# List of accolades received by Django Unchained

Django Unchained is a 2012 American western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a freed slave, who teams up with a bounty hunter called Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to free his wife from plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Django Unchained was screened for the first time at the Directors Guild of America on December 1, 2012. Its official premiere was cancelled in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and was replaced with a screening for the cast and crew. Django Unchained was released on December 25, 2012 in the United States and on January 18, 2013 in the United Kingdom. As of December 7, 2013, Django Unchained has earned over $425 million at the box office.
The film has garnered various awards and nominations, with most nominations recognising the film itself, Tarantino's screenplay and the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. The American Film Institute included Django Unchained in their list of the Top Ten Movies of the Year, while the African-American Film Critics Association nominated it for Best Picture. The film gathered five Academy Award nominations in categories ranging from Best Original Screenplay to Best Cinematography and Best Sound Editing. The production designer for Django Unchained, J. Michael Riva, received a posthumous nomination for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film from the Art Directors Guild. Tarantino earned a Best Original Screenplay nod from the Broadcast and Chicago Film Critics Associations.
The British Academy Film Awards nominated the film for five accolades, including Best Direction and Best Editing. Django Unchained also gathered five nominations from the Golden Globe Awards and came away with Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Waltz. The film received seven nominations from the MTV Movie Awards. The NAACP Image Awards nominated Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington for Best Actor or Supporting Actor awards, while the film was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture. The National Board of Review included Django Unchained in their Best Film category and awarded DiCaprio the Best Supporting Actor accolade. The film was also nominated for Best Picture from the Producers Guild of America. Django Unchained garnered eight nominations from the St. Louis Film Critics Association, the most of any film, but came away with three awards.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| AACTA International Award | January 26, 2013 | Best Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Picture | Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Won |
| Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Cinematography | Robert Richardson | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Sound Editing | Wylie Stateman | Nominated |
| African-American Film Critics Association | December 16, 2012 | Top 10 Films | Django Unchained | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 7, 2013 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Amanda Award | August 16, 2012 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| American Film Institute Awards | December 10, 2012 | Top Ten Movies of the Year | Django Unchained | Won |
| Art Directors Guild | February 2, 2013 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | J. Michael Riva | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | December 18, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | February 7, 2013 | Outstanding Actor | Jamie Foxx | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | February 7, 2013 | Outstanding Ensemble | Django Unchained – Victoria Thomas | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | February 7, 2013 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | February 7, 2013 | Outstanding Original or Adapted Song | "Who Did That to You" – John Legend, Paul Epworth | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | February 7, 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actor | Samuel L. Jackson | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | February 7, 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actress | Kerry Washington | Nominated |
| Bodil Awards | February 1, 2014 | Best US Feature | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 9, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 10, 2013 | Best Direction | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 10, 2013 | Best Editing | Fred Raskin | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 10, 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 10, 2013 | Best Sound | Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 10, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | January 10, 2013 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | January 10, 2013 | Best Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| César Awards | February 28, 2014 | Best Foreign Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 18, 2012 | Best Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 18, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | June 14, 2013 | Best Foreign Film | Django Unchained | Won |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | December 18, 2013 | Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | December 18, 2013 | Best Director | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | December 18, 2013 | Best Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | December 18, 2013 | Best Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | March 24, 2013 | Best Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | March 24, 2013 | Best Director | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | March 24, 2013 | Best Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | January 18, 2013 | Best Ensemble | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | January 18, 2013 | Best Original Song | "Ancora qui" – Ennio Morricone and Elisa Toffoli | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | January 18, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Samuel L. Jackson | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | January 18, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | January 13, 2013 | Best Director | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | January 13, 2013 | Best Drama Motion Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | January 13, 2013 | Best Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| Golden Globe Award | January 13, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | January 13, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Won |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 3, 2013 | Best Action Poster | Django Unchained – The Weinstein Company, Ignition Creative | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 3, 2013 | Best Foreign Graphics in a Trailer | "International" – Columbia Pictures, Greenhaus GFX | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 3, 2013 | Best Music | "Justice" – The Weinstein Company, Ignition Creative | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 3, 2013 | Best Music TV Spot | "Unchained BET" – The Weinstein Company, Ignition Creative | Won |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 3, 2013 | Most Original Trailer | "Who Did That?" – The Weinstein Company, Trailer Park, Inc. | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | January 26, 2014 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Django Unchained – Various Artists | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Festival | October 22, 2012 | Screenwriter of the Year | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 5, 2013 | Best Director | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 5, 2013 | Best Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | January 20, 2013 | Screenwriter of the Year | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | December 9, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 17, 2013 | Best Music in a Feature Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 17, 2013 | Best Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Best Fight | Jamie Foxx vs. Candieland Henchmen | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Best Kiss | Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Best Male Performance | Jamie Foxx | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Best On-Screen Duo | Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Best Villain | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Best 'WTF' Moment | "Candieland Gets Smoked" | Won |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 14, 2013 | Movie of the Year | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Award | February 1, 2013 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Jamie Foxx | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Award | February 1, 2013 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Award | February 1, 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Samuel L. Jackson | Won |
| NAACP Image Award | February 1, 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Kerry Washington | Won |
| National Board of Review | December 5, 2012 | Best Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | December 5, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 7, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Award | January 26, 2013 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Reginald Hudlin, Stacey Sher, Pilar Savone | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 11, 2012 | Best Cinematography | Robert Richardson | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 11, 2012 | Best Ensemble Performance | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 11, 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 11, 2012 | Best Picture | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 11, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 26, 2013 | Best Action or Adventure Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | June 26, 2013 | Best Costume | Sharen Davis | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | June 26, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | June 26, 2013 | Best Writing | Quentin Tarantino | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Cinematography | Robert Richardson | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Director | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Actor | Jamie Foxx | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Music | Django Unchained | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Film | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Scene | Django Unchained | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 17, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Won |
| Taurus World Stunt Awards | May 15, 2013 | Best Speciality Stunt | Wagon explosion | Nominated |
| Taurus World Stunt Awards | May 15, 2013 | Best Stunt Coordinator and/or second Unit Director | Jeff Dashnaw | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | January 7, 2013 | Best Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | January 7, 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 10, 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 10, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominated |