Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Nightcrawler" bụ onye a họpụtara maka ọtụtụ ihe nrite, ọtụtụ n'ime ha gara Gyllenhaal arụmọrụ na Gilroy si edemede. Na 87th Academy Awards, a họpụtara Gilroy maka Academy Award maka Best Original Screenplay. Ihe nkiri ahụ natara aha anọ ọzọ na 68th British Academy Film Awards, aha atọ na 20th Critics 'Choice Awards, otu aha na 72nd Golden Globe Awards, na otu aha na
21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, mana enwetaghị nke ọ bụla n'ime ha. Otú ọ dị, ọ meriri ihe nkiri kachasị mma na 19th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.