Academy Awards, USA
2010
Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges ,
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
2010
Nominee
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Maggie Gyllenhaal ,
BAFTA Awards
2010
Nominee
Best Leading Actor
Jeff Bridges ,
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2010
Winner
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges ,
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2010
Winner
2010
Nominee
Best Movie for Grownups
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2009
Winner
2009
Nominee
Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest
Jeff Bridges ,
Maggie Gyllenhaal ,
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2009
Winner
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges ,
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2009
Winner
Best Use of Music in a Film
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2010
Winner
Best Song
T Bone Burnett ,
Ryan Bingham ,
Casting Society of America, USA
2010
Nominee
Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Drama
Mary Vernieu ,
Jo Edna Boldin (location casting) ,
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2010
Nominee
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2009
Nominee
Most Promising Filmmaker
Scott Cooper ,
Costume Designers Guild Awards
2010
Winner
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Doug Hall ,
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2009
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal ,
Denver Film Critics Society
2010
Winner
Best Original Song
Ryan Bingham (music and lyrics) ,
T Bone Burnett (music and lyrics) ,
2010
Nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Scott Cooper ,
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2010
Nominee
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2010
Winner
Best Male Lead
Jeff Bridges ,
Best First Feature
Scott Cooper (director/producer) ,
Robert Duvall (producer) ,
Rob Carliner (producer) ,
Judy Cairo (producer) ,
T Bone Burnett (producer) ,
2010
Nominee
Best First Screenplay
Scott Cooper ,
Gold Derby Awards
2010
Winner
Original Song
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
Golden Globes, USA
2010
Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges ,
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
T Bone Burnett ,
Ryan Bingham ,
Grammy Awards
2011
Winner
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Stephen Bruton (producer) ,
T Bone Burnett (producer) ,
Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio
2010
Winner
Best Leading Voice Actor
Sergio Di Stefano ,
2010
Nominee
Best Supporting Voice Actress
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2009
Nominee
Best Original Song
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
2010
Nominee
Best Male Voice
Sergio Di Stefano ,
Best Supporting Voice
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2009
Nominee
Best Lead Performance
Jeff Bridges ,
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2010
Winner
Best Original Song
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
International Online Film Critics' Poll
2010
Nominee
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges ,
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2010
Winner
Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2009
Winner
Best Song
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2010
Nominee
Actor of the Year
Jeff Bridges ,
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2009
Winner
Best Music
T Bone Burnett ,
Stephen Bruton ,
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2010
Nominee
Best Sound Editing - Music in a Musical Feature Film
Fernand Bos (supervising music editor) ,
Adrian Van Velsen (music editor) ,
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2010
Nominee
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2009
Nominee
New York Film Critics, Online
2009
Winner
Best Use of Music
Stephen Bruton ,
T Bone Burnett ,
Jeffrey Pollack ,
Online Film & Television Association
2010
Winner
Best Music, Original Song
Ryan Bingham (music and lyrics by) ,
T Bone Burnett (music and lyrics by) ,
Jeff Bridges (performed by) ,
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2010
Nominee
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2010
Winner
T Bone Burnett
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2009
Winner
Best Original Song
Prism Awards
2010
Winner
Performance in a Feature Film
Jeff Bridges ,
Performance in a Feature Film
Maggie Gyllenhaal ,
Feature Film - Substance Use
Satellite Awards
2009
Winner
Best Original Song
T Bone Burnett ,
Ryan Bingham ,
2009
Nominee
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jeff Bridges ,
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2009
Nominee
Best Music
Ryan Bingham ,
T Bone Burnett ,
USC Scripter Award
2010
Nominee
Scott Cooper (screenwriter)
Thomas Cobb (author) ,
Village Voice Film Poll
2009
Nominee
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2009
Nominee
World Soundtrack Awards
2010
Winner
Best Original Song Written for a Film
Ryan Bingham (music by/lyrics by/performer) ,
T Bone Burnett (music by/lyrics by) ,
Writers Guild of America, USA
2010
Nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Scott Cooper ,