| AFI Fest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Feature Film for: In America (2002) |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Original Screenplay for: In America (2002) Shared with: Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan |
| 1994 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: In the Name of the Father (1993) |
Best Picture for: In the Name of the Father (1993) |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for: In the Name of the Father (1993) Shared with: Terry George |
| 1990 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Shared with: Shane Connaughton |
| Angers European First Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | Audience Award |
Feature Film for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Screenplay - Adapted for: In the Name of the Father (1993) Shared with: Terry George |
| 1990 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Shared with: Noel Pearson |
Best Screenplay - Adapted for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Shared with: Shane Connaughton |
| BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | - | Britannia Award |
Artistic Excellence |
| Bangkok International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Golden Kinnaree Award |
Best Director for: In America (2002) |
| Nominated | Golden Kinnaree Award |
Best Film for: In America (2002) |
|
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" |
for: The Boxer (1997) |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: The Boxer (1997) |
|
| 1994 | Won | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: In the Name of the Father (1993) |
| Boston Irish Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | - | Excellence Award | |
| British Independent Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | British Independent Film Award |
Best Director for: In America (2002) |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Writer for: In America (2002) Shared with: Kirsten Sheridan Naomi Sheridan |
| Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Director for: In America (2002) |
|
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: In the Name of the Father (1993) |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Nominated | European Film Award |
Best Film for: In the Name of the Father (1993) |
| 1989 | Nominated | European Film Award |
Best Director for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) |
Best Young Film for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Won | Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Film for: In the Name of the Father (1993) |
| Flanders International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Grand Prix |
for: In America (2002) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: In America (2002) Shared with: Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan |
| 1998 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: The Boxer (1997) |
| Goya Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: The Boxer (1997) Ireland/USA. |
| Guild of German Art House Cinemas | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Guild Film Award - Silver |
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) |
| High Falls Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Feature for: In America (2002) |
| Humanitas Prize | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Humanitas Prize |
Sundance Film Category for: In America (2002) Shared with: Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan |
| 1994 | Nominated | Humanitas Prize |
Feature Film Category for: In the Name of the Father (1993) Shared with: Terry George |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: In America (2002) |
Best Feature for: In America (2002) Shared with: Arthur Lappin |
| 1990 | Won | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Ireland/UK. |
| Montréal World Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention |
for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Shared with: Daniel Day-Lewis (actor) |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Screenplay - Original for: In America (2002) Shared with: Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: In America (2002) Shared with: Kirsten Sheridan Naomi Sheridan |
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Stanley Kramer Award |
for: In America (2002) Shared with: Arthur Lappin |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | - | International Filmmaker Award | |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: In America (2002) Shared with: Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan |
| Nominated | PFCS Award |
Best Director for: In America (2002) |
|
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Director for: In America (2002) |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Original Screenplay for: In America (2002) Shared with: Naomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan |
| 1994 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published for: In the Name of the Father (1993) Shared with: Terry George |
| 1990 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) Shared with: Shane Connaughton |