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91 wins & 86 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

1998 Nominee Oscar
- Best Picture
1998 Winner Oscar
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Kim Basinger
1998 Nominee Oscar
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner Oscar
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee Oscar
- Best Cinematography
- Dante Spinotti

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2009 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best DVD Special Edition Release
For the "Two-Disc Special Edition".
1998 Winner Saturn Award
- Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

American Cinema Editors, USA

1998 Nominee Eddie
- Best Edited Feature Film
- Peter Honess

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

1998 Nominee ASC Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
- Dante Spinotti

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

1998 Nominee Silver Condor
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Curtis Hanson
USA.

Bodil Awards

1998 Winner Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- Curtis Hanson (director)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1997 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Film
1997 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1997 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- Kevin Spacey
1997 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland

BAFTA Awards

1998 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Film
1998 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Screenplay - Adapted
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Kim Basinger
1998 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Kevin Spacey

British Society of Cinematographers

1997 Winner Best Cinematography Award
- Dante Spinotti

Critics Choice Awards

1998 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Picture
1998 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson

Cannes Film Festival

1997 Nominee Palme d'Or
- Curtis Hanson

Casting Society of America, USA

1998 Winner Artios Award
- Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
- Mali Finn

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

1998 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Picture
1998 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- Kevin Spacey
1998 Nominee CFCA Award
- Most Promising Actor
- Guy Pearce

Cinema Audio Society, USA

1998 Nominee C.A.S. Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films
- Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer)
- Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixer)
- Kirk Francis (production mixer)

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

1998 Winner CEC Award
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
USA.

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

1998 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Picture
1998 Nominee DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland
1998 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Supporting Actress
- Kim Basinger

Directors Guild of America, USA

1998 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Curtis Hanson

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

1998 Winner Edgar
- Best Motion Picture
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

1998 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Cinematography
- Dante Spinotti

Fotogramas de Plata

1998 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Curtis Hanson

Golden Globes, USA

1998 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
1998 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Kim Basinger
1998 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Original Score - Motion Picture
- Jerry Goldsmith

Satellite Awards

1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture, Drama
1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
- Russell Crowe
1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner Golden Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Cinematography
- Dante Spinotti

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

1998 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia)
- Dante Spinotti

Awards of the Japanese Academy

1999 Winner Award of the Japanese Academy
- Best Foreign Film

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

1998 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Screenplay
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson

London Critics Circle Film Awards

1998 Winner ALFS Award
- Film of the Year
1998 Winner ALFS Award
- Director of the Year
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner ALFS Award
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Brian Helgeland
- Curtis Hanson

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1997 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Picture
1997 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1997 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland
1997 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Cinematography
- Dante Spinotti
1997 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- Kevin Spacey

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

1998 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley
1998 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR
1998 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic)

National Board of Review, USA

1997 Winner NBR Award
- Best Film
1997 Winner NBR Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1997 Winner NBR Award
- Top Ten Films

National Film Preservation Board, USA

2015 Winner National Film Registry
- National Film Preservation Board

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

1998 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Film
1998 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland
1998 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- Kevin Spacey
1998 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Cinematography
- Dante Spinotti

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1997 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Film
1997 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1997 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland

Online Film Critics Society Awards

1998 Winner OFCS Award
- Best Picture
1998 Winner OFCS Award
- Best Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland
1998 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson
1998 Winner OFCS Award
- Top Ten Films of the Year
1st place

PGA Awards

1998 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Political Film Society, USA

1998 Nominee PFS Award
- Human Rights

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

1997 Winner SDFCS Award
- Best Picture
1997 Winner SDFCS Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Curtis Hanson
- Brian Helgeland
1997 Winner SDFCS Award
- Best Director
- Curtis Hanson

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1998 Winner Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Kim Basinger
Tied with Gloria Stuart for Titanic (1997). She and Stuart were later photographed together with their trophies as Basinger held a sign that read "TIE" between them.
1998 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast