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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1991 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Robert De Niro |
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Best Picture Walter F. Parkes Lawrence Lasker |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Steven Zaillian |
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| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Film |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Actor Robin Williams |
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Best Director Penny Marshall |
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Best Picture |
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| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Robin Williams |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Randy Newman |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Actor Robin Williams Tied with Robert De Niro for Awakenings (1990). |
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Best Actor Robert De Niro Tied with Robin Williams for Awakenings (1990). |
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Top Ten Films |
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| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | 3rd place | NSFC Award |
Best Actor Robert De Niro Also for Goodfellas (1990). |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor Robert De Niro Also for Goodfellas (1990). |
| USC Scripter Award | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | USC Scripter Award |
Oliver Sacks
(author)
Steven Zaillian (screenwriter) |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Steven Zaillian |
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