22nd Empire Awards


The 22nd Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2016. The ceremony took place on 19 March 2017 in London, England.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • I, Daniel Blake
  • * Eddie the Eagle
  • * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • * High-Rise
  • * The Girl with All the Gifts
  • Gareth Edwards — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * Taika Waititi — Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • * Ken Loach — I, Daniel Blake
  • * Denis Villeneuve — Arrival
  • * Andrea Arnold — American Honey
  • Deadpool — Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
  • * Arrival — Eric Heisserer
  • * Hell or High Water — Taylor Sheridan
  • * Hunt for the Wilderpeople — Taika Waititi
  • * The Nice Guys — Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi
  • Eddie Redmayne — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • * Ryan Gosling — La La Land
  • * Casey Affleck — Manchester by the Sea
  • * Ryan Reynolds — Deadpool
  • * Benedict Cumberbatch — Doctor Strange
  • Felicity Jones — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * Emma Stone — La La Land
  • * Ruth Negga — Loving
  • * Natalie Portman — Jackie
  • * Amy Adams — Arrival
  • Dave Johns — I, Daniel Blake
  • * Tom Holland — '
  • * Riz Ahmed — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * Julian Dennison — Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • * Lewis MacDougall — A Monster Calls
  • Anya Taylor-Joy — The Witch
  • * Sasha Lane — American Honey
  • * Angourie Rice — The Nice Guys
  • * Sennia Nanua — The Girl with All the Gifts
  • * Hayley Squires — I, Daniel Blake
  • The Greasy Strangler
  • * Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • * Deadpool
  • * The Nice Guys
  • * Ghostbusters
  • The Witch
  • * Don't Breathe
  • * Under the Shadow
  • * The Conjuring 2
  • * Green Room
  • A Monster Calls
  • * Arrival
  • * Doctor Strange
  • * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • Jason Bourne
  • * Hell or High Water
  • * '
  • * Nocturnal Animals
  • * Victoria
  • Finding Dory
  • * Moana
  • * Anomalisa
  • * Your Name
  • * Kubo and the Two Strings
  • * My Scientology Movie
  • * Weiner
  • * '
  • * 13th
  • Inner Workings
  • * Borrowed Time
  • * Piper
  • * Thunder Road
  • * Town vs Gown
  • La La Land
  • * Arrival
  • * The Greasy Strangler
  • * Moana
  • * Sing Street
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • * La La Land
  • * Arrival
  • * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * Doctor Strange
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • * '
  • * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * Doctor Strange
  • * Deadpool
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * Suicide Squad
  • * Star Trek Beyond
  • * The Neon Demon
  • Doctor Strange
  • * '
  • * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • * The Jungle Book
  • * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • The Night Manager
  • * Game of Thrones
  • * Stranger Things
  • * Sherlock
  • * Westworld
  • * Battlefield 1
  • * FIFA 17
  • * The Last Guardian
  • * Overwatch
  • Empire Hero Award: Tom Hiddleston
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Luc Besson
  • Empire Legend Award: Sir Patrick Stewart'
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    Multiple awards

    The following films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    4Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    3Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    2I, Daniel Blake
    2The Witch

    Multiple nominations

    The following films received multiple nominations:
    AwardsFilm
    9Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    7Arrival
    6Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    5Deadpool
    5Doctor Strange
    5Hunt for the Wilderpeople
    5La La Land
    4
    4I, Daniel Blake
    3The Nice Guys
    2American Honey
    2The Girl with All the Gifts
    2The Greasy Strangler
    2Hell or High Water
    2Moana
    2A Monster Calls
    2The Witch