| List of Accolades |
| Award / Film Festival |
Category |
Recipient(s) |
Result |
| 1st AACTA International Awards |
Best Film – International |
Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad |
Nominated |
| Best Direction – International |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| 84th Academy Awards |
Best Picture |
Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill |
Nominated |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Nominated |
| 11th American Film Institute Awards |
Movie of the Year |
Bill Pohlad, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner |
Won |
| 26th American Society of Cinematographers Awards |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Feature Film |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 9th African-American Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| 7th Austin Film Critics Association |
Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Breakthrough Artist |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| 32nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 17th Broadcast Film Critics Choice Awards |
Best Picture |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Best Art Direction |
Jack Fisk (Production Designer), David Crank (Art Director) |
Nominated |
| Best Visual Effects |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Best Sound |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| 64th Cannes Film Festival |
Palme d'Or |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| 10th Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Actor of the Year |
Jessica Chastain (Also for Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter and Texas Killing Fields) |
Won |
| Actor of the Year |
Brad Pitt |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Nominated |
| 23rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Original Screenplay |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Brad Pitt |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Most Promising Performer |
Hunter McCracken |
Nominated |
| 62nd Cinema Writers Circle Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| 18th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Best Director |
Terrence Mallick |
Nominated |
| Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| 45th David di Donatello Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| 3rd Denver Film Critics Society |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick (tie with Michel Hazanavicius) |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Nominated |
| 5th Detroit Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Nominated |
| 16th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 12th Golden Trailer Awards |
Best Independent |
Mark Woollen |
Won |
| Most Original |
Mark Woollen |
Nominated |
| Best of Show |
Mark Woollen |
Nominated |
| 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards |
Best Feature |
Terrence Malick, Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardener, Grant Hill |
Won |
| 15th Hollywood Film Festival |
Hollywood Breakthrough Award – Actress of the Year |
Jessica Chastain (Also for Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter) |
Won |
| Hollywood Cinematographer Award |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 5th Houston Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Picture |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Best Direction of a Motion Picture |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 3rd Indiana Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Nor !Runner-up |
| Original Vision Award |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| 46th Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| 15th Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 32nd London Film Critics' Circle Awards |
Film of the Year |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Director of the Year |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Picture |
The Tree of Life |
Nor !Runner-up |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain (Also for Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields) |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 83rd National Board of Review Awards |
Top Films |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| 46th National Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Actor |
Brad Pitt (also for Moneyball) |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Actor |
Brad Pitt (also for Moneyball) |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain (also for The Help and Take Shelter) |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 11th New York Film Critics Online Awards |
Breakthrough Performer |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 15th Online Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Picture |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Original Screenplay |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Brad Pitt |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Best Editing |
Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa |
Won |
| 23rd Palm Springs International Film Festival |
Breakthrough Performance Award |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| Desert Palm Achievement Award |
Brad Pitt |
Won |
| Spotlight Award |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| 12th Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Best Editing |
Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber and Mark Yoshikawa |
Nominated |
| Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| 15th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Nominated |
| Best Cimenatography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Best Editing |
Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa |
Nominated |
| 10th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 59th San Sebastián International Film Festival |
FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2011 |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| 16th Satellite Awards |
Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| Best Original Screenplay |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Nominated |
| 20th Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| 15th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Won |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Nominated |
| 12th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Film |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
| Best Director |
Terrence Malick |
Won |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jessica Chastain |
Won |
| 10th Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Cinematography |
Emmanuel Lubezki |
Won |
| Best Art Direction |
Jack Fisk (Production Designer), David Crank (Art Director) |
Nominated |
| 11th World Soundtrack Awards |
Film Composer of the Year |
Alexandre Desplat (Also for Largo Winch II, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, A Better Life, The King's Speech, La Fille du Puisatier, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) |
Won |