2018
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for The Post

2013
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Lincoln

2012
• Academy Award, Directing for Lincoln

2006
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Munich

2005
• Academy Award, Directing for Munich

2002
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

1999
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Saving Private Ryan

1998
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Amistad
• Academy Award, Directing for Saving Private Ryan

1994
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Schindler's List

1993
• Academy Award, Directing for Schindler's List

1986
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for The Color Purple

1983
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Academy Award, Directing for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1981
• Academy Award, Directing for Raiders of the Lost Ark

1978
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977
• Academy Award, Directing for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1976
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Jaws