Mike Leigh Awards

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
1998 - Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for Secrets & Lies (1996)

BAFTA Awards
1997 - Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for Secrets & Lies (1996) Shared with Simon Channing Williams

1997 - BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Original

1996 - Michael Balcon Award     

Berlin International Film Festival
1984 - Reader Jury of the "Zitty" for Meantime (1984) (TV) Tied with The Gold Diggers (1983).

Bodil Awards
1992 - Bodil - Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film) for Life Is Sweet (1991)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1996 - BSFC Award - Best Director for Secrets & Lies (1996)

British Independent Film Awards
2004 - British Independent Film Award - Best Director for Vera Drake (2004)

Camerimage
1999 - Special Award - Best Duo: Director - Cinematographer Shared with Dick Pope

Cannes Film Festival
1996 - Golden Palm  for Secrets & Lies (1996)

1996 - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Secrets & Lies (1996)
 
1993 - Best Director - for Naked (1993)

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
1993 - Audience Award - International Competition for A Sense of History (1992) (TV)
 
Cracow Film Festival
1993 - FIPRESCI Prize for A Sense of History (1992) (TV)

Empire Awards, UK
1996 - Lifetime Achievement Award     

Evening Standard British Film Awards
2005 - Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Film for Vera Drake (2004)
 
2001 - Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Film for Topsy-Turvy (1999)

1990 - Peter Sellers Award for Comedy for High Hopes (1988)
 
Fotogramas de Plata
1997 - Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for Secrets & Lies (1996) Tied with Breaking the Waves (1996).
 
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1997 - Critics Award - Best Foreign Film for Secrets & Lies (1996) UK.
 
Gotham Awards
2004 - Lifetime Achievement Award     
 
Goya Awards
1997 - Goya - Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for Secrets & Lies (1996) UK/France.
 
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
1997 - Guild Film Award - Silver - Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) for Secrets & Lies (1996)
 
Humanitas Prize
1997 - Humanitas Prize - Feature Film Category for Secrets & Lies (1996)

Independent Spirit Awards
1997 - Independent Spirit Award - Best Foreign Film for Secrets & Lies (1996)
UK.

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1997 - Silver Ribbon - Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for Secrets & Lies (1996)
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
1998 - Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film for Secrets & Lies (1996)

1998 - Readers\\\' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film for Secrets & Lies (1996)
 
Locarno International Film Festival
1972 - Golden Leopard for Bleak Moments (1971)
 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2005 - ALFS Award - British Director of the Year for Vera Drake (2004)

2005 - ALFS Award - British Screenwriter of the Year for Vera Drake (2004)

2000 - Dilys Powell Award     
 
1997 - ALFS Award - British Director of the Year for Secrets & Lies (1996)
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2008 - LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
 
1996 - LAFCA Award - Best Director for Secrets & Lies (1996)
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2000 - NSFC Award - Best Director for Topsy-Turvy (1999)
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 - NYFCC Award - Best Director for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
 
1999 - NYFCC Award - Best Director for Topsy-Turvy (1999)
 
Norwegian International Film Festival
2008 - Most Enjoyable Film (Theatre Owners) - Bringer of Joy Award for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
 
Pula Film Festival
2008 - Golden Arena - Best Director - Foreign for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2004 - SDFCS Award - Best Screenplay, Original for Vera Drake (2004)
 
San Francisco International Film Festival
2008 - Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing     

Sarajevo Film Festival
2000 - Panorama Jury Prize for Topsy-Turvy (1999) Tied with Yi yi (2000).

Sudbury Cinéfest
1993 - Best International Film     for Naked (1993)
 
Taormina International Film Festival
2002 - Taormina Arte Award     
 
Toronto International Film Festival
1993 - Metro Media Award for Naked (1993)
 
Valladolid International Film Festival
1997 - Silver Spike for Career Girls (1997) Tied with Cosas que dejé en La Habana (1997).

1997 - Youth Jury Award - Special Mention Competition for Career Girls (1997)

Venice Film Festival
2004 - Golden Lion for Vera Drake (2004)
 
1988 - FIPRESCI Prize for High Hopes (1988)