'' Braveheart '' was nominated for many awards during the 1995 Oscar season , though it was not viewed by many as a major contender such as '' Apollo 13 '' , '' Il Postino : The Postman '' , '' Leaving Las Vegas '' , '' Sense and Sensibility '' , and '' The Usual Suspects '' . It was n't until after the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the 53rd Golden Globe Awards that it was viewed as a serious Oscar contender . When the nominations were announced for the 68th Academy Awards , '' Braveheart '' received ten Academy Award nominations , and a month later , won five including Best Picture , Best Director for Gibson , Best Cinematography , Best Sound Effects Editing , and Best Makeup . '' Braveheart '' became the ninth film to win Best Picture with no acting nominations and is one of only three films to win Best Picture without being nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , the other being '' The Shape of Water '' in 2017 and followed by '' Green Book '' the following year . The film also won the Writer 's Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay . In 2010 , the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years Lin Anderson , author of '' Braveheart : From Hollywood To Holyrood '' , credits the film with playing a significant role in affecting the Scottish political landscape in the mid-to-late 1990s
68th Academy Awards
68th Academy Awards
Braveheart