The Academy Award for Best Action Film is an award for Action films. They are awarded for the overall best in the action genre of the year. The first award was given in 1962, and the first winner was Dr. No.
| Academy Award for Best Action Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1962 |
| Currently held by | Edgar Wright Baby Driver (2017) |
| Website | oscars |
Winners and Nominees
edit| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 (35th) | ||
| Dr. No | ||
| The Longest Day | ||
| Hell is For Heroes | ||
| The 300 Spartans | ||
| Mutiny on the Bounty | ||
| 1963 (36th) | ||
| The Great Escape | ||
| From Russia With Love | ||
| How the West Was Won | ||
| Hud | ||
| Jason and the Argonauts | ||
| 1964 (37th) | ||
| Goldfinger | ||
| A Fistful of Dollars | ||
| 633 Squadron | ||
| The Train | ||
| Zulu | ||
| 1965 (38th) | ||
| Thunderball | ||
| Doctor Zhivago | ||
| Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! | ||
| For a Few Dollars More | ||
| The Great Race | ||
| 1966 (39th) | ||
| The Professionals | ||
| Batman | ||
| Django | ||
| Grand Prix | ||
| The Sand Pebbles | ||
| 1967 (40th) | ||
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | ||
| Bonnie and Clyde | ||
| The Dirty Dozen | ||
| Hombre | ||
| You Only Live Twice | ||
| 1968 (41st) | ||
| Bullitt | ||
| Barbarella | ||
| Coogan's Bluff | ||
| The Devil's Brigade | ||
| Where Eagles Dare | ||
| 1969 (42nd) | ||
| Once Upon a Time in the West | ||
| Easy Rider | ||
| The Italian Job | ||
| True Grit | ||
| The Wild Bunch |
1970s
edit| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 (43rd) | ||
| Patton | ||
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | ||
| Kelly's Heroes | ||
| Tora! Tora! Tora! | ||
| Two Mules for Sister Sara | ||
| 1971 (44th) | ||
| The French Connection | ||
| Diamonds are Forever | ||
| Dirty Harry | ||
| Shaft | ||
| Vanishing Point | ||
| 1972 (45th) | ||
| 1973 (46th) | ||
| 1974 (47th) | ||
| 1975 (48th) | ||
| 1976 (49th) | ||
| 1977 (50th) | ||
| 1978 (51st) | ||
| 1979 (52nd) | ||