| Award | Subject | Nominee | Result | Refs |
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| Academy Awards | Best Art Direction | Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Simon Bright | Nominated | [1] |
| Best Sound Editing | Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn | Won |
| Best Sound Mixing | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek | Won |
| Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor | Won |
| American Film Institute | Top Ten Films | King Kong | Won | [2] |
| American Society of Cinematographers Award | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Andrew Lesnie | Nominated | [3] |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top Box Office Films | James Newton Howard | Won |
| Art Directors Guild | Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film | Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, Simon Harper, David A. Cook, and Jacqui Allen | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Best Special Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor | Won | [4] |
| Best Production Design | Grant Major | Nominated |
| Best Sound | Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins, and Ethan Van der Ryn | Nominated |
| Critics Choice Awards | Best Picture | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Picture | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | Best Sci-Fi/Superhero | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Andy Serkis | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Best Film | King Kong | Won |
| Georges Award | Best Blockbuster Movie | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Foreign | Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, Brent Burge, David Farmer, Dave Whitehead, John Simpson, Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham, Matthew Lambourn, Justin Webster, Katy Wood, Peter Mills, Craig Tomlinson, Ray Beentjes, Jason Canovas, Martin Kwok, Polly McKinnon, Chris Ward, Jenny T. Ward, Robyn McFarlane, and Carolyn McLaughlin | Nominated |
| Matt Stutter | Nominated |
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| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Music | Jim Weidman and Peter Myles | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year | 'Deluxe Edition' | Nominated |
| Favorite Movie of the Year | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Director of the Year | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Most Overrated Movie of the Year | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Special Effects of the Year | Won |
| Best Actress of the Year | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Coolest Character of the Year | 'Kong' | Nominated |
| Best Music in a Movie | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Trailer of the Year | Nominated |
| Best Action Sequence of the Year | 'Kong vs. T-Rexes' | Won |
| Most Memorable Scene in a Movie | Nominated |
| 'Kong on top of the Empire State Building' | Nominated |
| Hollywood Professional Association | Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process | David Cole | Nominated |
| Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film | Erik Winquist, Charles Tait, Johan Åberg, and G.G. Heitmann Demers | Nominated |
| International Cinephile Society | Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Best Production Design | Grant Major | 2nd place |
| International Film Music Critics Association | Film Score of the Year | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film | Nominated |
| Jupiter Awards | Best International Director | Peter Jackson | Won |
| Best International Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie | Won |
| Best Editing | Jamie Selkirk | Won |
| Best Costume Design | Terry Ryan | Won |
| Best Art Direction | Simon Bright and Dan Hennah | Won |
| Best Visual Effects | King Kong | Won |
| Best Picture | 3rd place |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | Film of the Year | Nominated |
| Actress of the Year | Naomi Watts | Won |
| Director of the Year | Peter Jackson | Won |
| MTV Russia Movie Awards | Best Foreign Movie | King Kong | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Movie | Nominated |
| Best Fight | Kong vs the planes | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | Special Achievement Award | | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Best Music, Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie | Nominated |
| Best Production Design | Grant Major, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, and Dan Hennah | Won |
| Best Costume Design | Terry Ryan | Nominated |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Gino Acevedo, Rick Findlater, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Dominie Till | Nominated |
| Best Sound Mixing | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek | Won |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn | Won |
| Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor | Won |
| Best Titles Sequence | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Cinematic Moment | T-Rex Fight | Nominated |
| Best Official Film Website | King Kong | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Production Design | Grant Major | Won |
| Best Visual Effects | King Kong | Won |
| Huabiao Award | Outstanding Translated Foreign Film | Nominated |
| Rondo Award | Best Film | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Picture | Won |
| Saturn Award | Best DVD Special Edition Release | "Deluxe Extended Edition" release. | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Film | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best Director | Peter Jackson | Won |
| Best Writing | Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, and Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Won |
| Best Costume | Terry Ryan | Nominated |
| Best Make-Up | Richard Taylor, Gino Acevedo, Dominie Till, and Peter King | Nominated |
| Best Special Effects | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor | Won |
| Scream Awards | Best Remake | King Kong | Won |
| Scream Queen | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
| Best Fantasy Movie | King Kong | Nominated |
| Best F/X | King Kong | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Picture | King Kong | 9th place |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Most Intrusive Musical Score | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Most Overrated Film | King Kong | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography or Visual/Special Effects | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action Adventure | King Kong | Nominated |
| Choice Rumble | King Kong vs. T-Rex | Nominated |
| Choice Sleazebag | Jack Black | Nominated |
| Choice Hissy Fit | King Kong | Nominated |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | Special Citation | Andy Serkis | Won |
| Visual Effects Society | Outstanding Visual Effects in an
Effects Driven Motion Picture | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, and Eric Saindon | Won |
Outstanding Performance by an Animated
Character in a Live Action Motion Picture | Andy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, and Guy Williams | Won |
Outstanding Created Environment in a
Live Action Motion Picture | Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken, and Charles Tait | Won |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture | Erik Winquist, Michael Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, and Suzanne Jandu | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | James Newton Howard | Nominated |
| Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Actress | Naomi Watts | Nominated |
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