# 23rd Empire Awards

The 23rd Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Rakuten Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2017. The ceremony took place on 18 March 2018 in London, England at the Roundhouse Theatre. The nominees were announced on 18 January 2018.
These are the last Empire Awards to be held so far.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film Star Wars: The Last Jedi Call Me by Your Name Get Out Thor: Ragnarok Wonder Woman | Best British Film God's Own Country Darkest Hour Dunkirk Paddington 2 The Death of Stalin |
| Best Director Rian Johnson — Star Wars: The Last Jedi Patty Jenkins — Wonder Woman Jordan Peele — Get Out Taika Waititi — Thor: Ragnarok Edgar Wright — Baby Driver | Best Screenplay Jordan Peele — Get Out Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter Fellows — The Death of Stalin James Ivory — Call Me by Your Name Francis Lee — God's Own Country Martin McDonagh — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| Best Actor Hugh Jackman — Logan John Boyega — Star Wars: The Last Jedi Armie Hammer — Call Me by Your Name Gary Oldman — Darkest Hour Andy Serkis — War for the Planet of the Apes | Best Actress Daisy Ridley — Star Wars: The Last Jedi Gal Gadot — Wonder Woman Tiffany Haddish — Girls Trip Frances McDormand — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Emma Watson — Beauty and the Beast |
| Best Male Newcomer Josh O'Connor — God's Own Country Timothée Chalamet — Call Me by Your Name Ansel Elgort — Baby Driver Daniel Kaluuya — Get Out Fionn Whitehead — Dunkirk | Best Female Newcomer Dafne Keen — Logan Emily Beecham — Daphne Florence Pugh — Lady Macbeth Tessa Thompson — Thor: Ragnarok Kelly Marie Tran — Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
| Best Comedy The Death of Stalin Girls Trip The Big Sick The Disaster Artist Toni Erdmann | Best Horror Get Out It mother! Split The Autopsy of Jane Doe |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Wonder Woman Blade Runner 2049 Logan Star Wars: The Last Jedi Thor: Ragnarok | Best Thriller Kingsman: The Golden Circle Baby Driver John Wick: Chapter 2 The Handmaiden Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| Best Animated Film Coco Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie My Life as a Courgette The Lego Batman Movie The Red Turtle | Best Documentary I Am Not Your Negro An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power City of Ghosts I Called Him Morgan Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond |
| Best Production Design Baby Driver Dunkirk Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Thor: Ragnarok | Best Soundtrack Baby Driver Beauty and the Beast Call Me by Your Name Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Logan Lucky |
| Best Visual Effects Star Wars: The Last Jedi Ghost in the Shell Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Thor: Ragnarok War for the Planet of the Apes | Best Costume Design Michael Kaplan — Star Wars: The Last Jedi Alexandra Byrne — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Suzie Harman — The Death of Stalin Ellen Mirojnick — The Greatest Showman Mayes C. Rubeo — Thor: Ragnarok |
| Best Makeup and Hair Styling Beauty and the Beast Ghost in the Shell Murder on the Orient Express The Greatest Showman Thor: Ragnarok | Best TV Series The Crown Big Little Lies Stranger Things The Handmaid's Tale Twin Peaks |
| Best Actor in a TV Series Jason Isaacs — Star Trek: Discovery Kyle MacLachlan — Twin Peaks Alexander Skarsgård — Big Little Lies Matt Smith — The Crown Dan Stevens — Legion | Best Actress in a TV Series Nicole Kidman — Big Little Lies Millie Bobby Brown — Stranger Things Claire Foy — The Crown Elisabeth Moss — The Handmaid's Tale Reese Witherspoon — Big Little Lies |
| Honorary Awards Empire Icon Award: Mark Hamill Empire Legend of our Lifetime Award: Steven Spielberg |

### Multiple awards

The following films received multiple awards:
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
| 2 | Baby Driver Get Out God's Own Country Logan |

### Multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Awards | Film |
| 9 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
| 8 | Thor: Ragnarok |
| 5 | Baby Driver Call Me by Your Name Get Out |
| 4 | Big Little Lies Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 The Death of Stalin Wonder Woman |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast Dunkirk God's Own Country Logan The Crown Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| 2 | Darkest Hour Girls Trip Ghost in the Shell Stranger Things The Handmaid's Tale Twin Peaks War for the Planet of the Apes |