Another Year (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Another Year

| image = Another year poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Mike Leigh

| writer = Mike Leigh

| producer = Georgina Lowe

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Dick Pope

| editing = Jon Gregory

| music = Gary Yershon

| studio = {{Plainlist|

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| distributor = {{Plainlist|

Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom)
Focus Features International (International)

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|05|15|Cannes|2010|11|05|United Kingdom}}

| runtime = 129 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget = $8 million{{cite news|last=Grove|first=Martin A.|date=December 31, 2010|title='Another Year,' Another Oscar Nom? Mike Leigh Will Wait and See|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/year-oscar-nom-mike-leigh-67397/|url-status=live|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130020043/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/year-oscar-nom-mike-leigh-67397/|archive-date=November 30, 2022|access-date=January 7, 2024}}

| gross = $20 million{{cite The Numbers|id=Another-Year|title=Another Year|access-date=January 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523025821/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Another-Year|archive-date=May 23, 2023|url-status=live}}

}}

Another Year is a 2010 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. It stars Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, and Ruth Sheen. It follows a year in the life of an older couple who have been happily married for a long time, making them an anomaly among their friends and family members.

The film had its world premiere at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2010, and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2010, by Momentum Pictures. It grossed $20 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, who praised Leigh's screenplay and the performances of the cast (particularly Manville). It was nominated for Best British Film and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (for Manville) at the 64th British Academy Film Awards, while Leigh earned a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards. The film was also nominated for Best Actress (for Manville) and Best Composer at the 23rd European Film Awards.

Plot

Tom Hepple, a geologist, and Gerri Hepple, a counsellor, are an older married couple who have a comfortable, loving relationship. The film observes them over the course of the four seasons of a year, surrounded by family and friends who mostly suffer some degree of unhappiness.

Gerri's friend and colleague Mary works as a receptionist at the health centre. She is a middle-aged divorcee seeking a new relationship, and despite telling everyone she is happy, appears desperate and depressed, and seems to drink too much. The Hepples' only child, Joe, is 30 and single and works as a solicitor giving advice on housing.

In the summer, the Hepples are visited by Ken, Tom's old friend from his student days. Ken is overweight, eats, smokes and drinks compulsively and seems very unhappy. Tom and Gerri host a barbecue in his honour. Mary drives her newly bought car to the party, but gets lost and arrives late. Having had some wine, she flirts with Joe, whom she has known since he was little. He remains friendly but does not reciprocate. After the party, Mary reluctantly gives Ken a lift to the train station. He makes a clumsy romantic advance and Mary irritably rejects him.

Months later, in the autumn, Mary is once again at Tom and Gerri's home. Joe arrives with Katie, a new girlfriend. Mary appears rude and hostile towards Katie, which Tom and Gerri don't appreciate, creating a rift between Gerri and Mary.

In the winter, Tom, Gerri, and Joe attend the funeral for the wife of Tom's brother Ronnie. Towards the end of the service, Ronnie's estranged son Carl arrives, and angrily asks why the ceremony was not delayed for him. At the reception at Ronnie's house, Carl becomes aggressive and walks out. Tom and Gerri invite Ronnie back to London to stay with them for a while and Ronnie agrees.

While Tom and Gerri are at their garden allotment, Mary arrives unannounced at their home and persuades Ronnie to let her in. Her car has just been wrecked and she is upset. They have a cup of tea and a desultory chat before Mary takes a nap on the settee. When Tom and Gerri return, they are unhappy to find Mary there. Gerri explains to Mary that she feels let down by her earlier behaviour towards Katie. Mary apologises and weeps. Gerri gradually extends a degree of warmth to Mary, suggesting she should seek counseling and inviting her to stay for dinner, and the two women set the table. Joe and Katie arrive, their relationship still appearing strong and happy. The Hepples enjoy dinner together. Mary eats with them but appears lost and uncertain.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Jim Broadbent as Tom Hepple
Ruth Sheen as Gerri Hepple
Lesley Manville as Mary Smith
Peter Wight as Ken
Oliver Maltman as Joe Hepple
David Bradley as Ronnie Hepple
Karina Fernandez as Katie
Martin Savage as Carl Hepple
Michele Austin as Tanya
Philip Davis as Jack
Stuart McQuarrie as Tom's colleague
Imelda Staunton as Janet

}}

Production

Because the director's usual producer Simon Channing-Williams died in 2009, Another Year was produced by Georgina Lowe, who had worked regularly on Mike Leigh films since Naked (1993). Thin Man Films led the production together with television channel Film4 and Focus Features International.{{cite web|last=Macnab |first=Geoffrey |date=6 May 2010 |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reports/one-on-one/georgina-lowe-producer/5013493.article |title=Georgina Lowe, producer |work=Screen |access-date=8 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100529174752/http://www.screendaily.com/reports/one-on-one/georgina-lowe-producer/5013493.article| archive-date= 29 May 2010 | url-status= live}} The project received £1.2 million from the UK Film Council.{{cite web |date=23 February 2010 |title=Films in production and development awarded funding from the UK Film Council |url=http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/article/16489/Films-in-production-and-development-awarded-funding-from-the-UK-Film-Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301074943/http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/article/16489/Films-in-production-and-development-awarded-funding-from-the-UK-Film-Council |archive-date=1 March 2010 |access-date=13 April 2010 |website=UK Film Council}} The production involved a budget of around US$8 million, which Leigh said was "the lowest budget I've had for a long time".

Most of Another Year{{'}}s key cast members had already worked with the director multiple times. Leigh collaborated with the actors for five months to create their characters and world and to do research. The director employed his usual technique: the actors improvise extensively during rehearsals, and the result of those improvisations becomes the basis of the final script. Principal photography took 12 weeks. To simulate the four seasons of a year, cinematographer Dick Pope used four different film stocks, and much attention was paid to details in the props so that the passage of time would appear believable.

The location used for Tom and Gerri Hepple's house is St Margaret's Road, Wanstead, East London.{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2010 |title=See Wanstead on film |url=http://www.wansteadium.com/2010/11/see-wanstead-on-film/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226091941/http://www.wansteadium.com/2010/11/see-wanstead-on-film/ |archive-date=26 February 2011 |access-date= |website=wansteadium.com}}

Release

Another Year premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2010, where it competed for the Palme d'Or,{{cite news|last=Noah|first=Sherna|date=15 April 2010|title=Mike Leigh film in running for Palme D'Or|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mike-leigh-film-in-running-for-palme-d-or-1945887.html|url-status=live|work=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220120646/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mike-leigh-film-in-running-for-palme-d-or-1945887.html|archive-date=20 December 2023|access-date=8 January 2024}}{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Xan|date=17 May 2010|title=Cannes film festival diary: Another Year, a rare treat|url=https://theguardian.com/film/2010/may/17/cannesfilmfestival-mikeleigh|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103234213/https://theguardian.com/film/2010/may/17/cannesfilmfestival-mikeleigh|archive-date=3 January 2024|access-date=8 January 2024}}{{cite news|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=18 May 2010|title=Cannes Film Festival: There will never be another Mike Leigh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-18-la-et-leigh-20100518-story.html|url-status=live|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131234336/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-18-la-et-leigh-20100518-story.html|archive-date=31 January 2023|access-date=8 January 2024}} and was also screened at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September, the 48th New York Film Festival on 5 October, and the 54th BFI London Film Festival on 18 October. The film was then released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2010, by Momentum Pictures, and in the United States on 29 December 2010, by Sony Pictures Classics.{{cite press release|title=Another Year|url=https://www.sonyclassics.com/anotheryear/anotheryear_presskit.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=Sony Pictures Classics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018130921/https://www.sonyclassics.com/anotheryear/anotheryear_presskit.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2023|access-date=8 January 2024}}

Reception

=Critical response=

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|93|8.2|170|consensus=Characterized by strong performances and the director's trademark feel for the nuances of everyday life, Another Year marks another solid entry in Mike Leigh's career of kitchen-sink English drama.|ref=yes|access-date=8 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223215135/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/another_year_2010|archive-date=23 December 2023|url-status=live}} {{Metacritic film prose|81|36|ref=yes|access-date=8 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227111303/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/another-year/|archive-date=27 December 2023|url-status=live}}

Another Year debuted at Cannes and although it failed to receive any prizes, it was highly praised by critics,{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/05/17/another_year |title=Best of Cannes: Another Year with Mike Leigh |work=Salon.com |first=Andrew |last=O'Hehir |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=25 January 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110123174721/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/05/17/another_year| archive-date= 23 January 2011 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20100516-mike-leigh-another-year-early-high-point-cannes-competition |title=Mike Leigh's Another Year an early festival high point |work=France 24 |date=15 May 2010 |first=Jon |last=Frosch |access-date=25 January 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110206144529/http://www.france24.com/en/20100516-mike-leigh-another-year-early-high-point-cannes-competition| archive-date= 6 February 2011 | url-status= live}}{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Emma |author-link=Emma Jones (journalist) |date=19 May 2010 |title=Another Cannes, another Mike Leigh classic |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10125146.stm |access-date=25 January 2011}} scoring a 3.4/4 average at Screen International's annual Cannes Jury Grid, which polls international film critics from publications such as Sight & Sound, Positif, L'Unità and Der Tagesspiegel.{{cite web |date=27 May 2010 |title=Cannes Jury Grid 2010 |url=http://www.screendaily.com/Journals/1/Files/2010/5/27/Cannes%20jury%20grid%202010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214121556/http://www.screendaily.com/Journals/1/Files/2010/5/27/Cannes%20jury%20grid%202010.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2010 |access-date=25 January 2011 |website=Screen International }}

Wendy Ide of The Times described the film as "Leigh at his confident best" and "a disarmingly humane work", writing, "Mike Leigh shows admirable restraint: there are no manufactured crescendos, just a melancholy refrain that builds to its raw realisation in an achingly sad final shot."{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7128076.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615103129/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7128076.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2011 |title=Another Year at the Cannes Film Festival |newspaper=The Times |first=Wendy |last=Ide |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=25 January 2011 |location=London}} Xan Brooks of The Guardian described Another Year as "a rare treat",{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/17/cannesfilmfestival-mikeleigh |title=Cannes film festival diary: Another Year, a rare treat |work=The Guardian |first=Xan |last=Brooks |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=25 January 2011 |location=London}} and Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent described the film as "an acutely well-observed study of needy and unhappy people desperately trying to make sense of their lives."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/another-year-cannes-film-festival-1974933.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/another-year-cannes-film-festival-1974933.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Another Year, Cannes Film Festival |newspaper=The Independent |date=17 May 2010 |first=Geoffrey |last=Macnab |access-date=25 January 2011 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Another Year is about the turning wheel of life, an examination of the pleasures and jealousies, disappointments and insecurities, destroyed dreams and rekindled hopes that make up our daily existence. It may sound commonplace, but in the hands of master filmmaker Mike Leigh, the everyday becomes extraordinary."{{cite news|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=29 December 2010|title=Movie review: 'Another Year'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-29-la-et-another-year-20101229-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=8 January 2024}} A. O. Scott of The New York Times called the film "splendidly rich and wise" and opined that "as in its immediate precursor, Happy-Go-Lucky, Mr. Leigh is also after a more elusive and troubling form of injustice."{{cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=28 December 2010|title=Injustice, British and Otherwise|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/movies/29another.html|url-status=live|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120175756/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/movies/29another.html|archive-date=20 November 2023|access-date=8 January 2024}} Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, and described it as "a joy, albeit one suffused with melancholy - a visually rich, musical, unmannered slice of life that magnifies experience rather than miniaturizing it."{{cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=20 January 2011|title=A telling portrait of wedded bliss|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/another-year%2C1167012.html|url-status=unfit|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109031620/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/another-year%2C1167012.html|archive-date=9 November 2015|access-date=8 January 2024}}

=Accolades=

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Award ! Date of ceremony ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result
Academy Awards{{cite web \|title=The 83rd Academy Awards \|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125153005/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html \|archive-date=25 January 2011 \|access-date=25 January 2011 \|website=oscars.org}} \| 27 February 2011 \| Best Original Screenplay \| Mike Leigh \| {{nom}}
Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics{{cite news\|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/divers/article/634934/breves.html\|title="A Single Man" de Tom Ford, grand prix UCC 2011\|work=La Libre Belgique\|date=10 January 2011\|access-date=26 October 2012\|language=fr}} \| 8 January 2011 \| Grand Prix \| \| {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\|British Academy Film Awards{{cite web \|title=Film in 2011 \|url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/film \|access-date=17 June 2023 \|website=British Academy of Film and Television Arts}} \| rowspan="2"\|21 February 2011 \| Best Supporting Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{nom}}
Best British Film \| \| {{nom}}
rowspan="4"\|British Independent Film Awards{{cite web \|title=The Moët British Independent Film Awards Announce Nominations and Jury for 13th Edition \|url=http://bifa.org.uk/news/mo%C3%ABt-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104073807/http://bifa.org.uk/news/mo%C3%ABt-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition \|archive-date=4 November 2010 \|access-date=1 November 2010 \|website=British Independent Film Awards}} \| rowspan="4"\|5 December 2010 \| Best Director \| Mike Leigh \| {{nom}}
Best Actress \| Ruth Sheen \| {{nom}}
Best Actor \| Jim Broadbent \| {{nom}}
Best Supporting Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{nom}}
Cannes Film Festival{{cite web \|title=Official Selection 2010 \|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/inCompetition.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003120918/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/inCompetition.html \|archive-date=3 October 2009 \|access-date=24 May 2010 \|website=Cannes Film Festival}} \| 23 May 2010 \| Palme d'Or \| \| {{nom}}
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards{{cite web \|title=Chicago Film Critics Awards – 2008-2010 \|url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224070822/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60 \|archive-date=24 February 2010 \|access-date=25 January 2010 \|website=Chicago Film Critics Association}} \| 20 December 2010 \| Best Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{nom}}
rowspan="5"\|Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films{{cite web \|title=2012, 18th Annual Awards \|url=https://chlotrudis.org/2012-18th-annual-awards/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213033953/https://chlotrudis.org/2012-18th-annual-awards/ \|archive-date=13 December 2021 \|access-date=13 December 2021 \|website=Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films}} \| rowspan="5"\|21 March 2012 \| Best Movie \| \| {{nom}}
Best Director \| Mike Leigh \| {{nom}}
Best Supporting Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{won}}
Best Original Screenplay \| Mike Leigh \| {{nom}}
Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast \| \| {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\|European Film Awards{{cite web \|title=Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards \|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111172755/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/ \|archive-date=11 November 2010 \|access-date=13 November 2010 \|website=EFA}} \| rowspan="2"\|4 December 2010 \| Best Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{nom}}
Best European Composer \| Gary Yershon \| {{nom}}
rowspan="7"\|London Film Critics Circle Awards{{cite news\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kings-speech-year-lead-nominations-61748 \|title=The King's Speech, Another Year Lead Nominations at London Critics' Circle Film Awards \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|access-date=25 January 2011 \|first=Philiana \|last=Ng \|date=20 December 2010}} \| rowspan="7"\|10 February 2011 \| Best British Actor \| Jim Broadbent \| {{draw\|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2"\|Best British Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{won}}
Ruth Sheen \| {{nom}}
Best British Director \| Mike Leigh \| {{draw\|Runner-up}}
Best British Film \| \| {{draw\|Runner-up}}
rowspan="2"\|Best British Supporting Actor \| David Bradley \| {{draw\|Runner-up}}
Peter Wight \| {{nom}}
London Film Festival Awards{{cite web \|title=2010 Awards Shortlists \|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1130 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103203449/http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1130 \|archive-date=3 November 2010 \|access-date=28 October 2010 \|website=London Film Festival Awards}} \| 27 October 2010 \| Best Film \| \| {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\|National Board of Review Awards{{cite web \|title=David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK Tops National Board of Review Awards 2010 \|url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-fincher-the-social-network-national-board-of-review-awards-2010/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203141621/http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-fincher-the-social-network-national-board-of-review-awards-2010/ \|archive-date=3 December 2010 \|access-date=2 December 2010 \|website=ALT Film Guide}} \| rowspan="2"\|2 December 2010 \| Top Ten Film \| \| {{won}}
Best Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{won}}
rowspan="2"\|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards{{cite web \|title=2010 Awards \|url=http://sdfcs.org/2010-awards/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911002326/http://www.sdfcs.org/2010-awards/ \|archive-date=11 September 2013 \|access-date=25 January 2011 \|website=San Diego Film Critics Society}} \| rowspan="2"\|14 December 2010 \| Best Supporting Actress \| Lesley Manville \| {{won}}
Best Ensemble Cast \| \| {{nom}}
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards{{cite web \|date=December 6, 2010 \|title=The 2010 WAFCA Award Winners \|url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/2010.htm \|access-date=25 January 2011 \|website=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association}} \| 6 December 2010 \| Best Original Screenplay \| Mike Leigh \| {{nom}}

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Award

! Date of ceremony

! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

Academy Awards{{cite web |title=The 83rd Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125153005/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html |archive-date=25 January 2011 |access-date=25 January 2011 |website=oscars.org}}

| 27 February 2011

| Best Original Screenplay

| Mike Leigh

| {{nom}}

Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics{{cite news|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/divers/article/634934/breves.html|title="A Single Man" de Tom Ford, grand prix UCC 2011|work=La Libre Belgique|date=10 January 2011|access-date=26 October 2012|language=fr}}

| 8 January 2011

| Grand Prix

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|British Academy Film Awards{{cite web |title=Film in 2011 |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/film |access-date=17 June 2023 |website=British Academy of Film and Television Arts}}

| rowspan="2"|21 February 2011

| Best Supporting Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{nom}}

Best British Film

| {{nom}}

rowspan="4"|British Independent Film Awards{{cite web |title=The Moët British Independent Film Awards Announce Nominations and Jury for 13th Edition |url=http://bifa.org.uk/news/mo%C3%ABt-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104073807/http://bifa.org.uk/news/mo%C3%ABt-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition |archive-date=4 November 2010 |access-date=1 November 2010 |website=British Independent Film Awards}}

| rowspan="4"|5 December 2010

| Best Director

| Mike Leigh

| {{nom}}

Best Actress

| Ruth Sheen

| {{nom}}

Best Actor

| Jim Broadbent

| {{nom}}

Best Supporting Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{nom}}

Cannes Film Festival{{cite web |title=Official Selection 2010 |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/inCompetition.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003120918/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/inCompetition.html |archive-date=3 October 2009 |access-date=24 May 2010 |website=Cannes Film Festival}}

| 23 May 2010

| Palme d'Or

| {{nom}}

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards{{cite web |title=Chicago Film Critics Awards – 2008-2010 |url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224070822/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60 |archive-date=24 February 2010 |access-date=25 January 2010 |website=Chicago Film Critics Association}}

| 20 December 2010

| Best Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{nom}}

rowspan="5"|Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films{{cite web |title=2012, 18th Annual Awards |url=https://chlotrudis.org/2012-18th-annual-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213033953/https://chlotrudis.org/2012-18th-annual-awards/ |archive-date=13 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films}}

| rowspan="5"|21 March 2012

| Best Movie

| {{nom}}

Best Director

| Mike Leigh

| {{nom}}

Best Supporting Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{won}}

Best Original Screenplay

| Mike Leigh

| {{nom}}

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|European Film Awards{{cite web |title=Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards |url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111172755/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/ |archive-date=11 November 2010 |access-date=13 November 2010 |website=EFA}}

| rowspan="2"|4 December 2010

| Best Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{nom}}

Best European Composer

| Gary Yershon

| {{nom}}

rowspan="7"|London Film Critics Circle Awards{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kings-speech-year-lead-nominations-61748 |title=The King's Speech, Another Year Lead Nominations at London Critics' Circle Film Awards |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=25 January 2011 |first=Philiana |last=Ng |date=20 December 2010}}

| rowspan="7"|10 February 2011

| Best British Actor

| Jim Broadbent

| {{draw|Runner-up}}

rowspan="2"|Best British Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{won}}

Ruth Sheen

| {{nom}}

Best British Director

| Mike Leigh

| {{draw|Runner-up}}

Best British Film

| {{draw|Runner-up}}

rowspan="2"|Best British Supporting Actor

| David Bradley

| {{draw|Runner-up}}

Peter Wight

| {{nom}}

London Film Festival Awards{{cite web |title=2010 Awards Shortlists |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1130 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103203449/http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1130 |archive-date=3 November 2010 |access-date=28 October 2010 |website=London Film Festival Awards}}

| 27 October 2010

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|National Board of Review Awards{{cite web |title=David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK Tops National Board of Review Awards 2010 |url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-fincher-the-social-network-national-board-of-review-awards-2010/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203141621/http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-fincher-the-social-network-national-board-of-review-awards-2010/ |archive-date=3 December 2010 |access-date=2 December 2010 |website=ALT Film Guide}}

| rowspan="2"|2 December 2010

| Top Ten Film

| {{won}}

Best Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards{{cite web |title=2010 Awards |url=http://sdfcs.org/2010-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911002326/http://www.sdfcs.org/2010-awards/ |archive-date=11 September 2013 |access-date=25 January 2011 |website=San Diego Film Critics Society}}

| rowspan="2"|14 December 2010

| Best Supporting Actress

| Lesley Manville

| {{won}}

Best Ensemble Cast

| {{nom}}

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards{{cite web |date=December 6, 2010 |title=The 2010 WAFCA Award Winners |url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/2010.htm |access-date=25 January 2011 |website=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association}}

| 6 December 2010

| Best Original Screenplay

| Mike Leigh

| {{nom}}