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Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Awards

The Silence of the Lambs

71 wins & 50 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Edward Saxon
    1992 Winner Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Edward Saxon
    • Kenneth Utt
    • Ron Bozman
    The Silence of the Lambs (1991) became the third film in Academy history to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards for producing, directing, acting, and screenwriting following It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • 1992 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • Ted Tally

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    2010 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best DVD Collection
    As part of "The Hannibal Lecter Anthology".
    Shared with: Hannibal
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Horror Film
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Craig McKay
    1992 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Feature Film
    • Craig McKay

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

  • Howard Shore at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
    1992 Winner ASCAP Award
    • Top Box Office Films
    • Howard Shore

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
    Tied with Ultrà (1991).
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Jonathan Demme

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Film
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1991 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • Tak Fujimoto
    1991 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Tak Fujimoto

BAFTA Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • 1992 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Ted Tally
  • Tak Fujimoto
    1992 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Tak Fujimoto
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Direction
    • Jonathan Demme

Casting Society of America, USA

  • 1991 Nominee Artios Award
    • Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
    • Howard Feuer

César Awards, France

  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Jonathan Demme

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Picture
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • 1992 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Ted Tally

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Picture
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • 1992 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Ted Tally

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Jonathan Demme
    • Kenneth Utt (unit production manager) (plaque)
    • Ron Bozman (first assistant director) (plaque)
    • Kyle McCarthy (second assistant director) (plaque)

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • 1992 Winner Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Ted Tally

Golden Globes, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Jonathan Demme
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Jodie Foster
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • 1992 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Ted Tally

Satellite Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    2007 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best DVD Extras
    For the collector's edition.

Golden Screen, Germany

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner Golden Screen

Hochi Film Awards

  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner Hochi Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Jonathan Demme

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Jonathan Demme

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Foreign Film

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Film
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1991 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1991 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Film of the Year
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actress of the Year
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Jonathan Demme

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Howard Shore at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
    1991 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Music
    • Howard Shore
    Shared with: Naked Lunch

National Board of Review, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Film
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1991 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Film Preservation Board, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    2011 Winner National Film Registry

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Film
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1991 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1991 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster

People's Choice Awards, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture

PGA Awards

  • Edward Saxon
    1992 Winner PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Edward Saxon
    • Kenneth Utt
    • Ron Bozman

USC Scripter Award

  • Thomas Harris
    1992 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Ted Tally (screenwriter)
    • Thomas Harris (author)

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • 1992 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Ted Tally

Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner Silver Scream Award
    • Jonathan Demme

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1992 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1991 Nominee Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
    • Jodie Foster

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Jonathan Demme

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1991 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    1991 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Studio/Big-Budget Film
  • 1991 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Ted Tally
  • Howard Shore at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
    1991 Nominee Chainsaw Award
    • Best Soundtrack
    • Howard Shore

Jupiter Award

  • Jodie Foster
    1992 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best International Actress
    • Jodie Foster

Online Film & Television Association

  • Jodie Foster
    2024 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Character
    • Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling)
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    2023 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Character
    • Anthony Hopkins
    as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    2021 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Character
    • Anthony Hopkins
    As Dr. Hannibal Lecter
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1997 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Motion Picture

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Edward Saxon
    1991 Winner ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Edward Saxon
    • Kenneth Utt
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • 1991 Winner ACCA
    • Best Cast Ensemble
    • Howard Feuer
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    1991 Winner ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Tom Fleischman
    1991 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Sound
    • Tom Fleischman
    • Christopher Newman

20/20 Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    2012 Winner Felix
    • Best Picture
  • Jonathan Demme
    2012 Winner Felix
    • Best Director
    • Jonathan Demme
  • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
    2012 Winner Felix
    • Best Actor
    • Anthony Hopkins
  • Jodie Foster
    2012 Winner Felix
    • Best Actress
    • Jodie Foster
  • Ted Levine at an event for The Fast and the Furious (2001)
    2012 Nominee Felix
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Ted Levine

ASECAN

  • Jonathan Demme
    1992 Winner ASECAN Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Jonathan Demme

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