Unforgiven and Best Film Editing for editor Joel Cox. Eastwood was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, but he lost to Al Pacino for "Scent of a Woman". The film was the third Western to win the Oscar for Best Picture, following "Cimarron" (1931) and "Dances with Wolves" (1990). Eastwood dedicated the film to directors and mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel. In 2004, "Unforgiven" was added to the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 1881 in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, two cowboys, Quick
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama categories. Since 1951, the only time the awards were reunified was in 1953. In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners. These are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Since its institution in