Award-Winning Western Films at the Oscars
143 western films have been recognised at the Oscars, and 43 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are Dances with Wolves (7 wins), Unforgiven (4 wins) and No Country for Old Men (4 wins). The films span 1928 to 2021.
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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Dances with Wolves(1990)7 won · 12 nom.
Unforgiven(1992)4 won · 9 nom.
No Country for Old Men(2007)4 won · 8 nom.
4 won · 7 nom.
High Noon(1952)4 won · 7 nom.
The Revenant(2015)3 won · 12 nom.
How the West Was Won(1962)3 won · 8 nom.
Cimarron(1931)3 won · 7 nom.
Hud(1963)3 won · 7 nom.
3 won · 4 nom.
Stagecoach(1939)2 won · 7 nom.
The Yearling(1946)2 won · 7 nom.
Django Unchained(2012)2 won · 5 nom.
Oklahoma!(1955)2 won · 4 nom.
The Power of the Dog(2021)1 won · 12 nom.
Giant(1956)1 won · 10 nom.
The Alamo(1960)1 won · 7 nom.
Shane(1953)1 won · 6 nom.
Cat Ballou(1965)1 won · 5 nom.
In Old Arizona(1928)1 won · 5 nom.
1 won · 5 nom.
1 won · 5 nom.
The Great Race(1965)1 won · 5 nom.
Viva Zapata!(1952)1 won · 5 nom.
Annie Get Your Gun(1950)1 won · 4 nom.
Viva Villa!(1934)1 won · 4 nom.
Calamity Jane(1953)1 won · 3 nom.
Legends of the Fall(1994)1 won · 3 nom.
The Cowboy and the Lady(1938)1 won · 3 nom.
The Hateful Eight(2015)1 won · 3 nom.
The Westerner(1940)1 won · 3 nom.
7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)1 won · 2 nom.
Broken Lance(1954)1 won · 2 nom.
The Big Country(1958)1 won · 2 nom.
The Harvey Girls(1946)1 won · 2 nom.
True Grit(1969)1 won · 2 nom.
City Slickers(1991)1 won · 1 nom.
Rango(2011)1 won · 1 nom.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon(1949)1 won · 1 nom.
Speedy Gonzales(1955)1 won · 1 nom.
Star in the Night(1945)1 won · 1 nom.
The Paleface(1948)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
True Grit(2010)10 nom.
The Emigrants(1971)5 nom.
Hell or High Water(2016)4 nom.
News of the World(2020)4 nom.
Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)3 nom.
Blazing Saddles(1974)3 nom.
Broken Arrow(1950)3 nom.
Man of Conquest(1939)3 nom.
3 nom.
The Professionals(1966)3 nom.
3:10 to Yuma(2007)2 nom.
Arizona(1940)2 nom.
Belle of the Yukon(1944)2 nom.
Bite the Bullet(1975)2 nom.
Boom Town(1940)2 nom.
Can't Help Singing(1944)2 nom.
Cimarron(1960)2 nom.
Dark Command(1940)2 nom.
Duel in the Sun(1946)2 nom.
Face to Face(1976)2 nom.
Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)2 nom.
2 nom.
In Old Oklahoma(1943)2 nom.
Navajo(1952)2 nom.
Red River(1948)2 nom.
San Antonio(1945)2 nom.
Silver Queen(1942)2 nom.
Silverado(1985)2 nom.
2 nom.
The Big Sky(1952)2 nom.
The Lone Ranger(2013)2 nom.
The President's Lady(1953)2 nom.
The Rainmaker(1956)2 nom.
The Wild Bunch(1969)2 nom.
Barbary Coast(1935)1 nom.
Billy the Kid(1941)1 nom.
Borrowed Time(2015)1 nom.
1 nom.
Calgary Stampede(1948)1 nom.
Canyon Passage(1946)1 nom.
Cheyenne Autumn(1964)1 nom.
Comes a Horseman(1978)1 nom.
Cowboy(1958)1 nom.
1 nom.
Golden Girl(1951)1 nom.
Green Grass of Wyoming(1948)1 nom.
Heaven's Gate(1980)1 nom.
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt(1941)1 nom.
Hondo(1953)1 nom.
Little Big Man(1970)1 nom.
Madron(1970)1 nom.
Maverick(1994)1 nom.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)1 nom.
One-Eyed Jacks(1961)1 nom.
Outland(1981)1 nom.
Paint Your Wagon(1969)1 nom.
Red Garters(1954)1 nom.
Return of the Seven(1966)1 nom.
Ridin' on a Rainbow(1941)1 nom.
Riding High(1943)1 nom.
Sand(1949)1 nom.
Saratoga Trunk(1945)1 nom.
Shenandoah(1965)1 nom.
Singing Guns(1950)1 nom.
Son of Paleface(1952)1 nom.
1 nom.
Stagecoach To Fury(1956)1 nom.
Sunset(1988)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Electric Horseman(1979)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Furies(1950)1 nom.
The Gunfighter(1950)1 nom.
The Hanging Tree(1959)1 nom.
The Kansan(1943)1 nom.
The Last of the Mohicans(1936)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Magnificent Seven(1960)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Mississippi Gambler(1953)1 nom.
The Naked Spur(1953)1 nom.
The New Land(1972)1 nom.
The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)1 nom.
The Ox-Bow Incident(1943)1 nom.
The Sheepman(1958)1 nom.
The Shootist(1976)1 nom.
The Spoilers(1942)1 nom.
The Texas Rangers(1936)1 nom.
The Tin Star(1957)1 nom.
The Tonto Woman(2008)1 nom.
The Woman of the Town(1943)1 nom.
The Young Land(1959)1 nom.
Under Western Stars(1938)1 nom.
Union Pacific(1939)1 nom.
Way Out West(1937)1 nom.
Wells Fargo(1937)1 nom.
Whoopee!(1930)1 nom.
Wild Life(2011)1 nom.
Wyatt Earp(1994)1 nom.
Young Guns II(1990)1 nom.