# List of accolades received by Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 historical drama film directed by George Clooney, and starring David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr. and Frank Langella. The film was co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially relating to the anti-Communist Senator's actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
The film was a box office success and received critical acclaim. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Strathairn.

## Accolades

| Award / Association / Film festival | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | February 7, 2006 | Best Movie for Grownups | Good Night, and Good Luck | Runner-up | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | February 7, 2006 | Breakaway Accomplishment | David Strathairn | Won | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | February 7, 2006 | Best Movie Time Capsule | Good Night, and Good Luck | Runner-up | |
| Academy Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best Picture | Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best Art Direction | James D. Bissell and Jan Pascale | Nominated | |
| ACE Eddie Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Stephen Mirrione | Nominated | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2005 | Top Ten Films | Good Night, and Good Luck | 3rd place | |
| American Film Institute | January 13, 2006 | Top 10 Movies of the Year | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| American Society of Cinematographers | February 26, 2006 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Robert Elswit | Nominated | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | February 11, 2006 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period or Fantasy Film | James D. Bissell | Nominated | |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2005 | Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | 10th place | |
| Bodil Awards | March 5, 2006 | Best American Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 11, 2005 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Won | |
| Bratislava International Film Festival | December 2–10, 2005 | Best Director | George Clooney | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Film | Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 19, 2006 | Best Editing | Stephen Mirrione | Nominated | |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | December 27, 2005 – January 2, 2006 | Capri Movie of the Year Award | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | January 9, 2006 | Best Picture | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | January 9, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | January 9, 2006 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | January 9, 2006 | Best Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | January 9, 2006 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Nominated | |
| Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films | March 19, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films | March 19, 2006 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films | March 19, 2006 | Best Visual Design | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Cinema for Peace Awards | February 13, 2006 | Most Valuable Film of the Year | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | February 25, 2006 | Excellence in Period Film | Louise Frogley | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 9, 2006 | Best Picture | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 9, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 9, 2006 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 9, 2006 | Best Writer | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 9, 2006 | Best Acting Ensemble | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | January 9, 2006 | Freedom Award | George Clooney | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 19, 2005 | Top 10 Films | Good Night, and Good Luck | 3rd place | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 19, 2005 | Best Director | George Clooney | Runner-up | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 19, 2005 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | 3rd place | |
| David di Donatello | April 21, 2006 | Best Foreign Film | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | January 28, 2006 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Empire Awards | March 27, 2007 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| European Film Awards | December 3, 2005 | Best Non-European Film | George Clooney | Won | |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia | October 28, 2006 | Best Foreign Film – English Language | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 16, 2006 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 16, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 16, 2006 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 16, 2006 | Best Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | June 1, 2006 | Best Drama | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Gotham Awards | November 30, 2005 | Best Ensemble Cast | David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., and Frank Langella | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | March 4, 2006 | Best Feature | Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | March 4, 2006 | Best Male Lead | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | March 4, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | March 4, 2006 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Won | |
| International Cinephile Society | 2006 | Best Picture | Good Night, and Good Luck | 5th place | |
| International Cinephile Society | 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Runner-up | |
| International Cinephile Society | 2006 | Best Ensemble | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | February 8, 2007 | Actor of the Year | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | January 17, 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | Frank Langella | Runner-up | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | January 17, 2006 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | January 17, 2006 | Best Production Design | James D. Bissell | Runner-up | |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards | March 4, 2006 | Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR | Curt Schulkey, Aaron Glascock, and Susan Dudeck | Nominated | |
| Nastro d'Argento | February 7, 2006 | Best Director of a Foreign Film | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| National Board of Review | January 10, 2006 | Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| National Board of Review | January 10, 2006 | Top Ten Films | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | January 7, 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | Frank Langella | Runner-up | |
| National Society of Film Critics | January 7, 2006 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Runner-up | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | January 8, 2006 | Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Runner-up | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | January 8, 2006 | Best Cinematographer | Robert Elswit | Runner-up | |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 11, 2005 | Top 9 Films | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 16, 2006 | Best Picture | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 16, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 16, 2006 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 16, 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 16, 2006 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 16, 2006 | Best Editing | Stephen Mirrione | Nominated | |
| PEN Center USA West Literary Awards | December 12, 2006 | Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Won | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | January 22, 2006 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | January 22, 2006 | Stanley Kramer Award | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Russian Guild of Film Critics | February 6, 2007 | Best Foreign Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 12, 2005 | Best Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Won | |
| Sant Jordi Awards | April 23, 2007 | Best Foreign Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Best Cinematography | Robert Elswit | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Best Editing | Stephen Mirrione | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Best Art Direction and Production Design | James D. Bissell | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | December 17, 2005 | Auteur Award | George Clooney | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2006 | Best Overall DVD | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2006 | Best DVD Extras | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 29, 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 29, 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Rose Abdoo, Alex Borstein, Robert John Burke, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Reed Diamond, Tate Donovan, Robert Downey Jr., Grant Heslov, Peter Jacobson, Frank Langella, Tom McCarthy, Dianne Reeves, Matt Ross, David Strathairn and Ray Wise | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | | Best Picture | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | | Best Supporting Actor | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | | Best Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | | Best Cinematography or Visual/Special Effects | Robert Elswit | Nominated | |
| Turkish Film Critics Association | January 22, 2007 | Best Foreign Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | 11th place | [86][87] [88][89] |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | February 7, 2006 | Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | February 7, 2006 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Venice Film Festival | August 31 – September 10, 2005 | FIPRESCI Award for Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Venice Film Festival | August 31 – September 10, 2005 | Pasinetti Award for Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Venice Film Festival | August 31 – September 10, 2005 | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | David Strathairn | Won | |
| Venice Film Festival | August 31 – September 10, 2005 | Golden Osella for Best Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Won | |
| Venice Film Festival | August 31 – September 10, 2005 | Human Rights Film Network Award | Good Night, and Good Luck | Won | |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 2005 | Best Performance | David Strathairn | 10th place | |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 2005 | Best Supporting Performance | Frank Langella | 10th place | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 13, 2005 | Best Film | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 13, 2005 | Best Director | George Clooney | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 13, 2005 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 13, 2005 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 13, 2005 | Best Ensemble | Good Night, and Good Luck | Nominated | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 28, 2005 | Best Actor | David Strathairn | Won | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 28, 2005 | Best Soundtrack | Dianne Reeves | Won | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 4, 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 4, 2006 | Paul Selvin Award | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | Won | |