Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk received eight Academy Award nominations.
At the 90th Academy Awards, Dunkirk was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Film Editing, Cinematography, Original Score, Production Design, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing. Nolan received his first Best Director nomination for the film.
Dunkirk won three awards: Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. It did not win Best Picture or Best Director, but its technical recognition reflected the film’s emphasis on scale, sound, and practical spectacle.
The number is sometimes confused with the film’s three wins. Dunkirk was released in 2017 and dramatizes the 1940 evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, France. Its narrative uses three linked time spans involving land, sea, and air.