How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American animated action fantasy film loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell; the film was produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois from a screenplay they co-wrote with Will Davies, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig. The film follows a young Viking teenager named Hiccup (Baruchel), who befriends a Night Fury dragon after capturing it.

How to Train Your Dragon premiered in Los Angeles on March 21, 2010, and was released in the United States on March 26. Produced on a budget of $165 million, How to Train Your Dragon grossed $494.9 million worldwide, finishing its theatrical run as the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2010. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 99% based on 214 reviews.

How to Train Your Dragon garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for John Powell's musical score. At the 83rd Academy Awards, it received nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. The film won ten Annie Awards out of fourteen nominations. How to Train Your Dragon also received nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

Accolades

Accolades received by How to Train Your Dragon (film)

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
3D Creative Arts Awards	February 9, 2011	Best Feature Film – Animation	How to Train Your Dragon	Won
		Best Stereoscopic Feature Film – Animation	How to Train Your Dragon	Won
		3D Talent Award	Jay Baruchel	Won
Academy Awards	February 27, 2011	Best Animated Feature	Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois	Nominated
		Best Original Score	John Powell	Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards	December 24, 2010	Best Animated Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
		Best Animated Female	America Ferrara	Won
American Cinema Editors Awards	February 19, 2011	Best Edited Animated Feature Film	Maryann Brandon and Darren T. Holmes	Nominated
Annie Awards	February 5, 2011	Best Animated Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Won
		Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production	Brett Miller	Won
			Jason Mayer	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production	Gabe Hordos	Won
			Jakob Hjort Jensen	Nominated
			David Torres	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production	Nico Marlet	Won
		Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production	Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders	Won
		Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production	John Powell	Won
		Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production	Pierre Olivier Vincent	Won
		Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Tom Owens	Won
			Alessandro Carloni	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Jay Baruchel	Won
			Gerard Butler	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production	William Davies, Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders	Won
ASCAP Awards	June 23, 2011	Top Box Office Films	John Powell	Won
British Academy Film Awards	February 13, 2011	Best Animated Film	Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois	Nominated
		Best Original Music	John Powell	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	December 20, 2010	Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	January 14, 2011	Best Animated Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	December 17, 2010	Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Genesis Awards	March 19, 2011	Best Feature Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Won
Golden Globe Awards	January 16, 2011	Best Animated Feature Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Golden Reel Awards	February 20, 2011	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film	Randy Thom, Jonathan Null, Al Nelson, Pascal Garneau, Chris Gridley, Colette D. Dahanne, Josh Gold, Pete Horner, Sue Fox, Andrea Gard, Richard Quinn, Dennie Thorpe, and Jana Vance	Won
Golden Trailer Awards	June 10, 2010	Best Animation/Family	"Prepare" (Aspect Ratio)	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Awards	December 18, 2010	Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
		Best Original Score	John Powell	Nominated
Hugo Awards	August 20, 2011	Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form	William Davies, Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders	Nominated
International Cinephile Society Awards	February 18, 2011	Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Awards	February 24, 2011	Film Score of the Year	John Powell	Won
		Best Original Score for an Animated Film	John Powell	Won
		Film Music Composition of the Year	John Powell for "Forbidden Friendship"	Nominated
			John Powell for "Test Drive"	Nominated
	February 18, 2021	Best New Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording	John Powell	Nominated
Ivor Novello Awards	May 19, 2011	Best Original Film Score	John Powell	Won
Movieguide Awards	February 18, 2011	Best Movies for Families	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Nebula Awards	May 21, 2011	Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation	Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, and Will Davies	Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (Australia)	October 8, 2010	Fave Movie	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (United States)	April 2, 2011	Favorite Animated Movie	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards	January 3, 2011	Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
People's Choice Awards	January 5, 2011	Favorite Family Movie	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards	January 22, 2011	Best Animated Motion Picture	Bonnie Arnold	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	December 14, 2010	Best Animated Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Satellite Awards	December 19, 2010	Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Saturn Awards	June 23, 2011	Best Music	John Powell	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Kathy Altieri	Nominated
		Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards	December 20, 2010	Best Animated Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	August 8, 2010	Choice Animated Movie	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	December 14, 2010	Best Animated Film	How to Train Your Dragon	Won
Venice Film Festival	September 1–11, 2010	Most Creative 3D Film of the Year	How to Train Your Dragon	Won
Visual Effects Society Awards	February 1, 2011	Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature	Simon Otto, Craig Ring, and Bonnie Arnold	Won
		Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature	Gabe Hordos, Cassidy Curtis, Mariette Marinus, and Brent Watkins	Won
		Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	Andy Hayes, Laurent Kermel, Jason Mayer, and Brett Miller	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 6, 2010	Best Animated Feature	How to Train Your Dragon	Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards	August 23, 2010	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	John Powell	Nominated
		Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film	Jónsi for "Sticks & Stones"	Nominated