l.a. confidential (1997)

Academy Awards 1998

WON
Best Supporting Actress - Kim Basinger
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

NOMINATED
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration - Jay Hart and Jeannine Claudia Oppewall
Best Cinematography - Dante Spinotti
Best Director - Curtis Hanson
Best Film Editing - Peter Honess
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - Jerry Goldsmith
Best Picture - Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, and Michael G. Nathanson
Best Sound - Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis, and Andy Nelson

American Society of Cinematographers 1998

NOMINATED
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Release - Dante Spinotti

Australian Film Institute 1998

WON
Best Foreign Film Award - Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997

WON
Best Director - Curtis Hanson
Best Film
Best Screenplay - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Best Supporting Actor - Kevin Spacey

British Academy Awards 1998

WON
Best Editing - Peter Honess
Best Sound - Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis, John Leveque, Andy Nelson, Terry Rodman, and Roland Thal

NOMINATED
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Jerry Goldsmith
Best Cinematography - Dante Spinotti
Best Costume Design - Ruth Myers
Best Film - Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan and Michael G. Nathanson
Best Make-Up/Hair - Janis Clark, Scott H. Eddo and John M. Elliott
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Kevin Spacey
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Kim Basinger
Best Production Design - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall
Best Screenplay - Adapted - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
David Lean Award for Direction - Curtis Hanson

Cannes Film Festival 1997

NOMINATED
Golden Palm - Curtis Hanson

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998

WON
Best Director - Curtis Hanson
Best Picture
Best Screenplay - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

Directors Guild of America 1998

NOMINATED
Outstanding Directoral Achievement in Motion Pictures - Curtis Hanson

Golden Globes 1998

WON
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Kim Basinger

NOMINATED
Best Director - Motion Picture - Curtis Hanson
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

London Critics Circle Awards 1998

WON
Director of the Year - Curtis Hanson
Film of the Year
Screenwriter of the Year - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Supporting Actor of the Year - Kevin Spacey

National Board of Review, USA 1997

WON
Best Director - Curtis Hanson
Best Picture

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1997

WON
Best Director - Curtis Hanson
Best Film
Best Screenplay - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1998

WON
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Kim Basinger

NOMINATED
Outstanding Performance by a Cast - Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Danny DeVito, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, David Strathairn

Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 1997

WON
Best Screenplay, Adapted - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

Toronto International Film Festival 1997

WON
Metro Media Award - Curtis Hanson (tied with Boogie Nights)

Writers Guild of America 1998

WON
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland