# List of accolades received by Drive My Car (film)

Drive My Car (Japanese: ドライブ・マイ・カー, Hepburn: Doraibu Mai Kā) is a 2021 Japanese drama film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and written by Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe. It is based on the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami from his 2014 collection, Men Without Women, while taking inspiration from "Scheherazade" and "Kino", two other stories from the collection. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tōko Miura, Masaki Okada, and Reika Kirishima, the film follows Yūsuke Kafuku (Nishijima) as he directs a production of Uncle Vanya, while still grieving over the death of his wife.
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 11 July 2021, in competition for the Palme d'Or, and was released in Japan on 20 August. It grossed $15.3 million worldwide, including $8.6 million in Japan and $2.3 million in the United States and Canada. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator surveyed 215 reviews and judged 97% to be positive.
Drive My Car received numerous awards and nominations, particularly for Hamaguchi's direction, Nishijima's performance, and the screenplay. Hamaguchi and Oe became the first Japanese writers to win Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film also won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. At the 94th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won Best International Feature Film. It was the first Japanese film to receive a Best Picture nomination. The film won nine awards at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize, including Picture of the Year, Director of the Year, and Screenplay of the Year. It also garnered ten nominations at the 2022 Mainichi Film Awards, winning Best Film and Best Director.

## Accolades

Accolades received by Drive My Car :
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| AACTA Awards | 2 March 2022 | Best Asian Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 18 March 2022 | Best Foreign Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 27 March 2022 | Best Picture | Teruhisa Yamamoto [ja] | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 27 March 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 27 March 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 27 March 2022 | Best International Feature Film | Japan | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 25 January 2022 | Best Non-English-Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 11 November 2021 | Best Feature Film | Drive My Car | Won | [17] [18] |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 11 November 2021 | Achievement in Directing | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 11 November 2021 | Best Performance by an Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 11 November 2021 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | [17] [18] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Masaki Okada | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Editing | Azusa Yamazaki | Won | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Original Music | Eiko Ishibashi | Won | [19] [20] |
| Asian Film Awards | 12 March 2023 | Best Sound | Miki Nomura and Tatsuya Obo | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 11 January 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [21] [22] |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 11 January 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | [21] [22] |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 11 January 2022 | Best International Film | Drive My Car | Won | [21] [22] |
| Belgian Film Critics Association | 8 January 2023 | Grand Prix | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 23 February 2022 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 23 February 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 23 February 2022 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 23 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Masaki Okada | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 23 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Won | [24] [25] |
| Bodil Awards | 25 March 2023 | Best Non-American Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 12 December 2021 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 12 December 2021 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 12 December 2021 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 12 December 2021 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 13 March 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 13 March 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 13 March 2022 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Teruhisa Yamamoto [ja] | Won | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 17 July 2021 | Palme d'Or | Drive My Car | Nominated | [29] [9] |
| Cannes Film Festival | 17 July 2021 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | [29] [9] |
| Cannes Film Festival | 17 July 2021 | FIPRESCI Prize | Drive My Car | Won | [29] [9] |
| Cannes Film Festival | 17 July 2021 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Drive My Car | Won | [29] [9] |
| César Awards | 25 February 2022 | Best Foreign Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 15 December 2021 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 15 December 2021 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 15 December 2021 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 15 December 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami, and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 15 December 2021 | Best Editing | Azusa Yamazaki | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 15 December 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | [31] [32] |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 22 October 2021 | Silver Hugo Jury Prize | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 26 October 2021 | Audience Choice Award for International Feature | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 22 March 2023 | Best Movie | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 22 March 2023 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 13 March 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 20 December 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| David di Donatello | 3 May 2022 | Best Foreign Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Denver Film Festival | 15 November 2021 | Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Dorian Awards | 17 March 2022 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | [40] [41] |
| Dorian Awards | 17 March 2022 | Best Non-English Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | [40] [41] |
| Dorian Awards | 17 March 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [40] [41] |
| Dorian Awards | 17 March 2022 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | [40] [41] |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 21 December 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Runner-up | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 14 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 14 January 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 9 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 6 October 2022 | Best Foreign Trailer | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | 29 November 2021 | Best International Feature | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Hochi Film Awards | 16 December 2021 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Hochi Film Awards | 16 December 2021 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | |
| Hochi Film Awards | 16 December 2021 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | |
| Hochi Film Awards | 16 December 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 28 February 2022 | Best International Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 19 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Huading Awards | 1 December 2022 | Best Global Picture | Drive My Car | Nominated | [50] [51] |
| Huading Awards | 1 December 2022 | Best Global Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [50] [51] |
| Huading Awards | 1 December 2022 | Best Global Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | [50] [51] |
| Huading Awards | 1 December 2022 | Best Global Actor in a Leading Role | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [50] [51] |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 6 March 2022 | Best International Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 13 December 2021 | Best Film | Drive My Car | 2nd place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 13 December 2021 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | 2nd place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 13 December 2021 | Best Performance | Hidetoshi Nishijima | 9th place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 13 December 2021 | Best Screenplay | Drive My Car | Won | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 13 December 2021 | Best International Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | 2nd place | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Park Yu-rim | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Ensemble | The cast of Drive My Car | Runner-up | |
| International Cinephile Society | 6 February 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Picture of the Year | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Director of the Year | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Screenplay of the Year | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Hidetoshi Shinomiya [ja] | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Daiki Takai | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Kadoaki Izuta and Miki Nomura | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Best Film Editing | Azusa Yamazaki | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 11 March 2022 | Newcomer of the Year | Tōko Miura | Won | |
| Japanese Movie Critics Awards | 30 May 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Won | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 16 January 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Drive My Car | Runner-up | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 16 January 2022 | Best Foreign Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2 February 2022 | Best Film of the Year | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2 February 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2 February 2022 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Won | |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2 February 2022 | Readers' Choice Award for Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| Location Managers Guild Awards | 27 August 2022 | Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics Circle | 6 February 2022 | Film of the Year | Drive My Car | Nominated | [59] [60] |
| London Film Critics Circle | 6 February 2022 | Director of the Year | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [59] [60] |
| London Film Critics Circle | 6 February 2022 | Screenwriter of the Year | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | [59] [60] |
| London Film Critics Circle | 6 February 2022 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | Drive My Car | Won | [59] [60] |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 18 December 2021 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 18 December 2021 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Runner-up | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 18 December 2021 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Masaki Okada | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Cinematography | Hidetoshi Shinomiya [ja] | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Art Direction | Hyeon-Seon Seo | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Music | Eiko Ishibashi | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 15 February 2022 | Best Sound Recording | Kadoaki Izuta | Nominated | [62] [13] |
| National Society of Film Critics | 8 January 2022 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 8 January 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 8 January 2022 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 8 January 2022 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 3 December 2021 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 12 December 2021 | Best Foreign Language Feature | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Nikkan Sports Film Award | 28 December 2021 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Nikkan Sports Film Award | 28 December 2021 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 24 January 2022 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 24 January 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 24 January 2022 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 24 January 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 24 January 2022 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 7 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Awards | 7 February 2022 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Awards | 7 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Awards | 7 February 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| Robert Awards | 4 February 2023 | Best Non-English Language Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 10 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 10 January 2022 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | Nominated | [72] [73] |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 10 January 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Nominated | [72] [73] |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 10 January 2022 | Best Actor | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Nominated | [72] [73] |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 10 January 2022 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | [72] [73] |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 10 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | [72] [73] |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 16 September 2022 | FIPRESCI Grand Prix | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 5 March 2022 | Outstanding Directors of the Year | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2 April 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 17 January 2022 | Best Picture | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 17 January 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Won | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 17 January 2022 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 17 January 2022 | Best Film Editing | Azusa Yamazaki | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 17 January 2022 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Drive My Car | Won | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 19 December 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 19 December 2021 | Best International Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 16 January 2022 | Best Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 16 January 2022 | Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Runner-up | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 16 January 2022 | Best Screenplay | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Won | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 16 January 2022 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Turkish Film Critics Association | 4 April 2023 | Best Foreign Film Released in Theaters | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 6 December 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Won | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 11 December 2021 | Best Foreign Film by or About Women | Drive My Car | Runner-up | |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 22 October 2022 | Discovery of the Year | Eiko Ishibashi | Won | |
| Yokohama Film Festival | 6 February 2022 | Best Film | Drive My Car | 3rd place | |
| Yokohama Film Festival | 6 February 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Tōko Miura | Won | |