Benjamin Ree has won over 50 awards. He is serves as an Academy Awards and Primetime Emmy member. Here are a selection of awards, nominations and selections:

2025 – Peabody Award – Best Documentary film

2024 – The New York Times – Top 10 Films of 2024

2024 – European Film Awards – Young Audience Award

2024 – Sundance Film Festival – World Documentary Directing Award

2024 – Sundance Film Festival – World Documentary Audience Award

2022 – The Greatest Films Ever Made – On MUBI’s top 100 list

2021 – The Academy Awards – Shortlisted for an Oscar

2021 – The New York Magazine – 101 Best Movie Endings of all time list

2020 – Sundance Film Festival – Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling, World Cinema Documentary

2020 – Hong Kong Film Festival – Firebird Award for Best Documentary

2020 – London Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

2020 – Director’s Guild of America – Nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

2020 – The New York Times – At Home’s Best of 2020 – Best Film of the Year

2020 – Best Documentary of the Year – BBC, Washington Post and Boston Globe