Originally founded as a distribution company to market foreign and arthouse films to college students, New Line Cinema found initial success with midnight circuit films like Reefer Madness, before really booming after the success of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, leading to many calling the studio The House That Freddy Built. Since then, the studio's biggest success has been the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but following several box office failures in the 2000s, the studio was bought out by Warner Bros and their output has decreased over the years. These are the films produced or distributed by New Line Cinema films that have scored Oscar nominations.

Categories:
Best Costume Design:
- Nominated: 1989 (A Handful of Dust)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 4/1
Best Original Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1991 (Metropolitan)
- Total: 4/0
Best Actress:
- Nominated: 1992 (Rambling Rose)
- Total: 2/0
Best Supporting Actress:
- Nominated: 1992 (Rambling Rose)
- Won: 2026 (Weapons)
- Total: 5/1
Best Supporting Actor:
- Nominated: 1993 (Mr. Saturday Night/Glengarry Glen Ross)
- Total: 8/0
Best Visual Effects:
- Nominated: 1995 (The Mask)
- Won: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Total: 7/4
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
- Nominated: 1996 (My Family Mi Familia)
- Won: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Total: 5/1
Best Film Editing:
- Nominated: 1996 (Se7en)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 4/1
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1998 (Wag the Dog)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 6/1
Best Original Score:
- Nominated: 1999 (Pleasantville)
- Won: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Total: 3/2
Best Art Direction:
- Nominated: 1999 (Pleasantville)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 6/1
Best Actor:
- Nominated: 1999 (American History X)
- Total: 3/0
Best Original Song:
- Nominated: 2000 (Magnolia)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 3/1
Best Cinematography:
- Nominated: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Won: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Total: 2/1
Best Picture:
- Nominated: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 3/1
Best Director:
- Nominated: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Total: 2/1
Best Sound:
- Nominated: 2002 (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Won: 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
- Total: 7/2