Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Nightcrawler" natara ihe nrite na nhọpụta n'ụdị dịgasị iche iche, na otuto pụrụ iche maka ihe odide Gilroy na arụmọrụ Gyllenhaal. Na 87th Academy Awards, a họpụtara Gilroy maka Academy Award maka Best Original Screenplay. Ihe nkiri ahụ natara ọkwa anọ ọzọ na 68th British Academy Film Awards, ọkwa atọ na 20th Critics 'Choice Awards, otu ọkwa na 72nd Golden Globe Awards, na otu ọkwa na
21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, mana enwetaghị nke ọ bụla n'ime ha. "Nightcrawler" mere nke ọma na emume inye onyinye nke ndị otu nkatọ mere, ọkachasị na 19th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, ebe o meriri asaa n'ime nhọpụta itoolu ya. Ndị a gụnyere Best Actor, Best Director, na Best Film. Ụlọ ọrụ American Film Institute na National Board of Review tinyere "Nightcrawler" na ndepụta ha nke ihe nkiri iri kacha mma n'afọ ahụ.