Awards and Nominations
Sean Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (the Oscar), the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama.
Dakota Fanning won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in Film, the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Youth Actress, the Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding New Talent, and the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under. She was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
The soundtrack was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
The film won the inaugural Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America, and was nominated for the Humanitas Prize and the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.
| Awarding Body | Award | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Sean Penn | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Sean Penn | Nominated |
| Best Young Performer | Dakota Fanning | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Nominated | |
| Humanitas Prize | Nominated | ||
| Japanese Academy Awards | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominated | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Youth in Film | Dakota Fanning | Won |
| Producers Guild of America | Stanley Kramer Award | Jessie Nelson Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz Richard Solomon |
Won |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Youth Actress | Dakota Fanning | Won |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor | Sean Penn | Nominated |
| Special Achievement Award for Outstanding New Talent | Dakota Fanning | Won | |
| Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Sean Penn | Nominated |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Dakota Fanning | Nominated | |
| Young Artist Awards | Best Family Feature Film - Drama | Won | |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under | Dakota Fanning | Won |
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