Do The Right Thing - Awards and Nominations

Awards and Nominations

1990 Academy Awards

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Danny Aiello (nominated)
  • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Spike Lee (nominated)

1990 Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Grand Prix (nominated)

1989 Cannes Film Festival

  • Golden Palm – Spike Lee (nominated)

1990 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
  • Best Picture (won)
  • Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (won)

1990 Golden Globes

  • Best Director (Motion Picture) – Spike Lee (nominated)
  • Best Motion Picture – Drama (nominated)
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Danny Aiello (nominated)
  • Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) – Spike Lee (nominated)

1991 NAACP Image Awards

  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Ruby Dee (won)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Ossie Davis (won)

1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
  • Best Music – Bill Lee (won)
  • Best Picture (won)
  • Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (won)

1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Best Cinematographer – Ernest Dickerson (won)

2010 – The 20/20 Awards

  • Best Picture – (nominated)
  • Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
  • Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (nominated)
  • Best Supporting Actor – John Turturro (nominated)
  • Best Original Screenplay – Spike Lee (nominated)
  • Best Editing – Barry Alexander Brown (won)
  • Best Original Song – Fight The Power – Public Enemy (won)

AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies

  • The American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the American film industry voted it the 96th greatest film of all time in its 10th Anniversary Edition, 2007

Additional AFI titles include:

  • AFI' S 100 ...Cheers Nominated
  • AFI'S 100... Thrills Nominated
  • AFI'S 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominated
  • AFI'S 100 Songs... Public Enemy Fight The Power No. 40

National Film Preservation Board

  • National Film Registry (1999)

MTV Movie Awards

  • The Bucket of Excellence (lifetime achievement award, 2006)

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