List of accolades received by The Irishman
The Irishman is a 2019 American epic crime film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. It stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, with Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, and Harvey Keitel in supporting roles. The film follows Frank Sheeran, a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino and his crime family, including his time working for the powerful Teamster Jimmy Hoffa. The film premiered at the 57th New York Film Festival, and had a limited theatrical release on November 1, 2019, followed by digital streaming on Netflix starting on November 27, 2019. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 411 reviews and judged 96% to be positive.
The Irishman received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise for Scorsese's direction and the performances of De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci. The film received numerous accolades; at the 92nd Academy Awards, it received 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Pacino and Pesci, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Additionally, at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, it was nominated for five awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, while it earned 10 nominations at 73rd British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film.Accolades
The Irishman appeared on many critics' year-end top ten lists. Below are shown the lists in which it made the top three.
- 1st – Chris Evangelista, /Film
- 1st – Roxana Hadadi, The A.V. Club
- 1st – Wilson Morales, Blackfilm
- 1st – James Verniere, Boston Herald
- 1st – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
- 1st – Jeff Ames, ComingSoon.net
- 1st – John Beifuss, The Commercial Appeal
- 1st – Robbie Collin and Tim Robey, The Daily Telegraph
- 1st – Jason Bailey, Flavorwire
- 1st – Flickering Myth
- 1st – Steve Erickson, Gay City News
- 1st – Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
- 1st – Reverse Shot
- 1st – Ben Kenigsberg, RogerEbert.com
- 1st – Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
- 1st – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
- 1st – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
- 1st – Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine
- 1st – Niles Schwartz, Slant Magazine
- 1st – Uncut
- 1st – K. Austin Collins, Vanity Fair
- 1st – We Are Movie Geeks
- 1st – Jordan Ruimy, World of Reel
- 2nd – Jake Coyle, Associated Press
- 2nd – A.A. Dowd, The A.V. Club
- 2nd – Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, The A.V. Club
- 2nd – Baltimore
- 2nd – Eli Glasner, CBC News
- 2nd – David Morgan, CBS News
- 2nd – Complex
- 2nd – Film Comment
- 2nd – Blake Crane, Film Pulse
- 2nd – Mike Mazzanti, The Film Stage
- 2nd – The Guardian
- 2nd – Robert Horton, The Herald
- 2nd – Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
- 2nd – Eric Kohn, IndieWire
- 2nd – Chris Bumbray, JoBlo.com
- 2nd – Lina Lecaro, LA Weekly
- 2nd – L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal Star
- 2nd – Angie Han, Mashable
- 2nd – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
- 2nd – Radheyan Simonpillai, Now
- 2nd – Laura DeMarco, The Plain Dealer
- 2nd – David Coursen, Parallax View
- 2nd – Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View
- 2nd – Paste
- 2nd – Nicholas Laskin, The Playlist
- 2nd – James Berardinelli, Reelviews
- 2nd – Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
- 2nd – Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
- 2nd – Justine Smith, RogerEbert.com
- 2nd – Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com
- 2nd – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
- 2nd – Scott Renshaw, Salt Lake City Weekly
- 2nd – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune
- 2nd – Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
- 2nd – Anita Katz, San Francisco Examiner
- 2nd – Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
- 2nd – Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily
- 2nd – Carson Lund, Slant Magazine
- 2nd – The Sydney Morning Herald
- 2nd – Stephanie Zacharek, Time
- 2nd – Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate
- 2nd – Jack Shepherd, Total Film
- 2nd – Michael Smith, Tulsa World
- 2nd – David Edelstein, Vulture
- 2nd – Michael Glover Smith, White City Cinema
- 3rd – Ethan Anderton, /Film
- 3rd – Jesse Hassenger, The A.V. Club
- 3rd – Vikram Murthi, The A.V. Club
- 3rd – Jason Guerrasio, Business Insider
- 3rd – Den of Geek
- 3rd – Nick Schager, Esquire
- 3rd – Dan Hudak, Florida Weekly
- 3rd – Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
- 3rd – Goomba Stomp
- 3rd – Bill Desowitz, IndieWire
- 3rd – Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
- 3rd – John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer
- 3rd – Sean Fennessey and Adam Nayman, The Ringer
- 3rd – Max O'Connell, RogerEbert.com
- 3rd – Martyn Conterio, Scene360
- 3rd – Allan Hunter, Screen Daily
- 3rd – Jake Cole, Slant Magazine
- 3rd – Owen Gleiberman, Variety
- 3rd – Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
The Irishman also appeared on multiple critics' best of the decade top ten lists.
- 5th – Chris Evangelista, /Film
- 6th – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune
- Top 15 – Glenn Kenny
- Top 20 – Eric D. Snider, Mental Floss
It was also mentioned by the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama as one of his favorite films of 2019.