# List of accolades received by Atonement (film)

Atonement is a 2007 British romantic World War II film directed by Joe Wright. Christopher Hampton adapted the screenplay from the eponymous novel by Ian McEwan. The film focuses on fictional lovers Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie (James McAvoy), whose lives are ruined when Cecilia's younger sister, Briony (Saoirse Ronan), falsely accuses Robbie of a serious crime. The film opened the 64th Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2007 and competed for the Golden Lion. The following month it screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Atonement was released in the United Kingdom by Universal Studios on 7 September 2007. It was then released in the United States by Focus Features on 7 December 2007. The film earned over £84 million in its combined total gross at the box office.
Atonement earned many awards and nominations in categories ranging from recognition of the film itself to Hampton's screenplay and the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan. The film received seven Academy Award nominations and came away with one award for Best Original Score. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists awarded Atonement two accolades from six nominations, while the American Society of Cinematographers and the Art Directors Guild gave the film one nomination apiece. Atonement gathered fourteen nominations at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, the most of any film that year, but ultimately came away with two awards. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey received a nomination for his work from the British Society of Cinematographers and costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, earned a nomination from the Costume Designers Guild. Atonement won three accolades out of five nominations at the 13th Empire Awards.
The film also received five nominations from the Evening Standard British Film Awards, including Best Actress nominations for both Knightley and Romola Garai (who played Briony aged 18). McGarvey, Durran and Sarah Greenwood were awarded the Best Technical Achievement accolade. At the 65th Golden Globe Awards, Atonement was named Best Drama Motion Picture, while Dario Marianelli won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The composer would go on to win five more awards for the score, as well as the Film Music Composition of the Year accolade from the International Film Music Critics Association. Intralink Film garnered two nominations from the Golden Trailer Awards and won the Best Romance Trailer category. Ronan won five awards for her performance including Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 5th Irish Film & Television Awards and Best Young Actress from the Women Film Critics Circle. Atonement earned eight nominations from the London Film Critics' Circle; McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave (who portrayed an elderly Briony) won the British Actor of the Year and British Supporting Actress of the Year awards respectively. Knightley won Best International Actress at the 2007 Rembrandt Awards and was given the Choice Movie Drama Actress accolade from the Teen Choice Awards. Hampton earned a total of thirteen nominations for the screenplay.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipients | Result |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Picture | Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (producers) | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Art Direction | Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2008 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 21 December 2007 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Atonement | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 21 December 2007 | Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 21 December 2007 | Best Editing | Atonement | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 21 December 2007 | Best Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 21 December 2007 | Best Newcomer | Saoirse Ronan | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 21 December 2007 | Best Seduction | Keira Knightley and James McAvoy | Won |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 26 January 2008 | Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| Art Directors Guild | 18 February 2008 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Sarah Greenwood | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Actor | James McAvoy | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best British Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Director | Joe Wright | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Editing | Paul Tothill | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Film | Atonement | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Makeup and Hair | Ivana Primorac | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Music | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Sound | Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Becki Ponting | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| British Society of Cinematographers | 7 December 2007 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 7 January 2008 | Best Composer | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 7 January 2008 | Best Director | Joe Wright | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 7 January 2008 | Best Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 7 January 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Vanessa Redgrave | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 7 January 2008 | Best Young Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 13 December 2007 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 13 December 2007 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 13 December 2007 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | 14 April 2009 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild | 19 February 2008 | Excellence in Costume Design for Period Film | Jacqueline Durran | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 17 December 2007 | Best Picture | Atonement | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 17 December 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 9 March 2008 | Best Actor | James McAvoy | Won |
| Empire Awards | 9 March 2008 | Best Actress | Keira Knightley | Won |
| Empire Awards | 9 March 2008 | Best British Film | Atonement | Won |
| Empire Awards | 9 March 2008 | Best Director | Joe Wright | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 9 March 2008 | Best Newcomer | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 9 March 2008 | Best Soundtrack | Atonement | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 6 December 2008 | Best Actor | James McAvoy | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 6 December 2008 | Best Composer | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 6 December 2008 | Best Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 3 February 2008 | Best Actor | James McAvoy | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 3 February 2008 | Best Actress | Romola Garai | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 3 February 2008 | Best Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 3 February 2008 | Best Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 3 February 2008 | Best Technical Achievement | Seamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood, Jacqueline Durran | Won |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia | 1 February 2008 | Best Foreign Film in the English Language | Atonement | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture | James McAvoy | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Director | Joe Wright | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Drama Motion Picture | Atonement | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Golden Tomato Awards | 21 January 2008 | Best Romance | Atonement | Won |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 8 May 2008 | Best Romance | Atonement – Intralink Film | Won |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 8 May 2008 | Best Romance TV Spot | Atonement "Love Story" – Intralink Film | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 3 January 2008 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 3 January 2008 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 3 January 2008 | Best Picture | Atonement | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 3 January 2008 | Best Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association | 15 February 2008 | Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Atonement – Dario Marianelli | Won |
| International Film Music Critics Association | 15 February 2008 | Film Composer of the Year | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association | 15 February 2008 | Film Music Composition of the Year | "Elegy for Dunkirk" – Dario Marianelli | Won |
| International Film Music Critics Association | 15 February 2008 | Film Score of the Year | Atonement – Dario Marianelli | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 17 February 2008 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Saoirse Ronan | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 17 February 2008 | Best Director of Photography | Seamus McGarvey | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 17 February 2008 | Best International Actor | James McAvoy | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 17 February 2008 | Best International Actress | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 17 February 2008 | Best International Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| Ivor Novello Awards | 22 May 2008 | Best Original Film Score | Dario Marianelli | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Actor of the Year | James McAvoy | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Actress of the Year | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Breakthrough | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Director of the Year | Joe Wright | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Film of the Year | Atonement | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Supporting Actress of the Year | Vanessa Redgrave | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | British Supporting Actress of the Year | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 8 February 2008 | Screenwriter of the Year | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | 23 February 2008 | Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film | Atonement | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento | 14 June 2008 | Best European Film Director | Joe Wright | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | 5 December 2007 | Top Ten Films | Atonement | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 8 January 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 8 January 2008 | Best Editing | Paul Tothill | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 8 January 2008 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 8 January 2008 | Best Picture | Atonement | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 8 January 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Pyongyang International Film Festival | 26 September 2008 | Shooting and Fine Arts Award | Atonement | Won |
| Rembrandt Award | 10 March 2008 | Best International Actress | Keira Knightley | Won |
| Richard Attenborough Film Awards | 30 January 2008 | Best Actor | James McAvoy | Won |
| Richard Attenborough Film Awards | 30 January 2008 | Best Film-maker | Joe Wright | Won |
| Richard Attenborough Film Awards | 30 January 2008 | Best Screenwriter | Christopher Hampton | Won |
| Richard Attenborough Film Awards | 30 January 2008 | Film of the Year | Atonement | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 18 December 2007 | Best Editing | Paul Tothill | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2007 | Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture | Keira Knightley | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2007 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Christopher Hampton | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2007 | Best Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2007 | Best Original Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 24 December 2007 | Best Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 24 December 2007 | Best Picture | Atonement | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 24 December 2007 | Best Score | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 24 December 2007 | Best Screenplay | Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 24 December 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 26 August 2007 | Choice Movie Drama Actress | Keira Knightley | Won |
| USC Scripter Awards | 2 February 2008 | Best Screenplay | Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton | Nominated |
| Venice International Film Festival | 8 September 2007 | Golden Lion | Atonement | Nominated |
| Venice International Film Festival | 8 September 2007 | Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature | Joe Wright | Won |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 13 December 2007 | Best Young Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 18 October 2008 | Best Original Score of the Year | Atonement – Dario Marianelli | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 18 October 2008 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Dario Marianelli | Nominated |
| Young Artist Awards | 30 March 2008 | Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated |