Editing L.A. Confidential (film) (section)

==Reception==
The film was screened at the [[1997 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4806/year/1997.html |title=Festival de Cannes: L.A. Confidential |access-date=2009-09-22|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> According to Hanson, Warner Bros. did not want it shown at Cannes because they felt there was an "anti-studio bias ... So why go and come home a loser?"<ref name= "amy"/> But Hanson wanted to debut the film at a high-profile international venue. He and other producers bypassed the studio and sent a print directly to the festival's selection committee, which loved it.<ref name= "taubin"/> Ellroy saw the film and said, "I understood in 40 minutes or so that it is a work of art on its own level. It was amazing to see the physical incarnation of the characters."<ref name= "sragow"/>

===Box office===
''L.A. Confidential'' grossed $64.6 million in the United States, and $61.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $126.2 million.<ref name="BOM" />

The film was released on September 19, 1997, in 769 theaters, grossing $5.2 million in its opening weekend and finishing fourth behind ''[[In & Out (film)|In & Out]]'', ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]'' and ''[[Wishmaster (film)|Wishmaster]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-22-ca-34891-story.html|title='In & Out' Is Up and Over in Its Box-Office Debut|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=22 September 1997 }}</ref> It made $4.4 million in its second weekend then expanded to 1,625 theaters and grossed $4.7 million in its third.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl996115969/weekend/ |title= L.A. Confidential (1997) - Domestic Weekends |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''L.A. Confidential'' holds an approval rating of 99% and an average rating of 9/10, with 162 out of 163 reviews being positive. The site's critical consensus reads: "Taut pacing, brilliantly dense writing and Oscar-worthy acting combine to produce a smart, popcorn-friendly thrill ride."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_confidential| title=L.A. Confidential (1997)|work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date = March 1, 2023}}</ref> The film later appeared on top of the site's list of the "300 Best Movies of All Time", a synthesis of critic and user reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-of-all-time | title=300 Best Movies of All Time }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 90 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="metacritic">{{Metacritic film|title=L.A. Confidential}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "L.A. Confidential" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=July 5, 2020}}</ref>

Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four out of four stars and described it as "seductive and beautiful, cynical and twisted, and one of the best films of the year."<ref name= "ebert">{{cite news
 | last = Ebert
 | first = Roger
 | author-link = Roger Ebert
 | title = ''L.A. Confidential''
 | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]]
 | date = September 19, 1997
 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/la-confidential-1997
 | access-date = 2019-10-22 }}</ref> He later included it as one of his "Great Movies" and described it as "film noir, and so it is, but it is more: Unusually for a crime film, it deals with the psychology of the characters ... It contains all the elements of police action, but in a sharply clipped, more economical style; the action exists not for itself but to provide an arena for the personalities".<ref name= "ebert2">{{cite news
 | last = Ebert
 | first = Roger
 | author-link = Roger Ebert
 | title = Great Movies: ''L.A. Confidential''
 | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]]
 | date = September 4, 2008
 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-la-confidential-1997
 | access-date = 2019-10-22 }}</ref>

In her review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Janet Maslin]] wrote, "Mr. Spacey is at his insinuating best, languid and debonair, in a much more offbeat performance than this film could have drawn from a more conventional star. And the two Australian actors, tightly wound Mr. Pearce and fiery, brawny Mr. Crowe, qualify as revelations."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Maslin
 | first = Janet
 | title = The Dark Underbelly of a Sunny Town
 | newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
 | date = September 19, 1997
 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0CE5DB1138F93AA2575AC0A961958260
 | access-date = 2009-01-07 }}</ref> Desson Howe's review for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised the cast: "Pearce makes a wonderful prude who gets progressively tougher and more jaded. New Zealand-born Crowe has a unique and sexy toughness; imagine [[Mickey Rourke]] without the attitude. Although she's playing a stock character, Basinger exudes a sort of chaste sultriness. Spacey is always enjoyable."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Howe
 | first = Desson
 | title = Noir 'Confidential': A Clever Case
 | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]
 | date = September 19, 1997
 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/laconfidentialhowe.htm
 | access-date = July 21, 2015}}</ref>

In his review for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', Liam Lacey wrote, "The big star is Los Angeles itself. Like [[Roman Polanski]]'s depiction of Los Angeles in the '30s in ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]'', the atmosphere and detailed production design are a rich gel where the strands of narrative form."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Lacey
 | first = Liam
 | archive-date = April 6, 2004
 | title = ''L.A. Confidential''
 | work = [[The Globe and Mail]]
 | pages = C1
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040406011524/http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/movie/MOVIEREVIEWS/19970919/TACONF
 | url-status = dead
 | date = September 19, 1997
 | url = http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/movie/MOVIEREVIEWS/19970919/TACONF
 | access-date = July 21, 2015}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, writing, "It appears as if screenwriters Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson have pulled off a miracle in keeping multiple stories straight. Have they ever. Ellroy's novel has four extra layers of plot and three times as many characters ... the writers have trimmed unwieldy muscle, not just fat, and gotten away with it."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Clark
 | first = Mike
 | title = Cool ''L.A. Confidential'': Classic film noir to the core
 | work = [[USA Today]]
 | pages = 1D
 | date = September 19, 1997
 }}</ref>

In his review for ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[David Ansen]] wrote, "''L.A. Confidential'' asks the audience to raise its level a bit, too—you actually have to pay attention to follow the double-crossing intricacies of the plot. The reward for your work is dark and dirty fun."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Ansen
 | first = David
 | title = Noir Kind of Town
 | work = [[Newsweek]]
 | pages = 83
 | date = September 22, 1997
 | url = http://www.newsweek.com/noir-kind-town-172556
 | access-date = July 21, 2015}}</ref> [[Richard Schickel]], in his review for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', wrote, "It's a movie of shadows and half lights, the best approximation of the old black-and-white noir look anyone has yet managed on color stock. But it's no idle exercise in style. The film's look suggests how deep the tradition of police corruption runs."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Schickel
 | first = Richard
 | title = Three L.A. Cops, One Philip Marlowe
 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]]
 | date = September 15, 1997
 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986999,00.html
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080307193411/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986999,00.html
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = March 7, 2008
 | access-date = 2009-01-07 }}</ref> Writing in ''[[Time Out New York]]'', [[Andrew Johnston (critic)|Andrew Johnston]] observed: "Large chunks of Ellroy's brilliant (and often hilarious) dialogue are preserved, and the actors clearly relish the meaty lines. Dante Spinotti's lush cinematography and Jeanne Oppewall's crisp, meticulous production design produce an eye-popping tableau of '50s glamour and sleaze."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Johnston|first=Andrew|date=September 18–25, 1997|title=L. A. Confidential|magazine=Time Out New York|pages=73}}</ref>

In his review for ''[[The New York Observer]]'', [[Andrew Sarris]] wrote, "Mr. Crowe strikes the deepest registers with the tortured character of Bud White, a part that has had less cut out of it from the book than either Mr. Spacey's or Mr. Pearce's ... but Mr. Crowe at moments reminded me of [[James Cagney]]'s poignant performance in [[Charles Vidor]]'s ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]]'' (1955), and I can think of no higher praise."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Sarris
 | first = Andrew
 | title = Confidentially Speaking, Noir's Gone Hollywood
 | work = [[The New York Observer]]
 | date = September 28, 1997
 | url = http://www.observer.com/node/39692
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724215653/http://www.observer.com/node/39692
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = July 24, 2008
 | access-date = 2009-01-07 }}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]], in his review for ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', wrote, "The only potential audience drawback ''L.A. Confidential'' has is its reliance on unsettling bursts of violence, both bloody shootings and intense physical beatings that give the picture a palpable air of menace. Overriding that, finally, is the film's complete command of its material."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Turan
 | first = Kenneth
 | title = Noir for the '90s
 | work = [[Los Angeles Times]]
 | date = September 19, 1997
 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-19-ca-38961-story.html
 | access-date = 2009-01-07 }}</ref> In his review for ''[[The Independent]]'', Ryan Gilbey wrote, "In fact, it's a very well made and intelligent picture, assembled with an attention to detail, both in plot and characterisation, that you might have feared was all but extinct in mainstream American cinema."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Gilbey
 | first = Ryan
 | title = Thugs, pigs and paparazzi in Fifties LA
 | work = [[The Independent]]
 | pages = 8
 | date = October 31, 1997
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/choice-film-la-confidential-1291884.html |title=Choice: Film: LA Confidential |first=David |last=Benedict |date=November 3, 1997 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> Richard Williams, in his review for ''[[The Guardian]]'', wrote, "''L.A. Confidential'' gets just about everything right. The light, the architecture, the slang, the music ... a wonderful Lana Turner joke. A sense, above all, of damaged people arriving to make new lives and getting seduced by the scent of night-blooming jasmine, the perfume of corruption."<ref>{{cite news
 | last = Williams
 | first = Richard
 | title = LAPD blue
 | work = [[The Guardian]]
 | pages = 6
 | date = October 31, 1997
 }}</ref>

Some authors have described ''L.A. Confidential'' as a [[neo-noir]] film.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Philosophy of TV Noir |last1=Sanders |first1=Steven |last2=Skoble |first2=Aeon G. |publisher=University of Kentucky Press |year=2008 |page=3 |isbn=978-0813172620 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqDm82G3co0C&pg=PA3 }}</ref><ref>Conard, Mark T.; ed. (2009). ''The Philosophy of Neo-Noir''. Lexington: [[University Press of Kentucky]]. {{ISBN|081319217X}}.</ref>

===Accolades===
''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' magazine ranked ''L.A. Confidential'' the best film of 1997.<ref name="time">{{cite news | title=The Best Cinema of 1997 | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=December 29, 1997 | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987612,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306150031/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987612,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 6, 2008 | access-date=2009-01-07}}</ref> The [[National Society of Film Critics]] also ranked it the year's best film and Curtis Hanson was voted Best Director.<ref name= "NatSociety">{{cite news | last=Lyman | first=Rick | title=''L.A. Confidential'' Wins National Critics' Awards | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 5, 1998 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E2DC1430F936A35752C0A96E958260 | access-date=2009-01-07}}</ref> The [[New York Film Critics Circle]] also voted ''L.A. Confidential'' the year's best film in addition to ranking Hanson best director, and his and Brian Helgeland's best screenplay.<ref name="Maslin2">{{cite news | last=Maslin | first=Janet | title=''L.A. Confidential'' Wins Critics Circle Award | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 12, 1998 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EFDB103CF931A25751C1A961958260 | access-date=2009-01-07}}</ref> The [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] and the [[National Board of Review]] also voted ''L.A. Confidential'' the year's best film. As a result, it is one of three films in history to sweep the "Big Four" critics' awards, alongside ''[[Schindler's List]]'' (1993) and ''[[The Social Network]]'' (2010).<ref name= "NatSociety"/>

It was also voted the best film set in Los Angeles in the last 25 years by a group of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' writers and editors with two criteria: "The movie had to communicate some inherent truth about the L.A. experience, and only one film per director was allowed on the list."<ref>{{cite news | last=Boucher | first=Geoff | title=The 25 best L.A. films of the last 25 years | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-25films31-2008aug31,0,70218.htmlstory | date=August 31, 2008 | access-date=2008-08-31}}</ref> In 2009, the [[London Film Critics' Circle]] voted ''L.A. Confidential'' one of the best films of the past 30 years.<ref>{{cite news | last=Child | first=Ben | title=''Apocalypse Now'' tops London critics' 30th anniversary poll | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=December 1, 2009 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/01/apocalypse-now-london-critics-circle | access-date=2009-12-02}}</ref> The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''L.A. Confidential'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{Ref heading}}
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| rowspan="9"| [[70th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Arnon Milchan]], [[Curtis Hanson]], and Michael Nathanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref name="Oscars1998">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th-winners.html |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-19|work=oscars.org}}</ref> <br /><ref name="weinraub2">{{cite news | last=Weinraub | first=Bernard | title=''Titanic'' Ties Record With 11 Oscars, Including Best Picture | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=March 24, 1998 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EFDA1038F937A15750C0A96E958260 | access-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref> <br /><ref name="imdb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title = L.A. Confidential - IMDb|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref>
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| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Kim Basinger]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| [[Brian Helgeland]] and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Jeannine Oppewall]]; <br /> Set Decoration: [[Jay Hart (set decorator)|Jay Hart]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Dante Spinotti]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Peter Honess]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Dramatic Score]]
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Andy Nelson (sound engineer)|Andy Nelson]], [[Anna Behlmer]], and [[Kirk Francis (audio engineer)|Kirk Francis]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors#Eddie Awards|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| Peter Honess
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[American Society of Cinematographers|American Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |title=The ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802060537/http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |archive-date=2011-08-02 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Argentine Film Critics Association|Argentine Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards|Art Directors Guild Awards]]
| [[Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film|Excellence in Production Design – Feature Film]]
| Jeannine Oppewall and Bill Arnold 
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://adg.org/awards/adg/winners/1998/ |title=1998 Winners & Nominees |publisher=[[Art Directors Guild]] |access-date= November 7, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama]]
| [[Mali Finn]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1998 |title=Nominees/Winners |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |access-date= July 10, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[1998 Australian Film Institute Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]]
| [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx |title=AFI Past Winners - 1997 Winners & Nominees |work=AFI-AACTA |access-date=24 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104053151/http://aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx |archivedate=4 January 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards]]
| [[Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| BMI Film Music Award
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[51st Bodil Awards|Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best Non-European Film]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1998-2/ |title=1998 |publisher=danske filmkritikere |access-date=9 September 2017 |language=da}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| John Seale
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Kevin Spacey]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="12"| [[51st British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="12"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1998/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1998 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1998 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1997}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Kevin Spacey
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Kim Basinger
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Ruth Myers (costume designer)|Ruth Myers]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| Peter Honess
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Make Up/Hair]]
| [[John M. Elliott Jr.|John M. Elliott]], Scott H. Eddo, and Janis Clark
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Original Music]]
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| Jeannine Oppewall
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, <br /> Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and [[John Leveque]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v |title=Best Cinematography in Feature Film |publisher=[[British Society of Cinematographers]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name="selection">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1997/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1997: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102194018/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1997/allSelections.html |archive-date=2 November 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Kevin Spacey
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| Most Promising Actor
| Guy Pearce
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Movie
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1998-4th-annual-awards/ |title=4th Annual Chlotrudis Awards |website=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films]] |access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Best Actor
| [[Russell Crowe]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Guy Pearce]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Kevin Spacey
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| Dante Spinotti
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Cinema Audio Society Awards]]
| [[Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures]]
| Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Kirk Francis
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos|Cinema Writers Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[3rd Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1997 |publisher=[[Critics Choice Association|Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034404/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Kim Basinger
| {{won}}
|-
| [[50th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1997.aspx?value=1996|title=50th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Awards]]
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-motion-picture/ |title=Category List – Best Motion Picture |website=[[Edgar Awards]] |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd Empire Awards|Empire Awards]]
| [[Empire Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Kevin Spacey
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Film Critics Circle of Australia|Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1997|Florida Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2013/11/16/1997-ffcc-award-winners/ |title=1997 FFCC Award Winners |website=[[Florida Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Fotogramas de Plata]]
| Best Foreign Film
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/la-confidential |title=L.A. Confidential – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1998}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Kim Basinger
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]]
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Dialogue & ADR]]
| [[Becky Sullivan]], Robert Ulrich, [[Mildred Iatrou Morgan|Mildred Iatrou]], <br /> Catherine M. Speakman, Donald L. Warner Jr., <br /> Andrea Horta, Denise Horta, Diane Linn, and Tami Treadwell
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore|Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic)]]
| Kenneth Hall 
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Kinema Junpo#Annual award categories|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Foreign Language Film
| rowspan="3"| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film (Readers' Choice Award)
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film Director
| {{won}}
|-
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Screenplay
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |title=1997 Sierra Award Winners |date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1997|London Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year|Director of the Year]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year|Screenwriter of the Year]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1997 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1997.php |title=The 23rd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Kevin Spacey
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| Jeannine Oppewall
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[Mainichi Film Awards]]
| [[Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| rowspan="2"| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}} 
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Director
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| Best Cinematography
| Dante Spinotti
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1997|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |title=1997 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Barnes"/> <br /><ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-15-216/2015-national-film-registry-ghostbusters-gets-the-call/2015-12-16/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Library of Congress|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> <br /><ref name="Washington, D.C"/>
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1997 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Kevin Spacey
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1997 |title=1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Nikkan Sports Film Award]]s
| colspan="2"| [[Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="14"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| Best Picture
| rowspan="2"| Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="13"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |title=2nd Annual Film Awards (1997) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best Drama Picture
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Kim Basinger
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| Dante Spinotti
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Costume Design
| Ruth Myers
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Film Editing
| Peter Honess
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Production Design
| Jeannine Oppewall and Jay Hart 
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Drama Score
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Ensemble
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Sound
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Titles Sequence
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1997|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/1997-awards-1st-annual/ |title=1997 Online Film Critics Society Awards |website=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[9th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]]
| Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Madigan|first1=Nick|title=Producers Guild unveils noms for Golden Laurels|url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/producers-guild-unveils-noms-for-golden-laurels-1117466858/|access-date=September 22, 2017|work=Variety|date=January 19, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923134950/http://variety.com/1998/biz/news/producers-guild-unveils-noms-for-golden-laurels-1117466858/|archive-date=September 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Human Rights|Human Rights]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 1997|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Film|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Film
| rowspan="2"| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| Best Foreign Film (Audience Award)
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[2nd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="8"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1998/ |title=1998 Satellite Awards |website=[[Satellite Awards]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Curtis Hanson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Russell Crowe
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Jeannine Oppewall
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Dante Spinotti
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| Peter Honess
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[24th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards {{small|(1998)}}]]
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film|Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Past Saturn Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Past Saturn Awards |work=[[Saturn Awards]].org |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184217/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref>
|-
| [[35th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards {{small|(2009)}}]]
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release|Best DVD Special Edition Release]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Past Saturn Awards"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| Kim Basinger, [[James Cromwell]], Russell Crowe, [[Danny DeVito]], <br /> Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and [[David Strathairn]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|access-date=May 21, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> <br /><ref name="gelder">{{cite news | last=Van Gelder | first=Lawrence | title=Footlights | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=March 10, 1998 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E1D81530F933A25750C0A96E958260 | access-date=2009-01-07}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Kim Basinger
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Gloria Stuart]] for ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''.}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 1997|Society of Texas Film Critics Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actor
| Kevin Spacey {{small|(Also for ''[[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (film)|Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Kim Basinger
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay – Adapted
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Picture
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1997 |title=1997 SEFA Awards |website=sefca.net |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Kim Basinger
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Toronto Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://torontofilmcritics.com/past-award-winners/ |title=TFCA Past Award Winners |website=[[Toronto Film Critics Association]] |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Curtis Hanson
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[1997 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]]
| Metro Media Award
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] for ''[[Boogie Nights]]''.}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| colspan="2"| [[USC Scripter Award]]s
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson {{small|(screenwriters)}}; <br /> [[James Ellroy]] {{small|(author)}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/past-scripter-awards |title=Past Scripter Awards |website=[[USC Scripter Award]] |access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[50th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |date= |work=wga.org |publisher=Writers Guild of America |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}