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Casting Society of America, USA (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Gotham Awards (3)
Hamptons International Film Festival (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (9)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
Austin Film Critics Association (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Key West Film Festival (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (2)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US (3)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (3)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (2)
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (1)
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (1)
Atlanta Film Critics Circle (1)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (1)
Online Association of Female Film Critics (2)
Hollywood Critics Association (10)
Columbus Film Critics Association (1)
Seattle Film Critics Society (1)
14 wins & 40 nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
2020 Nominee
Artios Award
Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Drama
Avy Kaufman
Mark Mullen
(location casting)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2019 Nominee
CFCA Award
Most Promising Performer
Taylor Russell
Gotham Awards
2019 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Feature
Trey Edward Shults
James Wilson
Kevin Turen
2019 Winner
Gotham Independent Film Award
Breakthrough Actor
Taylor Russell
2019 Nominee
Audience Award
Trey Edward Shults
James Wilson
Kevin Turen
Hamptons International Film Festival
2019 Winner
Zicherman Screenplay Award
Screenwriting
Trey Edward Shults
Image Awards (NAACP)
2020 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Sterling K. Brown
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2020 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Supporting Female
Taylor Russell
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2020 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score for Feature Film
Sally Boldt
(music editor)
Trey Edward Shults
(music editor)
Johnnie Burn
(music editor)
National Board of Review, USA
2019 Winner
NBR Award
Top Ten Films
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2019 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Breakthrough Artist
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Shared with:
Luce
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2020 Winner
Virtuoso Award
Taylor Russell
Black Reel Awards
2020 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
2020 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Sterling K. Brown
2020 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Taylor Russell
2020 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Score
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
2020 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
4 more
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Chlotrudis Awards
2020 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Use of Music in a Film
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Austin Film Critics Association
2020 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Score
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2019 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Cinematography
Drew Daniels
Key West Film Festival
2019 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative
Trey Edward Shults
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2019 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Film
2019 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Soundtrack
Tied with
Frozen II (2019)
in second place.
New York Film Critics, Online
2019 Winner
NYFCO Award
Breakthrough Performance
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Shared with:
Luce
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
2019 Nominee
IFJA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Taylor Russell
2019 Nominee
IFJA Award
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown
2019 Nominee
IFJA Award
Breakout of the Year
Taylor Russell
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2019 Winner
AAFCA Award
Breakout Performance
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
2019 Winner
We See You Award
Taylor Russell
2019 Nominee
AAFCA Award
Best Picture
7th place
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2020 Nominee
Breakthrough Award
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Shared with:
Bolden
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Gully
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Luce
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The Wolf Hour
2020 Nominee
Breakthrough Award
Taylor Russell
Shared with:
Escape Room
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
2020 Nominee
Dorian Award
Unsung Film of the Year
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
2020 Winner
GMS Award
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under 10 Million Dollars
Meghan Currier
Randall Poster
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
2019 Winner
AFCC Special Award
Breakthrough Performer
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2020 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Taylor Russell
Online Association of Female Film Critics
2019 Nominee
OAFFC Award
Breakthrough Performance
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
2019 Nominee
OAFFC Award
Best Supporting Male
Sterling K. Brown
Hollywood Critics Association
2020 Nominee
HCA Award
Best Score
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
2020 Nominee
HCA Award
Best Picture
2020 Nominee
HCA Award
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown
2020 Nominee
HCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Taylor Russell
2020 Winner
HCA Award
Breakthrough Performance - Actor
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
5 more
All
Columbus Film Critics Association
2020 Nominee
COFCA Award
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Shared with:
Luce
Seattle Film Critics Society
2019 Nominee
SFCS Award
Best Supporting Actress
Taylor Russell
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