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| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1998 | Won | ASCAP Award |
Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Will Smith McFaddin, Theresa Patrice Rushen For the song "Men In Black". |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Oscar |
Best Makeup Rick Baker David LeRoy Anderson |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Bo Welch (art director) Cheryl Carasik (set decorator) |
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Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score Danny Elfman |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Music Danny Elfman |
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Best Science Fiction Film |
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Best Supporting Actor Vincent D'Onofrio |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Will Smith |
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Best Director Barry Sonnenfeld |
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Best Make-Up Rick Baker David LeRoy Anderson Katherine James |
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Best Special Effects Eric Brevig Peter Chesney Rob Coleman Rick Baker |
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Best Writer Ed Solomon |
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| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Excellence in Production Design Award |
Feature Film Bo Welch (production designer) Tom Duffield (art director) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Special Effects Eric Brevig Rick Baker Rob Coleman Peter Chesney |
| BMI Film & TV Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | BMI Film Music Award |
Danny Elfman
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| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Blockbuster Entertainment Award |
Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi Will Smith |
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Favorite Soundtrack |
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| Nominated | Blockbuster Entertainment Award |
Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi Tommy Lee Jones |
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Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi Vincent D'Onofrio |
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Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi Linda Fiorentino |
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| Bogey Awards, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Bogey Award in Platin |
(Columbia Tri-Star
(distributor)
). |
| Cinema Audio Society, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | C.A.S. Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film Lee Dichter (re-recording mixer) Skip Lievsay (re-recording mixer) Michael Barry (re-recording mixer) Peter F. Kurland (production mixer) |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Box Office Award | |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Video Premiere Award |
Best DVD Overall Original Supplemental Material (Organa Prods.). |
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Empire Award |
Best Film |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical |
| Golden Screen, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Golden Screen |
(Columbia
(distributor)
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| Golden Screen with 1 Star |
(Columbia
(distributor)
). |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Danny Elfman For the main theme. |
| Hugo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation Lowell Cunningham (based on the comic by) Barry Sonnenfeld (director) Ed Solomon (screen story/screenplay) |
| Kids' Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Blimp Award |
Favorite Movie Actor Will Smith |
| Nominated | Blimp Award |
Favorite Movie |
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| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | MTV Movie Award |
Best Fight Will Smith For the fight between Will Smith and an alien (the giant cockroach). |
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Best Movie Song Will Smith For "Men In Black". |
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| Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Comedic Performance Will Smith |
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Best Movie |
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Best On-Screen Duo Will Smith Tommy Lee Jones |
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| Mainichi Film Concours | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR unknown |
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Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic) unknown |
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Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley unknown |
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| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media Laurie MacDonald Walter F. Parkes |
| Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Tommy Lee Jones |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Rip Torn |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Linda Fiorentino |
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Outstanding Visual Effects Rick Baker (as Richard Baker) |
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