Academy Award for Best Picture

1995

Braveheart

Release dates

May 24, 1995

Starring

Mel Gibson

Sophie Marceau

Patrick McGoohan

Catherine McCormack

Angus Macfadyen

Brendan Gleeson

Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The story is based on Blind Harry's epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace. It has been described as one of the most historically inaccurate modern films.

The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards and won five: Best Picture, Best Makeup, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Director.