| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 2006 | Munich | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Kansas City Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2005 | Munich | Online Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2003 | Catch Me If You Can | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2003 | Minority Report | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2002 | Minority Report | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2001 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | Venice International Film Festival | Future Film Festival Digital Award | |||
| 2001 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1997 | Amistad | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1997 | Amistad | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1994 | Schindler's List | French Academy of Cinema | Best Foreign Film | |||
| 1994 | Schindler's List | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Director | |||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | National Society of Film Critics | Best Director | |||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | British Academy of Film and Television | David Lean Award | |||
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | National Board of Review | Best Director | |||
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1982 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1982 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1982 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 1982 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 1982 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1978 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Picture | |||
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Screenplay | |||
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1975 | Jaws | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1975 | Jaws | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Picture | |||
| 1975 | Jaws | Directors Guild of America | Best Director |
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