| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1990 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Denzel Washington |
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Best Cinematography Freddie Francis |
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Best Sound Donald O. Mitchell Gregg Rudloff Elliot Tyson Russell Williams II |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Norman Garwood Garrett Lewis |
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Best Film Editing Steven Rosenblum |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film Steven Rosenblum |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Cinematography Freddie Francis |
| British Society of Cinematographers | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | Best Cinematography Award |
Freddie Francis
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| Casting Society of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Nominated | Artios |
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Mary Colquhoun |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Supporting Actor Morgan Freeman |
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Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington |
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| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture Edward Zwick |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Original Score - Motion Picture James Horner |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Kevin Jarre |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Grammy |
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television James Horner |
| Image Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Image Award |
Outstanding Motion Picture |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington |
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| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Director Edward Zwick |
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Best Film |
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Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | 2nd place | LAFCA Award |
Best Actor Morgan Freeman Also for Lean on Me (1989), Johnny Handsome (1989) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | 2nd place | NSFC Award |
Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Supporting Actor Denzel Washington |
| Political Film Society, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | PFS Award |
Human Rights |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Kevin Jarre |
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