# MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year

This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Movie. From 2012 to 2018, it was renamed to Movie of the Year. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy won in three consecutive years (2002–2004) and is the only franchise who took home “Movie of the Year” for all their films. The Twilight Saga films won in four consecutive years (2009–2012), along with Best Kiss.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Nominees | Director |
| 1992 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron |
| 1992 | Backdraft | Ron Howard |
| 1992 | Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton |
| 1992 | JFK | Oliver Stone |
| 1992 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Kevin Reynolds |
| 1993 | A Few Good Men | Rob Reiner |
| 1993 | Aladdin | John Musker and Ron Clements |
| 1993 | Basic Instinct | Paul Verhoeven |
| 1993 | The Bodyguard | Mick Jackson |
| 1993 | Malcolm X | Spike Lee |
| 1994 | Menace II Society | Allen and Albert Hughes |
| 1994 | The Fugitive | Andrew Davis |
| 1994 | Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg |
| 1994 | Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme |
| 1994 | Schindler's List | Steven Spielberg |
| 1995 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino |
| 1995 | The Crow | Alex Proyas |
| 1995 | Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis |
| 1995 | Interview with the Vampire | Neil Jordan |
| 1995 | Speed | Jan de Bont |
| 1996 | Se7en | David Fincher |
| 1996 | Apollo 13 | Ron Howard |
| 1996 | Braveheart | Mel Gibson |
| 1996 | Clueless | Amy Heckerling |
| 1996 | Dangerous Minds | John N. Smith |
| 1997 | Scream | Wes Craven |
| 1997 | Independence Day | Roland Emmerich |
| 1997 | Jerry Maguire | Cameron Crowe |
| 1997 | The Rock | Michael Bay |
| 1997 | Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann |
| 1998 | Titanic | James Cameron |
| 1998 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Jay Roach |
| 1998 | Face/Off | John Woo |
| 1998 | Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant |
| 1998 | Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 1999 | There's Something About Mary | The Farrelly Brothers |
| 1999 | Armageddon | Michael Bay |
| 1999 | Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg |
| 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | John Madden |
| 1999 | The Truman Show | Peter Weir |

### 2000s

| Year | Nominees | Director |
| 2000 | The Matrix | The Wachowskis |
| 2000 | American Beauty | Sam Mendes |
| 2000 | American Pie | Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz |
| 2000 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Jay Roach |
| 2000 | The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 2001 | Gladiator | Ridley Scott |
| 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee |
| 2001 | Erin Brockovich | Steven Soderbergh |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott |
| 2001 | X-Men | Bryan Singer |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott |
| 2002 | The Fast and the Furious | Rob Cohen |
| 2002 | Legally Blonde | Robert Luketic |
| 2002 | Shrek | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson |
| 2003 | 8 Mile | Curtis Hanson |
| 2003 | Barbershop | Tim Story |
| 2003 | The Ring | Gore Verbinski |
| 2003 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson |
| 2004 | 50 First Dates | Peter Segal |
| 2004 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton |
| 2004 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski |
| 2004 | X2: X-Men United | Bryan Singer |
| 2005 | Napoleon Dynamite | Jared Hess |
| 2005 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird |
| 2005 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2005 | Ray | Taylor Hackford |
| 2005 | Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi |
| 2006 | Wedding Crashers | David Dobkin |
| 2006 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Judd Apatow |
| 2006 | Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan |
| 2006 | King Kong | Peter Jackson |
| 2006 | Sin City | Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski |
| 2007 | 300 | Zack Snyder |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Will Speck and Josh Gordon |
| 2007 | Borat | Larry Charles |
| 2007 | Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris |
| 2008 | Transformers | Michael Bay |
| 2008 | I Am Legend | Francis Lawrence |
| 2008 | Juno | Jason Reitman |
| 2008 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Jon Turteltaub |
| 2008 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski |
| 2008 | Superbad | Greg Mottola |
| 2009 | Twilight | Catherine Hardwicke |
| 2009 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan |
| 2009 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Kenny Ortega |
| 2009 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau |
| 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle |

### 2010s

| Year | Nominees | Director |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Chris Weitz |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Tim Burton |
| 2010 | Avatar | James Cameron |
| 2010 | The Hangover | Todd Phillips |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | David Yates |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | David Slade |
| 2011 | Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | David Yates |
| 2011 | Inception | Christopher Nolan |
| 2011 | The Social Network | David Fincher |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Bill Condon |
| 2012 | Bridesmaids | Paul Feig |
| 2012 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates |
| 2012 | The Help | Tate Taylor |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Gary Ross |
| 2013 | The Avengers | Joss Whedon |
| 2013 | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan |
| 2013 | Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2013 | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell |
| 2013 | Ted | Seth MacFarlane |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Francis Lawrence |
| 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen |
| 2014 | American Hustle | David O. Russell |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Peter Jackson |
| 2014 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Martin Scorsese |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | The Fault in Our Stars | Josh Boone |
| 2015 | American Sniper | Clint Eastwood |
| 2015 | Boyhood | Richard Linklater |
| 2015 | Gone Girl | David Fincher |
| 2015 | Guardians of the Galaxy | James Gunn |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Francis Lawrence |
| 2015 | Selma | Ava DuVernay |
| 2015 | Whiplash | Damien Chazelle |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | J. J. Abrams |
| 2016 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Joss Whedon |
| 2016 | Creed | Ryan Coogler |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Tim Miller |
| 2016 | Jurassic World | Colin Trevorrow |
| 2016 | Straight Outta Compton | F. Gary Gray |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Bill Condon |
| 2017 | The Edge of Seventeen | Kelly Fremon Craig |
| 2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele |
| 2017 | Logan | James Mangold |
| 2017 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Gareth Edwards |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ryan Coogler |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 2018 | Girls Trip | Malcolm D. Lee |
| 2018 | It | Andy Muschietti |
| 2018 | Wonder Woman | Patty Jenkins |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 2019 | BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman |
| 2019 | To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Susan Johnson |
| 2019 | Us | Jordan Peele |

### 2020s

| Year | Nominees | Director |
| 2021 | To All the Boys: Always and Forever | Michael Fimognari |
| 2021 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Jason Woliner |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah | Shaka King |
| 2021 | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell |
| 2021 | Soul | Pete Docter |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Jon Watts |
| 2022 | Dune | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2022 | Scream | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett |
| 2022 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Destin Daniel Cretton |
| 2022 | The Adam Project | Shawn Levy |
| 2022 | The Batman | Matt Reeves |
| 2023 | Scream VI | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | James Cameron |
| 2023 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler |
| 2023 | Elvis | Baz Luhrmann |
| 2023 | Nope | Jordan Peele |
| 2023 | Smile | Parker Finn |
| 2023 | Top Gun: Maverick | Joseph Kosinski |

## Records

Films that won Best Movie at the MTV Movie & TV Awards and Best Picture at the Academy Awards
* 1998: Titanic
* 2001: Gladiator
* 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Franchise or film series that have won Best Movie more than once
* The Twilight Saga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
* Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers (2013, 2019), Black Panther (2018), Spider-Man (2022)
* The Lord of the Rings: 2002, 2003, 2004
* Scream: 1997, 2023