# List of accolades received by Nashville

Nashville received numerous awards and nominations from various critical organizations, including major institutions such as the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and British Academy Film Awards, as well as regional critical associations. The film was nominated for a total of 11 Golden Globe nominations, to date the most ever received by one film. It also received four Golden Globe nominations in a single acting category; this was and remains unprecedented for major film award shows.
It won a BAFTA Film Award for Best Sound Track. Altman won for best director from: Cartagena Film Festival; Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards; National Board of Review; National Society of Film Critics Awards; and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Lily Tomlin was awarded the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress.

## Accolades

| Awards | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Picture | Robert Altman | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Director | Robert Altman | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Ronee Blakley | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Tomlin | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Original Song | "I'm Easy" (Keith Carradine) | Won |
| American Film Institute | June 20, 2007 | 100 Years...100 Movies | Nashville | No. 59 |
| American Film Institute | June 22, 2004 | 100 Years...100 Songs | "I'm Easy" (Keith Carradine) | No. 81 |
| Bodil Awards | March 25, 1977 | Best Non-European Film | Nashville | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1976 | Best Screenplay | Joan Tewkesbury | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1976 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Ronee Blakley | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1976 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Gwen Welles | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1976 | Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Lily Tomlin | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1976 | Best Sound | William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin, and Richard Portman | Won |
| César Awards | April 3, 1976 | Best Foreign Film | Nashville | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1976 | Best Foreign Film | Nashville | Won |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nashville | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Director | Robert Altman | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Screenplay | Joan Tewkesbury | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Supporting Actor | Henry Gibson | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Ronee Blakley | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Geraldine Chaplin | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Barbara Harris | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Tomlin | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Original Song | "I'm Easy" (Keith Carradine) | Won |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture (Female) | Ronee Blakley | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | January 24, 1976 | Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture (Female) | Lily Tomlin | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | February 28, 1976 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Richard Baskin, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Henry Gibson, Ben Raleigh, and Richard Reicheg | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | 1976 | Best Film | Nashville | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Tomlin | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | 1976 | Best Director | Robert Altman | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1976 | Best Screenplay | Joan Tewkesbury | Won |
| National Board of Review | December 23, 1976 | Best Film | Nashville | Tied |
| National Board of Review | December 23, 1976 | Best Director | Robert Altman | Tied |
| National Board of Review | December 23, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Ronee Blakley | Won |
| National Board of Review | December 23, 1976 | Top Ten Films | Nashville | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | December 29, 1975 | Best Film | Nashville | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | December 29, 1975 | Best Supporting Actor | Henry Gibson | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | December 29, 1975 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Tomlin | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | December 29, 1975 | Best Director | Robert Altman | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | January 25, 1976 | Best Film | Nashville | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | January 25, 1976 | Best Director | Robert Altman | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | January 25, 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Tomlin | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | January 25, 1976 | Best Supporting Actor | Henry Gibson | Nominated |