8 Mile (film)

2002 film by Curtis Hanson

8 Mile

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Curtis Hanson
Written by| Scott Silver
Produced by|

* Curtis Hanson
* Brian Grazer
* Jimmy Iovine

Starring|

* Eminem
* Kim Basinger
* Brittany Murphy
* Mekhi Phifer

Cinematography| Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by| Jay Rabinowitz
Craig Kitson
Music by| Eminem

Production
companies

* Imagine Entertainment
* Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* November 8, 2002 (2002-11-08)

Running time

| 111 minutes[1]
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $41 million[2]
Box office| $242.9 million[2]

8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger and Anthony Mackie, the latter also in his film debut. The film, which contains autobiographical elements from Eminem's life, follows Detroit rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. aka B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in hip hop, a music genre dominated by African Americans. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the road between the predominantly black city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem originally lived in.

8 Mile was a critical and commercial success. It opened at No. 1 in the US with $51.3 million grossed in its opening weekend and an eventual total of $242.9 million worldwide.[2] The film's accompanying soundtrack (released by Universal's then subsidiary Universal Music, through Interscope and Shady/Aftermath) was also a commercial success, being certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3] The film garnered numerous award nominations and wins, including an Academy Award for Best Original Song win for "Lose Yourself" for Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto at the 75th Academy Awards. 8 Mile was named one of the best films of 2002 by several publications.

## Plot[edit]

In 1995, Jimmy is an aspiring rapper who performs under the stage name B-Rabbit. A blue-collar worker from a poor family residing in a trailer park just north of Detroit, Jimmy has moved to the run-down trailer home of his alcoholic mother, Stephanie, his younger sister Lily, and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend, Greg. Although encouraged by his friends, Jimmy worries about his potential as a rapper. One night, Jimmy 'chokes' during a rap battle at a local venue, the Shelter, and he leaves the stage humiliated.

During the day, Jimmy works at a car factory. Desperate for money, he asks for extra shifts, but his supervisor bluntly dismisses his request because of his habitual tardiness. Later on, he befriends a woman named Alex and begins to take more responsibility for the direction of his life. Stephanie discovers an eviction notice as Jimmy is getting ready for work.

Jimmy's friendship with Wink, who has ties to a record label promoter, becomes strained after he discovers that Wink does promotional work for Jimmy's rivals, a rap group known as "Leaders of the Free World". At one point, Jimmy and his friends get into a violent brawl with the Free World crew, which is disrupted when Jimmy's friend, Cheddar Bob, threatens them with a gun and accidentally shoots himself in the leg; he survives after being rushed to the hospital.

During a lunch break at work, one of Jimmy's co-workers performs a freestyle rap insulting his co-worker, Paul, insinuating Paul is gay. Jimmy raps a freestyle defending Paul, which improves his confidence after a positive reception. Alex arrives and is impressed by Jimmy's talent, and they have sex.

Despite her best attempts to keep the eviction notice a secret, Greg discovers it and confronts Stephanie. When Jimmy punches Greg for pushing his mother to the ground, they fight, ending in Greg leaving Stephanie for good. As Jimmy finds Stephanie lying on the porch, they have an argument, prompting Stephanie to kick Jimmy out of the house.

Wink arranges for Jimmy to meet with producers at a recording studio, but Jimmy finds Wink and Alex having sex. Enraged, Jimmy attacks Wink as Alex tries to break them up. In retaliation, Wink and the Leaders of the Free World assault Jimmy outside his trailer. The leader of the gang, Papa Doc, holds Jimmy at gunpoint and threatens to kill him, but Wink convinces him not to do it. After the group has left Jimmy alone, his mother arrives with enough money to pay to avoid eviction, having won $3,200 at a bingo tournament.

Jimmy's best friend and battle host, Future, pushes him to get revenge by competing against the Leaders of the Free World at the next rap battle. Jimmy agrees, but his boss, having noticed improved effort at work, asks Jimmy to do a late-night shift. He agrees, but it conflicts with the battle at the Shelter. Alex unexpectedly visits Jimmy at work. She says goodbye, as she is going to New York, and she is hoping to see Jimmy at the Shelter later. This motivates Jimmy to do the battle. He asks Paul to cover the start of his shift as a favor while Jimmy goes to the battle.

In all rounds of the rap battle, Jimmy has to compete against one member of the Free World crew. After handily winning the first two rounds against Lyckety-Splyt and Lotto, he faces Papa Doc. Going first, Jimmy pre-empts Papa Doc's potential insults, acknowledging his own "white trash" roots and difficult life. He ends his battle repudiating Papa Doc's image as a thug by exposing his privileged background, having attended a private school in a wealthy suburb and living in a stable, two-parent household, and the fact that his name is Clarence. Embarrassed and with nothing to say in rebuttal, Papa Doc hands the microphone back to Future, conceding the battle.

After being congratulated by Alex and his friends, Jimmy is offered a position by Future to co-host battles at the Shelter. Jimmy declines, saying that hosting is Future's thing, and he needs to do his own, and leaves to return to work.

## Cast[edit]

* Eminem as James "Jimmy" Smith Jr., a rapper who uses the stage name "B-Rabbit"
* Kim Basinger as Stephanie Smith, Jimmy and Lily's mother
* Mekhi Phifer as David Porter a.k.a. Future, Jimmy's best friend and the rap battle host
* Brittany Murphy as Alex, Jimmy's love interest
* Evan Jones as Cheddar Bob, Jimmy's slow-witted yet loyal friend
* Omar Benson Miller as Sol George, Jimmy's friend and Iz's brother
* De'Angelo Wilson as DJ Iz, Jimmy's friend and Sol's brother
* Eugene Byrd as Wink, a radio DJ
* Taryn Manning as Janeane, Jimmy's ex-girlfriend
* DJ Head as Battle DJ
* Michael Shannon as Greg Buehl, Stephanie's abusive boyfriend and former classmate of Jimmy and Future
* Chloe Greenfield as Lily, Jimmy's sister
* Anthony Mackie as Clarence a.k.a. Papa Doc, leader of the Free World
* Multiple cameos including:
* Brandon T. Jackson
* Proof
* Obie Trice
* Njeri Earth
* Xzibit

## Production[edit]

8 Mile started production in 2000.[4] Shooting began in September 2001 in Highland Park, Michigan.[5] Prior to Hanson's hiring, Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle were considered to direct the film.[6] Seth Rogen and Jason Segel were considered for Cheddar Bob.[7]

## Music[edit]

8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to 8 Mile. Eminem features on five tracks from the album. It was released under the Shady/Interscope label and spawned Eminem's first number 1 US single[8] "Lose Yourself". The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart that year, with over 702,000 copies sold, and a further 507,000 copies were sold in the second week, also finishing the year as the fifth-best-selling album of 2002, with US sales of 3.2 million despite being on the market for only two months.

## Reception[edit]

### Box office[edit]

8 Mile opened with $51,240,555 in its opening weekend, the then second-highest opening for an R-rated movie in the U.S., after Hannibal.[9] It topped the box office upon opening, beating The Santa Clause 2.[10] During its second weekend, the film dropped into second place behind Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, making $21.3 million.[11] The film would go on to gross $116,750,901 domestically and $126,124,177 overseas, for a total of $242,875,078 worldwide.[2] The film's final domestic gross would hold the film at No. 3 in Box Office Mojo's "Pop Star Debuts" list, behind Austin Powers in Goldmember (Beyoncé) and The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston).

In Slovenia, the film made an opening gross of $18,000, making it the fourth-highest opening for a Universal film in the country, behind Twister, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Bridget Jones's Diary.[12] In Austria, it was Universal's second-highest opening in the country at the time, behind American Pie 2.[13]

### Critical reception[edit]

8 Mile received positive reviews, with critics praising the music and Eminem's debut performance.[14][15][16][17] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports the film has 75% of 214 professional critics giving it a positive review, with a rating average of 6.70/10. The site's consensus is that "Even though the story is overly familiar, there's enough here for an engaging ride."[18] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, the film has a rating score of 77 based on 38 reviews.[19] CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave 8 Mile was "B+" on an A+ to F scale, with the core under-21 demographics giving it an A.[20]

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four. He said that we "are hardly started in 8 Mile, and already we see that this movie stands aside from routine debut films by pop stars" and that it is "a faithful reflection of his myth". He said that Eminem, as an actor, is "convincing without being too electric" and "survives the X-ray truth-telling of the movie camera".[21] In the At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper review, both Ebert and Richard Roeper gave the film a thumbs up; Roeper said that Eminem has a "winning screen presence" and "raw magic" to him. He was happy with Rabbit's "tender side" presented through his relationship with the "adorable" Greenfield as his sister, but felt that Basinger was "really miscast". Roeper said: "8 Mile probably won't win converts to rap, but it should thrill Eminem fans".[14]

Peter Travers gave the film three and a half out of four. He said that 8 Mile "is a real movie, not a fast-buck package to exploit the fan base of a rap nonentity" that "qualifies as a cinematic event by tapping into the roots of Eminem and the fury and feeling that inform his rap." He praised Hanson's directing and the performances and compared the final battle with Papa Doc to the fight between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in Rocky.[22]

### Top lists[edit]

8 Mile has been named in various year-end and all-time top lists:

* 2nd – Billboard (Erika Ramirez): Top 10 Best Hip-Hop Movies Ever[23]
* 7th – The New York Observer (Andrew Sarris): The 10 Best English-Language Films of 2002[24]
* 9th – Time (Richard Schickel): Top 10 Movies of 2002[25]
* 10th – Rolling Stone (Peter Travers): The Best Movies of 2002[26]
* N/A – The Daily Californian: Best Films of 2002[27]

### Awards and honors[edit]

In 2003, Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 75th Academy Awards, for his single "Lose Yourself" from the soundtrack of 8 Mile,[28][29] becoming the first rapper ever to win an Academy Award.[30] He was not present at the ceremony, but co-writer Luis Resto accepted the award.[31] The film has been nominated for 32 awards, winning 11.[32] 17 years later, Eminem performed the song in a surprise appearance at the 2020 Academy Awards.[33][34]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Result  | Recipient

|
|
|
|

2003  | Academy Award | Best Original Song – Lose Yourself | Won  | Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass
Black Reel Awards | Best Original Soundtrack  | Nominated  | 8 Mile
BMI | Film Award for Music  | Won  | Eminem
Most Performed Song from a Film – Lose Yourself  | Won  | Eminem
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Critics Choice Award for Best Song – Lose Yourself  | Won  | Eminem
CNOMA Awards  | Best Make-Up Artist for a Feature Film  | Nominated  | Donald Mowat
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Most Promising Performer  | Nominated  | Eminem
European Film Awards | Screen International Award  | Nominated  | Curtis Hanson
Golden Globe Award[35][36] | Best Original Song – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Eminem
Best Music  | Nominated  | 8 Mile
Best of Show  | Nominated  | 8 Mile
Golden Trailer Awards[36] | Most Original  | Nominated  | 8 Mile
Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Musical  | Nominated  | Carlton Kaller
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards  | Best Contemporary Makeup - Feature  | Nominated  | Donald Mowat, Ronnie Specter, Matiki Anoff
MTV Movie Awards[37] | Best Movie  | Nominated  | 8 Mile
Best Male Performance  | Won  | Eminem
Breakthrough Male Performance  | Won  | Eminem
Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance  | Nominated  | Eminem
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards  | Best Original Song – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Eminem
Satellite Awards | Best Original Song – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Eminem
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Drama | Nominated  | 8 Mile
Choice Movie Actor: Drama  | Won  | Eminem
Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star  | Won  | Eminem
Choice Crossover Artist  | Nominated  | Eminem
Choice Movie: Liplock  | Nominated  | Eminem and Brittany Murphy
World Soundtrack Awards | Best Original Song Written for a Film – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Eminem
2004  | ASCAP Awards | Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture – Lose Yourself  | Won  | Eminem
Grammy Award[38] | Grammy Award for Record of the Year – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Eminem
Grammy Award for Song of the Year – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song – Lose Yourself  | Won  | Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto
Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance – Lose Yourself  | Won  | Eminem
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media – Lose Yourself  | Nominated  | Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

* 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
* "Lose Yourself" – No. 93[39]

## Home media[edit]

8 Mile was first released on VHS and DVD on March 18, 2003.[40] A UMD version was released on November 15, 2005.[41] The DVD release generated $75 million in sales and rentals in its first week, making it the biggest DVD debut ever for an R-rated movie and putting it in the all-time Top 10 for first week home video sales for a movie.[42][43][44] The film was later released on Blu-ray on April 14, 2009.[45] It was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on November 8, 2022, for the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release.[46][47]

## See also[edit]

* List of hood films

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## Sources[edit]

* Bozza, Anthony (2003). Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem. New York: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 1-4000-5059-6.

## External links[edit]

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* t
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Curtis Hanson

Films directed|

* Sweet Kill (1973)
* The Little Dragons (1980)
* Losin' It (1983)
* The Children of Times Square (1986, TV)
* The Bedroom Window (1987)
* Evil Town (1987)
* Bad Influence (1990)
* The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
* The River Wild (1994)
* L.A. Confidential (1997)
* Wonder Boys (2000)
* 8 Mile (2002)
* In Her Shoes (2005)
* Lucky You (2007)
* Too Big to Fail (2011, TV)
* Chasing Mavericks (2012)

Films written|

* The Dunwich Horror (1970)
* The Silent Partner (1978)
* White Dog (1982)
* Never Cry Wolf (1983)

* v
* t
* e

Brian Grazer

Films produced|

* Night Shift (1982)
* Real Genius (1985)
* Spies Like Us (1985)
* Like Father Like Son (1987)
* Parenthood (1989)
* Kindergarten Cop (1990)
* Closet Land (1991)
* My Girl (1991)
* Far and Away (1992)
* Boomerang (1992)
* For Love or Money (1993)
* My Girl 2 (1994)
* Greedy (1994)
* The Paper (1994)
* The Cowboy Way (1994)
* Apollo 13 (1995)
* Sgt. Bilko (1996)
* Fear (1996)
* The Nutty Professor (1996)
* The Chamber (1996)
* Ransom (1996)
* Liar Liar (1997)
* Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
* Mercury Rising (1998)
* Psycho (1998)
* EDtv (1999)
* Life (1999)
* Bowfinger (1999)
* Beyond the Mat (1999)
* Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
* How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
* A Beautiful Mind (2001)
* Undercover Brother (2002)
* Blue Crush (2002)
* 8 Mile (2002)
* Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
* The Cat in the Hat (2003)
* The Missing (2003)
* Friday Night Lights (2004)
* Inside Deep Throat (2005)
* Cinderella Man (2005)
* Flightplan (2005)
* Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
* Inside Man (2006)
* The Da Vinci Code (2006)
* American Gangster (2007)
* Changeling (2008)
* Frost/Nixon (2008)
* Angels & Demons (2009)
* Robin Hood (2010)
* The Dilemma (2011)
* Restless (2011)
* Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
* J. Edgar (2011)
* Tower Heist (2011)
* Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
* Rush (2013)
* Get on Up (2014)
* The Good Lie (2014)
* In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
* Lowriders (2016)
* Inferno (2016)
* American Made (2017)
* The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
* Pavarotti (2019)
* Dads (2019)
* Rebuilding Paradise (2020)
* Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
* Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021)
* Thirteen Lives (2022)
* The Beanie Bubble (2023)
* Candy Cane Lane (2023)
* Eden (TBA)

Films produced
and written|

* Splash (1984)
* Armed and Dangerous (1986)
* Housesitter (1992)

TV series created|

* Shadow Chasers (1985)

Related|

* Imagine Entertainment
* Ron Howard

* v
* t
* e

Academy Award for Best Original Song

1934–1940|

* "The Continental"
* Music: Con Conrad
* Lyrics: Herb Magidson (1934)
* "Lullaby of Broadway"
* Music: Harry Warren
* Lyrics: Al Dubin (1935)
* "The Way You Look Tonight"
* Music: Jerome Kern
* Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (1936)
* "Sweet Leilani"
* Music and lyrics: Harry Owens (1937)
* "Thanks for the Memory"
* Music: Ralph Rainger
* Lyrics: Leo Robin (1938)
* "Over the Rainbow"
* Music: Harold Arlen
* Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg (1939)
* "When You Wish Upon a Star"
* Music: Leigh Harline
* Lyrics: Ned Washington (1940)

1941–1950|

* "The Last Time I Saw Paris"
* Music: Jerome Kern
* Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1941)
* "White Christmas"
* Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin (1942)
* "You'll Never Know"
* Music: Harry Warren
* Lyrics: Mack Gordon (1943)
* "Swinging on a Star"
* Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
* Lyrics: Johnny Burke (1944)
* "It Might as Well Be Spring"
* Music: Richard Rodgers
* Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1945)
* "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
* Music: Harry Warren
* Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1946)
* "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
* Music: Allie Wrubel
* Lyrics: Ray Gilbert (1947)
* "Buttons and Bows"
* Music: Jay Livingston
* Lyrics: Ray Evans (1948)
* "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
* Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser (1949)
* "Mona Lisa"
* Music and lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (1950)

1951–1960|

* "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
* Music: Hoagy Carmichael
* Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1951)
* "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')"
* Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
* Lyrics: Ned Washington (1952)
* "Secret Love"
* Music: Sammy Fain
* Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1953)
* "Three Coins in the Fountain"
* Music: Jule Styne
* Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1954)
* "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"
* Music: Sammy Fain
* Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1955)
* "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
* Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (1956)
* "All the Way"
* Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
* Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1957)
* "Gigi"
* Music: Frederick Loewe
* Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
* "High Hopes"
* Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
* Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1959)
* "Never on Sunday"
* Music and lyrics: Manos Hatzidakis (1960)

1961–1970|

* "Moon River"
* Music: Henry Mancini
* Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1961)
* "Days of Wine and Roses"
* Music: Henry Mancini
* Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1962)
* "Call Me Irresponsible"
* Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
* Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1963)
* "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
* Music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (1964)
* "The Shadow of Your Smile"
* Music: Johnny Mandel
* Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1965)
* "Born Free"
* Music: John Barry
* Lyrics: Don Black (1966)
* "Talk to the Animals"
* Music and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse (1967)
* "The Windmills of Your Mind"
* Music: Michel Legrand
* Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968)
* "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
* Music: Burt Bacharach
* Lyrics: Hal David (1969)
* "For All We Know"
* Music: Fred Karlin
* Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin (1970)

1971–1980|

* "Theme from Shaft"
* Music and lyrics: Isaac Hayes (1971)
* "The Morning After"
* Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1972)
* "The Way We Were"
* Music: Marvin Hamlisch
* Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973)
* "We May Never Love Like This Again"
* Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1974)
* "I'm Easy"
* Music and lyrics: Keith Carradine (1975)
* "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
* Music: Barbra Streisand
* Lyrics: Paul Williams (1976)
* "You Light Up My Life"
* Music and lyrics: Joseph Brooks (1977)
* "Last Dance"
* Music and lyrics: Paul Jabara (1978)
* "It Goes Like It Goes"
* Music: David Shire
* Lyrics: Norman Gimbel (1979)
* "Fame"
* Music: Michael Gore
* Lyrics: Dean Pitchford (1980)

1981–1990|

* "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
* Music and lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen (1981)
* "Up Where We Belong"
* Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie
* Lyrics: Will Jennings (1982)
* "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
* Music: Giorgio Moroder
* Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara (1983)
* "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
* Music and lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1984)
* "Say You, Say Me"
* Music and lyrics: Lionel Richie (1985)
* "Take My Breath Away"
* Music: Giorgio Moroder
* Lyrics: Tom Whitlock (1986)
* "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
* Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz
* Lyrics: Franke Previte (1987)
* "Let the River Run"
* Music and lyrics: Carly Simon (1988)
* "Under the Sea"
* Music: Alan Menken
* Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1989)
* "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)"
* Music and lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (1990)

1991–2000|

* "Beauty and the Beast"
* Music: Alan Menken
* Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1991)
* "A Whole New World"
* Music: Alan Menken
* Lyrics: Tim Rice (1992)
* "Streets of Philadelphia"
* Music and lyrics: Bruce Springsteen (1993)
* "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
* Music: Elton John
* Lyrics: Tim Rice (1994)
* "Colors of the Wind"
* Music: Alan Menken
* Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1995)
* "You Must Love Me"
* Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
* Lyrics: Tim Rice (1996)
* "My Heart Will Go On"
* Music: James Horner
* Lyrics: Will Jennings (1997)
* "When You Believe"
* Music and lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1998)
* "You'll Be in My Heart"
* Music and lyrics: Phil Collins (1999)
* "Things Have Changed"
* Music and lyrics: Bob Dylan (2000)

2001–2010|

* "If I Didn't Have You"
* Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2001)
* "Lose Yourself"
* Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
* Lyrics: Eminem (2002)
* "Into the West"
* Music and lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox (2003)
* "Al otro lado del río"
* Music and lyrics: Jorge Drexler (2004)
* "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp"
* Music and lyrics: Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul (2005)
* "I Need to Wake Up"
* Music and lyrics: Melissa Etheridge (2006)
* "Falling Slowly"
* Music and lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007)
* "Jai Ho"
* Music: A. R. Rahman
* Lyrics: Gulzar (2008)
* "The Weary Kind"
* Music and lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009)
* "We Belong Together"
* Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2010)

2011–2020|

* "Man or Muppet"
* Music and lyrics: Bret McKenzie (2011)
* "Skyfall"
* Music and lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012)
* "Let It Go"
* Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2013)
* "Glory"
* Music and lyrics: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (2014)
* "Writing's on the Wall"
* Music and lyrics: James Napier and Sam Smith (2015)
* "City of Stars"
* Music: Justin Hurwitz
* Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
* "Remember Me"
* Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2017)
* "Shallow"
* Music and lyrics: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018)
* "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
* Music: Elton John
* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin (2019)
* "Fight for You"
* Music: D'Mile and H.E.R.
* Lyrics: H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (2020)

2021–present|

* "No Time to Die"
* Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021)
* "Naatu Naatu"
* Music: M. M. Keeravani
* Lyrics: Chandrabose (2022)
* "What Was I Made For?"
* Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2023)

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