Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Academy Awards | Best Picture | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2010 | Academy Awards | Best Director | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2010 | Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2010 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2010 | London Film Critics Association | Best Director | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2010 | London Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2010 | Writers Guild of America | Best Adapted Screenplay | True Grit (2010) | Nominated |
| 2009 | Academy Awards | Best Picture | A Serious Man | Nominated |
| 2009 | Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | A Serious Man | Nominated |
| 2009 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Screenplay | A Serious Man | Won |
| 2009 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Original Screenplay | A Serious Man | Nominated |
| 2009 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | A Serious Man | Nominated |
| 2009 | National Board of Review | Best Original Screenplay | A Serious Man | Won |
| 2009 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Screenplay | A Serious Man | Won |
| 2009 | Writers Guild of America | Best Original Screenplay | A Serious Man | Nominated |
| 2008 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Original Screenplay | Burn After Reading | Nominated |
| 2008 | Writers Guild of America | Best Original Screenplay | Burn After Reading | Nominated |
| 2007 | Academy Awards | Best Directing | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Academy Awards | Best Picture | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Austin Film Critics | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Picture | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Writer | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Florida Film Critics | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | Golden Globes | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | Golden Globes | Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Kansas City Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Las Vegas Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | National Board of Review | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Nominated |
| 2007 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Ohio Film Critics | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Ohio Film Critics | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Oklahoma Film Critics Circle | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Phoenix Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Phoenix Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Utah Film Critics | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Utah Film Critics | Best Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Washington D.C. Film Critics Association | Best Director | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2007 | Writers Guild of America | Best Adapted Screenplay | No Country for Old Men | Won |
| 2001 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | Nominated |
| 2001 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | Won |
| 2001 | Golden Globes | Best Screenplay | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | Nominated |
| 2001 | Writers Guild of America | Best Original Screenplay | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | Nominated |
| 2000 | Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated |
| 2000 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Original Screenplay | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated |
| 1996 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Fargo (1996) | Nominated |
| 1996 | Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Fargo (1996) | Nominated |
| 1996 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Screenplay | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1996 | National Board of Review | Best Director | Fargo (1996) | Won |
| 1991 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Barton Fink | Won |
| 1985 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Screenplay | Blood Simple | Nominated |
| 1985 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | Blood Simple | Won |
| 1985 | Sundance Film Festival | Grand Prize: Narrative | Blood Simple | Won |
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