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==Accolades== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! {{Ref heading}} |- | rowspan="9"| [[70th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[Lawrence Bender]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref>{{cite web |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213426/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS}}</ref> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | [[Gus Van Sant]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | [[Matt Damon]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | [[Robin Williams]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | [[Minnie Driver]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | Matt Damon and [[Ben Affleck]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] | [[Pietro Scalia]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Dramatic Score]] | [[Danny Elfman]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] | "[[Miss Misery]]" <br> Music and Lyrics by [[Elliott Smith]] | {{nom}} |- | [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]] | [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]] | Pietro Scalia | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="2"| [[48th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]] | [[Golden Bear]] | Gus Van Sant | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_preistraeger_1998.html |title=Berlinale: Prizes & Honours 1998 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |work=[[Berlinale]].de |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803205849/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistraeger_1998/03_preistraeger_1998.html |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Silver Bear|Outstanding Single Achievement]] | rowspan="2"| Matt Damon | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]] | Favorite Actor – Video | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| |- | Favorite Actress – Video | Minnie Driver | {{nom}} |- | [[BMI Film & TV Awards]] | Film Music Award | Danny Elfman | {{won}} | |- | [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{draw|3rd Place}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |date=July 27, 2018 |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |url=https://www.bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2"| Most Promising Actor | Ben Affleck | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988–2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> |- | Matt Damon | {{won}} |- | [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Awards]] | Best Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1998-4th-annual-awards/ |title=4th Annual Chlotrudis Awards |website=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films]] |access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| [[3rd Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web | title = The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1997 | publisher = Broadcast Film Critics Association | url = http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034404/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 12, 2008 | access-date = January 7, 2014}}</ref> |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} |- | Breakthrough Artist | Matt Damon | {{won}} |- | [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[50th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]] | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]] | Gus Van Sant | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/1998/0126-DGA-Announces-Five-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Feature-Film.aspx|title=DGA Announces Five Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 1997 -|website=www.dga.org|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081253/https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/1998/0126-DGA-Announces-Five-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Feature-Film.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> <br> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1997.aspx?value=1997|title=50th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[4th Empire Awards|Empire Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Empire Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/index.html |title=1999 Empire Awards |work=[[Empireonline.co.uk]] |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816064656/http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/awards99/index.html |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[11th European Film Awards|European Film Awards]] | Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema | [[Stellan Skarsgård]] | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Swart |first1=Sharon |date=December 7, 1998 |title=Benigni, 'Dreamlife' top Euro film kudos |url=https://www.variety.com/1998/film/news/benigni-dreamlife-top-euro-film-kudos-1117489130/ |work=Variety}}</ref> |- | [[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1997|Florida Film Critics Circle Awards]] | Best Newcomer | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |title=1997 FFCC AWARD WINNERS |url=https://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2013/11/16/1997-ffcc-award-winners/ |access-date=August 24, 2021 |website=[[Florida Film Critics Circle]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/good-will-hunting |title=Good Will Hunting – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1998}}}}</ref> <br> <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/19/movies/titanic-wins-top-golden-globe-award.html | title='Titanic' Wins Top Golden Globe Award | last=Sterngold | first=James | date=January 19, 1998 | access-date=August 27, 2016 | work=[[The New York Times]] | archive-date=December 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222194644/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/19/movies/titanic-wins-top-golden-globe-award.html | url-status=live }}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]] | Matt Damon | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] | Robin Williams | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} |- | [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]] | [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Score for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Music (Domestic and Foreign)]] | Kenneth Karman | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[Golden Trailer Awards#1999|Golden Trailer Awards]] | colspan="2"| Best Drama | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | [[Humanitas Prize]] | [[List of Humanitas Prize recipients#1999 (24th Humanitas Awards)|Feature Film]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/damon-affleck-win-humanitas-pic-prize-1117478325/|title=Damon, Affleck win Humanitas pic prize|last=Olson|first=Eric J.|date=July 10, 1998|work=Variety|access-date=May 10, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145644/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/damon-affleck-win-humanitas-pic-prize-1117478325/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Japan Academy Film Prize]] | colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[Clio Entertainment Awards|Key Art Awards]] | Home Entertainment Audio/Visual Trailer | R.D. Womack II | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Most Promising Actor | Matt Damon {{small|(also for ''[[The Rainmaker (1997 film)|The Rainmaker]]'')}} | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |title=1997 Sierra Award Winners |date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998|London Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year|Screenwriter of the Year]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="3"| |- | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year|Actor of the Year]] | Matt Damon | {{nom}} |- | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year|British Supporting Actress of the Year]] | Minnie Driver | {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Kate Beckinsale]] for ''[[The Last Days of Disco]]''}} |- | rowspan="4"| [[1998 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year|Best Movie]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Katz|first1=Richard|title=MTV-watchers pick their pix|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/mtv-watchers-pick-their-pix-1117469703/|website=Variety|accessdate=January 21, 2017|date=April 14, 1998}}</ref> |- | [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Male Performance]] | Matt Damon | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss|Best Kiss]] | Matt Damon and Minnie Driver | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1997|National Board of Review Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | {{draw|4th Place}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |title=1997 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | Special Achievement in Filmmaking | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} |- | rowspan="7"| Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Picture | rowspan="2"| Lawrence Bender | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |title=2nd Annual Film Awards (1997) |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |access-date=May 15, 2021 |website=Online Film & Television Association}}</ref> |- | Best Drama Picture | {{nom}} |- | Best Actor | rowspan="2"| Matt Damon | {{nom}} |- | Best Drama Actor | {{nom}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Robin Williams | {{nom}} |- | Best Original Screenplay | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} |- | colspan="2"| Best Ensemble | {{nom}} |- | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1997|Online Film Critics Society Awards]] | [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/1997-awards-1st-annual/ |title=The Annual 1st Online Film Critics Society Awards |website=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[9th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]] | Lawrence Bender | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[Promax Awards]] | Home Entertainment Movie Promotion | R.D. Womack II | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[Russian Guild of Film Critics|Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards]] | Best Foreign Actor | Matt Damon | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="6"| [[2nd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Drama]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1998/ |title=1998 Satellite Awards |website=[[Satellite Awards]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]] | Gus Van Sant | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]] | Matt Damon | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]] | Robin Williams | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] | Minnie Driver | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{won}} |- | rowspan="4"| [[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]] | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] | Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, <br> Stellan Skarsgård, and Robin Williams | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|access-date=May 21, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]] | Matt Damon | {{nom}} |- | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]] | Robin Williams | {{won}} |- | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]] | Minnie Driver | {{nom}} |- | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | colspan="2"| Best Picture | {{draw|8th Place}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1997 |title=1997 SEFA Awards |website=sefca.net |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> |- | Telly Awards | Best Drama Trailer | R.D. Womack II | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]] | colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film | {{draw|16th Place}} | align="center"| |- | [[50th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |year=2010 |title=Writers Guild Awards Winners |url=https://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517 |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |access-date=March 7, 2019 |publisher=WGA}}</ref> |}
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