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Quick Answer: What are the best award-winning movies on Celluloid?

Celluloid tracks award-winning movies and TV across 26 ceremonies — from Academy Award winning films to Filmfare, Citra and Magnolia honours. Parasite leads the catalogue with 16 major wins. Default order is verified wins, then four-input Celluloid Score.

International awards season

Major international, guild and independent-film ceremonies followed across the global awards calendar. Ordered by the number of verified catalog titles.

Academy Awards (Oscars)

54 titles

United States · March · Film

The Oscars — the film industry’s most coveted honour. Awarded each spring by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a Best Picture win is the defining accolade of a movie year.

60 verified wins · Browse →

Critics' Choice Awards

12 titles

United States · February · Film

Voted by the Critics Choice Association’s hundreds of film journalists — one of the broadest critical consensus awards, and a reliable Oscar predictor.

17 verified wins · Browse →

Screen Actors Guild Awards

12 titles

United States · February · Film

Chosen by performers themselves, the SAG Awards honour the year’s finest acting — its ensemble prize is one of the surest signals of Best Picture momentum.

7 verified wins · Browse →

Film Independent Spirit Awards

12 titles

United States · February · Film

The premier celebration of independent film, handed out on the beach in Santa Monica the weekend before the Oscars — champion of bold, lower-budget cinema.

9 verified wins · Browse →

Asian Film Awards

11 titles

Asia · March · Film

The "Oscars of Asia" — founded in 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival and now jointly organised with Busan and Tokyo. The only major ceremony where the best films of Korea, China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia compete head-to-head.

19 verified wins · Browse →

Golden Globe Awards

10 titles

United States · January · Film

The traditional kick-off to awards season. The Globes split their top prizes between Drama and Musical/Comedy, and have long served as an early bellwether for the Oscars.

12 verified wins · Browse →

BAFTA Film Awards

10 titles

United Kingdom · February · Film

The British Academy’s film honours — the UK’s equivalent of the Oscars, and one of the most closely watched precursors on the road to the Academy Awards.

15 verified wins · Browse →

European Film Awards

10 titles

Europe · December · Film

Presented by the European Film Academy, these awards honour the best of a continent’s cinema — a pan-European counterweight to Hollywood, crowning films from Berlin to Rome to Paris.

8 verified wins · Browse →

National & regional film awards

Film academies and jury-led honours that define excellence within national and regional cinemas. Ordered by the number of verified catalog titles.

Filmfare Awards

14 titles

India · January · Film

The “Bollywood Oscars” — India’s oldest and most glamorous film honours, celebrating the best of Hindi cinema since 1954. A Filmfare Best Film trophy is the industry’s benchmark of popular and critical success.

10 verified wins · Browse →

Japan Academy Film Prize

11 titles

Japan · March · Film

Japan’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, honouring the best of Japanese cinema each spring — from live-action drama to the anime that defines the nation’s global cultural reach.

12 verified wins · Browse →

Golden Horse Awards

11 titles

Taiwan · November · Film

The highest honour in Chinese-language cinema. Held in Taipei, the Golden Horse Awards recognise the finest films from Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China and the wider Sinophone world.

20 verified wins · Browse →

Goya Awards

11 titles

Spain · February · Film

Spain’s premier film honours, awarded by its Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences — the Spanish Oscars, and the crown of a cinema led by the likes of Almodóvar and Del Toro.

15 verified wins · Browse →

AACTA Awards

11 titles

Australia · February · Film

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — the highest screen honours in Australia and a showcase for one of the most distinctive national cinemas in the English-speaking world.

8 verified wins · Browse →

Golden Rooster Awards

11 titles

China · November · Film

China’s most authoritative film honours — the cinematic counterpart to the Magnolia Awards for television. Presented by the China Film Association, Golden Roosters recognise the year’s finest domestic cinema by industry jury rather than fan vote.

9 verified wins · Browse →

National Film Awards

10 titles

India · August · Film

Presented by the Government of India, the National Film Awards are the country’s most prestigious cinema honours — spanning every language and region of the world’s largest film industry.

10 verified wins · Browse →

Blue Dragon Film Awards

10 titles

South Korea · November · Film

One of South Korea’s three major film awards, the Blue Dragons have crowned the best of a national cinema that now commands the world’s attention, from Bong Joon-ho to Park Chan-wook.

13 verified wins · Browse →

César Awards

10 titles

France · February · Film

France’s national film awards — the Césars — the definitive honour of French cinema, presented each February by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.

11 verified wins · Browse →

David di Donatello Awards

10 titles

Italy · May · Film

Italy’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano — honouring the heirs to De Sica, Fellini and the great tradition of Italian filmmaking.

10 verified wins · Browse →

Ariel Awards

10 titles

Mexico · September · Film

Mexico’s national film awards, presented by the Mexican Academy of Film — the highest recognition in a cinema that has given the world Cuarón, Del Toro and Iñárritu.

10 verified wins · Browse →

Africa Movie Academy Awards

10 titles

Nigeria · Varies · Film

The premier pan-African film honours (the AMAAs), celebrating the finest cinema from across the continent and its diaspora — the flagship award of Nollywood and beyond.

10 verified wins · Browse →

Citra Awards (Festival Film Indonesia)

10 titles

Indonesia · November · Film

Indonesia's equivalent of the Oscars — the Piala Citra, handed out at Festival Film Indonesia by an industry jury rather than public vote, is the highest honour a domestic Indonesian film can receive.

19 verified wins · Browse →

Festival Filem Malaysia

10 titles

Malaysia · Varies · Film

The formal “Oscars of Malaysia” for feature films, organised with FINAS — the national highest honour for Malaysian cinema when a film is called an award-winner without qualification.

9 verified wins · Browse →

Television & cross-media awards

Industry and audience ceremonies covering television or a mix of film, television and entertainment. Ordered by the number of verified catalog titles.

Anugerah Skrin

13 titles

Malaysia · Varies · Film & TV

Malaysia’s premier screen awards covering television and film craft — often treated as the country’s most prestigious all-screen ceremony, judged on artistic and technical excellence alongside Festival Filem Malaysia for features.

9 verified wins · Browse →

Lux Style Awards

13 titles

Pakistan · Varies · Film & TV

Pakistan’s oldest and most prestigious entertainment honours since 2002 — spanning television, film, music and fashion, with Critics’ Choice jury categories alongside Viewers’ Choice popularity prizes.

12 verified wins · Browse →

Magnolia Awards (Shanghai Television Festival)

11 titles

China · June · Television

China’s most prestigious industry-judged television honours — the Bai Yulan (白玉兰) Awards of the Shanghai Television Festival (STVF), East Asia’s first and one of its largest TV festivals. Since 1988 they have stood with the Feitian and Golden Eagle Awards as China’s “Big Three,” and a Magnolia win is widely treated as the highest mark of professional excellence a Chinese series or performer can earn. The 2026 edition drew more than 1,000 entries from 60 countries and regions.

13 verified wins · Browse →

Hum Awards

10 titles

Pakistan · Varies · Television

Pakistan’s TV-drama powerhouse awards since 2013, run by Hum Network — celebrating the industry’s most watched and acclaimed series, with diaspora-facing ceremonies from London to Dubai.

11 verified wins · Browse →

Ranked award films

Most verified wins first by default; use the controls to switch to score, ceremony year or title.

163 films

🏆 4 wins · 1 nom Best Director · Blue Dragon Film Awards 2006

🏆 4 wins Best Supporting Actor · Golden Horse Awards 2008

🏆 3 wins · 1 nom Best Original Song · Academy Awards 2023

🏆 3 wins · 1 nom Best International Feature Film · Academy Awards 2023

🏆 2 wins Best Foreign Language Film · Academy Awards 1964

🏆 2 wins · 2 noms Best Director · Blue Dragon Film Awards 2018

🏆 2 wins Best Actress (Shahana Goswami) · Asian Film Awards 2025

🏆 1 win Honorary Award (Best Foreign Film) · Academy Awards 1952

🏆 1 win · 4 noms Best Actor (Koji Yakusho) · Asian Film Awards 2024

🏆 1 win · 1 nom Best Editing · National Film Awards (India) 1976

🏆 1 win · 1 nom Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2025

🏆 1 win Best Supporting Female (Yuh-jung Youn) · Independent Spirit Awards 2021

🏆 1 win · 6 noms Best Lead Performance · Independent Spirit Awards 2025

🏆 1 win · 2 noms Best Cinematography · Golden Rooster Awards 2003

🏆 1 win · 3 noms Best Actor – Musical or Comedy · Golden Globes 2025

🏆 1 win · 3 noms Best Newcomer (Hayato Kurihara) · Asian Film Awards 2025

🏆 1 win · 1 nom Best Actress · Lux Style Awards 2023

🏆 1 win Best Film in an African Language · Africa Movie Academy Awards 2023

Frequently asked questions

Which film and TV awards does Celluloid cover?

Celluloid tracks winners and nominees across 26 award bodies — Academy Awards (Oscars), Golden Globes, BAFTA, Filmfare, Citra, Magnolia, Golden Rooster, Lux Style and more. 163 award-winning and nominated films plus 27 TV series are scored here.

What are the best award-winning movies on Celluloid?

Parasite (2019) leads the catalogue with 16 major award wins, including Best Picture at the Academy Awards 2020. Ranked by verified wins, then four-input Celluloid Score.

What are Academy Award winning movies vs Golden Globes?

Oscars are voted by AMPAS branches and are the defining film honours. Golden Globes split Drama and Musical/Comedy and usually land in January as an Oscars precursor. Both are listed under International awards season on this hub — start at /awards/oscars/ and /awards/golden-globes/.

What are Asia’s national film and TV awards?

China: Magnolia Awards (TV) and Golden Rooster Awards (film). Indonesia: Citra Awards at Festival Film Indonesia. Malaysia: Festival Filem Malaysia and Anugerah Skrin. Pakistan: Lux Style Awards and Hum Awards. Pan-Asia: Asian Film Awards. Guide: /news/asia-national-film-tv-awards-guide/.

What are the Magnolia Awards?

The Magnolia Awards (Bai Yulan) are the core television honors of the Shanghai Television Festival — China’s most prestigious industry-juried TV awards, part of the Big Three with the Feitian and Golden Eagle Awards. Browse /awards/magnolia-awards/ and /news/magnolia-awards-shanghai-tv-festival-guide/.