| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|
| 2013 | | Key & Peele | Won |
| 2014 | NAACP Image Award [21] | Outstanding Variety–Series or Special | Nominated |
| American Comedy Award [22] | Best Alternative Comedy Series | Won |
| Comedy Actor – TV | Nominated |
| Best Comedy Writing – TV | Nominated |
| 2015 | People's Choice Award [23] | Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Award [24] | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2016 | NAACP Image Awards [25] | Nominated |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2017 | MTV Movie & TV Awards [26] | Movie of the Year | Get Out | Nominated |
| Best Fight Against the System | Nominated |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival [27] | Best Picture | Won |
| Imagine Film Festival [28] | Silver Scream Award | Won |
| BET Awards [29] | Best Movie | Nominated |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards [30] | Best Feature | Won |
| Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Won |
| Audience Awards | Won |
| Detroit Film Critics Society [31] | Best Film | Nominated |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| Best Breakthrough | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association [32] | Best Film | Won |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics [33] | Best New Filmmaker | Won |
| British Independent Film Awards [34] | Best International Independent Film | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online [35] | Top Ten Films | Won |
| Best Debut as Director | Won |
| Best Screenplay | Won |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle [36] | Best Film | Nominated |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association [37] | Best First Feature | Won |
| Best Screenplay | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society [38] | Best Film | Won |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| African-American Film Critics Association [39] | Best Picture | Won |
| Top Ten Films | Won |
| Best Director | Won |
| Best Screenplay | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association [40] | Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association [41] | Best Film | 5th Place |
| Best Director | 5th Place |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle [42] | Best Film | 2nd Place |
| Best Director | 3rd Place |
| Best Screenplay | Won |
| Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association [43] | Best Film | Nominated |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society [44] | Best Picture of the Year | Won |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle [45] | Best Film | Nominated |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Best First Film | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society [46] | Best Picture | Won |
| Best Director | Runner-up [a] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| 2018 | AACTA International Awards [47] | Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | Best Directorial Debut | Won |
| Critics' Choice Awards | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | Won |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Screenwriter of the Year | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | Best Director | Won |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best Feature | Won |
| Best Director | Won |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Director | Us | Won |
| Best Writing | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Director | Nope | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Nominated |
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