2022
• Academy Award, Directing for West Side Story
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for West Side Story

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

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

2006
• Academy Award, Directing for Munich
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture 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
• Academy Award, Directing for Saving Private Ryan

1998
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Amistad

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

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

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

1982
• Academy Award, Directing for Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Golden Globe, Best Director - Motion Picture for Raiders of the Lost Ark

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

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