Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
1993 | Locarno International Film Festival | Golden Leopard | Dazed and Confused | Nominated |
1996 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | Before Sunrise | Nominated |
2002 | Ottawa International Animation Festival | Best Animated Feature Film | Waking Life | Won |
Jeonju International Film Festival | Daring Digital Award | Nominated |
2004 | Gotham Awards | Best Film | Before Sunset | Nominated |
Utah Film Critics Association | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
2005 | Bodil Awards | Best American Film | Nominated |
International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | 2nd Place |
National Society of Film Critics | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | 3rd Place |
Online Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Argentine Film Critics Association | Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay shared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
2007 | Austin Film Critics Association | Austin Film Award | A Scanner Darkly | Won |
Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form | Nominated |
2009 | Austin Film Critics Association | Austin Film Award | Me and Orson Welles | Won |
2012 | Gotham Awards | Best Film | Bernie | Nominated |
2013 | Austin Film Critics Association | Austin Film Award | Before Midnight | Won |
Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Dublin Film Critics' Circle | Best Director | Nominated |
Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
Denver Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Gotham Awards | Best Film | Nominated |
Houston Film Critics Society | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Hollywood Film Awards | Best Screenwritershared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
New York Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | 2nd Place |
Online Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Satellite Award | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
Utah Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
Village Voice Film Poll | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
2014 | Bodil Awards | Best American Film | Nominated |
Critics' Choice Movie Award | Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Nominated |
National Society of Film Critics | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | Won |
Argentine Film Critics Association | Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | 2nd Place |
AACTA International Awards | Best Film | Boyhood | Nominated |
Best Direction | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Nominated |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Film | Won |
Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Austin Film Critics Association | Best Film | Won |
Best Director | Won |
Best Austin Film | Won |
Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Film | Won |
Best Director | Won |
Best Screenplay | Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Film | Won |
Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Director | 2nd Place |
Best Screenplay | 2nd Place |
Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Film | Won |
Best Director | Won |
Best Screenplay | Won |
Denver Film Critics Society | Best Picture | Nominated |
Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Dublin Film Critics' Circle | Best Director | Won |
Florida Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Won |
Gotham Independent Film Awards | Audience Award | Won |
Guldbagge Awards | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Won |
Best Screenplay | Won |
Iowa Film Critics | Best Director | Won |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle | Robert Altman Award for Best Director | Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | Won |
New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Won |
New York Film Critics Online | Best Director | Won |
North Texas Film Critics Association | Won |
Norwegian International Film Festival | Norwegian Film Critics Award | Won |
Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
San Francisco International Film Festival | Founder's Directing Award | Won |
Seattle International Film Festival | Best Film | Won |
Best Director | Won |
Southeastern Film Critics Association | Won |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Sydney Film Festival | Sydney Film Prize | Nominated |
Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Director | Won |
Best Screenplay | Runner-up |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Nominated |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Won |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
2015 | Critics' Choice Movie Award | Best Picture | Won |
Best Director | Won |
2021 | Provincetown International Film Festival | Filmmaker on the Edge (Life's Work) | Won |