Christopher Nolan har modtaget en lang liste af priser, herunder fem Academy Awards, fem BAFTA Awards, to Heartland Film Awards, ti Online Film & Television Association Awards, fem Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards, elleve Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Awards, seks Hugo Awards, en Prémios Fantastic Award, en Dragon Award, tre Huading Awards, to Bandung Film Festival Awards, 15 Gold Derby Awards, en Chinese American Film Festival Award, en Nikkan Sports Film Award, to Hochi Film Awards, syv Critics Choice Awards, syv Satellite Awards, en Globes de Cristal Award, fire Golden Globes, fem Houston Film Critics Society Awards, ni London Critics Circle Film Awards, to AACTA International Awards, tre PGA Awards, en North Carolina Film Critics Association Award, to Gaudí Awards, to Iowa Film Critics Awards, fire Cinema Writers Circle Awards, en GALEC
The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Award, fire Denver Film Critics Society Awards, en Fotogramas de Plata Award, tre Austin Film Critics Association Awards, fem International Online Cinema Awards, to César Awards, en Georgia Film Critics Association Award, seks Danish Film Awards, tre Bodil Awards, to David di Donatello Awards, to Cinema Brazil Grand Prize, fire Irish Film and Television Awards, en European Film Award, fire Directors Guild of America Awards, en Cinema for Peace Award, en ASECAN Award, en Columbus Film Critics Association Award, en Gopo Award, tre Detroit Film Critics Society Awards, tre Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, en San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, en Phoenix Critics Circle Award, fire San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, to North Texas Film Critics Association Awards, otte Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, fire Utah Film Critics Association Awards, to Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, fire Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, seks Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, fem Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, fem Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, en Capri, Hollywood Award, tre IGN Summer Movie Awards, tre Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, 15 Awards Circuit Community Awards, to Golden Schmoes Awards, en Village Voice Film Poll Award, ni Online Film Critics Society Awards, en Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Award, en Atlanta Film Critics Circle Award, en Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Award, fire Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, en Seattle Film Critics Society Award, en Art Directors Guild Award, to Cinema Bloggers Awards, ti Empire Awards, fem Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Awards, to Amanda Awards, tre Slamdance Film Festival Awards, en Screenwriters Choice Award, fem Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, en Golden Eagle Award, syv SFX Awards, en SESC Film Festival Award, fire CinEuphoria Awards, tre Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards, to Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, to Writers Guild of America Awards, en Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award, en Evening Standard British Film Award, en Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, to Rembrandt Awards, to Kinema Junpo Awards, en Czech Lion Award, en Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award, fire Italian Online Movie Awards, en Visual Effects Society Award, en American Cinema Editors Award, en Prêmio Guarani Award, to Hollywood Film Awards, to Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, en BAFTA/LA Britannia Award, to Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, tre St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards, seks Scream Awards, en African-American Film Critics Association Award, en Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award, en American Society of Cinematographers Award, en Goya Award, en Blue Ribbon Award, en Mainichi Film Concours Award, to International Cinephile Society Awards, en International Online Film Critics Poll Award, en ShoWest Convention Award, to Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, otte Chicago International Film Festival Awards, fire Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards, en DVD Exclusive Award, to Chlotrudis Awards, to Film Independent Spirit Awards, en American Screenwriters Association Award, en Edgar Allan Poe Award, en AFI Award, en MTV Movie + TV Award, en National Society of Film Critics Award, en Boston Society of Film Critics Award, to Sundance Film Festival Awards, en Bram Stoker Award, en British Independent Film Award, en New York Film Critics Circle Award, fire Deauville Film Festival Awards, en Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival Award, en Venice Film Festival Award, to Newport International Film Festival Awards, to Dinard British Film Festival Awards, en Rotterdam International Film Festival Award, en San Francisco International Film Festival Award. I alt har han vundet 146 priser og modtaget 237 nomineringer.