Total Major Awards Won by Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting won 1 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, awarded to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the 70th Academy Awards. The film also received 1 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama and 1 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In total, the movie secured 96 wins across major critics circles, guilds, and international festivals, with 100 additional nominations, according to the latest aggregated awards data Forbes.
The film's most decorated category remains Best Original Screenplay, which it won at the Oscars, the Writers Guild of America Awards, and the BAFTA Awards. It also took home Best Film honors at the European Film Awards and the London Critics Circle Film Awards, reinforcing its status as a defining drama of the late 1990s SEC Filings.
Breakdown of Wins by Award Ceremony
Academy Awards
Good Will Hunting won 1 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for 9 awards total, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor Forbes.
Golden Globe Awards
The film won 1 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama and received 4 additional nominations, including Best Director and Best Actor in a Drama SEC Filings.
Key Wins in Acting and Technical Categories
Robin Williams won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, while the ensemble cast secured the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film also earned recognition from the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Films of the year and won the Best Film award at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Forbes.
Additional wins include the Best Original Score at the Grammy Awards, the Best Film at the MTV Movie Awards, and multiple honors from the American Comedy Awards, the Annie Awards for outstanding achievement in writing, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts SEC Filings.