MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
Awarded for Quality fight scenes
Country United States
Presented by MTV
First awarded 1996
Last awarded 2023
Website www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/

The MTV Movie Award for Best Fight is an award presented to actors and characters for quality fight scenes in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public vote. The MTV Movie Award for Best Fight was first presented in 1996 to Adam Sandler and Bob Barker for their fight in Happy Gilmore. Uma Thurman won the award in 2004 and 2005 for her fights against Chiaki Kuriyama and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2, respectively. In 2008 and 2009, Cam Gigandet was presented with the honor for his fights in Never Back Down and Twilight. Robert Pattinson has also won the award twice, for his appearances in The Twilight Saga films: Twilight in 2009, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in 2011. Jackie Chan has won the Best Fight honor once from four nominations. Jet Li and Chris Tucker have each received three nominations, and Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Hayden Christensen, and Ewan McGregor have each been nominated twice.

Winners and nominees

2004 and 2005 winner Uma Thurman
2008 and 2009 winner Cam Gigandet
2009 and 2011 winner Robert Pattinson
2002 winner Jackie Chan
Three-time nominee Jet Li
The fight between Angelina Jolie (left) and Brad Pitt in Mr. & Mrs. Smith won the 2006 award.
2012 winner Jennifer Lawrence
Photo of Brie Larson in 2013.
2019 winner Brie Larson
Year Winner Film Other nominees Ref.
1996 Adam Sandler vs. Bob Barker Happy Gilmore
1997 Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney The Craft
1998 Will Smith vs. the Edgar Bug Men in Black
1999 Ben Stiller vs. Puffy the Dog There's Something About Mary
2000 Keanu Reeves vs. Laurence Fishburne The Matrix
2001 Ziyi Zhang vs. Entire bar Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2002 Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Hong Kong gang Rush Hour 2
2003 Yoda vs. Christopher Lee Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2004 Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama Kill Bill: Volume 1
2005 Uma Thurman vs. Daryl Hannah Kill Bill: Volume 2
2006 Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2007 Gerard Butler vs. Robert Maillet 300
2008 Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet Never Back Down
2009 Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet Twilight
2010 Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter Obsessed
2011 Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2012 Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig The Hunger Games
2013 Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston The Avengers
2014 Orlando Bloom & Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2015 Dylan O'Brien vs. Will Poulter The Maze Runner
2016 Ryan Reynolds vs. Ed Skrein Deadpool
2018 Gal Gadot vs. German Soldiers Wonder Woman
2019 Brie Larson vs. Gemma Chan Captain Marvel
2021 Elizabeth Olsen vs. Kathryn Hahn Scripted
WandaVision
Kourtney Kardashian vs. Kim Kardashian Unscripted
Keeping Up With The Kardashians
2022 Cassie vs. Maddy Scripted
Euphoria
Bosco vs. Lady Camden Unscripted
RuPaul's Drag Race
2023 Courteney Cox vs. Ghostface Scream VI