Academy Awards

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)>
• Best Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Directors Guild of America Award

Winner for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film (Ang Lee)

Writers Guild of America Award

Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

2005 Venice International Film Festival

Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture

Producers Guild of America

Winner of the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award – Theatrical Motion Pictures (Diana Ossana and James Schamus)

Golden Globe Awards

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Picture [Drama]
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Original Song ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old," written by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin and performed by Emmylou Harris)

BAFTA Awards

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)

Independent Spirit Awards

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Feature
• Best Director (Ang Lee)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)

Florida Film Critics Circle

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Winner of Four Sierra Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Phoenix Film Critics Society

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Central Ohio Film Critics

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Lead Performance (Heath Ledger)
• Best Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Actor of the Year (Heath Ledger [given in tandem with three of his other films])

New York Film Critics Circle

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)

Southeastern Film Critics Association

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Critics' Choice Awards

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams) [in a tie]

Boston Society of Film Critics

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)

Iowa Film Critics Association

• Best Film
• Best Director (Ang Lee)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)

National Board of Review

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)

Online Film Critics Society

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Utah Film Critics Association

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Ang Lee)

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)

London Film Critics Circle Awards

Winner of Four Awards

• Film of the Year
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Actor of the Year (Heath Ledger)
• Best Screenwriter (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Winner of Eight Awards

• Best Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)
• Best Picture
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)
• Best Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Motion Picture Club

Winner of Two Awards

• Director of the Year Award to Ang Lee
• [Female] Star of Tomorrow Award to Michelle Williams

Human Rights Campaign Equality Award

Honorees, (Ang Lee; Jake Gyllenhaal)

San Diego Film Critics Society

Winner of the Body of Work award (Jake Gyllenhaal) [given in tandem with two of his other films]

Palm Springs Film Festival

Desert Palm Achievement Award to Jake Gyllenhaal [given in tandem with two of his other films]

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Breakthrough Performance of the Year Award to Heath Ledger

Hollywood Awards

Winner of Two Awards

• Breakthrough Award to Jake Gyllenhaal
• Casting Director of the Year Award to Avy Kaufman [tandemed with two other films]

AFI

Winner of the AFI Award given to AFI Movies of the Year [named one of the year's Ten Best Films by the American Film Institute]

National Board of Review

Named one of the year's Ten Best Films

African-American Film Critics Association

Named one of the year's Ten Best Films (#4 on list)

Central Ohio Film Critics

Named one of the year's Ten Best Films (#2 on list)

New York Film Critics Online

Named one of the year's Nine Best Films

Village Voice Take Seven Film Critics' Poll

Winner of Three Awards

• Cited for the year's Best Performance (#1 on list – Heath Ledger)
• Cited among year's Best Films (#11 on list), Best Supporting Performances (#6 on list – Michelle Williams)
• Best Screenplay (#5 on list [in 5-way tie] – Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Satellite Awards

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Picture [Drama]
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Film Editing (Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E.)
• Best Original Song ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old," by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin)

Academy Awards

Nominated for Six Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)
• Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)

Golden Globe Awards

Nominated for Three Additional Awards

• Best Actor [Drama] (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)
• Best Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

BAFTA Awards

Nominated for Six Additional Awards

• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)
• Best Music (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)
• Best Editing (Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E.)
• Orange Rising Star Award (Michelle Williams)

Independent Spirit Awards

Nominated for Two Additional Awards

• Best Male Lead (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Female (Michelle Williams)

Satellite Awards

Nominated for Four Additional Awards

• Best Actor [Drama] (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actor [Drama] (Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

American Society of Cinematographers Award

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Theatrical Release (Rodrigo Prieto)

American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.) Eddie Award

Nominated for Best-Edited Feature Film [Dramatic] (Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E.)

GLAAD Media Award

(Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation )

Nominated for Outstanding Film [Wide Release]

Bodil Award

the most prestigious film award in Denmark, from the Danish film critics

Nominated for Best American Film

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated for Four Awards

• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Performance bv a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Heath Ledger)
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Michelle Williams)

Scripter Award

Nominated for for Best Adapted Screenplay (Annie Proulx and Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

Nominated for Five Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Ang Lee)
• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

Gotham Awards

Nominated for Two Awards

• Best Feature
• Best Ensemble Cast

European Film Awards

Nominated for Best Non-European Film

Critics' Choice Awards

Nominated for Five Additional Awards

• Best Actor (Heath Ledger)
• Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)
• Best Writer (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
• Best Composer (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Best Song ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old," written by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin, and performed by Emmylou Harris)