ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1987 Won ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films
Quincy Jones,Chris Boardman,Jorge Calandrelli,Andraé Crouch,Jack Hayes,Joel Rosenbaum,Fred Steiner,Rod Temperton
The Academy Awards
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role Whoopi Goldberg
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role Margaret Avery
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oprah Winfrey
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration J. Michael Riva,Bo Welch,Linda DeScenna
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Cinematography Allen Daviau
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Costume Design Aggie Guerard Rodgers
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Makeup Ken Chase
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Music, Original Score Quincy Jones,Jeremy Lubbock,Rod Temperton,Caiphus Semenya,Andraé Crouch,Chris Boardman,Jorge Calandrelli,Joel Rosenbaum,Fred Steiner,Jack Hayes.Jerry Hey,Randy Kerber
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Music, Original Song Quincy Jones (music/lyrics),Rod Temperton (music/lyrics),Lionel Richie (lyrics) For the song "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)".
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Picture Steven Spielberg,Kathleen Kennedy,Frank Marshall,Quincy Jones
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Menno Meyjes
Awards of the Japanese Academy
1987 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film
BAFTA Awards
1987 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Adapted Menno Meyjes
Black Movie Awards
2005 Won Classic Cinema Hall of Fame
Blue Ribbon Awards
1987 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film Steven Spielberg
British Society of Cinematographers
1986 Nominated Best Cinematography Award Allen Daviau
Casting Society of America
1986 Won Artios Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Reuben Cannon
Directors Guild of America
1986 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Steven Spielberg,Gerald R. Molen (unit production manager) (plaque),Pat Kehoe (first assistant director) (plaque),Richard A. Wells (first assistant director) (plaque),Victoria E. Rhodes (second assistant director) (plaque)
Golden Globe Awards
1986 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Whoopi Goldberg
1986 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture Steven Spielberg
1986 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama
1986 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture Quincy Jones
1986 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Oprah Winfrey
Image Awards
1988 Won Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture Whoopi Goldberg
1988 Won Image Award Outstanding Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1986 Won KCFCC Award Best Director Steven Spielberg
National Board of Review, USA
1985 Won NBR Award Best Actress Whoopi Goldberg
1985 Won NBR Award Best Film
Writers Guild of America
1986 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Menno Meyjes