| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| AACTA International Awards | January 3, 2020 | Best Film | Joker | Nominated | [13] |
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| Best Direction | Todd Phillips | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | January 11, 2020 | Readers’ Choice | Joker | Nominated | [14] |
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| Academy Awards | February 9, 2020 | Best Picture | Bradley Cooper,Todd Phillips andEmma Tillinger Koskoff | Nominated | [15] [16] |
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| Best Director | Todd Phillips | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Mark Bridges | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Jeff Groth | Nominated |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Nicki Ledermann andKay Georgiou | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Best Sound Editing | Alan Robert Murray | Nominated |
| Best Sound Mixing | Tom Ozanich,Dean Zupancic,Tod Maitland | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards | January 10, 2020 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [17] |
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| AFCA Film Awards | February 7, 2020 | Best International Film (English Language) | Joker | Nominated | [18] |
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| Amanda Awards | August 14, 2020 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Joker | Won | [19] |
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| American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards | January 17, 2020 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Jeff Groth | Nominated | [20] |
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| American Film Institute Awards | January 3, 2020 | Top 10 Films of the Year | Joker | Won[b] | [21] |
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| American Society of Cinematographers Awards | January 25, 2020 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Lawrence Sher | Nominated | [22] |
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| Art Directors Guild Awards | February 1, 2020 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Mark Friedberg | Nominated | [23] |
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| Artios Awards | January 30, 2020 | Feature Big Budget – Drama | Shayna Markowitz | Nominated | [24] |
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| Belgian Film Critics Association Awards | January 4, 2020 | Grand Prix | Joker | Nominated | [25] [26] |
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| Blue Ribbon Awards | February 18, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Won | [27] |
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| BMI Film & TV Awards | June 15, 2020 | BMI Film Music | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won | [28] |
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| Special Recognition[c] | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Bodil Awards | February 29, 2020 | Best American Film | Joker | Nominated | [29] |
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| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | December 15, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Runner-up | [17] |
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| British Academy Film Awards | February 2, 2020 | Best Film | Bradley Cooper,Todd Phillips andEmma Tillinger Koskoff | Nominated | [30] [31] |
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| Best Direction | Todd Phillips | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Best Casting | Shayna Markowitz | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Best Editing | Jeff Groth | Nominated |
| Best Production Design | Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran | Nominated |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Kay Georgiou andNicki Ledermann | Nominated |
| Best Sound | Tod Maitland,Alan Robert Murray,Tom Ozanich andDean Zupancic | Nominated |
| British Society of Cinematographers Awards | February 16, 2020 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Lawrence Sher | Nominated | [32] [33] |
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| Feature Operators Award | Geoffrey Haley | Won |
| Cahiers du Cinéma | January 6, 2020 | Top 10 Films | Joker | 9th Place | [34] |
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| Camerimage Awards | November 16, 2019 | Golden Frog | Lawrence Sher | Won | [35] |
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| Audience Award | Lawrence Sher | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Awards | January 2, 2020 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Won | [36] |
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| César Awards | February 28, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Nominated | [37] |
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| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | December 14, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [17] |
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| Cinema Audio Society Awards | January 25, 2020 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | Tod Maitland,Dean Zupancic,Tom Ozanich, Daniel Kresco, Thomas J. O’Connell and Richard Duarte | Nominated | [38] |
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| Clio Awards | November 21, 2019 | Theatrical: Teaser | Joker (for "Maybe Tomorrow") | Won | [39] |
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| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 12, 2020 | Best Picture | Joker | Nominated | [40] [41] |
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| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Best Production Design | Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran | Nominated |
| Best Hair and Makeup | Joker | Nominated |
| Best Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Runner-up | [17] |
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| David di Donatello Awards | May 8, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Nominated | [42] |
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| Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | December 9, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [17] |
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| Dorian Awards | January 8, 2020 | Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [43] |
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| Dragon Awards | September 7, 2020 | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie | Joker | Nominated | [44] |
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| Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards | December 17, 2019 | Best Film | Joker | 4th Place | [45] |
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| Best Director | Todd Phillips | 5th Place |
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Runner-up |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | 3rd Place |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | December 23, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [46] |
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| Best Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | January 10, 2020 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [47] |
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| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Globes de Cristal Awards | No Date[d] | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Nominated | [49] |
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| Golden Globe Awards | January 5, 2020 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Joker | Nominated | [50] [51] |
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| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Best Director | Todd Phillips | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | March 16, 2020 | Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property | Joker | Nominated | [52] |
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| Golden Reel Awards | January 19, 2020 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film | Alan Robert Murray,Kira Roessler and Cameron Steenhagen | Nominated | [53] [54] |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Effects and Foley for Feature Film | Alan Robert Murray,Tom Ozanich, Darren Maynard, John Joseph Thomas, Christian Wenger, Michael Dressel, Willard Overstreet, Kevin R.W. Murray, John T. Cucci, Dan O'Connell | Nominated |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Underscore | Lena Glikson andDaniel Waldman | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | May 29, 2019 | Best Teaser | Warner Bros. and JAX (for "Maybe Tomorrow") | Nominated | [55] |
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| July 22, 2021 | Best Action/Thriller Trailerbyte for a Feature Film | Warner Bros. and Pool Party Creative (for "Power Run") | Nominated | [56] |
| Best Graphics in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | Warner Bros. and Mark Woollen & Associates (for "Mirror") | Nominated |
| Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | Warner Bros. and Mark Woollen & Associates (for "Mirror") | Nominated |
| Best Thriller | Warner Bros. and JAX (for "Open Mic") | Won |
| Grammy Awards | March 14, 2021 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won | [57] [58] |
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| Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella | Hildur Guðnadóttir(for "Bathroom Dance") | Nominated |
| Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro | October 11, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Nominated | [59] |
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| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | February 6, 2020 | Best Music Supervision for Trailers | Anny Colvin | Won | [60] |
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| Guinness World Records | 2019 | First R-rated film to earn $1 billion at the worldwide box office | Joker | Won | [61] [62] |
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| Highest-grossing R-rated film | Joker | Won |
| Harvey Awards | October 11, 2020 | Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel | Joker | Nominated | [63] |
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| Hochi Film Awards | December 2, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Nominated | [64] |
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| Hollywood Critics Association Awards | January 9, 2020 | Best Picture | Joker | Nominated | [17] [65] |
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| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Scott Silver andTodd Phillips | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Mark Bridges | Nominated |
| Best Hair and Makeup | Nicki Ledermann andKay Georgiou | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 20, 2019 | Best Score in a Feature Film | Hildur Guðnadóttir[e] | Won | [66] |
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| Hollywood Professional Association Awards | November 19, 2020 | Outstanding Color Grading – Theatrical Feature | Jill Bogdanowicz (Company 3) | Won | [67] [68] |
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| Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature | Jeff Groth | Nominated |
| Outstanding Sound – Theatrical Feature | Alan Robert Murray,Dean Zupancic,Tom Ozanich,Jason Ruder andTod Maitland | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | January 2, 2020 | Best Picture | Joker | Nominated | [69] [70] |
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| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Huading Awards | October 29, 2020 | Best Global Motion Picture | Joker | Nominated | [71] [72] |
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| Best Global Director for a Motion Picture | Todd Phillips | Nominated |
| Best Global Actor in a Motion Picture | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| ICG Publicists Awards | February 7, 2020 | Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Award | Joker | Won | [73] |
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| IndieWire Critics Poll | December 16, 2019 | Best Film | Joker | 9th Place | [74] |
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| Best Director | Todd Phillips | 10th Place |
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | 4th Place |
| Best Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | 20th Place |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert De Niro | 23rd Place |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | 13th Place |
| International Cinephile Society Awards | February 4, 2020 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [75] |
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| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | February 20, 2020 | Film Score of the Year | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated | [76] |
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| Film Composer of the Year | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Film Music Composition of the Year | Hildur Guðnadóttir (for "Call Me Joker") | Nominated |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | March 6, 2020 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Joker | Won | [77] |
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| Jupiter Awards | March 19, 2020 | Best International Film | Joker | Nominated | [78] |
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| Best International Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | February 19, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Won | [79] [80] |
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| Best Foreign Film Director | Todd Phillips | Won |
| Readers' Choice Best Foreign Film | Joker | Won |
| Readers' Choice Best Foreign Film Director | Todd Phillips | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | January 30, 2020 | Film of the Year | Joker | Nominated | [81] [82] |
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| Actor of the Year | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Mainichi Film Awards | February 13, 2020 | Foreign Film Best One Award | Joker | Won | [83] |
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| TSUTAYA Premium Film Fan Award | Joker | Won |
| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards | February 16, 2020 | Best Period and/or Character Make-Up | Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow and Sunday Englis | Won | [84] [85] |
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| Best Contemporary Hair Styling | Kay Georgiou and Vanessa Anderson | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Online Awards | December 7, 2019 | Top 10 Films of the Year | Joker | Won[b] | [86] |
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| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Won |
| Nikkan Sports Film Awards | December 12, 2019 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | Nominated | [87] |
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| NME Awards | February 12, 2020 | Best Film | Joker | Nominated | [88] |
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| Best Film Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | January 6, 2020 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [89] |
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| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards | January 3, 2020 | Chairman's Award | Joaquin Phoenix | Won | [90] [91] |
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| Creative Impact in Directing Award | Todd Phillips | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | January 18, 2020 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Joker | Nominated | [92] |
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| Robert Awards | January 26, 2020 | Best English Language Film | Joker | Won | [93] |
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| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | April 6, 2020 | Best Film | Joker | Won | [94] |
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| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | December 9, 2019 | Best Film | Joker | Nominated | [17] |
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| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix[f] | Won |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Use of Music | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [95] |
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| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Sant Jordi Awards | July 22, 2020 | Best Actor in a Foreign Film | Joaquin Phoenix[g] | Nominated | [96] |
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| Satellite Awards | December 19, 2019 | Best Motion Picture, Drama | Joker | Nominated | [97] [98] |
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| Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Won |
| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Best Visual Effects | Edwin Rivera, Mathew Giampa and Bryan Godwin | Nominated |
| Best Editing | Jeff Groth | Nominated |
| Best Sound | Alan Robert Murray,Tom Ozanich andDean Zupancic | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Mark Friedberg and Laura Ballinger | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Mark Bridges | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | October 26, 2021 | Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture Release | Joker | Won | [99] [100] |
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| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zazie Beetz | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Production Design | Mark Friedberg | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 19, 2020 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Joaquin Phoenix | Won | [101] |
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| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Joker | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [102] |
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| Best Original Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Villain of the Year | Arthur Fleck/The Joker (portrayed byJoaquin Phoenix) | Nominated |
| SOC Awards | January 18, 2020 | Camera Operator of the Year – Film | Geoffrey Haley | Won | [103] |
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| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | January 7, 2020 | Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won | [104] |
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| St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards | December 15, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Runner-up | [17] |
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| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Lawrence Sher | Nominated |
| Taurus World Stunt Awards | November 21, 2020 | Hardest Hit | Stephen Izzi | Won | [105] |
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| TEC Awards | January 22, 2021 | Outstanding Creative Achievement Film Sound Production | Joker | Nominated | [106] |
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| TIFF Tribute Awards | September 9, 2019 | Actor Award | Joaquin Phoenix | Won | [107] |
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| Turkish Film Critics Association Awards | August 23, 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Joker | 5th Place | [108] [109] |
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| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [17] |
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| Venice International Film Festival Awards | September 7, 2019 | Golden Lion | Joker | Won | [110] [111] |
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| Graffetta d'Oro | Joker | Won |
| Premio Soundtrack Stars Award | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | January 29, 2020 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Edwin Rivera, Brice Parker, Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin and Jeff Brink | Nominated | [112] |
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| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominated | [113] |
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| Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated |
| Best Score | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Nominated |
| Women Film Critics Circle Awards | December 9, 2019 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Runner-up | [114] |
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| Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Mom of the Year Award | Frances Conroy | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | October 24, 2020 | Film Composer of the Year | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Won | [115] |
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| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 1, 2020 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Nominated | [116] |
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