Academy Awards, USA

2007	Nominated Oscar	Best Achievement in Directing The Queen (2006)
1991	Nominated Oscar	Best Director The Grifters (1990)

Golden Globes, USA

2007

Nominated Golden Globe

Best Director - Motion Picture The Queen (2006)

Primetime Emmy Awards

2014	Nominated Primetime Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
2000	Nominated Primetime Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Fail Safe (2000) Shared with: Martin Pasetta (live broadcast director)

BAFTA Awards

2014	Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Philomena (2013) Shared with: Gabrielle Tana Steve Coogan Tracey Seaward Jeff Pope
2007	Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	The Queen (2006) Shared with: Tracey Seaward Christine Langan Andy Harries Peter Morgan
	Nominated David Lean Award for Direction	The Queen (2006)
2004	Won BAFTA TV Award	Best Single Drama The Deal (2003) Shared with: Christine Langan Peter Morgan
2003	Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Dirty Pretty Things (2002) Shared with: Tracey Seaward Robert Jones
1994	Nominated BAFTA TV Award	Best Single Drama The Snapper (1993) Shared with: Lynda Myles Roddy Doyle
1990	Nominated BAFTA Film Award	Best Direction Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
1984	Nominated BAFTA TV Award	Best Single Drama Saigon -Year of the Cat- (1983)
1983	Nominated BAFTA TV Award	Best Single Drama Walter (1982)
1982	Won BAFTA TV Award	Best Single Play BBC2 Playhouse (1973) For episode "Going Gently (#7.27)".
1979	Nominated BAFTA TV Award	Best Single Play Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

2014	Nominated Movies for Grownups Award	Best Director Philomena (2013)
2007	Nominated Movies for Grownups Award	Best Director The Queen (2006)

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

2013

Nominated Black Pearl Award

Best Narrative Feature Philomena (2013)

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2006	Nominated EDA Award	Best Picture The Queen (2006)
		Best Drama by or About Women The Queen (2006)

Amiens International Film Festival

2010

Won Golden Unicorn for Career Achievement

BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards

2008

Won Britannia Award

Artistic Excellence in Directing

Bangkok International Film Festival

2006

Nominated Golden Kinnaree Award

Best Film Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Berlin International Film Festival

2009	Nominated Golden Berlin Bear	Chéri (2009)
1999	Won Silver Berlin Bear	Best Director The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
	Nominated Golden Berlin Bear	The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
1996	Nominated Golden Berlin Bear	Mary Reilly (1996)
1989	Won Berlinale Camera

Bodil Awards

2007	Nominated Bodil	Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) The Queen (2006) UK.
1990	Won Bodil	Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1989

Won BSFC Award

Best Director Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

British Independent Film Awards

2006	Nominated British Independent Film Award	Best Director The Queen (2006)
2005	Nominated British Independent Film Award	Best Director Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
2003	Won British Independent Film Award	Best Director Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2007

Nominated Critics Choice Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

Cannes Film Festival

1996	Nominated Palme d'Or	The Van (1996)
1987	Nominated Palme d'Or	Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2006

Nominated CFCA Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

Chicago International Film Festival

2013	Nominated Audience Choice Award	Philomena (2013)
2006	Won Audience Choice Award	The Queen (2006)
	Won Career Achievement Award

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

2003

Won Maverick Tribute Award

César Awards, France

2007	Nominated César	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) The Queen (2006)
1994	Nominated César	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) The Snapper (1993)
1990	Won César	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2006	Nominated DFWFCA Award	Best Director The Queen (2006)
1991	3rd place DFWFCA Award	Best Director The Grifters (1990)

David di Donatello Awards

2014	Won David	Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) Philomena (2013)
2007	Nominated David	Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) The Queen (2006)
2006	Nominated David	Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Directors Guild of America, USA

2014	Nominated DGA Award	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
2007	Nominated DGA Award	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures The Queen (2006)
2001	Nominated DGA Award	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television Fail Safe (2000) Shared with: Martin Pasetta (live broadcast direction by)

Directors Guild of Great Britain

2004

Nominated DGGB Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Movie/Serial The Deal (2003)

Empire Awards, UK

2006

Won Inspiration Award

European Film Awards

2014	Nominated Audience Award	Philomena (2013)
2011	Won Lifetime Achievement Award
2007	Nominated European Film Award	European Director The Queen (2006)
	Nominated Audience Award	Best European Film The Queen (2006)

Evening Standard British Film Awards

2007	Won Special Award	For making British film reverberate around the world.
2003	Won Evening Standard British Film Award	Best Film Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
1986	Won Evening Standard British Film Award	Best Film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Fotogramas de Plata

1990

Won Fotogramas de Plata

Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Goya Awards

2007	Won Goya	Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) The Queen (2006)
1995	Won Goya	Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) The Snapper (1993) UK

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

1990

Won Guild Film Award - Gold

Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Hamburg Film Festival

1996

Won Douglas Sirk Award

Hamptons International Film Festival

2013

Won Audience Award

Best Narrative Feature Philomena (2013)

Hawaii International Film Festival

2013

Nominated EuroCinema Hawai'i Award

Best Film Philomena (2013)

Hollywood Film Awards

2005

Won Hollywood World Award

Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Independent Spirit Awards

1988

Nominated Independent Spirit Award

Best Foreign Film Prick Up Your Ears (1987) UK.

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2007	Nominated Silver Ribbon	Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo) The Queen (2006)
1994	Nominated European Silver Ribbon	The Snapper (1993)
1989	Nominated Silver Ribbon	Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2003

Won Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2007	Won ALFS Award	British Director of the Year The Queen (2006)
2006	Nominated ALFS Award	British Director of the Year Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1986

2nd place LAFCA Award

Best Foreign Film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Mill Valley Film Festival

2013

Won Audience Award

World Cinema Philomena (2013)

Moscow International Film Festival

2016

Won Special Prize

Special Prizes for An Outstanding Contribution To The World Cinema Shared with: Sergey Solovyov Carlos Saura

MovieGuide Awards

2007

Won Best Film for Mature Audiences

The Queen (2006)

Mystfest

1984

Nominated Best Film

The Hit (1984)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

1991

2nd place NSFC Award

Best Director The Grifters (1990)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2006

2nd place NYFCC Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

New York Film Critics, Online

2006

Won NYFCO Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2016	Won Emmy	Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form Night Will Fall (2014) Shared with: Andre Singer (director) Sally Angel (producer) Brett Ratner (producer) Richard Melman (executive producer) Philippa Kowarsky (co-producer) Signe Byrge Sørensen (co-producer) James Packer (executive producer)
	Nominated Emmy	Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form Night Will Fall (2014) Shared with: Andre Singer (director) Sally Angel (producer) Brett Ratner (producer) Richard Melman (executive producer) Philippa Kowarsky (co-producer) Signe Byrge Sørensen (co-producer) James Packer (executive producer)

Online Film & Television Association

2007	Nominated OFTA Film Award	Best Director The Queen (2006)
2000	Nominated OFTA Television Award	Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries Fail Safe (2000)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2003

Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Polish Film Awards

2008

Nominated Eagle

Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski) The Queen (2006)

Razzie Awards

1997

Nominated Razzie Award

Worst Director Mary Reilly (1996)

Robert Festival

2014	Nominated Robert	Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) Philomena (2013)
2007	Nominated Robert	Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) The Queen (2006)

SACD Awards

2010

Won European Award

Sant Jordi Awards

1990	Won Sant Jordi	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
	Won Audience Award	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Sarajevo Film Festival

2016

Won Honorary Heart of Sarajevo

Satellite Awards

2006

Nominated Satellite Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

1990

Won Audience Award

Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Seville European Film Festival

2010

Won Audience Award

Tamara Drewe (2010)

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2006

Nominated SLFCA Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

Stockholm Film Festival

2015

Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Taormina International Film Festival

2000

Won Taormina Arte Award

Telluride Film Festival, US

1987

Won Silver Medallion Award

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2006

Won TFCA Award

Best Director The Queen (2006)

Toronto International Film Festival

2013	2nd place People's Choice Award	Philomena (2013)
1993	Won People's Choice Award	The Snapper (1993)

Transilvania International Film Festival

2013

Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Valladolid International Film Festival

2000	Nominated Golden Spike	Liam (2000)
1993	Won Silver Spike	The Snapper (1993)

Venice Film Festival

2013	Won SIGNIS Award	Philomena (2013)
	Won Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award - Cinema for UNICEF	Philomena (2013)
	Won Brian Award	Philomena (2013)
	Won Queer Lion	Philomena (2013)
	Won Nazareno Taddei Award	Philomena (2013)
	Won Golden Mouse	Philomena (2013)
	Won Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award	Philomena (2013)
	Won Interfilm Award	Philomena (2013)
	Nominated Golden Lion	Philomena (2013)
2006	Won FIPRESCI Prize	Competition The Queen (2006)
	Nominated Golden Lion	The Queen (2006)
2002	Won Sergio Trasatti Award	Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
	Nominated Golden Lion	Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
2000	Won OCIC Award	Liam (2000)
	Nominated Golden Lion	Liam (2000)

Virginia Film Festival

2013

Won Audience Award

Best Narrative Feature Philomena (2013)

Western Heritage Awards

1999

Won Bronze Wrangler

Theatrical Motion Picture The Hi-Lo Country (1998) Shared with: Rudd Simmons (executive producer) Martin Scorsese (executive producer) Barbara De Fina (executive producer) Eric Fellner (executive producer) Tim Bevan (producer) Walon Green (screenwriter) Woody Harrelson (principal actor) Billy Crudup (principal actor) Patricia Arquette (principal actor) Sam Elliott (principal actor)

Zurich Film Festival

2006

Won A Tribute to... Award