16th Empire Awards


The 16th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2010 and took place on 27 March 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 11 categories as well as three honorary awards. Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the third consecutive year. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the third consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 2nd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on 25 March 2011 at the London Film Museum, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd and English director Neil Marshall, which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
Kick-Ass won two awards including Best British Film. Other winners included The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo also with two awards and Four Lions, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Inception, Let Me In, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The King's Speech and The Last Exorcism with one. Keira Knightley received the Empire Hero Award, Gary Oldman received the Empire Icon Award and Edgar Wright received the Empire Inspiration Award. Maeve Stam from the Netherlands won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version of 127 Hours.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Inception
  • * Kick-Ass
  • * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • * The King's Speech
  • * The Social Network
  • Kick-Ass
  • * 127 Hours
  • * Four Lions
  • * Monsters
  • * The King's Speech
  • Edgar Wright — Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • * Christopher Nolan — Inception
  • * David Fincher — The Social Network
  • * Matthew Vaughn — Kick-Ass
  • * Tom Hooper — The King's Speech
  • Colin Firth — The King's Speech
  • * Aaron Taylor-Johnson — Kick-Ass
  • * James Franco — 127 Hours
  • * Jesse Eisenberg — The Social Network
  • * Leonardo DiCaprio — Inception
  • Noomi Rapace — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • * Emma Watson — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
  • * Helena Bonham Carter — The King's Speech
  • * Natalie Portman — Black Swan
  • * Olivia Williams — The Ghost Writer
  • Four Lions
  • * Easy A
  • * Get Him to the Greek
  • * The Other Guys
  • * Toy Story 3
  • The Last Exorcism
  • * A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • * Let Me In
  • * Paranormal Activity 2
  • * The Crazies
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
  • * Alice in Wonderland
  • * Inception
  • * Kick-Ass
  • * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • * 127 Hours
  • * Black Swan
  • * Shutter Island
  • * The Town
  • Chloë Grace Moretz — Kick-Ass and Let Me In
  • * Gareth Edwards — Monsters
  • * Jaden Smith — The Karate Kid
  • * Jennifer Lawrence — Winter's Bone
  • * Mia Wasikowska — Alice in Wonderland
  • Netherlands: 127 Hours by Maeve Stam
    • Finalists:
    • * Russia: Avatar by Valentina Kurochkina & Sergey Potapov
    • * Sweden: Indiana Jones by Samuel Heiligers, Frej Bengtsson & Stefan Lundaahl
    • * United Kingdom: The Exorcist by Lee Hardcastle
    • * United Kingdom: The Lion King by Michael Whaite
    The other shortlisted films:
    • * Bulgaria: Valkyrie by Marian Georgiev
    • * Chile: Aliens by Rodrigo Reyes Santander
    • * Germany: ' by Negian Haddad Kaveh
    • * Ireland: The Expendables by Chris Lodge
    • * Ireland: Shadow of the Vampire by Kevin De La Isla
    • * Kazakhstan: The Dark Knight by Andrey Manuilov
    • * Poland: James Bond by Michael Mank & Jacek Wlodarczyk
    • * Russia: Inception by Petr Lisovisky & Artur Ostapenko
    • * Russia: Jaws by Dmitry Vasiyev & Zhanna Boyarintseva
    • * Russia: Transformers Grindhouse by Olga Busorgina & Andrey Kilin
    • * Russia: Charlie Chaplin by Vadi Talanov & Dmitry Korobeynikov
    • * Sweden: Psycho by Joshua Petsonk & Hanni Serag
    • * Turkey: Dr. Strangelove by Çagil Ivak
    • * Turkey: 12 Angry Men by Esat Can
    • * Ukraine: ' by Mykhailo Orlov
    • * Ukraine: Inglourious Basterds by Vladyslav Trifinov
    • * United Kingdom: The Social Network by Jack Kendall
    • * United Kingdom: 300 by Simon Jago, Ryan Casey & Clark Brady
    • * United Kingdom: Predator by Gareth Soens Hughes
  • Empire Hero Award: Keira Knightley
  • Empire Icon Award: Gary Oldman
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Edgar Wright
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    Multiple awards

    The following two films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    2Kick-Ass
    2The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    Multiple nominations

    The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    6Kick-Ass
    5The King's Speech
    4Inception
    3127 Hours
    3Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    3The Social Network
    2Alice in Wonderland
    2Black Swan
    2Four Lions
    2Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
    2Let Me In
    2Monsters
    2The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    Done In 60 Seconds films