| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Won | ASCAP Award | Top Box Office Films Howard Shore |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Anthony Hopkins |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Jodie Foster |
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| Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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| Best Picture Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ronald M. Bozman |
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| Best Writing, Screenplay Based
on Material from Another Medium Ted Tally |
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| Nominated | Oscar | Best Film Editing Craig McKay |
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| Best Sound Tom Fleischman Christopher Newman |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Saturn Award | Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
| Best Horror Film |
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| Best Make-Up Carl Fullerton Neal Martz |
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| Best Writing Ted Tally |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Eddie | Best Edited Feature Film Craig McKay Arthur Schmidt |
| Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Silver Scream Award | Jonathan Demme |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Foreign Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | BAFTA Film Award | Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
| Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award | Best Adapted Screenplay Ted Tally |
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| Best Cinematography Tak Fujimoto |
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| Best Direction Jonathan Demme |
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| Best Editing Craig McKay |
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| Best Film Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ronald M. Bozman Jonathan Demme |
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| Best Original Film Score Howard Shore |
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| Best Sound Skip Lievsay Christopher Newman Tom Fleischman |
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| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Silver Berlin Bear | Best Director Jonathan Demme Tied with Ultrà (1990). |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear | Jonathan Demme |
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| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award | Best Foreign Language Film Jonathan Demme |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | BSFC Award | Best Cinematography Tak Fujimoto |
| Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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| Best Film |
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| Best Supporting Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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| Casting Society of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | Artios | Best Casting for Feature Film,
Drama Howard Feuer |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | César | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film
étranger) Jonathan Demme |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement
in Motion Pictures Jonathan Demme Kenneth Utt (unit production manager) (plaque) Ronald M. Bozman (first assistant director) (plaque) Kyle McCarthy (second assistant director) (plaque) |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Edgar | Best Motion Picture Ted Tally |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress
in a Motion Picture - Drama Jodie Foster |
| Nominated | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture Jonathan Demme |
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| Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in
a Motion Picture - Drama Anthony Hopkins |
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| Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Ted Tally |
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| Golden Screen, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Golden Screen | |
| Hochi Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Hochi Film Award | Best Foreign Language Film Jonathan Demme |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | KCFCC Award | Best Film |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Nominated | ALFS Award | Actor of the Year Anthony Hopkins |
| Actress of the Year Jodie Foster |
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| Director of the Year Jonathan Demme |
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| Film of the Year |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | NBR Award | Best Director Jonathan Demme |
| Best Picture - English Language |
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| Best Supporting Actor Anthony Hopkins |
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| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | NYFCC Award | Best Actor Anthony Hopkins |
| Best Actress Jodie Foster |
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| Best Director Jonathan Demme |
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| Best Film |
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| PGA Golden Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award | Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ronald M. Bozman |
| People's Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | People's Choice Award | Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Sant Jordi | Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor
Extranjero) Anthony Hopkins |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) | Best Screenplay Based on Material
from Another Medium Ted Tally |