Awards
Academy Awards1 nominated
- Nominated2001Best Original Song · I've Seen It All
Cannes Film Festival2 won
- Won2000Palme d'Or · Dancer in the Dark
- Won1996Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · Breaking the Waves
Other awards17 won · 11 nominated
- Won2025Bodil Honorary Award: Bodil Honorary Award
- Won2018Sonning Prize: Sonning Prize
- Nominated2014European Film Award for Best Film: European Film Award for Best Film · Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
- Nominated2014European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film · Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
- Nominated2011European Film Award for Best Director: European Film Award for Best Director · Melancholia
- Won2011European Film Award for Best Film: European Film Award for Best Film · Melancholia
- Nominated2011European Film Award for Best Screenwriter: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter · Melancholia
- Nominated2009European Film Award for Best Director: European Film Award for Best Director · Antichrist
- Won2008European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award: European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
- Won2006Danish Dramatics' Honorary Award: Danish Dramatics' Honorary Award
- Won2004Konrad Wolf Prize: Konrad Wolf Prize
- Won2004Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse: Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse
- Nominated2003European Film Award for Best Director: European Film Award for Best Director · Dogville
- Nominated2003European Film Award for Best Documentary: European Film Award for Best Documentary · The Five Obstructions
- Nominated2003European Film Award for Best Film: European Film Award for Best Film · Dogville
- Nominated2003European Film Award for Best Screenwriter: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter · Dogville
- Nominated2003European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director · Dogville
- Won2001Goya Award for Best European Film: Goya Award for Best European Film · Dancer in the Dark
- Won2000European Film Award for Best Film: European Film Award for Best Film · Dancer in the Dark
- Won2000European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director · Dancer in the Dark
- Nominated1998European Film Award for Best Screenwriter: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter · The Idiots
- Won1997César Award for Best Foreign Film: César Award for Best Foreign Film · Breaking the Waves
- Won1997Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Won1996Allen Award: Allen Award
- Won1996European Film Academy Critics Award: European Film Academy Critics Award · Breaking the Waves
- Won1996European Film Award for Best Film: European Film Award for Best Film · Breaking the Waves
- Won1993Kjeld Abell Prize: Kjeld Abell Prize
- Won1991Jury Prize: Jury Prize · Europa
Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.