Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
1974 | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | The Cars That Ate Paris | Nominated |
1976 | Taormina Arte Award | Golden Charybdis | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Won |
1978 | Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | Special Jury Award | The Last Wave | Won |
1981 | Australian Film Institute | Best Director | Gallipoli | Won |
Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | Nominated |
1983 | Australian Film Institute | Best Director | The Year of Living Dangerously | Nominated |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
Jury Award | Nominated |
Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated |
1984 | Writers Guild of America | Best Drama | Nominated |
1985 | Hochi Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | Witness | Won |
1986 | Blue Ribbon Awards | Won |
Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Nominated |
Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Foreign Film | Won |
1990 | Australian Film Institute | Raymond Longford Award | Dead Poets Society | Won |
David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film | Won |
Best Foreign Director | Nominated |
Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Nominated |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Won |
Warsaw International Film Festival | Audience Award | Won |
1991 | Writers Guild of America | Best Screenplay | Green Card | Nominated |
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film | Dead Poets Society | Nominated |
César Awards | Won |
Guild of German Art House Cinemas | Won |
1994 | Berlin International Film Festival | Gold Berlin Bear | Fearless | Nominated |
1998 | European Film Awards | Screen International Award | The Truman Show | Won |
Hamburg Film Festival | Guild Film Award | | Won |
Valladolid International Film Festival | Golden Spike | The Truman Show | Nominated |
1999 | Australian Film Institute | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | Nominated |
Directors Guild of America | Nominated |
Florida Film Critics Circle | Won |
Fotogramas de Plata | Best Foreign Film | Won |
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director | Nominated |
London Film Critics' Circle | Director of the Year | Won |
Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Nominated |
Robert Festival | Best American Film | Won |
Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Director | Nominated |
2000 | Taormina International Film Festival | Taormina Arte Award | | Won |
2001 | Australian Directors Guild | Outstanding Achievement Award | | Won |
Australian Screen Directors' Association | | Won |
2003 | Britannia Awards | Artistic Excellence | | Won |
Camerimage | Best Director | | Won |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Nominated |
2004 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Passion in Film | Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | Won |
David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Nominated |
Empire Awards | Nominated |
London Film Critics' Circle | Screenwriter of the Year | Won |
Director of the Year | Nominated |
PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer | Nominated |
Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Director | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Nominated |
USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | Nominated |
2024 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement | Honoured |