Academy Awards, USA
2001 Nominee
Oscar Best Music, Original Song
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk (composer)
Sjón Sigurdsson (lyricist)
For the song "I've Seen It All".
Golden Globes, USA
2001 Nominee
Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk
Sjón Sigurdsson
Song: "I've Seen It All"
AACTA International Awards
2012 Nominee
AACTA International Award Best Screenplay
Melancholia (2011)
Best Direction
Melancholia (2011)
Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany
1996 Winner
Adolf Grimme Award Series/Miniseries
Riget (1994)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2009 Nominee
EDA Special Mention Award Hall of Shame
Antichrist (2009)
Amanda Awards, Norway
1996 Winner
Amanda Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
1985 Nominee
Grand Prize Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1996 Nominee
Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders) Honorable Mentions
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Blue Ribbon Awards
2001 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Bodil Awards
2014 Nominee
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
2012 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Melancholia (2011)
2010 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Antichrist (2009)
2006 Nominee
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Manderlay (2005)
2004 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Dogville (2003)
2001 Nominee
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1999 Nominee
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Idioterne (199

1997 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
1995 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Riget (1994)
1992 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Europa (1991)
1985 Winner
Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1996 Nominee
BSFC Award Best Director
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Bremen Film Award
2008 Winner
Bremen Film Award
Cannes Film Festival
2011 Nominee
Palme d'Or Melancholia (2011)
2009 Nominee
Palme d'Or Antichrist (2009)
2005 Nominee
Palme d'Or Manderlay (2005)
2003 Nominee
Palme d'Or Dogville (2003)
2000 Winner
Palme d'Or Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1998 Nominee
Palme d'Or Idioterne (199

1996 Winner
Grand Prize of the Jury Breaking the Waves (1996)
Nominee
Palme d'Or Breaking the Waves (1996)
1991 Winner
Jury Prize Europa (1991)
Tied with Out of Life (1991).
Winner
Technical Grand Prize Europa (1991)
Winner
Best Artistic Contribution Europa (1991)
Nominee
Palme d'Or Europa (1991)
1984 Winner
Technical Grand Prize Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Nominee
Palme d'Or Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2012 Nominee
COFCA Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2001 Nominee
CFCA Award Best Original Score
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk
Sjón Sigurdsson
1997 Nominee
CFCA Award Best Director
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Chicago International Film Festival
1984 Winner
Silver Hugo Best Feature Film
Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Chlotrudis Awards
2012 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
2005 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award Best Original Screenplay
Dogville (2003)
2001 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award Best Director
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2015 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award The Influentials
De fem benspænd (2003)
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
Copenhagen International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Honorary Award Dogville (2003)
CPH

OX
2003 Nominee
CPH

OX Award De fem benspænd (2003)
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
Czech Lions
1998 Winner
Czech Lion Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
César Awards, France
2012 Nominee
César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Melancholia (2011)
2004 Nominee
César Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
Dogville (2003)
Denmark.
2001 Nominee
César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1997 Winner
César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
David di Donatello Awards
2012 Nominee
David Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Melancholia (2011)
2004 Winner
David Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Dogville (2003)
Tied with Rosenstrasse (2003).
Denver Film Critics Society
2012 Nominee
DFCS Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
European Film Awards
2014 Nominee
Audience Award Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Nominee
European Film Award European Film
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Shared with:
Louise Vesth
2011 Winner
European Film Award European Film
Melancholia (2011)
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
Louise Vesth
Nominee
European Film Award European Director
Melancholia (2011)
European Screenwriter
Melancholia (2011)
2009 Nominee
European Film Award European Director
Antichrist (2009)
2008 Winner
Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
Shared with:
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Kristian Levring
Thomas Vinterberg
To the Dogma founders.
2003 Winner
European Film Award European Director
Dogville (2003)
Nominee
European Film Award European Screenwriter
Dogville (2003)
Nominee
Audience Award Best European Director
Dogville (2003)
Nominee
European Film Award European Documentary
De fem benspænd (2003)
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
2000 Winner
Audience Award Best European Director
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1998 Nominee
European Film Award European Screenwriter
Idioterne (199

1996 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize Breaking the Waves (1996)
Fantasporto
1999 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award Best Director
Riget (1994)
Best Screenplay
Riget (1994)
Shared with:
Morten Arnfred
Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film
Riget (1994)
1992 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award Best Director
Europa (1991)
Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film
Europa (1991)
1988 Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film
Epidemic (1987)
1986 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award Best Director
Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film
Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2012 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award Best International Film
Melancholia (2011)
Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
2001 Winner
Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Denmark.
1997 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Denmark.
Fotogramas de Plata
1997 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Tied with Secrets & Lies (1996).
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
2012 Winner
Critics Award Best Foreign Film
Melancholia (2011)
Fright Meter Awards
2009 Nominee
Fright Meter Award Best Director
Antichrist (2009)
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
1996 Winner
President Award Best Director
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Gaudí Awards
2012 Nominee
Gaudí Award Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)
Melancholia (2011)
Denmark/Germany/Sweden
Ghent International Film Festival
1991 Winner
Grand Prix Europa (1991)
Golden Cable, Germany
1996 Winner
Bronze Cable for Innovation Riget (1994)
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia
2004 Nominee
Golden Eagle Best Foreign Film
Dogville (2003)
Gopo Awards, Romania
2015 Nominee
Gopos Award Best European Film
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
2012 Winner
Gopos Award Best European Film
Melancholia (2011)
2011 Nominee
Gopos Award Best European Film
Antichrist (2009)
Goya Awards
2012 Nominee
Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Melancholia (2011)
2004 Nominee
Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Dogville (2003)
Denmark.
2001 Winner
Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Denmark/Sweden.
1997 Nominee
Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway.
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
2004 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Dogville (2003)
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2011 Nominee
ICP Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
2nd place. Tied with Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011).
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2014 Nominee
Halfway Award Best Original Screenplay
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
5th place.
2012 Nominee
INOCA Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
2005 Nominee
INOCA Best Director
Dogville (2003)
Best Original Screenplay
Dogville (2003)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2012 Nominee
Silver Ribbon Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)
Melancholia (2011)
2004 Nominee
Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Dogville (2003)
1997 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon Breaking the Waves (1996)
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
2015 Winner
IOMA Best European Film (Miglior film europeo)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
2012 Winner
IOMA Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo)
Melancholia (2011)
Nominee
IOMA Best Director (Miglior regia)
Melancholia (2011)
Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
Melancholia (2011)
2004 Winner
IOMA Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
Dogville (2003)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1995 Winner
Best Director Riget (1994)
Nominee
Crystal Globe Riget (1994)
London Film Festival
1998 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize Idioterne (199

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Lübeck Nordic Film Days
1996 Winner
Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film Breaking the Waves (1996)
Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Breaking the Waves (1996)
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
1984 Winner
Josef von Sternberg Award Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Motovun Film Festival
2004 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize De fem benspænd (2003)
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
NatFilm Festival
1990 Winner
Night Dreamer Award
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2012 Nominee
NSFC Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
1997 Winner
NSFC Award Best Director
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
2009 Winner
Titra Film Award Antichrist (2009)
Nominee
Narcisse Award Best Feature Film
Antichrist (2009)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2011 Nominee
NYFCC Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
1996 Winner
NYFCC Award Best Director
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Nordic Council
2014 Nominee
Nordic Council's Film Prize Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Shared with:
Louise Vesth (producer)
2009 Winner
Nordic Council's Film Prize Antichrist (2009)
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen (producer)
2008 Nominee
Nordic Council's Film Prize De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1 (2007)
Shared with:
Jacob Thuesen (director)
Marie Gade Denessen (producer)
Sisse Graum Jørgensen (producer)
Nordisk Film Award
1996 Winner
Nordisk Film Award
Ole Awards
2012 Winner
Ole Best Film (Bedste film)
Melancholia (2011)
Online Film & Television Association
2001 Winner
OFTA Film Award Best Music, Original Song
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk (music and performed by)
Sjón Sigurdsson (lyrics by)
Thom Yorke (performed by)
For the song "I've Seen It All".
Nominee
OFTA Film Award Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Best Music, Original Score
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk
Sjón Sigurdsson
Best Music, Original Song
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk (music and performed by)
Sjón Sigurdsson (lyrics by)
For the song "A New World".
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Nominee
OFCS Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
2001 Nominee
OFCS Award Best Director
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2001 Nominee
PFCS Award Best Original Song
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk
Sjón Sigurdsson
For the song "I've Seen It All".
Polish Film Awards
2015 Nominee
Eagle Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Robert Festival
2015 Winner
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Shared with:
Louise Vesth (producer)
Best Director (Årets instruktør)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Best Original Screenplay (Årets originale manuskript)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Nominee
Audience Award Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Shared with:
Louise Vesth (producer)
2012 Winner
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Melancholia (2011)
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen (producer)
Louise Vesth (producer)
Best Director (Årets instruktør)
Melancholia (2011)
Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)
Melancholia (2011)
2010 Winner
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Antichrist (2009)
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen (producer)
Best Director (Årets instruktør)
Antichrist (2009)
Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)
Antichrist (2009)
2007 Nominee
Robert Best Screenplay, Original (Årets originalmanuskript)
Direktøren for det hele (2006)
2006 Nominee
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Manderlay (2005)
Shared with:
Vibeke Windeløv (producer)
Best Director (Årets instruktør)
Manderlay (2005)
Best Screenplay, Original (Årets originalmanuskript)
Manderlay (2005)
2004 Winner
Robert Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)
Dogville (2003)
Nominee
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Dogville (2003)
Shared with:
Vibeke Windeløv (producer)
Best Director (Årets instruktør)
Dogville (2003)
2001 Nominee
Robert Best Director (Årets instruktør)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1997 Winner
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
1995 Winner
Robert Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript)
Riget (1994)
Shared with:
Niels Vørsel
1992 Winner
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Europa (1991)
1985 Winner
Robert Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Forbrydelsens element (1984)
Russian Guild of Film Critics
2012 Nominee
White Elephant Best Foreign Film
Melancholia (2011)
2009 Nominee
White Elephant Best Foreign Film
Antichrist (2009)
2003 Winner
Golden Aries Best Foreign Film
Dogville (2003)
2000 Nominee
Golden Aries Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1999 Nominee
Golden Aries Best Foreign Film
Idioterne (199
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2006 Nominee
Golden Seashell Direktøren for det hele (2006)
Satellite Awards
2001 Winner
Golden Satellite Award Best Original Song
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Shared with:
Björk (composer/lyrics)
Sjón Sigurdsson (lyricist)
Song: "I've Seen It All"
1997 Winner
Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Denmark
Nominee
Golden Satellite Award Best Director
Breaking the Waves (1996)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
2012 Winner
Critics Award Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Melancholia (2011)
2005 Winner
Critics Award Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dogville (2003)
Winner
Audience Award Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dogville (2003)
Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)
Dogville (2003)
2001 Winner
Critics Award Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Winner
Audience Award Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1998 Winner
Critics Award Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
1991 Winner
Best Film Europa (1991)
Sofia International Film Festival
2004 Winner
Audience Award Best Film
Dogville (2003)
Stockholm Film Festival
1996 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize Northern Lights Section
Breaking the Waves (1996)
1991 Winner
Bronze Horse Europa (1991)
Sun in a Net Awards, Slovakia
2012 Winner
Sun in a Net Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Melancholia (2011)
Denmark/USA.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2000 Winner
Audience Award Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Turia Awards
2001 Winner
Audience Award Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Uruguay International Film Festival
1997 Winner
Best Film Breaking the Waves (1996)
Valladolid International Film Festival
2005 Winner
50th Anniversary Prize Manderlay (2005)
Together with Caché (2005).
Nominee
Golden Spike Manderlay (2005)
1998 Nominee
Golden Spike Idioterne (199
Vancouver International Film Festival
1996 Winner
Most Popular Film Breaking the Waves (1996)
Village Voice Film Poll
2011 Nominee
VVFP Award Best Director
Melancholia (2011)
2nd place.
Yoga Awards
2010 Winner
Yoga Award Worst Foreign Film
Antichrist (2009)
Zulu Awards
2012 Nominee
Zulu Best Film (Årets danske film)
Melancholia (2011)
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen (producer)
Louise Vesth (producer)
Peter Aalbæk Jensen (executive producer)
Peter Garde (executive producer)
2010 Nominee
Zulu Best Film (Årets danske film)
Antichrist (2009)