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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 2000 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Kevin Spacey |
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Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Picture Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Alan Ball |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening |
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Best Editing Tariq Anwar Christopher Greenbury |
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Best Music, Original Score Thomas Newman |
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| Amanda Awards, Norway | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Amanda |
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) Sam Mendes |
| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic Tariq Anwar Christopher Greenbury |
| American Comedy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | American Comedy Award |
Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Annette Bening |
| Nominated | American Comedy Award |
Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Kevin Spacey |
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Funniest Motion Picture |
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| American Society of Cinematographers, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | ASC Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Conrad L. Hall |
| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Excellence in Production Design Award |
Feature Film Naomi Shohan (production designer) David Lazan (art director) Catherine Smith (assistant art director) |
| Australian Film Institute | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Best Foreign Film Award |
Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music |
Thomas Newman |
| BAFTA Film Award |
Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Editing Tariq Anwar Christopher Greenbury |
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Best Film Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Kevin Spacey |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Make Up/Hair Tania McComas Carol A. O'Connell |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Wes Bentley |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Thora Birch |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Mena Suvari |
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Best Production Design Naomi Shohan |
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Best Screenplay - Original Alan Ball |
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Best Sound Scott Martin Gershin Scott Millan Bob Beemer Richard Van Dyke |
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| David Lean Award for Direction |
Sam Mendes |
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| BMI Film & TV Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | BMI Film Music Award |
Thomas Newman |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Blockbuster Entertainment Award |
Favorite Actor - Drama Kevin Spacey |
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Favorite Actress - Drama Annette Bening |
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Favorite Actress - Newcomer (Internet Only) Mena Suvari Also for American Pie (1999). |
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Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama Wes Bentley |
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Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama Thora Birch |
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| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) Sam Mendes (director) |
| Bogey Awards, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Bogey Award | |
| Brit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Brit |
Best Soundtrack |
| British Society of Cinematographers | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Best Cinematography Award |
Conrad L. Hall |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball |
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| Casting Society of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Artios |
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Debra Zane |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Picture |
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Most Promising Actor Wes Bentley |
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| Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Actress Annette Bening |
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Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Screenplay Alan Ball |
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| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
| Nominated | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Actress Annette Bening |
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Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Movie |
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Best Screenplay Alan Ball |
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Best Supporting Actor Wes Bentley |
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| Cinema Audio Society, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | C.A.S. Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film Scott Millan (re-recording mixer) Bob Beemer (re-recording mixer) Richard Van Dyke (production mixer) |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | CDG Award |
Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary Julie Weiss |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Czech Lion |
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) Sam Mendes |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Sam Mendes |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | DFWFCA Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Picture |
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| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) Sam Mendes USA. |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Sam Mendes Cristen Carr Strubbe (unit production manager) (plaque) Tony Adler (first assistant director) (plaque) Carey Dietrich (first assistant director) (plaque) Rosemary C. Cremona (second assistant director) (plaque) Stephanie Kime (second second assistant director) (plaque) |
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best British Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Debut Sam Mendes |
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Best Film |
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| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Nominated | Screen International Award |
Sam Mendes USA |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | FCCA Award |
Best Foreign Film |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | FFCC Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture Sam Mendes |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Alan Ball |
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| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Thomas Newman |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Kevin Spacey |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Annette Bening |
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| Golden Screen, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Golden Screen | |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Grammy |
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media Thomas Newman (composer) Dennis S. Sands (engineer) Bill Bernstein (producer) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album |
| Guldbagge Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Guldbagge |
Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film) USA. |
| Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award |
Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature Cydney Cornell |
| International Monitor Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Monitor |
Theatrical Releases - Color Correction Bryan McMahan |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) Sam Mendes |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Film |
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| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Sam Mendes |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Sierra Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Picture |
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| Nominated | Sierra Award |
Best Actress Annette Bening |
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Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Editing Tariq Anwar |
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Best Editing Christopher Greenbury |
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Best Production Design Naomi Shohan |
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Best Score Thomas Newman |
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Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball |
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| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | ALFS Award |
Actor of the Year Kevin Spacey |
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Actress of the Year Annette Bening |
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Director of the Year Sam Mendes |
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Film of the Year |
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Screenwriter of the Year Alan Ball |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Director Sam Mendes |
| Lumiere Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Lumiere Award |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Sam Mendes |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Movie |
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Breakthrough Male Performance Wes Bentley |
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| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR Scott Martin Gershin (supervising sound/dialogue editor) Trevor Jolly (supervising adr editor) Mark Gordon (dialogue editor) Simon Coke (dialogue editor) Thomas O'Neil Younkman (assistant adr editor) Paul Flinchbaugh (assistant dialogue editor) Lee W. Lebaigue (assistant dialogue editor) Richard Van Dyke (production mixer) Scott Millan (re-recording mixer) Bob Beemer (re-recording mixer) Rich Weingart (adr mixer) Dean Drabin (adr mixer) Brian Basham (adr recordist) |
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Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic) Bill Bernstein (music/scoring editor) Joanie Diener (music editor) Dennis S. Sands (scoring mixer) Jordan Corngold (assistant music editor) Scott Millan (re-recording music mixer) |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Film |
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Breakthrough Performance - Male Wes Bentley |
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| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | OFCS Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Ensemble Cast Performance Annette Bening Wes Bentley Thora Birch Chris Cooper Peter Gallagher Allison Janney Kevin Spacey Mena Suvari |
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Best Film |
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| Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Actress Annette Bening |
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Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Debut Sam Mendes (director) |
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Best Film Editing Tariq Anwar Christopher Greenbury |
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Best Original Score Thomas Newman |
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Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball |
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Best Supporting Actor Wes Bentley |
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Best Supporting Actress Thora Birch |
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| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks |
| Publicists Guild of America | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Maxwell Weinberg Award |
Motion Picture Selby Barrett |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) Sam Mendes (director) |
| Russian Guild of Film Critics | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Golden Aries |
Best Foreign Actor Kevin Spacey |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | SDFCS Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Actress Annette Bening |
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Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actress Thora Birch |
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| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Cinematography Conrad L. Hall |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Film Editing Tariq Anwar Christopher Greenbury |
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Best Motion Picture, Drama |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Kevin Spacey |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama Annette Bening |
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Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball |
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture Annette Bening Wes Bentley Thora Birch Chris Cooper Peter Gallagher Allison Janney Kevin Spacey Mena Suvari |
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Annette Bening |
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Kevin Spacey |
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| Nominated | Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Chris Cooper |
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| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | SEFCA Award |
Best Actor Kevin Spacey |
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Best Director Sam Mendes |
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Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay, Original Alan Ball |
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| Teen Choice Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Teen Choice Award |
Film - Choice Breakout Performance Wes Bentley |
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Film - Choice Breakout Performance Mena Suvari |
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Film - Choice Drama |
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| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | TFCA Award |
Best Performance, Male Kevin Spacey |
| Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | People's Choice Award |
Sam Mendes |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Alan Ball |
| Young Artist Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Thora Birch |
| Young Hollywood Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Young Hollywood Award |
Best On-screen Chemistry Wes Bentley Thora Birch |
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Breakthrough Performance - Female Mena Suvari Also for American Pie (1999). |
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| YoungStar Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | YoungStar Award |
Best Young Actress/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama Thora Birch |
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