# List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Nolan

British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan has received many awards and honours throughout his career. He has won two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, one Golden Globe Award, one Directors Guild of America Award, one Producers Guild of America Awards, and one Writers Guild of America Awards. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for his services to film. In 2024, Nolan received the British Film Institute Fellowship for his "extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema."
At the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, Nolan and his brother Jonathan won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for Memento, and in 2003 Nolan received the Sonny Bono Visionary Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Festival executive director Mitch Levine said, "Nolan had in his brief time as a feature film director, redefined and advanced the very language of cinema". He was named an Honorary Fellow of UCL in 2006, and conferred an honorary doctorate in literature (DLit) in 2017. In 2009, the director received the Board of the Governors Award from the American Society of Cinematographers. In 2011 Nolan received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award from American Cinema Editors. That year he also received the Modern Master Award, the highest honour presented by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In addition, Nolan was the recipient of the inaugural VES Visionary Award from the Visual Effects Society.
In 2012 he became the youngest director to be honoured with a hand-and-footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Nolan received the first-ever Founder's Award from Slamdance Film Festival in 2014. The Art Directors Guild selected Nolan as the recipient of its Cinematic Imagery Award in 2015, an honour bestowed upon those whose body of work has "richly enhanced the visual aspects of the movie-going experience". He was selected as the 2015 Class Day speaker at Princeton University and was awarded the Empire Inspiration Award at the 20th Empire Awards. In the following years he received the FIAF Award from the archival community, and the inaugural Vanguard Award from The Digital Entertainment Group. The director has been honoured with career retrospectives at the Walker Art Center and Institut Lumière. In 2023, Nolan was awarded the Federation of American Scientists' Public Service Award. A year later he received the Honorary César from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, the Visionary Award from the Saturn Awards, and the inaugural Trailblazer Award at 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In March 2024, the British Government announced that Nolan, along with his wife and producer Emma Thomas would be awarded a knighthood and damehood respectively for their "services to film".

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Picture | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2024 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2024 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

British Academy Film Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Film | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2023 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2023 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |
| Britannia Award |||||
| 2010 | Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing | Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2024 | Best Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |

### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Memento | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Inception | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Oppenheimer | Won |

### Producers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Oppenheimer | Won |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| 2023 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |

### Critics Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2009 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Picture | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2024 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| 2024 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |

### European Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | People's Choice Award | Dunkirk | Nominated | |

## Other associations

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AACTA Awards | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| AACTA Awards | 2017 | Best Direction | Dunkirk | Won |
| AACTA Awards | 2017 | Best Screenplay | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| AARP Awards | 2018 | Best Time Capsule | Dunkirk | Won |
| AARP Awards | 2018 | Readers' Choice Poll | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2005 | Best Picture | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Won |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Amanda Award | 2011 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Amanda Award | 2015 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Interstellar | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors | 2011 | Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award | — | Won |
| American Film Institute | 2001 | AFI Screenwriter of the Year | Memento | Won |
| American Film Institute | 2008 | AFI Movies of the Year | The Dark Knight | Won |
| American Film Institute | 2010 | AFI Movies of the Year | Inception | Won |
| American Film Institute | 2012 | AFI Movies of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Won |
| American Film Institute | 2014 | AFI Movies of the Year | Interstellar | Won |
| American Film Institute | 2017 | AFI Movies of the Year | Dunkirk | Won |
| American Screenwriters Association | 2002 | Discover Screenwriting Award | Memento | Nominated |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2009 | Board of the Governors Award | — | Won |
| Art Directors Guild | 2015 | Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award | — | Won |
| Atlanta Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Atlanta Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2006 | Best Film | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2009 | Best Movie of the Decade | Memento | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2009 | Best Movie of the Decade | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2001 | Best Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2001 | Best Original Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2006 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2008 | Best Motion Picture | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2011 | Best Motion Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2011 | Best Achievement in Directing | Inception | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2014 | Best Motion Picture | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2017 | Best Motion Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 2009 | Best Foreign Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | 2002 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2001 | Best Foreign Independent Film – English Language | Memento | Nominated |
| Bodil Awards | 2009 | Best American Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Bodil Awards | 2011 | Best American Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Bodil Awards | 2018 | Best American Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Boston Online Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Picture | Memento | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Action Movie | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Action Movie | Inception | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2012 | Best Action Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | Interstellar | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2023 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2023 | Best Picture | Oppenheimer | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2023 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2023 | Best Picture | Oppenheimer | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2023 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2005 | Best Picture | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Won |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2001 | Most Promising Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Chicago Indie Critics | 2017 | Best Studio Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Chicago Indie Critics | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2008 | Career Achievement Award | — | Won |
| Chinese American Film Festival | 2020 | Golden Angel Award | Tenet | Won |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 2002 | Best Director | Memento | Won |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 2002 | Best Film | Memento | Nominated |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| Cinema Bloggers Awards | 2015 | Best Director – International Competition | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Cinema Bloggers Awards | 2015 | Best Screenplay – International Competition | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro | 2011 | Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Inception | Nominated |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2009 | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2011 | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Inception | Nominated |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2015 | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2018 | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| CinEuphoria Awards | 2011 | Best Film – Audience Award | Inception | Won |
| CinEuphoria Awards | 2011 | Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award | Inception | Won |
| CinEuphoria Awards | 2011 | Best Screenplay – International Competition | Inception | Won |
| CinEuphoria Awards | 2013 | Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award | The Dark Knight Rises | Won |
| Czech Lion Awards | 2010 | Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepší zahraniční film) | Inception | Won |
| César Awards | 2011 | Best Foreign Film | Inception | Nominated |
| César Awards | 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| César Awards | 2024 | Best Foreign Film | Oppenheimer | Nominated |
| César Awards | 2024 | Honorary César | — | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2001 | Russell Smith Award | Memento | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Picture | Memento | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| David di Donatello | 2011 | Best Foreign Film | Inception | Nominated |
| David di Donatello | 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Won |
| David di Donatello | 2024 | Best Foreign Film | Oppenheimer | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2014 | Visually Striking Film of the Year | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2017 | Director of the Year | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2017 | Visually Striking Film of the Year | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Science Fiction/Horror Film | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Director | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2021 | Best Science Fiction/Horror Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Deauville American Film Festival | 2000 | Grand Jury Prize | Memento | Nominated |
| Deauville American Film Festival | 2000 | CinéLive Award | Memento | Won |
| Deauville American Film Festival | 2000 | Critics Award | Memento | Won |
| Deauville American Film Festival | 2000 | Jury Special Prize | Memento | Won |
| Dinard British Film Festival | 1999 | Golden Hitchcock | Following | Nominated |
| Dinard British Film Festival | 1999 | Silver Hitchcock | Following | Won |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Won |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2017 | Best Screenplay | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Edgar Award | 2002 | Best Motion Picture | Memento | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2001 | Best Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 2006 | Best Director | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 2007 | Best Director | The Prestige | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2009 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2009 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2011 | Best Film | Inception | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 2013 | Best Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 2013 | Best Director | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Interstellar | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2015 | Inspiration Award | | Won |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 2011 | Alexander Walker Special Award for his contribution to film | — | Won |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia | 2011 | Best Foreign Film – English Language | Inception | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Fotogramas de Plata | 2018 | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Dunkirk | Won |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Heartland International Film Festival | 2014 | Truly Moving Picture Award | Interstellar | Won |
| Gaudí Awards | 2011 | Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea) | Inception | Nominated |
| Gaudí Awards | 2018 | Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea) | Dunkirk | Won |
| Globes de Cristal Award | 2018 | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2009 | Best Motion Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2009 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2009 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2010 | Director of the Decade | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2010 | Original Screenplay of the Decade | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2010 | Creative Person of the Decade | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2011 | Best Motion Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2020 | Director of the Decade | Inception | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2020 | Original Screenplay of the Decade | Inception | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2020 | Best Motion Picture of the Decade | Inception | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2015 | Best Motion Picture | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2018 | Best Motion Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2018 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Golden Eagle Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Golden Eagle Awards | 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2005 | Best Director of the Year | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2005 | Best Screenplay of the Year | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2005 | Favorite Movie of the Year | Batman Begins | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2006 | Best Director of the Year | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2006 | Best Screenplay of the Year | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2008 | Best Director of the Year | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2008 | Best Screenplay of the Year | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2008 | Favorite Movie of the Year | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2010 | Best Director of the Year | Inception | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2010 | Best Screenplay of the Year | Inception | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2010 | Favorite Movie of the Year | Inception | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2012 | Best Director of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2012 | Favorite Movie of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2014 | Best Director of the Year | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2014 | Favorite Movie of the Year | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2017 | Favorite Movie of the Year | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2017 | Best Director of the Year | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Goya Awards | 2009 | Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Festival | 2008 | Hollywood Movie of the Year | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Hollywood Film Festival | 2010 | Hollywood Movie of the Year | Inception | Won |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2021 | Best Action Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2021 | Best Blockbuster Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Hochi Film Award | 2009 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Hochi Film Award | 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Tenet | Won |
| Hugo Award | 2006 | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 2007 | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 2009 | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 2011 | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Inception | Won |
| Hugo Award | 2015 | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2012 | Best Director | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2017 | Best Original Screenplay | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2017 | Original Vision | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Iowa Film Critics Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Iowa Film Critics Awards | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Iowa Film Critics Awards | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| IGN Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Won |
| IGN Awards | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| IGN Awards | 2010 | Best Sci-Fi Movie | Inception | Nominated |
| IGN Awards | 2017 | People's Choice Award for Best Drama Movie | Dunkirk | Won |
| IGN Awards | 2017 | People's Choice Award for Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| IGN Awards | 2017 | Best Movie Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| IGN Awards | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| IGN Awards | 2021 | Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie | Tenet | Won |
| IGN Awards | 2021 | People's Choice Award, Best Movie | Tenet | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | Best Feature | Memento | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | Best Director | Memento | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2006 | Best International Film | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2011 | Best International Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2018 | Best International Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | 2011 | Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) | Inception | Nominated |
| International Cinephile Society | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| International Cinephile Society | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| International Cinephile Society | 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| International Cinephile Society | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| International Federation of Film Archives | 2017 | FIAF Award | — | Won |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2009 | Best Foreign Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2011 | Best Foreign Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2013 | Best Foreign Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2015 | Best Foreign Film | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2021 | Best Foreign Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 2008 | Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Screenplay – Original | Inception | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film | Inception | Won |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2011 | Best Foreign Language Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2000 | Film of the Year | Memento | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2000 | British Director of the Year | Memento | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2000 | British Screenwriter of the Year | Memento | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2002 | British Director of the Year | Insomnia | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2005 | British Director of the Year | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2006 | British Director of the Year | The Prestige | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2008 | British Director of the Year | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2010 | Director of the Year | Inception | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2010 | British Director of the Year | Inception | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2017 | Film of the Year | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2017 | Best British or Irish Film of the Year | Dunkirk | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2017 | Director of the Year | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Male Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Blockbuster | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Action/War Movie | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2009 | Best Foreign Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2018 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2002 | Best New Filmmaker | Memento | Won |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2006 | Best Movie | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2009 | Best Movie | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2011 | Best Movie | Inception | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2013 | Best Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2002 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Online | 2008 | Top 10 Films | The Dark Knight | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online | 2010 | Top 10 Films | Inception | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online | 2017 | Top 10 Films | Dunkirk | Won |
| Newport International Film Festival | 1999 | Best Film | Following | Nominated |
| Newport International Film Festival | 1999 | Best Director | Following | Won |
| North Carolina Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Won |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | 2001 | Top Ten Films | Memento | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2008 | Top Ten Films | The Dark Knight | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2010 | Top Ten Films | Inception | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2017 | Top Ten Films | Dunkirk | Won |
| Nikkan Sports Film Award | 2017 | Best Foreign Film | Dunkirk | Won |
| Nikkan Sports Film Award | 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Original Screenplay | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| San Francisco International Film Festival | 1998 | Best First Feature (SKYY Prize) | Following | Won |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2011 | Modern Master Award | — | Won |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2018 | Outstanding Director of the Year | — | Won |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Picture | Memento | Won |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Original Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2021 | Best Action Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Memento | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | Best Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | Best Film | Memento | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Original Screenplay | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2021 | Best Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2024 | Best Film | Oppenheimer | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2024 | Best Director | Oppenheimer | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Oppenheimer | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2001 | Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Memento | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2005 | Best Fantasy Film | Batman Begins | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2005 | Best Director | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2005 | Best Writing | Batman Begins | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2006 | Best Science Fiction Film | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2008 | Best Action or Adventure Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2008 | Best Writing | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2010 | Best Science Fiction Film | Inception | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2010 | Best Writing | Inception | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2012 | Best Action or Adventure Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2012 | Best Director | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2013 | Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture | Man of Steel | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2014 | Best Science Fiction Film | Interstellar | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2014 | Best Director | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2014 | Best Writing | Interstellar | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2017 | Best Action or Adventure Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2021 | Best Science Fiction Film | Tenet | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2021 | Best Director | Tenet | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 2021 | Best Writing | Tenet | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | 2005 | Best Best Scream-Play | Batman Begins | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2005 | Best Director | Batman Begins | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2008 | Best Best Scream-Play | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2008 | Best Comic Book Movie | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2008 | The Ultimate Scream | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | Best Best Scream-Play | Inception | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | The Ultimate Scream | Inception | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | Best Sci-Fi Movie | Inception | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | 2021 | Best Science Fiction Movie | Tenet | Nominated |
| Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online | 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Interstellar | Nominated |
| SESC Film Festival | 2013 | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| ShoWest Convention | 2008 | Director of the Year | — | Won |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2001 | Best Picture | Memento | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2001 | Best Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2001 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2001 | Best Breakthrough Filmmaker | Memento | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2006 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2001 | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Memento | Won |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2001 | Best Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2009 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2009 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2011 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2011 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2011 | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Inception | Won |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2003 | Sonny Bono Visionary Award | — | Won |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Picture | Memento | Nominated |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Director | Memento | Nominated |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Original Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Newcomer | Memento | Won |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2008 | Best Picture | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Picture | Inception | Nominated |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| People's Choice Awards | 2006 | Favorite Movie | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | 2006 | Favorite Movie Drama | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | 2009 | Favorite Movie | The Dark Knight | Won |
| People's Choice Awards | 2009 | Favorite Action Movie | The Dark Knight | Won |
| People's Choice Awards | 2011 | Favorite Movie | Inception | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | 2011 | Favorite Movie Drama | Inception | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | 2013 | Favorite Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | 2013 | Favorite Action Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | 2021 | Favorite Action Movie | Tenet | Nominated |
| Rotterdam International Film Festival | 1999 | Best Film | Following | Won |
| Rembrandt Award | 2009 | Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Rembrandt Award | 2010 | Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) | Inception | Won |
| Robert Festival | 2003 | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | Insomnia | Nominated |
| Robert Festival | 2009 | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Robert Festival | 2011 | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | Inception | Won |
| Robert Festival | 2013 | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Robert Festival | 2015 | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Robert Festival | 2018 | Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2005 | Best Film | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2006 | Best Film | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2012 | Best Film | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | 2014 | Best Film | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2008 | Best Blockbuster Movie | The Prestige | Nominated |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2009 | Best Blockbuster Movie | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Foreign Action Movie | Inception | Won |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Foreign Drama Movie | Inception | Nominated |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2011 | True Movie – People's Choice | Inception | Won |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Action of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Drama of the Year | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2015 | Best Foreign Drama of the Year | Interstellar | Won |
| SFX Awards | 2005 | Best Director | Batman Begins | Nominated |
| SFX Awards | 2006 | Best Director | The Prestige | Won |
| SFX Awards | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Won |
| SFX Awards | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| SFX Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Won |
| SFX Awards | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| SFX Awards | 2012 | Best Director | The Dark Knight Rises | Nominated |
| Sitges Film Festival | 2000 | Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Association Prize | Memento | Won |
| Slamdance Film Festival | 1999 | Grand Jury Prize | Following | Nominated |
| Slamdance Film Festival | 1999 | Black & White Award | Following | Won |
| Slamdance Film Festival | 2014 | Founder's Award | — | Won |
| Sundance Film Festival | 2001 | Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic | Memento | Nominated |
| Sundance Film Festival | 2001 | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Memento | Won |
| The Digital Entertainment Group | 2018 | Vanguard Award | — | Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Picture | Memento | Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Screenplay | Memento | Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2008 | Best Film | The Dark Knight | Won |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2008 | Best Director | The Dark Knight | Nominated |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Won |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2010 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Utah Film Critics Association Awards | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Film | Memento | Won |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2011 | Best Screenplay | Inception | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Picture | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society | 2011 | Visionary Award | — | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Film | Inception | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Director | Inception | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Inception | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Film | Dunkirk | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Director | Dunkirk | Won |