American Beauty: Best Picture · Sam Mendes: directing
Oscars 2000: winning films and award nominations
American Beauty won Best Picture at the 2000 Oscars, with Sam Mendes recognised for directing the same film. Hilary Swank received the leading actress award for Boys Don’t Cry. Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty.
- 58Films
- 23Categories
- 108Nomination entries
- 14Winners
- March 26, 2000Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at Oscars 2000
American Beauty won Best Picture at the 2000 Oscars. Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty, while Hilary Swank received leading actress recognition for Boys Don’t Cry.
Nominated films and award entries at Oscars 2000
The Cider House Rules and The Green Mile competed for Best Picture alongside American Beauty at the 2000 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 2000 nominations and winners by category
Topsy-Turvy received Costume Design recognition at the 2000 Oscars, while The Matrix won Film Editing. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.
Best Picture
5 nominations
Winner American Beauty Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks Directing
5 nominations Winner American Beauty Sam Mendes Actor in a Leading Role
5 nominations Winner American Beauty Kevin Spacey Actress in a Leading Role
5 nominations
Winner Boys Don't Cry Hilary Swank Actor in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner The Cider House Rules Michael Caine Actress in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner Girl, Interrupted Angelina Jolie Cinematography
5 nominations Winner American Beauty Conrad L. Hall Costume Design
5 nominations
Winner Topsy-Turvy Lindy Hemming Documentary (Feature)
5 nominations
Winner One Day in September Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald Documentary (Short Subject)
3 nominations
Winner King Gimp Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford Film Editing
5 nominations Winner The Matrix Zach Staenberg Foreign Language Film
5 nominations
Winner All About My Mother Spain Makeup
4 nominations Winner Topsy-Turvy Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud Music (Original Score)
5 nominations
Winner The Red Violin John Corigliano Music (Original Song)
5 nominations
Winner You'll Be In My Heart Tarzan Phil Collins Art Direction
5 nominations Winner Sleepy Hollow Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young Short Film (Animated)
5 nominations
Winner The Old Man and the Sea Alexander Petrov Short Film (Live Action)
5 nominations
Winner My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel Sound
5 nominations Winner The Matrix John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee Visual Effects
3 nominations Winner The Matrix John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
5 nominations Winner The Cider House Rules John Irving Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
5 nominations Winner American Beauty Alan Ball Sound Effects Editing
3 nominations Winner The Matrix Dane A. Davis About these results
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- Ceremony date
- March 26, 2000
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026
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Kevin Spacey won for American Beauty, and Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry. Acting recognition at the 2000 Oscars sits alongside craft awards, including Costume Design for Topsy-Turvy.
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