This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Movie. From 2012 to 2018, it was renamed to Movie of the Year. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy won in three consecutive years (2002–2004) and is the only franchise who took home “Movie of the Year” for all their films. The Twilight Saga films won in four consecutive years (2009–2012), along with Best Kiss.
Winners and nominees 1990s Year Nominees Director Ref 1992 Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Backdraft Ron Howard Boyz n the Hood John Singleton JFK Oliver Stone Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Kevin Reynolds 1993 A Few Good Men Rob Reiner Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Aladdin John Musker and Ron Clements Basic Instinct Paul Verhoeven The Bodyguard Mick Jackson Malcolm X Spike Lee 1994 Menace II Society Allen and Albert Hughes Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. The Fugitive Andrew Davis Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg Philadelphia Jonathan Demme Schindler's List Steven Spielberg 1995 Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. The Crow Alex Proyas Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan Speed Jan de Bont 1996 Se7en David Fincher Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Apollo 13 Ron Howard Braveheart Mel Gibson Clueless Amy Heckerling Dangerous Minds John N. Smith 1997 Scream Wes Craven Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Independence Day Roland Emmerich Jerry Maguire Cameron Crowe The Rock Michael Bay Romeo + Juliet Baz Luhrmann 1998 Titanic James Cameron Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Jay Roach Face/Off John Woo Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld 1999 There's Something About Mary The Farrelly Brothers Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Armageddon Michael Bay Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg Shakespeare in Love John Madden The Truman Show Peter Weir
2000s Year Nominees Director Ref 2000 The Matrix The Wachowskis Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. American Beauty Sam Mendes American Pie Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Jay Roach The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan 2001 Gladiator Ridley Scott Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh Hannibal Ridley Scott X-Men Bryan Singer 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Black Hawk Down Ridley Scott The Fast and the Furious Rob Cohen Legally Blonde Robert Luketic Shrek Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. 8 Mile Curtis Hanson Barbershop Tim Story The Ring Gore Verbinski Spider-Man Sam Raimi 2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. 50 First Dates Peter Segal Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski X2: X-Men United Bryan Singer 2005 Napoleon Dynamite Jared Hess Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. The Incredibles Brad Bird Kill Bill: Volume 2 Quentin Tarantino Ray Taylor Hackford Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi 2006 Wedding Crashers David Dobkin Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. The 40-Year-Old Virgin Judd Apatow Batman Begins Christopher Nolan King Kong Peter Jackson Sin City Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Gore Verbinski Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. 300 Zack Snyder Blades of Glory Will Speck and Josh Gordon Borat Larry Charles Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 2008 Transformers Michael Bay Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. I Am Legend Francis Lawrence Juno Jason Reitman National Treasure: Book of Secrets Jon Turteltaub Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Gore Verbinski Superbad Greg Mottola 2009 Twilight Catherine Hardwicke Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan High School Musical 3: Senior Year Kenny Ortega Iron Man Jon Favreau Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
2010s Year Nominees Director Ref 2010 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Chris Weitz Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton Avatar James Cameron The Hangover Todd Phillips Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince David Yates 2011 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse David Slade Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Black Swan Darren Aronofsky Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 David Yates Inception Christopher Nolan The Social Network David Fincher 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Bill Condon Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. Bridesmaids Paul Feig Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 David Yates The Help Tate Taylor The Hunger Games Gary Ross 2013 The Avengers Joss Whedon Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell Ted Seth MacFarlane 2014 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Francis Lawrence Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab. 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen American Hustle David O. Russell The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Peter Jackson The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese 2015 The Fault in Our Stars Josh Boone American Sniper Clint Eastwood Boyhood Richard Linklater Gone Girl David Fincher Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Francis Lawrence Selma Ava DuVernay Whiplash Damien Chazelle 2016 Star Wars: The Force Awakens J. J. Abrams Avengers: Age of Ultron Joss Whedon Creed Ryan Coogler Deadpool Tim Miller Jurassic World Colin Trevorrow Straight Outta Compton F. Gary Gray 2017 Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig Get Out Jordan Peele Logan James Mangold Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Gareth Edwards 2018 Black Panther Ryan Coogler Avengers: Infinity War Anthony and Joe Russo Girls Trip Malcolm D. Lee It Andy Muschietti Wonder Woman Patty Jenkins 2019Avengers: EndgameAnthony and Joe Russo BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman To All the Boys I've Loved Before Susan Johnson Us Jordan Peele
2020s Year Nominees Director Ref 2021To All the Boys: Always and ForeverMichael FimognariBorat Subsequent MoviefilmJason WolinerJudas and the Black Messiah Shaka King Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell Soul Pete Docter 2022 Spider-Man: No Way HomeJon Watts Dune Denis Villeneuve Scream Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Destin Daniel Cretton The Adam Project Shawn Levy The Batman Matt Reeves 2023 Scream VIMatt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ryan Coogler Elvis Baz Luhrmann Nope Jordan Peele Smile Parker Finn Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski
Records Films that won Best Movie at the MTV Movie & TV Awards and Best Picture at the Academy Awards 1998: Titanic 2001: Gladiator 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Franchise or film series that have won Best Movie more than once The Twilight Saga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers (2013, 2019), Black Panther (2018), Spider-Man (2022) The Lord of the Rings: 2002, 2003, 2004 Scream: 1997, 2023
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