# MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film was first awarded in 1987, recognizing the best videos whose songs were a part of a movie soundtrack or featured in a film. As time went on, though, music videos taken from movie soundtracks became more rare, and so the last of this award was given out in 2003. No artist has ever won this award more than once, though Madonna, Will Smith, and U2 are all winners who have been nominated a record three times for this award. U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr., however, are technically the most nominated artists of this category, for along with their three nominations with U2, they also received a nomination for their video for the Mission: Impossible theme. In a similar vein, Singles and Batman Forever are the two most nominated films of this category, as they each had two videos off of their soundtracks receive nominations on their respective years.

## Recipients

| Year | Winner | Other nominees |
| 1987 | Talking Heads – "Wild Wild Life" (from True Stories) | Eric Clapton – "It's in the Way That You Use It" (from The Color of Money) Rodney Dangerfield – "Twist and Shout" (from Back to School) Aretha Franklin – "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (from Jumpin' Jack Flash) Ben E. King – "Stand by Me" (from Stand by Me) |
| 1988 | Los Lobos – "La Bamba" (from La Bamba) | The Bangles – "Hazy Shade of Winter" (from Less than Zero) Bryan Ferry – "Kiss and Tell" (from Bright Lights, Big City) Peter Gabriel – "Biko" (from Cry Freedom) Bob Seger – "Shakedown" (from Beverly Hills Cop II) |
| 1989 | U2 with B. B. King – "When Love Comes to Town" (from Rattle and Hum) | The Belle Stars – "Iko Iko" (from Rain Man) Ice-T – "Colors" (from Colors) Annie Lennox and Al Green – "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (from Scrooged) |
| 1990 | Billy Idol – "Cradle of Love" (from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) | Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (from Born on the Fourth of July) Prince – "Batdance" (from Batman) ZZ Top – "Doubleback" (from Back to the Future Part III) |
| 1991 | Chris Isaak – "Wicked Game" (from Wild at Heart) | Bryan Adams – "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) Jon Bon Jovi – "Blaze of Glory" (from Young Guns II) Guns N' Roses – "You Could Be Mine" (from Terminator 2: Judgment Day) |
| 1992 | Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from Wayne's World) | Eric Clapton – "Tears in Heaven (Performance)" (from Rush) The Commitments – "Try a Little Tenderness" (from The Commitments) Hammer – "Addams Groove" (from The Addams Family) |
| 1993 | Alice in Chains – "Would?" (from Singles) | Arrested Development – "Revolution" (from Malcolm X) Boy George – "The Crying Game" (from The Crying Game) Paul Westerberg – "Dyslexic Heart" (from Singles) |
| 1994 | Bruce Springsteen – "Streets of Philadelphia" (from Philadelphia) | Backbeat Band – "Money" (from Backbeat) Madonna – "I'll Remember" (from With Honors) Sinéad O'Connor – "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" (from In The Name of the Father) |
| 1995 | Seal – "Kiss from a Rose" (from Batman Forever) | Bryan Adams – "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (from Don Juan DeMarco) Jim Carrey – "Cuban Pete" (from The Mask) U2 – "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (from Batman Forever) Urge Overkill – "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (from Pulp Fiction) |
| 1996 | Coolio (featuring L.V.) – "Gangsta's Paradise" (from Dangerous Minds) | Brandy – "Sittin' Up in My Room" (from Waiting to Exhale) Bush – "Machinehead" (from Fear) Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. – "Theme from Mission: Impossible" (from Mission: Impossible) |
| 1997 | Will Smith – "Men in Black" (from Men in Black) | Iggy Pop – "Lust for Life" (from Trainspotting) R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam) Bruce Springsteen – "Secret Garden" (from Jerry Maguire) |
| 1998 | Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from Armageddon) | Beck – "Deadweight" (from A Life Less Ordinary) Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic)" (from Titanic) Goo Goo Dolls – "Iris" (from City of Angels) Pras (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa) – "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) " (from Bulworth) Puff Daddy (featuring Jimmy Page) – "Come with Me" (from Godzilla) |
| 1999 | Madonna – "Beautiful Stranger" (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) | Aaliyah – "Are You That Somebody?" (from Dr. Dolittle) Jay-Z (featuring Ja Rule and Amil) – "Can I Get A..." (from Rush Hour) Will Smith (featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) – "Wild Wild West" (from Wild Wild West) |
| 2000 | Aaliyah – "Try Again" (from Romeo Must Die) | Aimee Mann – "Save Me" (from Magnolia) Metallica – "I Disappear" (from Mission: Impossible 2) R.E.M. – "The Great Beyond" (from Man on the Moon) Sisqó (featuring Foxy Brown) – "Thong Song (remix)" (from Nutty Professor II: The Klumps) |
| 2001 | Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade" (from Moulin Rouge!) | Destiny's Child – "Independent Women Part I" (from Charlie's Angels) DMX – "No Sunshine" (from Exit Wounds) K-Ci & JoJo – "Crazy" (from Save the Last Dance) U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) |
| 2002 | Chad Kroeger (featuring Josey Scott) – "Hero" (from Spider-Man) | Ludacris (featuring Nate Dogg) – "Area Codes" (from Rush Hour 2) Nelly – "#1" (from Training Day) Will Smith – "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" (from Men in Black II) |
| 2003 | Eminem – "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile) | JC Chasez – "Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)" (from Drumline) Madonna – "Die Another Day" (from Die Another Day) Britney Spears (featuring Pharrell) – "Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (from Austin Powers in Goldmember) |