List of accolades received by Spotlight (film)

List of accolades received by Spotlight

Mark Ruffalo received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Michael Rezendes
Total number of awards and nominations[Note 1]
Totals 92 152
Footnotes

Spotlight is a 2015 American drama film directed by Thomas McCarthy. The screenplay, co-written by Josh Singer with McCarthy, is based on the The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, that uncovers the Sexual abuse scandal in Massachusetts.[1] It stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James and Liev Schreiber. The film was released at 72nd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2015 and on November 6, 2015 by Open Road Films,[2] where Tom won the Brian Award and Silver Mouse award.

Spotlight has been critically acclaimed, and has been included in many critics' Top Ten Films of 2015 lists.[3] The film has received over 100 industry and critics awards and nominations. The American Film Institute selected Spotlight as one of the Top Ten Films of the year.[4] Spotlight received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. The film garnered three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director for McCarthy, and Best Screenplay for McCarthy and Josh Singer. It was nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay for Singer, Best Editing for Tom McArdle and Honorary Robert Altman Award for the cast. Rachel McAdams and the ensemble cast received Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, respectively.

The New York Film Critics Circle awarded Michael Keaton Best Actor award, while it won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble cast at New York Film Critics Online Awards. Spotlight won the Best Film and Best Screenplay from Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It received eight nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Score. It won the Best Cast in a Motion Picture at Satellite Awards and was nominated for six other awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Spotlight was named Film of the Year by National Board of Review.

Accolades

List of Accolades
Award / Film Festival Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
AACTA International Awards Best Film Spotlight Nominated [5]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards Best Picture Spotlight Won [6]
Best Supporting Actor Michael Keaton Nominated
Academy Awards Best Picture Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust Pending [7]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Pending
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Pending
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Pending
Best Original Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Pending
Best Film Editing Tom McArdle Pending
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Film Spotlight Won [8]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Original Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won
Best Ensemble Cast Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
American Film Institute Top 10 Films Spotlight Won [4]
Austin Film Critics Association Best Film Spotlight Nominated [9]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Top Ten Films Spotlight Won
Boston Online Film Critics Association Top 10 Films Spotlight Won [10]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Best Film Spotlight Won [11]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
British Academy Film Awards Best Film Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Blye Pagon Faust Nominated [12]
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Casting Society of America Big Budget – Drama Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, John Buchan, Jason Knight, Carolyn Pickman, Joey Montenarello, Adam Richards Pending [13]
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Picture Spotlight Nominated [14]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Chicago International Film Festival Best Narrative English-Language Feature Tom McCarthy Won [15]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Picture Spotlight Won [16]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Nominated
Best Acting Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Best Original Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Best Score Howard Shore Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Picture Spotlight Won [17]
Best Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won
Denver Film Critics Society Best Picture Spotlight Won [18]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Score Howard Shore Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Film Spotlight Won [19]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Liev Schreiber Won
Best Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won
Best Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2015 Tom McCarthy Nominated [20]
Florida Film Critics Circle Best Picture Spotlight Runner-up [21]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture – Drama Spotlight Nominated [22]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Gotham Independent Film Awards Best Feature Spotlight Won [23]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Ensemble Performance Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Hollywood Film Awards Screenwriter of the Year Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won [24]
Houston Film Critics Society Best Picture Spotlight Won [25]
Best Direction of a Motion Picture Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Independent Spirit Awards Best Feature Spotlight Pending [26]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Pending
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Pending
Best Editing Tom McArdle Pending
Robert Altman Award Kerry Barden, Billy Crudup, Michael Cyril Creighton, Brian d'Arcy James, Paul Guilfoyle, Neal Huff, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Tom McCarthy, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Schnee, Liev Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
London Film Critics' Circle Film of the Year Spotlight Nominated [27]
Supporting Actor of the Year Michael Keaton Nominated
Screenwriter of the Year Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Film Spotlight Won [28]
Best Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won
Mill Valley Film Festival Best U.S. Feature Film Tom McCarthy Won [29]
National Board of Review Top Ten Films Spotlight Won [30]
National Society of Film Critics Best Picture Spotlight Won [31]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Director Tom McCarthy Runner-up
New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Michael Keaton Won [32]
New York Film Critics Online Awards Best Picture Spotlight Won [33]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Cast Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Online Film Critics Society Best Picture Spotlight Nominated [34]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival Sonny Bono Visionary Award Tom McCarthy Won [35]
Producers Guild of America Awards Best Theatrical Motion Picture Michael Sugar & Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust Nominated [36]
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Picture Spotlight Nominated [37]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Best Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Picture Spotlight Won [38]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Runner-up
Satellite Awards Best Film Spotlight Pending [39]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Pending
Best Supporting Actor Michael Keaton Pending
Mark Ruffalo Pending
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Pending
Best Original Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Pending
Best Original Score Howard Shore Pending
Best Cast in a Motion Picture Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Rachel McAdams Nominated [40]
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Picture Spotlight Won [41]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Best Picture Spotlight Runner-up [42]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Runner-up
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Runner-up
Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award Spotlight 3rd place [43]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Film Spotlight Won [44]
Best Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Nominated
Venice Film Festival Brian Award Tom McCarthy Won [2]
Silver Mouse Tom McCarthy Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Film Spotlight Won [45]
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Best Ensemble Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
Writers Guild of America Awards Best Original Screenplay Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Won [46]

Notes

  1. ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients and have runner-ups. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally.

See also

References

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