# List of accolades received by Moneyball (film)

Moneyball is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller. The film features Brad Pitt in the lead role, who also co-produced it, with Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chris Pratt playing supporting roles. Based on the 2003 nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lewis, the film focuses on the 2002 season of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. The team's general manager Billy Beane (Pitt), and assistant general manager Peter Brand (Hill), decide to build the team by opting for a sabermetric approach to selecting players. The screenplay was written by Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, while Stan Chervin wrote the story.
Made on a budget of $50 million, Moneyball premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2011, and had its theatrical release two weeks later on September 23, 2011. The film was successful at the box office, earning over $110 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 254 reviews and judged 94% to be positive. The film was nominated for 73 awards, winning 19; its screenplay and the performances of Pitt and Hill received the most attention from award groups.
At the 84th Academy Awards, Moneyball received six nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor for Pitt, Best Supporting Actor for Hill, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sorkin, Zaillian and Chervin, winning none. The film earned four nominations at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, and three nominations at the 65th British Academy Film Awards. Pitt, and Sorkin and Zaillian won the Best Actor and Best Screenplay respectively at the New York Film Critics Circle. At the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards, both Pitt and Hill received nominations for their roles. The film earned four nominations at the 16th Satellite Awards – Best Film, Best Actor – Motion Picture, Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Both the American Film Institute and Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association included Moneyball in their list of top ten films of 2011. The film was ranked sixth by the African-American Film Critics Association, and won Best Song for Kerris Dorsey's rendition of the song "The Show". The film's composer, Mychael Danna, won the Film Music Award at the BMI Awards. Miller won for Best Director at the 15th Hollywood Film Awards. Pitt as well as Sorkin and Zaillian were placed in the top ten of their respective categories, Best Actor and Best Screenplay, in the Village Voice Film Polls for 2011.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| AACTA Awards | January 27, 2012 | Best Film – International | Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt | Nominated | [10] [11] |
| AACTA Awards | January 27, 2012 | Best Actor – International | Brad Pitt | Nominated | [10] [11] |
| AACTA Awards | January 27, 2012 | Best Screenplay – International | Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [10] [11] |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards | February 6, 2012 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [12] [13] |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | Best Picture | Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Jonah Hill | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | Best Film Editing | Christopher Tellefsen | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2012 | Best Sound Mixing | Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick | Nominated | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | December 12, 2011 | Best Picture | Moneyball | 6th place | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | December 12, 2011 | Best Song | "The Show" by Kerris Dorsey, Jason Reeves and Lenka | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 10, 2012 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | [14] [15] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 10, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | [14] [15] |
| American Cinema Editors | February 18, 2012 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Christopher Tellefsen | Nominated | |
| American Film Institute | December 11, 2011 | AFI Movies of the Year | Moneyball | Won | [17] [18] |
| Australian Cinematographers Society | May 5, 2012 | International Award for Cinematography | Wally Pfister | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| BMI Awards | May 17, 2012 | Film Music Award | Mychael Danna | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 11, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 11, 2011 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 12, 2012 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 12, 2012 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Jonah Hill | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 12, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | |
| Casting Society of America | October 29, 2012 | Big Budget Feature – Drama | Francine Maisler and Lauren Grey | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | January 7, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | [26] [27] |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | June 15, 2012 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film | Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Brad Haehnel and Ed Novick | Nominated | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 12, 2012 | Best Picture | Moneyball | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 12, 2012 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 12, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 16, 2011 | Best Film | Moneyball | 10th Place | [31] [32] |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 16, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | 4th Place | [31] [32] |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 16, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 16, 2011 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | |
| Gold Derby Awards | February 25, 2012 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Gold Derby Awards | February 25, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 15, 2012 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Moneyball | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 15, 2012 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Brad Pitt | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 15, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Jonah Hill | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 15, 2012 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | February 24, 2012 | Best Actor of the Year | Brad Pitt | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | February 24, 2012 | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Jonah Hill | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | February 24, 2012 | Best Screenplay of the Year | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 31, 2012 | Best Music TV Spot | Moneyball | Won | [39] [40] |
| Hollywood Film Awards | October 24, 2011 | Best Director | Bennett Miller | Won | |
| Houston Film Critics Society | December 14, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | [42] [43] |
| IndieWire Critic's Poll | December 19, 2011 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | 3rd place | [44] [45] |
| Japan Academy Prize | March 2, 2012 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Moneyball | Nominated | |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 19, 2012 | Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Moneyball | Nominated | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | January 7, 2012 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | January 7, 2012 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Runner-up | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | November 29, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | November 29, 2011 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 2, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | January 7, 2012 | Desert Palm Achievement Award for Acting | Brad Pitt | Won | |
| People's Choice Awards | January 11, 2012 | Favorite Drama Movie | Moneyball | Nominated | [53] [54] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | January 21, 2012 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 14, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | [56] [57] |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 14, 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | [56] [57] |
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2011 | Best Film | Moneyball | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2011 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2011 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Jonah Hill | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 29, 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 29, 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Jonah Hill | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 12, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 12, 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Jonah Hill | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 12, 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Runner-up | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | December 14, 2011 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Won | |
| USC Scripter Award | February 18, 2012 | Best Screenplay | Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [62] [63] |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | January 10, 2012 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [64] [65] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | 5th place | [66] [67] [68] [69] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Jonah Hill | 13th place | [66] [67] [68] [69] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2011 | Best Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | 6th place | [66] [67] [68] [69] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 5, 2011 | Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 5, 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Award | February 19, 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Nominated | [71] [72] |