| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Writers Guild of America | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Phoenix Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Oklahoma Film Critics Circle | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Ohio Film Critics | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | National Society of Film Critics | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Las Vegas Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Golden Satellite Award | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Florida Film Critics | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Writer | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Utah Film Critics | Best Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Picture | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Washington D.C. Film Critics Associatio | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Utah Film Critics | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Austin Film Critics | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Golden Satellite Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Kansas City Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | National Board of Review | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Director | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Directing | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Writers Guild of America | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Phoenix Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Ohio Film Critics | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Writers Guild of America | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | |||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Adapted Screenplay | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Screenplay | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | National Board of Review | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Original Screenplay | |||
| 1996 | Fargo | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | |||
| 1985 | Blood Simple | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Screenplay | |||
| 1985 | Blood Simple | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | |||
| 1985 | Blood Simple | Sundance Film Festival | Grand Prize: Narrative |