The 92nd edition of the Oscar Awards already has a full list of winners with Joker achieving 2 statuettes; We review all the Oscar's superhero movies.
With the 92nd edition of the Oscar Awards already finished, we finally have the complete list of winners with all the winners, including actor Joaquin Phoenix, winning the Oscar for best actor by Joker after winning the Golden Globe and BAFTA for his role , among many other awards. But what other superhero movies have won Academy Awards throughout film history?
Joker: best actor and best soundtrack
Joker, the film that tells us the origins of the DC villain from a raw and realistic prism, has also won the award for best soundtrack. But throughout the history of the Oscars there have been many other examples of awards for superhero-based films, both from DC and Marvel.
Let's start with the first Oscar of the genre and it was for 1978 Superman, starring Christopher Reeve, achieving an honorary Oscar for visual effects. It wasn't until Tim Burton's Batman premiere in 1989 when another superhero movie was rewarded, this time, by art direction.
We jumped into Marvel with Spider-Man 2 from Sam Raimi in 2004, the second installment of the Sony Pictures trilogy that the Oscar received for its visual effects. Although one of the most celebrated and deserved statuettes went to The Dark Knight, second part of the Christopher Nolan trilogy about Batman, with the award for best supporting actor for Heath Ledger (posthumously) and the sound edition in 2009.
Already in 2017, and again returning to DC, the controversial Suicide Squad received a statuette for the best makeup and hairstyle. Finally, and as the most awarded superhero movie in history, we have Black Panther from Marvel Studios, a film that was made with up to three Academy Awards for the soundtrack, costume design and production design.
Special mention for The Incredibles of Pixar, a 2004 superhero animation film that was made with two Oscar awards, for best animated film and best sound editing. On the other hand, Spider-Man: a new universe achieved the Oscar for the best animated film of 2019.
We leave you with the complete list of winners of the Oscar 2020, with the winners marked in bold.
Best film
- 1917
- Le Mans '66
- the Irish
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- Story of a marriage
- Once upon a time in … Hollywood
- Parasites
Best address
- Sam Mendes – 1917
- Todd Phillips – Joker
- Martin Scorsese – The Irish
- Quentin Tarantino – Once upon a time in … Hollywood
- Bong Joon-ho – Parasites
Best Leading Actress
- Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
- Scarlett Johansson – Story of a marriage
- Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
- Charlize Theron – The Scandal
- Renée Zellweger – Judy
Best Leading Actor
- Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Once upon a time in … Hollywood
- Adam Driver – Story of a marriage
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
- Jonathan Pryce – The Two Potatoes
Best Supporting Actress
- Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
- Laura Dern – Story of a marriage
- Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
- Florence Pugh – Little Women
- Margot Robbie – The Scandal
Best Supporting Actor
- Tom Hanks – An extraordinary friend
- Anthony Hopkins – The Two Potatoes
- Al Pacino – The Irish
- Joe Pesci – The Irish
- Brad Pitt – Once upon a time in … Hollywood
Best Original Screenplay
- Rian Johnson – Daggers in the back
- Noah Baumbach – Story of a marriage
- Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson Cairns – 1917
- Quentin Tarantino – Once upon a time in … Hollywood
- Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won – Parasites
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Steven Zaillian – The Irish
- Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
- Todd Phillips & Scott Silver – Joker
- Greta Gerwig – Little Women
- Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes
Best international movie
- Corpus Christi (Poland)
- Honeyland (Macedonia)
- The wretched (France)
- Pain and Glory (Spain)
- Parasites (South Korea)
Best animated movie
- Where is my body?
- How to train your dragon 3
- Klaus
- Mr. Link. The lost origin
- Toy Story 4
Best photography
- Rodrigo Prieto – The Irish
- Lawrence Sher – Joker
- Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse
- Roger Deakins – 1917
- Robert Richardson – Once upon a time in … Hollywood
Best soundtrack
- Hildur Guonadottir – Joker
- Alexandre Desplat – Little Women
- Randy Newman – Story of a marriage
- Thomas Newman – 1917
- John Williams – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Original Song
- I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away – Toy Story 4
- (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again – Rocketman
- I'm Standing With You – Beyond Hope
- Into the Unknown – Frozen 2
- Stand Up – Harriet
Best assembly
- Le Mans '66
- the Irish
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Parasites
Best sound mixing
- Ad astra
- Le Mans '66
- Joker
- 1917
- Once upon a time in … Hollywood
Best sound montage
- Le Mans '66
- Joker
- 1917
- Once upon a time in … Hollywood
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best documentary
- American factory
- The Edge of Democracy
- The cave
- For sama
- Honeyland
Best documentary short film
- In the Absence
- Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
- Life Overtakes Me
- St. Louis Superman
- Walk Run Cha-Cha
Best fiction short film and real action
- Brotherhood
- Nefta Football Club
- The Neighbors' Window
- Saria
- To Sister
Best Animated Short
- Dcera (Daughter)
- Hair love
- Kitbull
- Memorable
- Sister
Better visual effects
- Avengers: Endgame
- the Irish
- The Lion King
- 1917
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best costumes
- the Irish
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- Once upon a time in … Hollywood
Best production design
- 1917
- the Irish
- Jojo Rabbit
- Once upon a time in … Hollywood
- Parasites
Best makeup and hairdresser
- The scandal
- Joker
- Judy
- Maleficent 2: Master of Evil
- 1917
