List of accolades received by Forrest Gump

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Accolades received by Forrest Gump
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Tom Hanks' performance as Forrest Gump was praised by many critics

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Total number of wins and nominations
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Footnotes

Forrest Gump is a 1994 romantic comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. With a screenplay by Eric Roth and starring popular actor Tom Hanks, the film premiered in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 1994. It was released in the United States and Canada on July 6, 1994, opening in 1,595 domestic theaters and earning $24,450,602 on its first weekend. [1] Forrest Gump grossed $677 million and was at its time the fourth highest-grossing film of all time (behind only E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Star Wars IV: A New Hope , and Jurassic Park ). [2] Despite its praise, it has only a 71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [3]

Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. [4] Hanks became the first actor since Spencer Tracy to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor; he won the previous year for Philadelphia.

The film garnered seven Golden Globe Award nominations, winning three of them, including Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Director – Motion Picture, and Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film was also nominated for six Saturn Awards and won two for Best Fantasy Film and Best Supporting Actor (Film). [5] [6] The film also won the Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects award at the 1995 BAFTA Film Awards. [7]

Forrest Gump also won numerous other awards, such as Best Actor for Tom Hanks from the Screen Actors Guild Awards in its first year, from a total of four category nominations. [8] The film received three nominations from the MTV Movie Awards, but left empty handed. The film swept the Peoples Choice Awards in its three nominations. The American Society of Cinematographers nominated the film's cinematographer Don Burgess for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Release, but he lost to Roger Deakins of Shawshank Redemption'

The film was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in the United States National Film Registry in 2011, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The movie has made multiple American Film Institute lists, including one for quotations for its "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.", ranking 40th on 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes . The film ranked 240 on Empire's list of the 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time. [9] A chain of restaurants, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, opened with a name drawn from the film. [10]

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
67th Academy Awards [11] Best Picture [4] Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch Won
Best Director [4] Robert Zemeckis Won
Best Actor [4] Tom Hanks Won
Best Supporting Actor [12] Gary Sinise Nominated
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Adapted Screenplay) [4] Eric Roth Won
Best Art Direction [12] Rick Carter and Nancy Haigh Nominated
Best Cinematography [12] Don Burgess Nominated
Best Film Editing [4] Arthur Schmidt Won
Best Makeup [12] Daniel C. Striepeke, Judith A. Cory and Hallie D'Amore Nominated
Best Original Score [12] Alan Silvestri Nominated
Best Sound [12] Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, and William B. Kaplan Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing [12] Gloria S. Borders and Randy ThomNominated
Best Visual Effects [4] Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Allen Hall and Stephen Rosenbaum Won
1995 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor [5] Gary SiniseWon
Best Fantasy Film [6] Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch Won
Best Actor [13] Tom HanksNominated
Best Music [13] Alan SilvestriNominated
Best Special Effects [13] Ken RalstonNominated
Best Writing [13] Eric RothNominated
1995 Amanda Awards Best Film - International [14] Won
1995 American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film [15] Arthur SchmidtWon
1995 American Comedy Awards Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture - Leading Role [16] Tom HanksWon
1995 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases [17] Don BurgessNominated
1995 BAFTA Film AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Special Effects [7] Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen HallWon
Best Actor in a Leading Role [7] Tom HanksNominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role [7] Sally Field Nominated
Best Film [7] Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey, and Robert ZemeckisNominated
Best Cinematography [7] Don BurgessNominated
David Lean Award for Direction [7] Robert ZemeckisNominated
Best Editing [7] Arthur SchmidtNominated
Best Adapted Screenplay [7] Eric RothNominated
1995 Casting Society of America Best Casting for Feature Film - Drama [18] Ellen LewisNominated
1995 Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Actor [19] Tom HanksWon
1995 Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures [20] Robert Zemeckis, Charles Newirth, Bruce Moriarity, Cherylanne Martin, and Dana J. KuznetzkoffWon
1995 Golden Globe Awards Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama [21] Tom HanksWon
Best Director [21] Robert ZemeckisWon
Best Motion Picture - Drama [21] Wendy FinermanWon
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture [21] Gary SiniseNominated
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture [21] Robin Wright Nominated
Best Original Score [21] Alan SilvestriNominated
Best Screenplay [21] Eric RothNominated
30th Guldbagge Awards Best Foreign Film [22] Nominated
1995 MTV Movie Awards Best Breakthrough Performance [23] Mykelti Williamson Nominated
Best Male Performance [23] Tom HanksNominated
Best Movie [23] Nominated
1995 Motion Picture Sound Editors - Golden Reel AwardBest Sound Editing [24] Won
1994 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Best Actor [25] Tom HanksWon
Best Supporting Actor [25] Gary SiniseWon
Best Picture [25] Won
1995 PGA Golden Laurel Awards Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award [26] Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey, and Charles NewirthWon
1995 People's Choice Awards Favorite All-Around Motion Picture [27] Won
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture [27] Won
Favorite Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture [27] Tom HanksWon
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role [8] Tom HanksWon
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role [8] Gary SiniseNominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role [8] Sally FieldNominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role [8] Robin WrightNominated
1995 Writers Guild of America Awards Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium [28] Eric RothWon
1995 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor 10 or Younger [29] Haley Joel Osment Won
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress 10 or Younger [29] Hanna R. Hall Won
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Co-Starring [29] Michael Conner HumphreysNominated

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