# List of accolades received by Bridge of Spies (film)

Bridge of Spies is a 2015 historical legal thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was written by Matt Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen. The film is set during the Cold War and is based on the 1960 U-2 incident and its aftermath. Tom Hanks plays lawyer James B. Donovan who is tasked with negotiating the release of the captured American pilot Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell) in exchange for the convicted KGB spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). Alan Alda, Sebastian Koch, and Amy Ryan feature in supporting roles.
The film premiered at the 53rd New York Film Festival on October 4, 2015. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures gave the film a wide release on October 16 at over 2,800 theaters in the United States and Canada. Bridge of Spies grossed a worldwide total of over $165 million on a production budget of $40 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 297 reviews and judged 91% to be positive. The film garnered many awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for Rylance's performance.
Bridge of Spies received six nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score. Rylance went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. At the 69th British Academy Film Awards, the film garnered nine nominations and won Best Supporting Actor for Rylance. He also won the Best Supporting Actor award from the AACTA Awards, New York Film Critics Circle, London Film Critics' Circle, Toronto Film Critics Association, and Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Rylance also received nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Both the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review included Bridge of Spies in their top ten films of 2015.

## Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| AACTA Awards | December 9, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – International | Mark Rylance | Won |
| Academy Awards | February 28, 2016 | Best Picture | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | February 28, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| Academy Awards | February 28, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | February 28, 2016 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | February 28, 2016 | Best Production Design | Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Bernhard Henrich and Rena DeAngelo | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | February 28, 2016 | Best Sound Mixing | Drew Kunin, Andy Nelson, and Gary Rydstrom | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 13, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| American Film Institute | December 16, 2015 | Top Ten Films of the Year | Bridge of Spies | Won |
| American Society of Cinematographers | February 14, 2016 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Theatrical Release | Janusz Kamiński | Nominated |
| Art Directors Guild | January 31, 2016 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Adam Stockhausen | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 6, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Film | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Mark Rylance | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Direction | Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Film Music | Thomas Newman | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Editing | Michael Kahn | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Production Design | Adam Stockhausen, Bernhard Henrich, and Rena DeAngelo | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 14, 2016 | Best Sound | Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, and Gary Rydstrom | Nominated |
| Casting Society of America | January 21, 2016 | Big Budget – Drama | Ellen Lewis, and Kate Sprance | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 16, 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 16, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | February 20, 2016 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Live Action | Bridge of Spies | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 17, 2016 | Best Picture | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 17, 2016 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 17, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 17, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 17, 2016 | Best Art Direction | Adam Stockhausen, and Rena DeAngelo | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 14, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | 2nd place |
| David di Donatello Awards | April 18, 2016 | Best Foreign Film | Bridge of Spies | Won |
| Empire Awards | March 20, 2016 | Best Thriller | Bridge of Spies | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 23, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| Golden Eagle Award | January 27, 2017 | Best Foreign Language Film | Bridge of Spies | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 10, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 4, 2016 | Best Drama | "Standing Man" | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 4, 2016 | Best Drama TV Spot | "Standing Man International" | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | November 1, 2015 | Hollywood Cinematography Award | Janusz Kamiński | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | November 1, 2015 | Hollywood Sound Award | Gary Rydstrom | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 9, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | January 17, 2016 | Supporting Actor of the Year | Mark Rylance | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | December 6, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Runner-up |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 27, 2016 | Best Sound Editing: Feature English Language – Dialogue/ADR | Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, and Steve Slanec | Won |
| National Board of Review | December 1, 2015 | Top Ten Films | Bridge of Spies | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | January 3, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle | December 2, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 6, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | December 13, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Award | January 23, 2016 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 14, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 13, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 13, 2015 | Best Production Design | Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, and Bernhard Henrich | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | February 21, 2016 | Best Film | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | February 21, 2016 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | February 21, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, and Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | February 21, 2016 | Best Art Direction and Production Design | Adam Stockhausen, Bernhard Henrich, and Rena DeAngelo | Won |
| Satellite Awards | February 21, 2016 | Best Film Editing | Michael Kahn | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | June 22, 2016 | Best Thriller Film | Bridge of Spies | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 30, 2016 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | December 21, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominated |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | December 14, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | December 21, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance | Won |
| Visual Effects Society | February 2, 2016 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Bridge of Spies | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Award | February 13, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Charman, Joel and Ethan Coen | Nominated |