List of accolades received by Spotlight

Spotlight is a 2015 American drama film directed by Tom McCarthy. The film, written by Josh Singer and McCarthy, follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team and its investigation of sexual abuse in Boston.[1] It stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James and Liev Schreiber. The film was premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2015, where McCarthy won the Brian Award. It was also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was the second runner-up for the People's Choice Award. Open Road Films released it theatrically in the United States on November 6, 2015. The film was a commercial success, grossing $98.7 million worldwide on a budget of $20 million.[2][3]

List of accolades received by Spotlight
A photograph of Mark Ruffalo in 2017.
Mark Ruffalo received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Michael Rezendes
Total number of awards and nominations
Totals 69 134
References

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Spotlight holds a rating of 97%, based on 335 reviews.[4] The film has been nominated for 138 awards, winning 71; its direction, screenplay and the performances of Ruffalo and McAdams have received the most attention from award groups. Spotlight received six nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, including Best Director (McCarthy), Best Supporting Actor (Ruffalo) and Best Supporting Actress (McAdams). It won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay (McCarthy and Singer), making it the first film since The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) to win in the Best Picture category with only one other award.[5] The film garnered three Golden Globe Award nominations—Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Spotlight also won the Best Original Screenplay award at the 69th British Academy Film Awards, where it received two additional nominations.

At the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards, McAdams was nominated for her supporting role and the film's cast received the Outstanding Performance award. It received an award in the same category at the 21st Critics' Choice Awards, in addition to winning Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Keaton won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor at its 2015 ceremony. In addition, Spotlight was named the best film of the year by several critics associations, including the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, Detroit Film Critics Society, and National Board of Review.

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
AACTA Awards January 29, 2016 Best International Film Spotlight Nominated [6]
Best International Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Academy Awards February 28, 2016 Best Picture Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Michael Sugar Won [7]
[8]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Film Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 13, 2016 Best Film Spotlight Won [9]
[10]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Cast Spotlight Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
American Film Institute December 16, 2015 Top 10 Films Spotlight Won [11]
Austin Film Critics Association December 29, 2015 Best Film Spotlight Nominated [12]
[13]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics December 6, 2015 Best Film Spotlight Won [14]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Spotlight Won
BAFTA Awards February 14, 2016 Best Film Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar Nominated [15]
[16]
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Casting Society of America January 4, 2016 Big Budget – Drama Kerry Barden, John Buchan, Jason Knight, Carolyn Pickman, Joey Montenarello, Adam Richards and Paul Schnee Nominated [17]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 17, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Nominated [18]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Chicago International Film Festival October 24, 2015 Best Narrative English-Language Feature Tom McCarthy Won [19]
Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2016 Best Picture Spotlight Won [20]
[21]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Nominated
Best Acting Ensemble Spotlight Won
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Best Score Howard Shore Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 14, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Won [22]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Detroit Film Critics Society December 14, 2015 Best Film Spotlight Won [23]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Liev Schreiber Won
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Spotlight Won
Directors Guild of America Awards February 6, 2016 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2015 Tom McCarthy Nominated [24]
Dorian Awards January 19, 2016 Film of the Year Spotlight Nominated [25]
Director of the Year Tom McCarthy Nominated
Screenplay of the Year Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Empire Awards March 20, 2016 Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated [26]
Florida Film Critics Circle December 23, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Runner-up [27]
[28]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Spotlight Won
Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2016 Best Motion Picture – Drama Spotlight Nominated [29]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards May 6, 2016 Best of Show Spotlight Won [30]
[31]
Best Independent Spotlight Won
Best Drama Spotlight Nominated
Best Music Spotlight Nominated
Gotham Independent Film Awards October 22, 2015 Best Feature Spotlight Won [32][33]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Audience Award Spotlight Nominated
Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance Spotlight Won
Hollywood Film Awards November 1, 2015 Screenwriter of the Year Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won [34]
Houston Film Critics Society January 9, 2016 Best Picture Spotlight Won [35]
[36]
Best Direction of a Motion Picture Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Independent Spirit Awards February 27, 2016 Best Feature Spotlight Won [37]
[38]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Won
Robert Altman Award Tom McCarthy, Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Michael Cyril Creighton, Billy Crudup, Paul Guilfoyle, Neal Huff, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci Won
London Film Critics' Circle January 17, 2016 Film of the Year Spotlight Nominated [39]
[40]
Supporting Actor of the Year Michael Keaton Nominated
Screenwriter of the Year Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 6, 2015 Best Film Spotlight Won [41]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Mill Valley Film Festival October 8–18, 2015 Best U.S. Feature Film Tom McCarthy Won [42]
National Board of Review December 1, 2015 Top Ten Films Spotlight Won [43]
National Society of Film Critics January 3, 2016 Best Picture Spotlight Won [44]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Director Tom McCarthy Runner-up
New York Film Critics Circle December 2, 2015 Best Actor Michael Keaton Won [45]
New York Film Critics Online Awards December 6, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Won [46]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Ensemble Cast Spotlight Won
Online Film Critics Society December 13, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Nominated [47]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival January 1–10, 2016 Sonny Bono Visionary Award Tom McCarthy Won [48]
Producers Guild of America Awards January 23, 2016 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Michael Sugar Nominated [49]
San Diego Film Critics Society December 14, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Nominated [50]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Best Ensemble Spotlight Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle December 13, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Won [51]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Runner-up
Satellite Awards February 21, 2016 Best Film Spotlight Won [52]
[53]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Supporting Actor Michael Keaton Nominated
Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Rachel McAdams Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Best Cast in a Motion Picture Spotlight Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards January 30, 2016 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Rachel McAdams Nominated [54]
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Spotlight Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association December 21, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Won [55]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Won
Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won
Best Editing Tom McArdle Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association December 14, 2015 Best Picture Spotlight Runner-up [56]
Best Director Tom McCarthy Runner-up
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Runner-up
Toronto International Film Festival September 10–20, 2015 People's Choice Award Spotlight 3rd Place [57]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle December 21, 2015 Best Film Spotlight Won [58]
[59]
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Venice Film Festival September 2–12, 2015 Brian Award Tom McCarthy Won [60][61]
Silver Mouse Tom McCarthy Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 7, 2015 Best Film Spotlight Won [62]
Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Nominated
Best Ensemble Spotlight Won
Writers Guild of America Awards February 13, 2016 Best Original Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Won [63]

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