1991 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 105 Academy Award records for the 1991 film year, covering 45 films and including 23 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Silence of the LambsEdward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- The Silence of the Lambs
5 wins from 7 award records
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4 wins from 6 award records
- Bugsy
2 wins from 10 award records
- JFK
2 wins from 8 award records
- Beauty and the Beast
2 wins from 6 award records
- Thelma & Louise
1 win from 6 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The Silence of the Lambs — Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- ★ City Slickers — Curly
- ★ The Silence of the Lambs — Clarice Starling
- ★ The Fisher King — Anne
- ★ Bugsy
- ★ JFK
- ★ Bugsy
- ★ JFK
- ★ Beauty and the Beast — Beauty And The Beast
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 105 of 105 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Silence of the Lambs IMDB — Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers
- Beauty and the Beast IMDB — Don Hahn, Producer
- Bugsy IMDB — Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty, Producers
- JFK IMDB — A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
- The Prince of Tides IMDB — Barbra Streisand and Andrew Karsch, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ The Silence of the Lambs IMDB — Anthony HopkinsDr. Hannibal Lecter
- Bugsy IMDB — Warren BeattyBugsy Siegel
- Cape Fear IMDB — Robert De NiroMax Cady
- The Prince of Tides IMDB — Nick NolteTom Wingo
- The Fisher King IMDB — Robin WilliamsParry
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ City Slickers IMDB — Jack PalanceCurly
- JFK IMDB — Tommy Lee JonesClay Shaw
- Bugsy IMDB — Harvey KeitelMickey Cohen
- Bugsy IMDB — Ben KingsleyMeyer Lansky
- Barton Fink IMDB — Michael LernerJack Lipnick
Best Actress
- ★ The Silence of the Lambs IMDB — Jodie FosterClarice Starling
- Thelma & Louise IMDB — Geena DavisThelma
- Rambling Rose IMDB — Laura DernRose
- For the Boys IMDB — Bette MidlerDixie Leonard
- Thelma & Louise IMDB — Susan SarandonLouise
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Fisher King IMDB — Mercedes RuehlAnne
- Rambling Rose IMDB — Diane LaddMother
- Cape Fear IMDB — Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden
- The Prince of Tides IMDB — Kate NelliganLila Wingo Newbury
- Fried Green Tomatoes IMDB — Jessica TandyNinny Threadgoode
Art Direction
- ★ Bugsy IMDB — Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- Barton Fink IMDB — Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- The Fisher King IMDB — Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
- Hook IMDB — Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
- The Prince of Tides IMDB — Art Direction: Paul Sylbert; Set Decoration: Caryl Heller
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ In the Shadow of the Stars IMDB — Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
- Death on the Job IMDB — Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
- Doing Time: Life inside the Big House IMDB — Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers
- The Restless Conscience IMDB — Hava Kohav Beller, Producer
- Wild by Law IMDB — Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment IMDB — Debra Chasnoff, Producer
- Birdnesters of Thailand (aka 'Shadow Hunters') IMDB — Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers
- A Little Vicious IMDB — Immy Humes, Producer
- The Mark of the Maker IMDB — David McGowan, Producer
- Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers IMDB — Bill Couturié and Bernard Edelman, Producers
Film Editing
- ★ JFK IMDB — Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
- The Commitments IMDB — Gerry Hambling
- The Silence of the Lambs IMDB — Craig McKay
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day IMDB — Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
- Thelma & Louise IMDB — Thom Noble
International Feature Film
- ★ Mediterraneo IMDB — Italy
- Children of Nature IMDB — Iceland
- The Elementary School IMDB — Czechoslovakia
- The Ox IMDB — Sweden
- Raise the Red Lantern IMDB — Hong Kong
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ Terminator 2: Judgment Day IMDB — Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn
- Hook IMDB — Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, Greg Cannom
- Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country IMDB — Michael Mills, Edward French, Richard Snell
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Beauty and the Beast IMDB — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard AshmanBeauty And The Beast
- Hook IMDB — Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie BricusseWhen You're Alone
- Beauty and the Beast IMDB — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard AshmanBe Our Guest
- Beauty and the Beast IMDB — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard AshmanBelle
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves IMDB — Music by Michael Kamen; Lyric by Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Animated Short Film
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Session Man IMDB — Seth Winston, Rob Fried
- Birch Street Gym IMDB — Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
- Last Breeze of Summer IMDB — David M. Massey
Sound Editing
- ★ Terminator 2: Judgment Day IMDB — Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders
- Backdraft IMDB — Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
- Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country IMDB — George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
Sound Mixing
- ★ Terminator 2: Judgment Day IMDB — Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff
- Backdraft IMDB — Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom, Glenn Williams
- Beauty and the Beast IMDB — Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
- JFK IMDB — Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker, Tod A. Maitland
- The Silence of the Lambs IMDB — Tom Fleischman, Christopher Newman
Visual Effects
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Silence of the Lambs IMDB — Ted Tally
- Europa Europa IMDB — Agnieszka Holland
- Fried Green Tomatoes IMDB — Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
- JFK IMDB — Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
- The Prince of Tides IMDB — Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston
Original Screenplay
- ★ Thelma & Louise IMDB — Callie Khouri
- Boyz N the Hood IMDB — John Singleton
- Bugsy IMDB — James Toback
- The Fisher King IMDB — Richard LaGravenese
- Grand Canyon IMDB — Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
Nominated films and other recorded entries
45 films represented in the 1991 archive selection.
- A Little Vicious
- Backdraft
- Barton Fink
- Beauty and the Beast
- Birch Street Gym
- Birdnesters of Thailand (aka 'Shadow Hunters')
- Blackfly
- Boyz N the Hood
- Bugsy
- Cape Fear
- Children of Nature
- City Slickers
- Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
- Death on the Job
- Doing Time: Life inside the Big House
- Europa Europa
- For the Boys
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Grand Canyon
- Hook
- In the Shadow of the Stars
- JFK
- Last Breeze of Summer
- Madame Bovary
- Manipulation
- Mediterraneo
- Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
- Raise the Red Lantern
- Rambling Rose
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Session Man
- Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
- Strings
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- The Addams Family
- The Commitments
- The Elementary School
- The Fisher King
- The Mark of the Maker
- The Ox
- The Prince of Tides
- The Restless Conscience
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Thelma & Louise
- Wild by Law
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
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