Academy Awards, USA
1990
Winner
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Tom Schulman ,
1990
Nominee
Best Picture
Steven Haft ,
Paul Junger Witt ,
Tony Thomas ,
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Robin Williams ,
Best Director
Peter Weir ,
BAFTA Awards
1990
Winner
Best Film
Steven Haft ,
Paul Junger Witt ,
Tony Thomas ,
Peter Weir ,
Best Original Film Score
Maurice Jarre ,
1990
Nominee
Best Actor
Robin Williams ,
Best Direction
Peter Weir ,
Best Editing
William M. Anderson ,
Best Screenplay - Original
Tom Schulman ,
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
1991
Nominee
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Peter Weir ,
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1990
Winner
Top Box Office Films
Maurice Jarre ,
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
1990
Winner
Best Foreign Film
Peter Weir (director) ,
British Society of Cinematographers
1989
Nominee
John Seale
Casting Society of America, USA
1990
Winner
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
Howard Feuer ,
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1990
Nominee
Most Promising Actor
Robert Sean Leonard ,
César Awards, France
1991
Winner
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Peter Weir ,
David di Donatello Awards
1990
Winner
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Peter Weir ,
1990
Nominee
Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Robin Williams ,
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Peter Weir ,
Directors Guild of America, USA
1990
Nominee
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Peter Weir ,
Golden Ciak Awards
1990
Winner
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Peter Weir (director) ,
Golden Globes, USA
1990
Nominee
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Director - Motion Picture
Peter Weir ,
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Robin Williams ,
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Tom Schulman ,
Golden Screen, Germany
1991
Winner
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
1991
Winner
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Peter Weir ,
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1990
Winner
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Peter Weir ,
Joseph Plateau Awards
1990
Winner
Best Foreign Film
Jupiter Award
1990
Winner
Best International Actor
Robin Williams ,
Best International Film
Peter Weir ,
National Board of Review, USA
1989
Winner
Top Ten Films
Online Film & Television Association
2015
Winner
Motion Picture
Political Film Society, USA
1990
Winner
Democracy
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1990
Nominee
Best Foreign Film
Warsaw International Film Festival
1990
Winner
Peter Weir
Writers Guild of America, USA
1990
Nominee
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Tom Schulman ,
Young Artist Awards
1990
Winner
Best Motion Picture - Drama