+ List of accolades received by Darkest Hour Gary Oldman's performance earned him several wins and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Accolades Award Won NominatedAACTA International AwardsAcademy AwardsAlliance of Women Film JournalistsAmerican Society of CinematographersArt Directors GuildAustin Film Critics AssociationBritish Academy Film AwardsChicago Film Critics AssociationCritics' Choice AwardsDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationDetroit Film Critics SocietyDorian AwardsEmpire AwardsEvening Standard British Film AwardsFlorida Film Critics CircleGeorgia Film Critics AssociationGolden Globe AwardsHollywood Film AwardsIGN AwardsIndieWire Critics PollLondon Film Critics' CircleMake-Up Artists and Hair Stylists GuildNew York Film Critics CircleOnline Film Critics SocietyPalm Springs International Film FestivalSan Diego Film Critics SocietySan Francisco Film Critics CircleSatellite AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSeattle Film Critics SocietySt. Louis Film Critics AssociationToronto Film Critics AssociationVancouver Film Critics CircleVisual Effects Society AwardsWashington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationWomen Film Critics CircleTotal number of awards and nominations References
Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister, as Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht swept across Western Europe, threatening to defeat the United Kingdom during World War II. The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup.
The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2017, and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. It began a limited release in the United States on 22 November 2017, before expanding on 22 December, and was released on 12 January 2018 in the United Kingdom. The film grossed $149 million worldwide against a budget of $30 million.
Darkest Hour generally received positive reviews, praising in particular Oldman's performance, many who labelled it as one of the best of his career. For his role, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. At the 90th Academy Awards the film earned six nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Best Actor and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards it received nine nominations including Best Film and Outstanding British Film.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result AACTA International Awards 5 January 2018 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards 4 March 2018 Best Picture , , , and Best Actor Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Makeup and Hairstyling Kazuhiro Tsuji, and Best Production Design and Alliance of Women Film Journalists 9 January 2018 Best Actor American Society of Cinematographers 17 February 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Art Directors Guild 27 January 2018 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Austin Film Critics Association 8 January 2018 Best Actor Best Cinematography British Academy Film Awards 18 February 2018 Best Film , , , and Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Cinematography Best British Film , , , , and Best Film Music Best Production Design and Best Costume Design Best Makeup and Hair , , and Kazuhiro Tsuji Chicago Film Critics Association 12 December 2017 Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Awards 11 January 2018 Best Picture , , , and Best Actor Best Score Best Makeup Darkest Hour Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 13 December 2017 Best Film Best Actor Detroit Film Critics Society 7 December 2017 Best Actor Dorian Awards 24 February 2018 Best Performance of the Year – Actor Empire Awards 18 March 2018 Best British Film Darkest Hour Best Actor Evening Standard British Film Awards 8 February 2018 Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle 23 December 2017 Best Actor Georgia Film Critics Association 12 January 2018 Best Actor Best Original Score Golden Globe Awards7 January 2018Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Hollywood Film Awards6 November 2017 Hollywood Career Achievement Award Hollywood Director Award Hollywood Costume Design Award IGN Awards 19 December 2017 Best Drama Movie Darkest Hour Best Lead Performer in a Movie IndieWire Critics Poll 19 December 2017 Best Actor London Film Critics' Circle 28 January 2018 Actor of the Year British/Irish Actor of the Year Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild 24 February 2018 Feature Motion Picture: Best Period and/or Character Makeup and Feature Motion Picture: Best Period and/or Character Hair Feature Motion Picture: Best Special Makeup Effects Kazuhiro Tsuji, and Motion Picture Sound Editors 18 February 2018 Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film , , New York Film Critics Online 10 December 2017 Best Actor Online Film Critics Society 28 December 2017 Best Actor Palm Springs International Film Festival 2 January 2018 Desert Palm Achievement Award for Best Actor San Diego Film Critics Society 11 December 2017 Best Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle 10 December 2017 Best Actor Satellite Awards 10 February 2018 Best Actor – Motion Picture Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Editing Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) Darkest Hour Screen Actors Guild Awards 21 January 2018 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Seattle Film Critics Society 18 December 2017 Best Actor Best Costume Design St. Louis Film Critics Association 17 December 2017 Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Editing Toronto Film Critics Association 10 December 2017 Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle 6 January 2018 Best Actor Visual Effects Society Awards 13 February 2018 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature , , and Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 8 December 2017 Best Actor Whistler Film Festival 3 December 2017 Audience Award Darkest Hour Etan Vlessing, "Evan Rachel Wood Wins Best Performance at Whistler Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter, 3 December 2017. Women Film Critics Circle 17 December 2017 Best Actor
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