List of accolades received by Carol (film)

Carol accolades
Picture of Rooney Mara, Todd Haynes and Cate Blanchett at the premiere of Carol at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Director Todd Haynes (center) and actresses Cate Blanchett (right) and Rooney Mara (left) received multiple accolades for their work in the film.
Totals[a]
Wins104
Nominations294
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Carol is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes, with a screenplay by Phyllis Nagy, based on Patricia Highsmith's 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt.[1][2] The film stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as Carol Aird and Therese Belivet, two women from different social classes and backgrounds embarking on a lesbian relationship in early 1950s New York City. Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, and Jake Lacy feature in supporting roles.[3] Carol premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm and Mara tied for the Best Actress award.

The film received critical acclaim, particularly for Haynes' direction, Blanchett and Mara's performances, Edward Lachman's cinematography, Carter Burwell's score, and Sandy Powell's costumes.[9] It was Metacritic's best-reviewed film of 2015, and Rotten Tomatoes' best-reviewed romance film of the year.[10][11] In 2016, the British Film Institute named Carol the best LGBT film of all time, as voted by more than 100 film experts, including critics, filmmakers, curators, academics, and programmers.[12] The BBC also ranked Carol Number 69 of the best 100 films since the year 2000, as voted by 177 film critics from 36 countries.[13][14]

Carol garnered many accolades from industry and critics organizations. It received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It led the Golden Globe Award nominations with five, for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress for Blanchett and Mara, Best Director, and Best Original Score, and garnered nine BAFTA Award nominations, among them Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Adapted Screenplay. At the 31st Independent Spirit Awards, the film won Best Cinematography out of six nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Female Lead for Blanchett and Mara. The actresses also received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, respectively.

The American Film Institute selected Carol as one of its ten Movies of the Year.[15] It won the Audience Award at the Whistler Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival's Gold Q Hugo Award for exhibiting "new artistic perspectives on sexuality and identity".[16][17] Lachman was awarded the grand prize for Best Cinematography by the Camerimage International Film Festival, and the London Film Critics' Circle Technical Achievement Award. The National Society of Film Critics and Boston Society of Film Critics awarded Haynes and Lachman Best Director and Best Cinematography. The New York Film Critics Circle awarded Carol Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography, and the film won Best Music from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The film also received nine nominations from the Critics Choice Association, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Carol was named the Best International Literary Adaptation by the Frankfurt Book Fair.

  1. '^ Jordan, Louis (November 19, 2015). "Carols Happy Ending". Slate. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Cotkin, George (December 10, 2015). "Carol and What It Was Really Like to Be a Lesbian in the 1950s". Time. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Chang, Justin (May 16, 2015). "Film Review: 'Carol'". Variety. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Carol". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 2015. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "Carol". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  6. ^ Pond, Steve (November 30, 2015). "'Carol' Filmmakers Fight for Long-Overdue Awards Recognition". TheWrap. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Blumsom, Amy (November 25, 2015). "When Carol met Therese: watch Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara talk about their screen romance". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  8. ^ Lansky, Sam; Berman, Eliza (December 22, 2015). "How Carol Went From Long-Shot Love Story to Awards-Season Favorite". Time. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  9. ^ Critical reception:[4][5][6][7][8]
  10. ^ Dietz, Jason (January 5, 2016). "The Best Movies of 2015". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  11. ^ "Best-Reviewed Romance Movies 2015". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  12. ^ "The 30 Best LGBT Films of All Time". British Film Institute. March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  13. ^ Murthi, Vikram (August 23, 2016). "The 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century: BBC Polls Critics From Around The Globe". IndieWire. Archived from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  14. ^ "The 21st Century's 100 greatest films: Who voted?". BBC. August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  15. ^ Thompson, Anne (December 16, 2015). "AFI Picks Top Tens for 2015, Including 'The Big Short' and 'Straight Outta Compton'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
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