List of accolades received by The Dark Knight

List of The Dark Knight awards

Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker garnered the most attention from critics.

Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 103 178
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The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. It was released in Australia on July 16, 2008. The Dark Knight grossed $1,004,558,444 worldwide,[1] becoming the fourth film in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide[2] and the highest-grossing film of 2008. It is currently the 16th highest-grossing film of all time. The Dark Knight also received a high critical acclaim, accumulating an approval rating of 94% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.[3]

At the People's Choice Awards—in which the winners are determined by the choices of the people (audience) in the Gallup polls—The Dark Knight won five awards, including: Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Superhero (Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman), Favorite On Screen Match-Up (Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), and Favourite Cast.[4]

At the 81st Academy Awards, The Dark Knight won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. Notably, the film's Best Sound Editing win prevented Best Picture winner Slumdog Millionaire from having a clean category-sweep.

Awards and nominations

Organizations

Award Category Winner/Nominee Result
81st Academy Awards[5]
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Art Direction Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando Nominated
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Nominated
Best Film Editing Lee Smith Nominated
Best Makeup John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan Nominated
Best Sound Editing Richard King Won
Best Sound Mixing Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick Nominated
Best Visual Effects Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin Nominated
American Film Institute Top 10 Film of the Year Warner Brothers Studios Won
Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor Heath Ledger Won
BAFTA Awards[6] Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Music Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard Nominated
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Nominated
Best Editing Lee Smith Nominated
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley / Peter Lando Nominated
Best Costume Design Linda Hemming Nominated
Best Sound Lora Hirschberg / Richard King / Ed Novick / Gary Rizzo Nominated
Best Visual Effects Chris Corbould / Nick Davis / Paul Franklin / Tim Webber Nominated
Best Make Up and Hair Peter Robb-King Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Best Director Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Acting Ensemble Bale, Caine, Ledger, Eckhart, Oldman, Gyllenhaal, and Freeman Nominated
Best Action Movie Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Composer James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Nominated
Empire Awards Best Movie Warner Brothers Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Won
Best Actor Christian Bale Won
Best SciFi/Fantasy/Superhero Movie Warner Brothers Nominated
Golden Globe Award[7] Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Heath Ledger Won
Golden Trailer Awards Best in Show Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Action Trailer Warner Brothers Studios Won
"Batman Teaser" Poster Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Best Summer 2008 Blockbuster Poster (teaser) Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Motion Title/Graphics Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Warner Brothers Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best Movie Warner Brothers Nominated
Best Male Performance Christian Bale Nominated
Best Villain Heath Ledger Won
Best Fight Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger Nominated
National Board of Review Top 10 Film of the Year Warner Brothers Won
National Movie Awards Best Superhero Film Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Performance - Male Christian Bale Nominated
Project Fanboy Awards Best Comic Book to Movie Adaptation Batman The Dark Knight Won
Best Comic Book to Movie Adaptation: Actor Heath Ledger Won
People's Choice Awards Favorite Movie Warner Brothers Studios Won
Favorite Action Movie Warner Brothers Studios Won
Favorite Cast Bale, Ledger, Eckhart, Caine, Oldman, Gyllenhaal, and Freeman Won
Favorite Male Action Star Christian Bale Nominated
Favorite Leading Man Christian Bale Nominated
Favorite On-Screen Match Up Christian Bale and Heath Ledger Won
Favorite Superhero Christian Bale as Batman Won
Satellite Awards Best Sound (Mixing & Editing) Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, and Gary rizzo Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Nominated
Best Visual Effects Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin Nominated
Best Film Editing Lee Smith Nominated
Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Warner Bros Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Writing Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Won
Best Actor Christian Bale Nominated
Best Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Aaron Eckhart Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Music James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Won
Best Costume Lindy Hemming Nominated
Best Make Up John Caglione, JR. and Conor O’Sullian Nominated
Best Special Effects Nick Davis, Chis Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin Won
Scream Awards The Ultimate Scream Warner Brothers studios Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Won
Best Screenplay Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan Won
Best Sequel Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best F/X Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Comic Book Movie Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Fantasy Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Superhero Christian Bale Won
Best Villain Heath Ledger Won
Best Supporting Actor Gary Oldman Won
The Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year Big Rig Flips over Won
Best Line Heath Ledger - I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger! Won
Best Fantasy Movie Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Best Fantasy Actor Christian Bale Nominated
Best Fantasy Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal Nominated
Best Villain Aaron Eckhart Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Michael Caine Nominated
Best Line Heath Ledger - Why So Serious? Nominated
Best Line Heath Ledger - I'm gonna make this pencil disappear Nominated
The Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year The Batmobile/Batpod Chase Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Movie - Action, Adventure Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Japanese Academy Awards Outstanding Foreign Language Film Warner Brothers Studios Won

Guild Awards

Award Category Winner/Nominee Result
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film,Dramatic Lee Smith Nominated
American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Award,Theatrical Release Wally Pfister Nominated
Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design,Fantasy Films Nathan Crowley Won
Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing Ed Novick,Lora Hirschberg,Gary A. Rizzo Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Excellence in Fantasy Film Lindy Hemming Won
Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Christopher Nolan Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film Alex Gibson and Daniel Pinder Won
Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Richard King, Hugo Weng, Linda Folk, and Michael Magill Nominated
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Richard King, Christopher Flick, John Roesch, Alyson Dee Moore, Michael W. Mitchell, Hamilton Sterling and Michael Babcock Won
Producers Guild of America Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, Theatrical Motion Picture Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Stunt Ensemble Warner Brothers Studios Won
Visual Effects Society Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture(Garbage Truck Crash Models and Miniature) Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Branden Seifert, Adam Gelbart Won
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture(IMAX Gotham City Scapes) Peter Bebb, David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Andrew Lockley Won
Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture Chris Corbould, Peter Notley, Ian Lowe Won
World Stunt Awards Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director Paul Jennings, Rick LeFevour, Tom Struthers Won
Best Fight (Batman fights bad guys in building construction site) Rob Cooper, Richard Hansen, Mark Mottram, Andy Pilgrim, Dominic Preece, Marvin Stewart-Campbell, Buster Reeves, Steen Young Won
Best High Work (Five stunt men are thrown out of a building by Batman) Mark Harper, Luke Kearney, Tom Lowell, Mark Mottram, Brian A. Peters Won
Best Specialty Stunt (Stunt man drives a semi and does a large forward cannon flipping the tractor and trailer end over end) Jim Wilkey Won
Best Work With a Vehicle(Car chase through streets of Gotham) Rick Avery; Richard Burden, Gillie,McKenzie, George Cottle, Tobiasz Daszkiewicz, James Fierro, Terry Jackson, Tom Lowell, Rick Mille, Jean-Pierre Goy, Jim Wilkey Won
Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer; Batman Created by Bob Kane Nominated
World Soundtrack Academy Soundtrack Composer of the Year Hans Zimmer (also for (Frost/Nixon and Angels & Demons) Nominated

Film Critics Awards

Award Category Winner/Nominee Result
African-American Film Critics Association Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Australian Film Critics Association Commendation for Best Overseas Film Dark Knight Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan Won
Best Original Score James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Top 10 Film of the Year (#4) Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Acting Ensemble Bale, Ledger, Eckhart, Oldman, Caine, Gyllenhaal, and Freeman Won
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Original Score James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Nominated
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Top 10 Film of the Year (#3) Warner Brothers Studios Won
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Runner-up
Houston Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Florida Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Won
International Film Music Critics Association Film Score of the Year James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Nominated
Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Nominated
Iowa Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Fantasy or Horror Film Warner Brothers Studios Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
London Film Critics' Circle Actor of the Year Heath Ledger Nominated
British Director of the Year Christopher Nolan Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Film Warner Brothers Studios Runner-up
Best Director Christopher Nolan Runner-up
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley Runner-up
National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Runner-up
New York Film Critics Online Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Top Ten Film of the Year Warner Brothers Studios Won
Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Won
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Won
Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Best Score James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Editing Lee Smith Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Film Warner Brothers Studios Runner-up
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Won
Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Top Ten Film of the Year (#4) Warner Brothers Studios Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Special Effects Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin Won
Best Music James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Nominated
Best Director Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Nominated
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Utah Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Best Director Christopher Nolan Runner-up
Best Picture Warner Brothers Studios Won
Vancouver Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Won

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