom.
Transformers(2007)3 nom.
3 nom.
War of the Worlds(2005)3 nom.
Young Winston(1972)3 nom.
A Tale of Two Cities(1935)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
Alice in Wonderland(1951)2 nom.
Aloma of the South Seas(1941)2 nom.
Anastasia(1997)2 nom.
Beau Geste(1939)2 nom.
Bite the Bullet(1975)2 nom.
Boom Town(1940)2 nom.
Cars(2006)2 nom.
Cast Away(2000)2 nom.
2 nom.
Dragonslayer(1981)2 nom.
Easy Rider(1969)2 nom.
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)2 nom.
Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)2 nom.
Gulliver's Travels(1939)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)2 nom.
Ice Station Zebra(1968)2 nom.
Into the Wild(2007)2 nom.
Iron Man(2008)2 nom.
Isle of Dogs(2018)2 nom.
2 nom.
Kubo and the Two Strings(2016)2 nom.
Ladyhawke(1985)2 nom.
2 nom.
Moana(2016)2 nom.
Mogambo(1953)2 nom.
Mulan(2020)2 nom.
2 nom.
One Million B.C.(1940)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
Prince of Foxes(1949)2 nom.
Road to Morocco(1942)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
Sherlock Holmes(2009)2 nom.
2 nom.
Sometimes a Great Notion(1971)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
The Big Sky(1952)2 nom.
The Black Hole(1979)2 nom.
The Blue Bird(1940)2 nom.
The Creator(2023)2 nom.
The Day of the Dolphin(1973)2 nom.
The Flame and the Arrow(1950)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Frogmen(1951)2 nom.
The Gold Rush(1925)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Lone Ranger(2013)2 nom.
The Mask of Zorro(1998)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Muppet Movie(1979)2 nom.
The Perfect Storm(2000)2 nom.
The Pickwick Papers(1952)2 nom.
2 nom.
2 nom.
The Prisoner of Zenda(1937)2 nom.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Wind and the Lion(1975)2 nom.
Transamerica(2005)2 nom.
Tron(1982)2 nom.
Twister(1996)2 nom.
Willow(1988)2 nom.
A Bug's Life(1998)1 nom.
A Grand Day Out(1989)1 nom.
1 nom.
All Is Lost(2013)1 nom.
1 nom.
An American Tail(1986)1 nom.
Arco(2025)1 nom.
1 nom.
Australia(2008)1 nom.
Avengers: Endgame(2019)1 nom.
Avengers: Infinity War(2018)1 nom.
Babe: Pig in the City(1998)1 nom.
1 nom.
Below the Sea(1933)1 nom.
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953)1 nom.
Benji(1974)1 nom.
Big Fish(2003)1 nom.
Blood on the Land(1965)1 nom.
Bolt(2008)1 nom.
Boy & the World(2014)1 nom.
Boy on a Dolphin(1957)1 nom.
Brother Bear(2003)1 nom.
1 nom.
Captain Caution(1940)1 nom.
Captain from Castile(1947)1 nom.
Captain Fury(1939)1 nom.
Captain Kidd(1945)1 nom.
Caravans(1978)1 nom.
Casino Royale(1967)1 nom.
1 nom.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)1 nom.
Christopher Robin(2018)1 nom.
Crocodile Dundee(1986)1 nom.
Dancing Pirate(1936)1 nom.
Daylight(1996)1 nom.
Days of Thunder(1990)1 nom.
Desperate Journey(1942)1 nom.
Doctor Strange(2016)1 nom.
Dr. Cyclops(1940)1 nom.
DragonHeart(1996)1 nom.
Dune(1984)1 nom.
El Norte(1983)1 nom.
Elio(2025)1 nom.
Embrace of the Serpent(2015)1 nom.
EO(2022)1 nom.
Excalibur(1981)1 nom.
Ferdinand(2017)1 nom.
Fly Away Home(1996)1 nom.
For Your Eyes Only(1981)1 nom.
Forbidden Planet(1956)1 nom.
Free Guy(2021)1 nom.
Frozen II(2019)1 nom.
Gladiator II(2024)1 nom.
Gold(1974)1 nom.
Gone Nutty(2004)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Hatari!(1962)1 nom.
Hell and High Water(1954)1 nom.
Hercules(1997)1 nom.
Hero(2002)1 nom.
Himalaya (Caravan)(1999)1 nom.
Home in Indiana(1944)1 nom.
House of Flying Daggers(2004)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Howl's Moving Castle(2004)1 nom.
Ice Age(2002)1 nom.
Incredibles 2(2018)1 nom.
1 nom.
Inside Out 2(2024)1 nom.
Io Capitano(2023)1 nom.
Iron Man 2(2010)1 nom.
Iron Man 3(2013)1 nom.
Jack London(1943)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Jurassic World Rebirth(2025)1 nom.
Khartoum(1966)1 nom.
1 nom.
Kon-Tiki(2012)1 nom.
Kong: Skull Island(2017)1 nom.
Krakatoa, East of Java(1968)1 nom.
1 nom.
Lassie Come Home(1943)1 nom.
Legend(1985)1 nom.
Little Big Man(1970)1 nom.
Live and Let Die(1973)1 nom.
Louisiana Story(1948)1 nom.
Love and Monsters(2020)1 nom.
Maleficent(2014)1 nom.
1 nom.
Man of La Mancha(1972)1 nom.
Maverick(1994)1 nom.
Mighty Joe Young(1998)1 nom.
Mirai(2018)1 nom.
Mirror Mirror(2012)1 nom.
Missing Link(2019)1 nom.
Moonraker(1979)1 nom.
Mulan(1998)1 nom.
Napoleon and Samantha(1972)1 nom.
Never Cry Wolf(1983)1 nom.
Nimona(2023)1 nom.
Nine Lives(1957)1 nom.
No Time for Nuts(2006)1 nom.
Northwest Passage(1940)1 nom.
One Small Step(2018)1 nom.
Only Angels Have Wings(1939)1 nom.
Onward(2020)1 nom.
Over the Moon(2020)1 nom.
Pacific Liner(1939)1 nom.
ParaNorman(2012)1 nom.
Pathfinder(1987)1 nom.
Perri(1957)1 nom.
Pirates(1986)1 nom.
Poseidon(2006)1 nom.
Predator(1987)1 nom.
Puss in Boots(2011)1 nom.
1 nom.
Qivitoq(1956)1 nom.
Racing Extinction(2015)1 nom.
Raffles(1930)1 nom.
Rainbow War(1986)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Raya and the Last Dragon(2021)1 nom.
Ready Player One(2018)1 nom.
1 nom.
Return to Oz(1985)1 nom.
Rio(2011)1 nom.
Road to Rio(1947)1 nom.
Road to Utopia(1946)1 nom.
Rob Roy(1995)1 nom.
Robin Hood(1973)1 nom.
1 nom.
Robin Robin(2021)1 nom.
Romancing the Stone(1984)1 nom.
1 nom.
Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015)1 nom.
She(1935)1 nom.
Smokey and the Bandit(1977)1 nom.
Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)1 nom.
Sorcerer(1977)1 nom.
Space Cowboys(2000)1 nom.
1 nom.
Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)1 nom.
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.
Storm Over Bengal(1938)1 nom.
Stuart Little(1999)1 nom.
Superman(1941)1 nom.
Superman Returns(2006)1 nom.
Swiss Family Robinson(1940)1 nom.
Tangled(2010)1 nom.
Taras Bulba(1962)1 nom.
That Man from Rio(1964)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Adventures of Tintin(2011)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Bear(1988)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Black Rose(1950)1 nom.
The Blue Lagoon(1980)1 nom.
The Buccaneer(1958)1 nom.
The Buccaneer(1938)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Corsican Brothers(1941)1 nom.
The Croods(2013)1 nom.
The Deep(1977)1 nom.
The Deluge(1974)1 nom.
The Emperor's New Groove(2000)1 nom.
The Fifth Element(1997)1 nom.
The Flight of the Eagle(1982)1 nom.
The Four Musketeers(1974)1 nom.
The Great Escape(1963)1 nom.
The Green Goddess(1930)1 nom.
The Hawaiians(1970)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Horse Whisperer(1998)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
The Jungle Book(1967)1 nom.
The Karate Kid Part II(1986)1 nom.
The Last of the Mohicans(1936)1 nom.
The Lego Movie(2014)1 nom.
The Lion King(2019)1 nom.
The Little Ark(1972)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Magic of Lassie(1978)1 nom.
The Man in the Iron Mask(1939)1 nom.
The Mark of Zorro(1940)1 nom.
The Mississippi Gambler(1953)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Mummy(1999)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Naked Prey(1965)1 nom.
The Pirate(1948)1 nom.
The Princess Bride(1987)1 nom.
The Rains of Ranchipur(1955)1 nom.
The Rescuers(1977)1 nom.
The Rock(1996)1 nom.
The Sea Beast(2022)1 nom.
The Sea Wolf(1941)1 nom.
The Snowman(1982)1 nom.
The Son of Monte Cristo(1940)1 nom.
The Spanish Main(1945)1 nom.
The Spirit of St. Louis(1957)1 nom.
The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944)1 nom.
The Three Musketeers(1948)1 nom.
The Time Machine(2002)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Way Back(2010)1 nom.
1 nom.
Theeb(2014)1 nom.
This Woman Is Mine(1941)1 nom.
1 nom.
Trader Horn(1931)1 nom.
1 nom.
Treasure Planet(2002)1 nom.
Trolls(2016)1 nom.
TRON: Legacy(2010)1 nom.
Typhoon(1940)1 nom.
Unconquered(1947)1 nom.
Von Ryan's Express(1965)1 nom.
1 nom.
Waterworld(1995)1 nom.
Wee Willie Winkie(1937)1 nom.
1 nom.
When Time Ran Out...(1980)1 nom.
Wolfwalkers(2020)1 nom.
Wreck-It Ralph(2012)1 nom.
1 nom.
Young Guns II(1990)1 nom.
Young Sherlock Holmes(1985)1 nom.
Zootopia 2(2025)1 nom.