Academy Awards

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Director (Roman Polanski)
• Best Actor (Adrien Brody)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)

César Awards [France's equivalent of the Academy Awards]

Winner of Seven Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Roman Polanski)
• Best Actor (Adrien Brody)
• Best Cinematography (Pawel Edelman)
• Best Set Design (Allan Starski)
• Best Original Score (Wojciech Kilar)
• Best Sound (Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy, Dean Humphreys)

BAFTA Awards

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Roman Polanski)

2002 Cannes International Film Festival

Winner of the Palme d'Or [Best Picture] award

Eagle Awards [Poland's equivalent of the Academy Awards]

Winner of Nine Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Roman Polanski)
• Best Editing (Hervé de Luze)
• Best Cinematography (Pawel Edelman)
• Best Set Design (Allan Starski)
• Best Costume Design (Anna Sheppard)
• Best Music (Wojciech Kilar)
• Best Sound (Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy, Dean Humphreys)
• Honorary Eagle [Poland's equivalent of the Academy Award] Lifetime Achievement Award (Roman Polanski)

National Society of Film Critics

Winner of Four Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Roman Polanski)
• Best Actor (Adrien Brody)
• Best Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)

Boston Society of Film Critics

Winner of Three Awards

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Roman Polanski)
• Best Actor (Adrien Brody)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Winner of the award for Best Picture

National Board of Review

Named one of the year's 10 Best Films (#7 on list)

Chicago Film Critics Association

Named one of the year's 5 Best Films

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Named one of the year's 10 Best Films (#4 on list)

Southeastern Film Critics Association

Named one of the year's 10 Best Films (#9 on list)

Online Film Critics Society

Named one of the year's Top Ten Films (#6 on list)

Goya Awards

[Spain's equivalent of the Academy Award]

Winner for Best European Film

European Film Academy Awards

Winner for Best Cinematography (Pawel Edelman)

Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking

Honored with the Founders Award (Ronald Harwood)

German state of Bavaria

Award of Honor

Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards

Nominated for Two Awards

• Best Sound Editing in a Feature [Musical] (John Timperly)
• Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature (Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy, Dean Humphreys)

History Channel's Harry Award

Nominated for Film of the Year

Bubakar Awards

Nominated for Best Actor (Adrien Brody)