Trainwreck (film)
Award Category Recipients Result
ACE Eddie Awards Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical William Kerr and Paul Zucker Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association The Robert R. Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award Amy Schumer Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Performer Amy Schumer Nominated
Critics ' Choice Awards Best Comedy Trainwreck Nominated
Critics ' Choice Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Bill Hader Nominated
Critics ' Choice Awards Best Actress in a Comedy Amy Schumer Won
Denver Film Critics Society Best Comedy Trainwreck Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society Best Original Screenplay Amy Schumer Nominated
Empire Awards Best Comedy Trainwreck Nominated
Empire Awards Best Screenplay Amy Schumer Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Trainwreck Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Amy Schumer Nominated
Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Comedy Award Amy Schumer Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Original Screenplay Trainwreck Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Original Screenplay Trainwreck Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Comedy Film Trainwreck Won
London Film Critics Circle Supporting Actress of the Year Tilda Swinton Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best Breakthrough Performance Amy Schumer Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best Comedic Performance Amy Schumer Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss Amy Schumer and Bill Hader Nominated
Reception -- Accolades
Trainwreck is a 2015 American romantic comedy film directed by Judd Apatow and written by Amy Schumer. The film stars Schumer and Bill Hader along with an ensemble cast that includes Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Vanessa Bayer, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, and LeBron James. The film is about a hard-drinking, promiscuous, free-spirited young magazine writer named Amy Townsend (Schumer) who has her first serious relationship with a prominent sports doctor named Aaron Conners (Hader). Principal photography began on May 19, 2014, in New York City. The film premiered at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival on March 15, 2015, and was released theatrically in the United States on July 17, 2015, by Universal Pictures. The film won several awards and was nominated for numerous others, including two Golden Globe Awards (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy) and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.