136 wins & 174 nominations
- 2023 Winner Silver Ariel
- Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
- 2016 Winner César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- 2003 Nominee César
- Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
Shared with: Youssef Chahine · Amos Gitai · Shôhei Imamura · Claude Lelouch · Ken Loach · Samira Makhmalbaf · Mira Nair · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Sean Penn · Danis Tanovic
- 2002 Nominee CFCA Award
- Most Promising Director
- 2011 Nominee CEC Award
- Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original)
Shared with: Armando Bo · Nicolás Giacobone
- 2016 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Shared with: Drew Locke · James W. Skotchdopole · Douglas Jones · Scott Robertson · Megan M. Shank · Matt Haggerty · Jeremy Marks · Gabriela Vázquez · Adam Somner · Trevor Tavares · Jasmine Marie Alhambra · Brett Robinson · Kasia Trojak - 2015 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Shared with: James W. Skotchdopole · Robert Graf · Peter Kohn · Amy Lauritsen · Timothy R. Price · Catherine Feeny · Gabrielle Mahon · Joaquin Diego Prange - 2013 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Commercial: Best Job, Proctor and Gamble
- 2015 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- 2011 Nominee Goya
- Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original)
Shared with: Nicolás Giacobone · Armando Bo
- 2007 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie - Comedy or Drama
- 2004 Winner Special Distinction Award21 Grams was ineligable for the regular awards because of its budget.
- 2023 Winner Special Silver Goddess
- Cinematographic Excellence
- 2015 Winner Director of the Year AwardCommenting on Alejandro G. Iñárritu receiving PSIFF's Director of the Year Award, his second win in the category, Matzner said, "By creating the illusion that the film was shot in one take and directing award-worthy performances by Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and a star-studded cast, Iñárritu has created a brilliant and original dark comedy in Birdman. The Festival is delighted to once again present Alejandro G. Iñárritu with the Director of the Year Award."
- 2015 Winner PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Shared with: John Lesher · James W. Skotchdopole - 2007 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Shared with: Steve Golin · Jon Kilik
- 2016 Winner Robert
- Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
- 2001 Winner MTV Movie Award
- MTV North Feed (mostly Mexico) - Favorite Film (Película de la Gente)
- 2011 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
- Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
- 2023 Nominee Premio Canacine
- Best Director (Mejor Director)
- 2023 Nominee Gold Panda
- Best Director for a Motion Picture
- 2016 Nominee CinEuphoria
- Best Film - International Competition
- 2016 Winner CinEuphoria
- Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
- 2016 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)
- 2016 Winner Cinema Bloggers Award
- Best North American Film
- 2004 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Shared with: Guillermo Arriaga