This is a list of awards and nominations received by The Matrix franchise. The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film. It spawned three sequels, two of them filmed and released in the same year, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. A third sequel, The Matrix Resurrections, was released on December 22, 2021. The first three films were written and directed by The Wachowskis and starred Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving. The fourth film was written by Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell and Aleksandar Hemon, was directed by Lana Wachowski and starred Reeves and Moss.
Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | ||
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Academy Awards[1] | Best Film Editing[2][3] | Zach Staenberg | Won | ||
Best Sound[2][3] |
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Best Sound Editing[2][3] | Dane A. Davis | Won | |||
Best Visual Effects[2][3] |
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Amanda | Best Foreign Feature Film[4] | The Wachowskis | Nominated | ||
American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic[5] | Zach Staenberg | Won | ||
Art Directors Guild | Excellence in Production Design Award for a Feature Film[6] |
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BAFTA Awards | Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects[7] |
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Won | ||
Best Sound |
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Best Cinematography | Bill Pope | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Zach Staenberg | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Owen Paterson | Nominated | |||
BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award | Don Davis | Won | ||
Black Reel Awards | Theatrical: Best Actor | Laurence Fishburne | Nominated | ||
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Actor: Action/Science Fiction | Keanu Reeves | Won | ||
Favorite Supporting Actor: Action/Science-Fiction | Laurence Fishburne | Won | |||
Favorite Actress: Newcomer (Internet Only) | Carrie-Anne Moss | Nominated | |||
Favorite Villain | Hugo Weaving | Nominated | |||
Bogey Awards | In Gold | — | Won | ||
Brit Awards | Best Soundtrack | Don Davis | Nominated | ||
Cinema Audio Society awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film |
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Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Period/Fantasy | Kym Barrett | Nominated | ||
Csapnivalo Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Keanu Reeves | Won | ||
Best Actress in a Leading Role | Carrie-Anne Moss | Won | |||
Best Visual Effects | — | Won | |||
DVD Exclusive Awards | 2003 Artistic Achievement Award | — | Won | ||
2001 Video Premiere Award- Best Original Retrospective Documentary | Josh Oreck | Nominated | |||
Empire Awards | Best Debut | Carrie-Anne Moss | Won | ||
Best Film | — | Won | |||
Golden Screen | Golden Screen Award | — | Won | ||
Golden Trailer Awards | Best Action | — | Won | ||
Best Art and Commerce | — | Won | |||
Best Edit | — | Won | |||
Best of Show | — | Won | |||
Grammy Awards | Best Soundtrack Album | — | Nominated | ||
Hugo Awards[8] | Best Dramatic Presentation | The Wachowskis | Nominated | ||
Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Laurence Fishburne | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Motion Picture | — | Nominated | |||
Japan Academy Prize | Best Foreign Film | — | Nominated | ||
Key Art Awards | Best of Show - Audiovisual | — | Won | ||
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Visual Effects | John Gaeta | Won | ||
Best Editing | Zach Staenberg | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Owen Paterson | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | The Wachowskis | Nominated | |||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Fight | Keanu Reeves Laurence Fishburne |
Won | ||
Best Male Performance | Keanu Reeves | Won | |||
Best Movie | — | Won | |||
Best Action Sequence- For the rooftop/helicopter sequence | — | Nominated | |||
Best On-Screen Duo | Keanu Reeves Laurence Fishburne |
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Breakthrough Female Performance | Carrie-Anne Moss | Nominated | |||
Mainichi Film Concours | Best Foreign Language Film | The Wachowskis | Won | ||
Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing - Effects & Foley |
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Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR |
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Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic) |
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Satellite Awards | Best Overall DVD (for Trilogy boxset) | — | Nominated | ||
Best Visual Effects |
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Nominated | |||
Saturn Award | Best Director | The Wachowskis | Won | ||
Best Science Fiction Film | — | Won | |||
Best Actor | Keanu Reeves | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Carrie-Anne Moss | Nominated | |||
Best Costumes | Kym Barrett | Nominated | |||
Best Make-Up |
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Best Special Effects |
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Best Supporting Actor | Laurence Fishburne | Nominated | |||
Best Writer | The Wachowskis | Nominated | |||
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America[9] | Nebula Best Script | The Wachowskis | Nominated |
Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | ||
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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films | 2004 Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award- Male | Clayton Watson | Nominated | ||
2003 Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award- Female | Monica Bellucci | Nominated | |||
BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award | Don Davis | Won | ||
Black Reel Awards | Film- Best Supporting Actress | Gloria Foster | Nominated | ||
Golden Trailer Awards | Best Action | — | Nominated | ||
Best Voice-over | — | Nominated | |||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Fight | Keanu Reeves Hugo Weaving |
Nominated | ||
Best Kiss | Keanu Reeves Monica Bellucci |
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MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | Sexiest Hero | Keanu Reeves | Nominated | ||
Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley |
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Razzie Awards | Worst Director | The Wachowskis | Nominated | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Overall DVD | — | Nominated | ||
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action Movie | — | Won | ||
Choice Action Movie Actor | Keanu Reeves | Nominated | |||
Choice Action Movie Actress | Jada Pinkett-Smith | Nominated | |||
Choice Breakout Movie Actress | Monica Bellucci | Nominated | |||
Choice Movie Fight | Keanu Reeves Hugo Weaving |
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Visual Effects Society Awards | Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in Any Medium |
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Outstanding Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture |
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World Stunt Awards | Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman | Debbie Evans | Won | ||
Best Fight |
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Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman | Debby Lynn Ross | Nominated | |||
Best Stunt Coordination Feature Film |
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Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | ||
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Saturn Awards | Best Costumes | Kym Barrett | Nominated | ||
Best Science Fiction Film | — | Nominated | |||
Best Special Effects |
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BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award | Don Davis | Won | ||
Black Reel Awards | Film: Best Supporting Actress | Mary Alice | Nominated | ||
Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Laurence Fishburne | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nona Gaye | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Jada Pinkett-Smith | Nominated | |||
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Visual Effects |
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Nominated | ||
Razzie Awards | Worst Director | The Wachowskis | Nominated | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Overall DVD | — | Nominated | ||
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action Movie | — | Nominated | ||
Choice Action Movie Actor | Keanu Reeves | Nominated | |||
Choice Action Movie Actress | Carrie-Anne Moss | Nominated | |||
Choice Movie Fight | Keanu Reeves Hugo Weaving |
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Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture |
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Award | Date of the ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards | March 13, 2022 | Best Visual Effects | The Matrix Resurrections | Nominated | [10] |
Houston Film Critics Society | February 19, 2022 | Best Stunt Coordination | The Matrix Resurrections | Nominated | [11] |
Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | February 27, 2022 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Matrix Resurrections | Nominated | [12] |
Seattle Film Critics Society | January 17, 2022 | Best Visual Effects | Dan Glass, Huw J. Evans, Tom Debenham, and J. D. Schwalm | Nominated | [13][14] |
Visual Effects Society | March 8, 2022 | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Dan Glass, Nina Fallon, Tom Debenham, Huw J Evans, James Schwalm | Nominated | [15] |
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project | JD Schwalm, Brendon O'Dell, Michael Kay, Pau Costa Moeller | Nominated |