Focus Features

Best Actor (Sean Penn)

Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

Best Supporting Male (James Franco)

Best First Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

Best Picture

Best Actor (Sean Penn)

Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin)

Composer of the Year Award (Danny Elfman)

Breakthrough Actor of the Year Award (James Franco)

Breakthrough Screenwriter of the Year Award (Dustin Lance Black)

Best Picture

Best Director (Gus Van Sant)

Best Actor (Sean Penn [in a tie])

Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

Best Picture

Best Actor (Sean Penn)

Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

Best Actor (Sean Penn [in a tie]

Best Director (Gus Van Sant [in tandem with another movie])

Best Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

Best Actor (Sean Penn)

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Actor (Sean Penn)

Best Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

National Board of Review

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association [#2 on list]

Houston Film Critics Society [#4 on list]

New York Film Critics Online

Phoenix Film Critics Society

Austin Film Critics Association

Satellite Awards

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

Given to AFI Movies of the Year [named one of the year’s Ten Best Films by the American Film Institute]

Best Actor (Sean Penn)

Best Ensemble Performance

One of the year’s [Five] Best Supporting Actors (Josh Brolin) [#2 on list]

One of the year’s [Five] Best Directors (Gus Van Sant) [#4 on list]

Cited among year’s Best Films (#7 on list)

Best Actor (Sean Penn - #1 on list)

Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin - #3 on list)

Sonny Bono Visionary Award (Gus Van Sant)

Desert Palm Achievement Award for Acting (Sean Penn)

Best Film

Best Actor (Sean Penn)