Inception is a 2010 science fiction thriller film directed and written by Christopher Nolan. Released to critical and commercial success, the film was named one of the ten best films of the year by National Board of Review and American Film Institute.
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Inception won the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for a total of eight, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.[1] With four wins, the film tied The King's Speech—Best Picture winner—for most wins of the ceremony.
Awards | ||||
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Ceremony | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
83rd Academy Awards[1] | Academy Award | Best Picture | Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | ||
Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Won | ||
Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominated | ||
Best Sound Editing | Richard King | Won | ||
Best Sound Mixing | Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick | Won | ||
Best Visual Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb | Won | ||
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | Grammy Award | Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual | Hans Zimmer | Nominated |
American Film Institute [2] | AFI Award | Movies of the Year | Won | |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts [3] | BAFTA Award | Best Film | Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominated | ||
Best Original Music | Hans Zimmer | Nominated | ||
Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat | Won | ||
Best Sound | Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick | Won | ||
Best Special Visual Effects | Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb | Won | ||
Crime Writers Association | Crime Thriller Awards | Film of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Won |
Czech Lion Awards 2010[4][5][6] | Czech Lion Award | Best Foreign Film | Christopher Nolan | Won |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association [7] | Golden Globe Award | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | |||
Hollywood Film Festival [8] | Hollywood Film Awards | Movie of the Year | Won | |
Cinematographer of the Year | Wally Pfister | |||
Film Composer of the Year | Hans Zimmer | |||
IGN [9] | IGN Movie Awards | Best Movie | Won | |
Best Sci-Fi Movie | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Actress | Marion Cotillard | Nominated | ||
Best Poster | ||||
Best Trailer | ||||
Japan Academy Prize Association | Japan Academy Prize | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominated | |
2011 MTV Movie Awards | MTV Movie Awards | Best Movie | Nominated | |
Best Scared-As-S**t Performance | Ellen Page[a] | Won | ||
Best Kiss | Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page[a] | Nominated | ||
Best Fight | Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker | |||
Best Jaw Dropping Moment | Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page[a] | |||
Biggest Badass Star | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | |||
Best Line from a Movie | Tom Hardy | |||
International Press Academy [10] | Satellite Award | Best Drama Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Actor (Drama) | Leonardo DiCaprio | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Marion Cotillard | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Art Direction & Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker, Dean Wolcott | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominated | ||
Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Won | ||
Best Sound | Richard King, Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo | Nominated | ||
Best Visual Effects | Paul J. Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb | |||
Irish Film & Television Academy [11] | IFTA Award | Actor in a Supporting Role - Film | Cillian Murphy | Nominated |
International Film | ||||
International Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | |||
National Board of Review [12] | NBR Award | Top Ten Films | Won | |
People's Choice Awards [13] | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | Nominated | |
Favorite Drama Movie | ||||
Favorite Movie Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | |||
Favorite On-Screen Team | Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page[a], Tom Hardy & Dileep Rao | |||
37th Saturn Awards | Saturn Award | Best Science Fiction Film | Won | |
Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Ellen Page[a] | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Tom Hardy | |||
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Writing | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Music | Hans Zimmer | |||
Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix | Nominated | ||
Best Special Effects | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb | Won | ||
Scream Awards [14] | Scream Awards | The Ultimate Scream | Won | |
Best Science Fiction Movie | ||||
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | ||
Best Scream-play | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Science Fiction Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Won | ||
Best Science Fiction Actress | Ellen Page[a] | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Marion Cotillard | Nominated | ||
Best Breakout Performance - Male | Tom Hardy | Won | ||
Best Cameo | Michael Caine | Nominated | ||
Best Ensemble | ||||
Fight Scene of the Year | Anti-Gravity Hotel Fight | Won | ||
Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year | Freight train drives through city street | Nominated | ||
Paris street folds over onto itself | ||||
Best F/X | ||||
69th World Science Fiction Convention [15] | Hugo Award | Best Dramatic presentation, Long Form | Won | |
World Soundtrack Awards 2011[16] | World Soundtrack Award | Best Original Score of the Year | Hans Zimmer | Won |
Awards | ||||
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Ceremony | Award | Category | Name | Result |
American Cinema Editors [17] | Eddie Award | Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic | Lee Smith | Nominated |
American Society of Cinematographers [18] | ASC Award | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography - Theatrical Release | Wally Pfister | Won |
Art Directors Guild [19] | ADG Award | Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Won |
Cinema Audio Society [20] | CAS Award | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture | Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, and Gary A. Rizzo | Nominated |
Costume Designers Guild [21] | CDG Award | Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Film | Jeffrey Kurland | Nominated |
Directors Guild of America [22] | DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
Motion Picture Sound Editors [23] | Golden Reel Award | Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Richard King, Hugo Weng, R.J. Kizer | Nominated |
Music in a Feature Film | Alex Gibson, Ryan Rubin | Won | ||
Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Richard King, Christopher Flick, John Roesch, Alyson Dee Moore | |||
Producers Guild of America [24] | Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas | Nominated |
Screen Actors Guild [25] | SAG Award | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble | Won | |
Visual Effects Society [26] | VES Award | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers, Matthew Plummer | Won |
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Bruno Baron, Dan Neal, Graham Page, Per Mork-Jensen | |||
Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Robert Spurlock | |||
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske, George Zwier | |||
Writers Guild of America [27] | WGA Award | Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won |
Awards | ||||
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Ceremony | Award | Category | Name | Result |
African-American Film Critics Association [28] | AAFCA Award | Top 10 Films | Won | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Alliance of Women Film Journalists [29] | EDA Award | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominated | ||
Best Film Music or Score | Hans Zimmer | |||
Most Beautiful Film | ||||
Black Film Critics Circle [30] | BFCC Award | Top Ten Films | Won | |
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Austin Film Critics Association [31] | AFCA Award | Top 10 Films | Won | |
Broadcast Film Critics Association[32] | Critics Choice Award | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Action Movie | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat | |||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | |||
Best Visual Effects | ||||
Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominated | ||
Best Sound | Won | |||
Central Ohio Film Critics Association [33] | COFCA Award | Best Film | Won | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated | ||
Best Ensemble | ||||
Actor of the Year | Leonardo DiCaprio | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Score | Hans Zimmer | |||
Chicago Film Critics Association [34] | Chicago Film Critics Award | Best Picture | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominated | ||
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association [35] | DFWFCA Award | Top 10 Films | Won | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | 4th Place | ||
Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | 2nd Place | ||
Denver Film Critics Society [36] | Denver Film Critics Society Award | Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Detroit Film Critics Society [37] | Detroit Film Critics Award | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Florida Film Critics Circle [38] | FFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won |
Best Art Direction /Production Design | Brad Ricker and Guy Hendrix Dyas | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Visual Effects | ||||
Houston Film Critics Society [39] | Houston Film Critics Award | Best Picture | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Won | ||
Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | |||
Indiana Film Critics Association [40] | IFJA Award | Best Film | Runner-up | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Runner-up | ||
Original Vision Award | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Iowa Film Critics [41] | IFC Award | Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle [42] | Robert Altman Award | Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Won |
Loutzenhiser Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | ||
Vince Koehler Award | Best Sci-fi, Fantasy or Horror Film | |||
Las Vegas Film Critics Society [43] | Sierra Award | Best Picture | 2nd Place | |
Best Director | Christoper Nolan | Nominated | ||
Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | |||
Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Won | ||
Best Film Editing | Lee Smith | |||
Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominated | ||
Best Visual Effects | Won | |||
Best DVD | Nominated | |||
London Film Critics Circle [44] | London Film Critics Circle Award | Director of the Year | Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
British Actor in a Supporting Role | Tom Hardy | |||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association [45] | LAFCA Award | Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Won |
North Texas Film Critics Association | NTFCA Award | Best Picture | Won | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle [46] | OFCC Award | Top 10 Films | Won | |
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Online Film Critics Society [47] | OFCS Award | Best Picture | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | Won | ||
Phoenix Film Critics Society [48] | PFCS Award | Best Picture | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | Won | ||
Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas | |||
Best Score | Hans Zimmer | |||
Best Visual Effects | ||||
Best Stunts | ||||
San Diego Film Critics Society [49] | San Diego Film Critics Award | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Won | ||
Best Editing | Lee Smith | Nominated | ||
Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas | |||
Southeastern Film Critics Association [50] | Southeastern Film Critics Award | Top 10 Films | Won | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Runner-up | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
St. Louis Film Critics Association [51] | St. Louis Film Critics Award | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Runner-up | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Music | Hans Zimmer | |||
Best Visual Effects | Won | |||
Moving the Medium Forward | ||||
Special Merit | The zero-gravity hotel hallway fight scene with Joseph Gordon-Levitt | |||
Toronto Film Critics Association [52] | TFCA Award | Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Runner-up |
Utah Film Critics Association [53] | Utah Film Critics Award | Best Picture | Nominated | |
Best Achievement in Directing | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Vancouver Film Critics Circle [54] | VFCC Award | Best Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Nominated |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association [55] | WAFCA Award | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Christopher Nolan | |||
Best Acting Ensemble | Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Dileep Rao, Ken Watanabe | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Christopher Nolan | Won | ||
Best Art Direction | ||||
Best Cinematography | Wally Pfister | |||
Best Score | Hans Zimmer |