Empire Award for Best Film
Annual British film award
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Empire Award for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Film of the Year |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Empire magazine |
| First award | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2018) |
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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 (1st) |
Braveheart † | [1] |
| 1997 (2nd) |
Seven | [2] |
| 1998 (3rd) |
Men in Black | [3] |
| 1999 (4th) |
Titanic † | [4] |
| Good Will Hunting ≠ | ||
| Saving Private Ryan ≠ | ||
| The Big Lebowski | ||
| The Truman Show |