'' Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street '' received four Golden Globe nominations for the January 2008 65th Golden Globe Awards , winning two . The film received the award for Best Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy genre , and Depp for his performance as Sweeney Todd . Burton was nominated for Best Director , and Helena Bonham Carter was nominated for her performance as Mrs. Lovett . The film was included in the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures 's top ten films of 2007 , and Burton was presented with their award for Best Director . The film was also nominated for two BAFTA awards , in the categories of Costume Design and Make Up and Hair . '' Sweeney Todd '' further received three Oscar nominations at the 80th Academy Awards : Best Actor in a Leading Role for Depp ; Best Achievement in Costume Design ; and Best Achievement in Art Direction , which it won . Depp won the award for Best Villain at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards . He thanked his fans for " sticking with me on this very obtuse and strange road . " He also won the Choice Movie Villain award at the Teen Choice Awards ; and at Spike TV 's 2008 Scream Awards ( filmed on October 18 , 2008 , and aired three days later ) , the film won two awards : Best Horror Movie , and Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show ( Depp )
65th Golden Globe Awards
65th Golden Globe Awards
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)