Academy Awards archive

American Beauty Oscar Nominations & Wins

American Beauty has 8 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 5 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 8 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

American Beauty: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1999Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientKevin Spacey

Lester Burnham

Win recorded
Film year1999Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientAnnette Bening

Carolyn Burnham

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryBoys Don't CryBrandon Teena/Teena Brandon
Hilary Swank
Film year1999Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientConrad L. Hall
Win recorded
Film year1999Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientSam Mendes
Win recorded
Film year1999Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientTariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Matrix
Zach Staenberg
Film year1999Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientThomas Newman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Red Violin
John Corigliano
Film year1999Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientBruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
Win recorded
Film year1999Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientAlan Ball
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare American Beauty with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Best Actor winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Best Actress 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Best Actress winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Cinematography 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Cinematography winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Best Director 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Best Director winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Film Editing 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Film Editing winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Original Score 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Original Score winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Best Picture 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
  • American Beauty This film
    Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
    ★ Winner
  • The Cider House Rules
    Richard N. Gladstein, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Green Mile
    David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers
    Nominee
  • The Insider
    Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers
    Nominee
  • The Sixth Sense
    Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1999 film year · Ceremony 72
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1999 film-year results
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