List of accolades received by Walk the Line

This is a list of awards and nominations received by Walk the Line. Reese Witherspoon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.

Awards and nominations[]

Organization	Category	Recipients	Result
Academy Awards^[1]	Best Actor	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
	Best Costume Design	Arianne Phillips	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Michael McCusker	Nominated
	Best Sound Mixing	Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland, Paul Massey	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Reese Witherspoon	Won
	Best Film Music	T-Bone Burnett	Nominated
	Best Sound	Doug Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland, Paul Massey, Donald Sylvester	Won
Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Joaquin Phoenix	Won
	Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Reese Witherspoon	Won
	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	—	Won
MTV Movie Awards	Best Performance	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
MTV Movie Awards	Best Performance	Reese Witherspoon	Nominated
Satellite Awards	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
	Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Reese Witherspoon	Won
	Best Director	James Mangold	Nominated
	Best Film – Musical or Comedy	—	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Gill Dennis, James Mangold	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	Movies – Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure	Reese Witherspoon	Won
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie – Drama	—	Nominated

Guild	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
American Cinema Editors	Best Editing – Musical or Comedy Film	Michael McCusker	Won
Art Directors Guild	Best Production Design – Contemporary Film	David Bomba, John Jensen and Rob Simons	Won
Casting Society of America	Best Casting – Motion Picture Drama	Lisa Beach and Sarah Katzman	Nominated
Cinema Audio Society	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Motion Pictures	Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Paul Massey	Won
Costume Designers Guild	Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Period	Arianne Phillips	Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors	Best Sound Editing – Feature Film Musical	Bunny Andrews, Terry Delsing, Mark Wlodarkiewicz and Frank Wolf	Won
Producers Guild of America	Theatrical Motion Pictures	James Keach and Cathy Konrad	Nominated
Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role	Reese Witherspoon	Won

Group	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Actor	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
	Best Film	—	Nominated
	Best Soundtrack	—	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
National Society of Film Critics	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
New York Film Critics Circle	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
Online Film Critics Society	Best Actor	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Best Actress	Reese Witherspoon	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Joaquin Phoenix	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Reese Witherspoon	Won