Dances With Wolves: Best Picture · Kevin Costner: directing
Oscars 1991: winning films and award nominations
Dances With Wolves won Best Picture at the 1991 Oscars, with Kevin Costner recognised for directing the same film. Kathy Bates received the leading actress award for Misery. Jeremy Irons won for Reversal of Fortune.
- 52Films
- 22Categories
- 104Nomination entries
- 13Winners
- March 25, 1991Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at Oscars 1991
Dances With Wolves won Best Picture at the 1991 Oscars. Jeremy Irons won for Reversal of Fortune, while Kathy Bates received leading actress recognition for Misery.
Nominated films and award entries at Oscars 1991
Awakenings and Ghost competed for Best Picture alongside Dances With Wolves at the 1991 Oscars. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category.
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Wins are included in nomination counts.
Explore Oscars 1991 nominations and winners by category
Cyrano de Bergerac received Costume Design recognition at the 1991 Oscars, while Dick Tracy won Makeup. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.
Best Picture
5 nominations
Winner Dances With Wolves Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner Directing
5 nominations Winner Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner Actor in a Leading Role
5 nominations Winner Reversal of Fortune Jeremy Irons Actress in a Leading Role
5 nominations Winner Misery Kathy Bates Actor in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner Goodfellas Joe Pesci Actress in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner Ghost Whoopi Goldberg Cinematography
5 nominations Winner Dances With Wolves Dean Semler Costume Design
5 nominations
Winner Cyrano de Bergerac Franca Squarciapino Documentary (Feature)
5 nominations
Winner American Dream Barbara Kopple, Arthur Cohn Documentary (Short Subject)
5 nominations
Winner Days of Waiting Steven Okazaki Film Editing
5 nominations Winner Dances With Wolves Neil Travis Foreign Language Film
5 nominations
Winner Journey of Hope Switzerland Makeup
3 nominations
Winner Dick Tracy John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler Music (Original Score)
5 nominations Winner Dances With Wolves John Barry Music (Original Song)
5 nominations Winner Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) Dick Tracy Stephen Sondheim Art Direction
5 nominations Winner Dick Tracy Richard Sylbert, Rick Simpson Short Film (Animated)
3 nominations
Winner Creature Comforts Nick Park Short Film (Live Action)
5 nominations
Winner The Lunch Date Adam Davidson Sound
5 nominations Winner Dances With Wolves Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II - Days of Thunder Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Charles Wilborn
- Dick Tracy Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
- The Hunt for Red October Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
- Total Recall Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
5 nominations Winner Dances With Wolves Michael Blake Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
5 nominations Winner Ghost Bruce Joel Rubin Sound Effects Editing
3 nominations
Winner The Hunt for Red October Cecelia Hall, George Watters II About these results
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- Ceremony date
- March 25, 1991
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- October 29, 2026
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Oscars 1991: Winners and Nominees
Jeremy Irons won for Reversal of Fortune, and Kathy Bates for Misery. Acting recognition at the 1991 Oscars sits alongside craft awards, including Costume Design for Cyrano de Bergerac.
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