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| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1987 | Won | ASCAP Award |
Top Box Office Films Quincy Jones Chris Boardman Jorge Calandrelli Andraé Crouch Jack Hayes Joel Rosenbaum Fred Steiner Rod Temperton |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actress in a Leading Role Whoopi Goldberg |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role Margaret Avery |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oprah Winfrey |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration J. Michael Riva Bo Welch Linda DeScenna |
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Best Cinematography Allen Daviau |
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Best Costume Design Aggie Guerard Rodgers |
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Best Makeup Ken Chase |
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Best Music, Original Score Quincy Jones Jeremy Lubbock Rod Temperton Caiphus Semenya Andraé Crouch Chris Boardman Jorge Calandrelli Joel Rosenbaum Fred Steiner Jack Hayes Jerry Hey Randy Kerber |
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Best Music, Original Song Quincy Jones (music/lyrics) Rod Temperton (music/lyrics) Lionel Richie (lyrics) For the song "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)". |
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Best Picture Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Quincy Jones |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Menno Meyjes |
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| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Screenplay - Adapted Menno Meyjes |
| Black Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | Classic Cinema Hall of Fame | |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Steven Spielberg |
| British Society of Cinematographers | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Nominated | Best Cinematography Award |
Allen Daviau
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| Casting Society of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Won | Artios |
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Reuben Cannon |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Steven Spielberg Gerald R. Molen (unit production manager) (plaque) Pat Kehoe (first assistant director) (plaque) Richard A. Wells (first assistant director) (plaque) Victoria E. Rhodes (second assistant director) (plaque) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Whoopi Goldberg |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture Steven Spielberg |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Original Score - Motion Picture Quincy Jones |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Oprah Winfrey |
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| Image Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | Image Award |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture Whoopi Goldberg |
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Outstanding Motion Picture |
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| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Director Steven Spielberg |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | 2nd place | LAFCA Award |
Best Actress Whoopi Goldberg |
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Best Supporting Actress Oprah Winfrey |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Actress Whoopi Goldberg |
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Best Film |
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| Nominated | NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Menno Meyjes |
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