Tulis hiji tuluyan pikeun ayat ieu - "Nightcrawler" ieu dicalonkeun pikeun sababaraha panghargaan, lolobana nu indit ka kinerja Gyllenhaal sarta naskah Gilroy urang. Dina Academy Awards ka-87, Gilroy dicalonkeun pikeun Academy Award pikeun Best Original Screenplay. Pilem ieu nampi opat nominasi tambahan dina 68th British Academy Film Awards, tilu nominasi dina 20th Critics' Choice Awards, hiji nominasi dina 72nd Golden Globe Awards, sareng hiji nominasi dina 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards.
, tapi teu meunang salah sahijina. Sanajan kitu, éta meunang Best Film di 19th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.