Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You: Awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info
2019 Austin Film Critics Association Winner AFCA Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Black Reel Awards Winner Black Reel Outstanding Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Black Reel Awards Winner Black Reel Outstanding Emerging Director (Boots Riley)
2019 Black Reel Awards Winner Black Reel Outstanding First Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winner Independent Spirit Award Best First Feature (Boots Riley, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams)
2019 Music City Film Critics' Association Awards Winner MCFCA Award Best Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Black Film Critics Circle Awards Winner BFCC Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Black Film Critics Circle Awards Winner Special Mention
2018 CPH PIX Winner Politiken's Audience Award (Boots Riley)
2018 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Winner FFCC Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards Winner GWNYFCA Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards Winner GWNYFCA Award Best Debut Director (Boots Riley)
2018 Helsinki International Film Festival Winner Audience Award Best Feature Film (Boots Riley)
2018 Indiana Film Journalists Association, US Winner Original Vision Award
2018 Indiewire Critics' Poll Winner ICP Award Best First Feature (Boots Riley)
2018 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Winner Sierra Award Best Comedy Film
2018 National Board of Review, USA Winner NBR Award Top Ten Independent Films
2018 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards Winner PFCC Award Best Directorial Debut (Boots Riley)
2018 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Winner TFCA Award Best First Feature (Boots Riley)
Year Category Subcategory Info
2020 Americana Film Fest Nominee Audience Award Tops (Boots Riley)
2019 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Science Fiction Film
2019 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Legion M Breakout Director (Boots Riley)
2019 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Legion M Breakout Director (Boots Riley)
2019 Austin Film Critics Association Nominee AFCA Award Best First Film (Boots Riley)
2019 Austin Film Critics Association Nominee Breakthrough Artist Award (Boots Riley)
2019 BET Awards Nominee BET Award Best Actor (Omari Hardwick)
2019 Black Reel Awards Nominee Black Reel Outstanding Actor (LaKeith Stanfield)
2019 Black Reel Awards Nominee Black Reel Outstanding Director (Boots Riley)
2019 Black Reel Awards Nominee Black Reel Outstanding Ensemble
2019 Black Reel Awards Nominee Black Reel Outstanding Costume Design (Deirdra Elizabeth Govan)
2019 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominee Critics Choice Award Best Actor in a Comedy (LaKeith Stanfield)
2019 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominee Critics Choice Award Best Comedy
2019 Casting Society of America, USA Nominee Artios Award Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Comedy (Eyde Belasco, Nina Henninger, Sarah Kliban)
2019 Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee Trailblazer Award (Boots Riley)
2019 Columbus Film Critics Association Nominee COFCA Award Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) (Tessa Thompson, Annihilation, Creed II)
2019 Columbus Film Critics Association Nominee COFCA Award Breakthrough Film Artist (Boots Riley)
2019 Denver Film Critics Society Nominee DFCS Award Best Comedy Film
2019 Directors Guild of America, USA Nominee DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film (Boots Riley)
2019 Faro Island Film Festival Nominee Golden Carp Film Award - International Best New Director (Boots Riley)
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominee Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Hawaii Film Critics Society Nominee HFCS Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Hawaii Film Critics Society Nominee HFCS Award Best New Filmmaker (Boots Riley)
2019 Hawaii Film Critics Society Nominee HFCS Award Best First Film
2019 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Boots Riley)
2019 Humanitas Prize Nominee Humanitas Prize Independent Feature Film (Boots Riley)
2019 Image Awards (NAACP) Nominee Image Award Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
2019 Image Awards (NAACP) Nominee Image Award Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) (Boots Riley)
2019 International Cinephile Society Awards Nominee ICS Award Best Actor (LaKeith Stanfield)
2019 Music City Film Critics' Association Awards Nominee MCFCA Award Best Song (Boots Riley, Ryan Christopher Parks, Damion Gallegos)
2019 North Carolina Film Critics Association Nominee NCFCA Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Online Film & Television Association Nominee OFTA Film Award Best Feature Debut (Boots Riley)
2019 Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominee OFCS Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2019 Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominee OFCS Award Best Debut (Boots Riley)
2019 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nominee Bradbury Award Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (Boots Riley)
2018 African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Nominee AAFCA Award Best Picture
2018 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Nominee CFCA Award Most Promising Filmmaker (Boots Riley)
2018 Cork International Film Festival Nominee Gradam Spiorad na Féile (Spirit of the Festival Award) (Boots Riley)
2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominee DFCS Award Breakthrough Artist (Boots Riley)
2018 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee DFCC Best Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee FFCC Award Best First Film (Boots Riley)
2018 Golden Schmoes Awards Nominee Golden Schmoes Trippiest Movie of the Year
2018 Golden Trailer Awards Nominee Golden Trailer Best Comedy (Annapurna Pictures, Trailer Park)
2018 Gotham Awards Nominee Audience Award (Boots Riley, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Charles D. King, George Rush, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams)
2018 Gotham Awards Nominee Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award (Boots Riley)
2018 Gotham Awards Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award Best Actor (LaKeith Stanfield)
2018 IGN Summer Movie Awards Nominee IGN Award Best Director (Boots Riley)
2018 Indiana Film Journalists Association, US Nominee IFJA Award Best Picture
2018 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee Vincent Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film
2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominee LAOFCS Award Best Independent Film
2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominee LAOFCS Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Online Association of Female Film Critics Nominee OAFFC Award Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley)
2018 Online Association of Female Film Critics Nominee OAFFC Award Breakthrough Filmmaker (Boots Riley)
2018 Phoenix Critics Circle Nominee PCC Award Best Comedy Film
2018 Phoenix Critics Circle Nominee PCC Award Best Science Fiction Film
2018 St. Louis Film Critics Association, US Nominee SLFCA Award Best Comedy Film
2018 Sundance Film Festival Nominee Grand Jury Prize Dramatic (Boots Riley)