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Ordinary People
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Academy Awards, USA (6)
BAFTA Awards (2)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Golden Globes, USA (8)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Awards of the Japanese Academy (1)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (3)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
National Board of Review, USA (3)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (4)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Guinness World Record Award (1)
21 wins & 14 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1981 Winner
Oscar
Best Picture
Ronald L. Schwary
1981 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Mary Tyler Moore
1981 Winner
Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Timothy Hutton
1981 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Judd Hirsch
1981 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
Robert Redford
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BAFTA Awards
1982 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actress
Mary Tyler Moore
1982 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Timothy Hutton
Directors Guild of America, USA
1981 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Robert Redford
Ronald L. Schwary
(unit production manager) (plaque)
Steve Perry
(first assistant director) (plaque)
Michael Britton
(second assistant director) (plaque)
Golden Globes, USA
1981 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture - Drama
1981 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Robert Redford
1981 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Mary Tyler Moore
1981 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Donald Sutherland
1981 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
Timothy Hutton
3 more
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Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1981 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Robert Redford
Awards of the Japanese Academy
1982 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Foreign Language Film
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1980 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Film
1980 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Timothy Hutton
1980 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Director
Robert Redford
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1980 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actor
Timothy Hutton
National Board of Review, USA
1980 Winner
NBR Award
Best Film
1980 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
Robert Redford
1980 Winner
NBR Award
Top Ten Films
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1981 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Actress
Mary Tyler Moore
1981 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Timothy Hutton
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1980 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Film
1980 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Robert Redford
1980 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Timothy Hutton
1980 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Actress
Mary Tyler Moore
Tied with
Goldie Hawn
for
Private Benjamin (1980)
.
Writers Guild of America, USA
1981 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Alvin Sargent
Online Film & Television Association
2022 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Motion Picture
Guinness World Record Award
1980 Winner
Guinness World Record
Only actors to win Best Director Oscar
Robert Redford
(director)
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