Million Dollar Baby - Accolades

Accolades

Million Dollar Baby received the award for Best Picture of 2004 at the 77th Academy Awards. Clint Eastwood was awarded his second Best Director Oscar for the film and also received a Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination. Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman received Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscars, respectively. Joel Cox, Eastwood's editor for many years, was nominated for Best Film Editing, and Paul Haggis was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay award.

The film was also nominated for and won a number of Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and the Directors Guild Award.

• 77th Academy Awards (Oscars)
  • Won - Best Picture — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
  • Won - Best Director — Clint Eastwood
  • Won - Best Actress in a Leading Role — Hilary Swank
  • Won - Best Actor in a Supporting Role — Morgan Freeman
  • Nominated - Best Actor in a Leading Role — Clint Eastwood
  • Nominated - Best Film Editing — Joel Cox
  • Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay — Paul Haggis
• 2005 Amanda Awards
  • Nominated - Best Foreign Feature Film — Clint Eastwood
• 2005 American Cinema Editors (Eddies)
  • Nominated - Best Edited Feature Film — Joel Cox
• 2005 American Screenwriters Association
  • Won - Discover Screenwriting Award — Paul Haggis
• 2005 Art Directors Guild
  • Nominated - Feature Film - Contemporary Film — Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr.
• 2005 Black Reel Awards
  • Nominated - Best Supporting Actor — Morgan Freeman
• 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
  • Won - Best Actress — Hilary Swank
  • Nominated - Best Supporting Actor — Morgan Freeman
  • Nominated - Best Director — Clint Eastwood
  • Nominated - Best Picture
• 2005 Casting Society of America (Artios)
  • Nominated - Best Casting for Feature Film: Drama — Phyllis Huffman
• 2006 - César Award
  • Won - César Award for Best Foreign Film
• 2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
  • Won - Best Director — Clint Eastwood
• 2005 Directors Guild of America
  • Won - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures — Clint Eastwood, Tim Moore, Robert Lorenz, Donald Murphy, Katie Carroll, and Ryan Craig
• 2005 Director's Guild of Great Britain
  • Nominated - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film — Clint Eastwood
• 2005 ESPY Awards
  • Nominated - Best Sports Movie
• 2005 Florida Film Critics Circle
  • Won - Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress — Hilary Swank
• 2005 62nd Golden Globe Awards
  • Won - Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama — Hilary Swank
  • Won - Best Director - Motion Picture — Clint Eastwood
  • Nominated - Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture — Morgan Freeman
  • Nominated - Best Motion Picture (Drama)
  • Nominated - Best Original Score — Clint Eastwood
• 2006 Grammy Awards
  • Nominated - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media — Clint Eastwood
• 2006 Billie Award
  • Nominated - Entertainment (Best film)
• 2005 Image Awards
  • Won - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture — Morgan Freeman
• 2005 MTV Movie Awards
  • Nominated - Best Female Performance — Hilary Swank
• 2005 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Award)
  • Nominated - Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features: Sound Effects/Foley — Alar Robert Murray, Bub Asman, David Grimaldi, Jason King
• 2004 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
  • Special Achievement Award — Clint Eastwood, for producing, directing, acting, and composing.
• 2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  • Won - Best Director — Clint Eastwood
• 2005 PGA Golden Laurel Awards
  • Nominated - Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
• 2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
  • Won
• 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Won - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role — Hilary Swank
  • Won - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role — Morgan Freeman
  • Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture