The Empire Award for Best Film was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor the best film of the previous year.
History The Empire Award for Best Film was one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best British Film) with Braveheart receiving the award. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the most recent winner in this category. Winners were chosen by the readers of Empire magazine.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.
Notes "†" indicates the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. "≠" indicates the film was nominated in the same category
1990s Year Film 1996 Braveheart † 1997 Seven 1998 Men in Black 1999 Titanic † Good Will Hunting ≠ Saving Private Ryan ≠ The Big Lebowski The Truman Show
2000s Year Film 2000 The Matrix Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Fight Club Notting Hill The Sixth Sense ≠ 2001 Gladiator † American Beauty † Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ≠ High Fidelity Magnolia 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ≠ A.I. Artificial Intelligence Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Moulin Rouge! ≠ The Others 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ≠ Die Another Day Minority Report Road to Perdition Spider-Man 2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King † Cold Mountain ≠ Kill Bill: Volume 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl X2 2005 The Bourne Supremacy Collateral Kill Bill: Volume 2 Spider-Man 2 The Incredibles 2006 King Kong Crash † Sin City Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith War of the Worlds 2007 Casino Royale Pan's Labyrinth Superman Returns The Departed † United 93 2008 The Bourne Ultimatum Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Ratatouille The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Zodiac 2009 The Dark Knight Iron Man No Country For Old Men † There Will Be Blood ≠ WALL-E
2010s Year Film 2010 Avatar ≠ District 9 ≠ Inglourious Basterds ≠ Star Trek The Hurt Locker † 2011 Inception ≠ Kick-Ass Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The King's Speech † The Social Network ≠ 2012 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Drive Rise of the Planet of the Apes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ≠ 2013 Skyfall Django Unchained ≠ The Avengers The Dark Knight Rises The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2014 Gravity ≠ 12 Years a Slave † Captain Phillips ≠ The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2015 Interstellar Boyhood ≠ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies The Imitation Game ≠ 2016 The Revenant ≠ The Hateful Eight ≠ Mad Max: Fury Road ≠ The Martian ≤ Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2017 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Arrival ≠ Deadpool La La Land ≠ Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2018 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Call Me by Your Name ≠ Get Out ≠ Thor: Ragnarok Wonder Woman
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