Editing Unforgiven (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film debuted at the top position in its opening weekend.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=August 18, 1992 |title=Weekend Box Office: Eastwood Still Tall in the Saddle |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-18-ca-5744-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402055245/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-18/entertainment/ca-5744_1_weekend-box-office |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=August 25, 1992 |title=Weekend Box Office: 'Unforgiven' at Top for Third Week |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-25-ca-6052-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402055251/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-25/entertainment/ca-6052_1_weekend-box-office |url-status=live}}</ref> Its earnings of $15&nbsp;million ($7,252 average from 2,071 theaters) in its opening weekend was the best-ever opening for a Clint Eastwood film at that time.{{sfn|McGilligan|1999|p=473}} This was also the highest August opening weekend, holding that record until it was surpassed a year later by ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109292457/the-fugitive-leads-at-box-office/ |title='The Fugitive' leads at box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914190918/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109292457/the-fugitive-leads-at-box-office/ |date=August 9, 1993 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |page=19 |publisher=[[The Oshkosh Northwestern]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It spent a total of three weeks as the number-one film in North America. In its 35th weekend (April 2–4, 1993), capitalizing on its Oscar wins, the film returned to the top 10 (spending another three weeks total there), ranking at number eight with a gross of $2.5&nbsp;million ($2,969 average from 855 theaters), an improvement of 197% over the weekend before, when it made $855,188 ($1,767 average from 484 theaters). The film closed on July 15, 1993, having spent nearly a full year in theaters (343 days / 49 weeks), having earned $101.2&nbsp;million in North America, and another $58&nbsp;million internationally for a total of $159.2&nbsp;million worldwide.{{sfn|McGilligan|1999|p=476}}

===Critical response===
Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports an approval rating of 96% based on 109 reviews, and an average rating of 8.80/10. The website's critical consensus states: "As both director and star, Clint Eastwood strips away decades of Hollywood varnish applied to the Wild West, and emerges with a series of harshly eloquent statements about the nature of violence."<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Unforgiven'' (1992) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1041911_unforgiven? |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042547/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1041911_unforgiven |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a score of 85 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Unforgiven'' Reviews |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/unforgiven |access-date=March 1, 2018 |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314070359/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/unforgiven |url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Unforgiven" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref>

Jack Methews of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described ''Unforgiven'' as "the finest classical Western to come along since perhaps [[John Ford]]'s 1956 ''[[The Searchers]]''." [[Richard Corliss]] in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote that the film was "Eastwood's meditation on age, repute, courage, heroism—on all those burdens he has been carrying with such grace for decades."{{sfn|McGilligan|1999|p=473}} [[Gene Siskel]] and [[Roger Ebert]] criticized the work, though the latter gave it a positive vote, for being too long and having too many superfluous characters (such as Harris' English Bob, who enters and leaves without meeting the protagonists). Despite his initial reservations, Ebert eventually included the film in his "[[The Great Movies]]" list.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 21, 2002 |title=Unforgiven |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-unforgiven-1992 |journal=[[Rogerebert.com]] |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |access-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318002134/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-unforgiven-1992 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Unforgiven'' was named one of the 10 best films of the year on 76 critics' lists, according to a poll of the nation's top 106 film critics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-24-ca-2356-story.html |title=106 Doesn't Add Up |first=David |last=Rothman |date=January 24, 1993 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801200207/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-24-ca-2356-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="9"| 20/20 Awards
| Best Picture
| rowspan="3"| [[Clint Eastwood]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actor
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| [[Gene Hackman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| [[David Peoples|David Webb Peoples]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Best Art Direction]]
| [[Henry Bumstead]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| [[Jack N. Green]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Film Editing
| [[Joel Cox]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Sound Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[65th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1993">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; <br> Set Decoration: [[Janice Blackie-Goodine]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Jack N. Green
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| Joel Cox
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Les Fresholtz]], [[Vern Poore]], [[Dick Alexander]] and [[Rob Young (sound engineer)|Rob Young]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| Joel Cox
| {{won}}
|-
| ASECAN Awards
| Best Foreign Film
| rowspan="4"| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="12"| Awards Circuit Community Awards
| Best Motion Picture
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actor in a Leading Role
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Gene Hackman
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| David Webb Peoples
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| Jack N. Green
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Costume Design
| Glenn Wright, Valerie T. O'Brien, Joanne Hansen and Carla Hetland
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Film Editing
| Joel Cox
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Original Score
| [[Lennie Niehaus]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Production Design
| Henry Bumstead and Janice Blackie-Goodine
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Sound
| Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Rick Alexander, Rob Young, [[Alan Robert Murray]] and Walter Newman
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Cast Ensemble
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| Lennie Niehaus
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1992|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Jack N. Green
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[46th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1993/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1993 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1993 |access-date=September 16, 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1993}}}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| rowspan="2"| Clint Eastwood
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| John N. Green
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| Alan Robert Murray, Walter Newman, Rob Young, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Dick Alexander
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Cahiers du Cinéma]]
| [[Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists|Best Film]]
| Clint Eastwood
| {{draw|4th place}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1992|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<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>
| colspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Clint Eastwood
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Jack N. Green
| {{won}}
|-
| [[45th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1992.aspx?value=1992|title=45th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-motion-picture/ |title=Category List – Best Motion Picture |website=[[Edgar Awards]] |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Fotogramas de Plata]]
| Best Foreign Film
|  Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/unforgiven |title=Unforgiven – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1993}}}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Hochi Film Award]]s
| Best Foreign Language Film
| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1990-99 |website=kcfcc.org |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Best Film
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]''.}}
|-
| Best Director
| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Foreign Language Film
| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1992|London Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1992 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1992.php |title=The Annual 18th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jack N. Green
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[Mainichi Film Awards]]
| [[Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| rowspan="2"| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1992|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1992/ |title=1992 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|6th place}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]<ref name="loc.gov"/>
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1992 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Clint Eastwood
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{draw|2nd place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Jack N. Green
| {{draw|3rd place}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1992 |title=1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Clint Eastwood
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Gene Hackman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| David Webb Peoples
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[Nikkan Sports Film Award]]s
| colspan="2"| [[Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| [[4th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ayscough|first1=Suzan|title=PGA reveals nominees|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/pga-reveals-nominees-103664/|access-date=October 16, 2017|work=Variety|date=February 3, 1993}}</ref>
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]]
| rowspan="2"| Clint Eastwood
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{draw|3rd place}}
|-
| [[Bronze Wrangler|Western Heritage Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/heritage-awards/435no-title/ |title=Unforgiven |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Theatrical Motion Pictures
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Western Writers of America|Western Writers of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://westernwriters.org/winners/ |title=Winners – Western Writers of America |website=[[Western Writers of America]] |date=May 12, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
| Best Movie Script
| rowspan="2"| David Webb Peoples
| {{won}}
|-
| [[45th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=December 5, 2012|access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
|}

''' American Film Institute recognition '''

In June 2008, ''Unforgiven'' was listed as the fourth best American film in the [[Western (genre)|Western]] genre (behind ''[[The Searchers]]'', ''[[High Noon]]'', and ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'') in the [[American Film Institute]]'s "[[AFI's 10 Top 10]]" list.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 |title=AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres |date=June 17, 2008 |work=[[Comingsoon.net]] |access-date=June 18, 2008 |archive-date=August 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818100312/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Western |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/western.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020155122/http://www.afi.com/10top10/western.html |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |access-date=June 18, 2008 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – No. 98
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – No. 68

===Legacy===
The music for the ''Unforgiven'' film trailer, which appeared in theaters and on some of the DVDs, was composed by Randy J. Shams and Tim Stithem in 1992. The main theme song, "Claudia's Theme", was composed by Clint Eastwood.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cameron |date=February 24, 2015 |title=Not Dead Yet: Ten Best Modern Westerns |url=http://thefilmbox.org/top-10/ten-best-modern-westerns/10/ |access-date=November 15, 2015 |website=The Film Box |page=10 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025403/http://thefilmbox.org/top-10/ten-best-modern-westerns/10/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Writers Guild of America, West|Writers Guild of America]] ranked Peoples' script for ''Unforgiven'' as the 30th-greatest ever written.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=101 Greatest Screenplays |url=http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list |access-date=September 14, 2016 |website=[[Writers Guild of America West]] |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161122211118/http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list |url-status=live}}</ref>