List of awards and nominations received by The Crying Game

The Crying Game is a 1992 British–Irish drama film, directed by Neil Jordan. Released to critical acclaim, the film has garnered multiple award nominations, those of which consist of major award associations – the 65th Academy Awards, where Jordan was the recipient for Best Original Screenplay and the 46th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), while the film's producer, Stephen Woolley, acquired the award for Best British Film, as well as a nomination at the 50th Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

The Crying Game awards and nominations
Wins 21
Honours 9
Nominations 68
Footnotes

Awards and nominations

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Association Date of Ceremony Category Nominee Result Ref.
Academy Awards 29 March 1993 Best Actor Stephen Rea Nominated [1]
Best Supporting Actor Jaye Davidson Nominated
Best Director Neil Jordan Nominated
Best Editing Kant Pan Nominated
Best Picture Stephen Woolley Nominated
Best Screenplay Neil Jordan Won
British Academy Film Awards 21 March 1993 Best Actor in a Leading Role Stephen Rea Nominated [2]
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jaye Davidson Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Miranda Richardson[a] Nominated
Best British Film[b] Stephen Woolley Won
Achievement in Direction[c] Neil Jordan Nominated
Best Film Stephen Woolley,
Neil Jordan
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Neil Jordan Nominated
Golden Globe Awards 23 January 1993 Best Motion Picture – Drama The Crying Game Nominated [3]
Argentine Film Critics Association 1994 Best Foreign Film[d] Neil Jordan Nominated [4]
Awards Circuit Community Awards 1992 Best Director Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jaye Davidson Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Miranda Richardson Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Neil Jordan Nominated
Best Film Editing Kant Pan Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics December 1992 Best Screenplay Neil Jordan Won [5]
Chicago Film Critics Association 1993 Best Foreign Language Film The Crying Game Won [4]
Best Supporting Actress Miranda Richardson Nominated
Best Film Stephen Woolley Nominated
Best Director Neil Jordan Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Most Promising Actor Jaye Davidson Nominated
Most Promising Actress Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 1993 Best Film The Crying Game Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle 1993 British Director of the Year Neil Jordan Won [4]
British Screenwriter of the Year Won
British Producer of the Year Stephen Woolley Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 12 December 1992 Best Supporting Actress Miranda Richardson Runner-up [4]
Best Screenplay Neil Jordan Runner-up
Best Foreign Film Won [6]
National Board of Review 1992 Most Auspicious Debut Jaye Davidson Won [4]
Top Ten Films The Crying Game Runner-up [7]
National Society of Film Critics 3 January 1993 Best Film Runner-up [4]
Best Actor Stephen Rea Won
Best Actor Jaye Davidson Runner-up
Best Supporting Actress Miranda Richardson Runner-up
Best Director Neil Jordan 3rd place
Best Screenplay Runner-up
New York Film Critics Circle 17 January 1993 Best Supporting Actress Miranda Richardson[e] Won [8]
Best Screenplay Neil Jordan Won
Southeastern Film Critics Association 1993 Top 10 Films The Crying Game 4th place [9]
Directors Guild of America 6 March 1993 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Neil Jordan Nominated [10]
Producers Guild Award 3 March 1993 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Stephen Woolley Won [11]
Writers Guild of America 1993 Best Original Screenplay Neil Jordan Won [12]
Writers' Guild of Great Britain 1993 Film – Screenplay Won [13]
20/20 Awards 2013 Best Picture The Crying Game Nominated [14]
Best Director Neil Jordan Won
Best Actor Stephen Rea Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jaye Davidson Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Neil Jordan Nominated
Amanda Award 1993 Best Film (International) Won [4]
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1994 Top Box Office Films Anne Dudley Won [15]
Australian Film Institute 5 November 1993 Best Foreign Film Stephen Woolley Won [16]
David di Donatello Awards 1993 Best Foreign Actor Stephen Rea Nominated [4]
Best Foreign Film Neil Jordan Nominated
Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1993 Best Motion Picture Nominated [4]
European Film Awards 1993 European Achievement of the Year Nik Powell,
Stephen Woolley
Won [17]
Film Independent Spirit Awards 27 March 1993 Best International Film Neil Jordan Won [18]
Goya Awards 21 January 1994 Best European Film Nominated [19]
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1994 Best Foreign Film[f] Nominated [4]
MTV Video Music Awards 2 September 1993 Best Video for a Film Boy George
("The Crying Game")
Nominated [20]
NAACP Image Awards 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Forest Whitaker Nominated
Satellite Awards 17 December 2005 Outstanding Overall DVD The Crying Game (Collector's Edition) Nominated [4]

Most nominated

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Nominee Nominations Wins Honours
Neil Jordan 29 11 2
Stephen Woolley 8 5 0
Jaye Davidson 8 1 1
Miranda Richardson 6 1 2
Stephen Rae 5 1 0
The Crying Game 7 1 3

Notes

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  1. ^ Miranda Richardson, having been nominated for two films in this category, received the award for her role in Damage.
  2. ^ The Alexander Korda Award was presented for this specific category.
  3. ^ The David Lean Award was presented for this specific category.
  4. ^ The Silver Condor Award was presented for this ceremony.
  5. ^ Miranda Richardson is the recipient of this award for her performances in The Crying Game, Damage and Enchanted April.
  6. ^ The Silver Ribbon (Nastro d'Argento) was presented for this ceremony.

References

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  1. ^ "THE 65TH ACADEMY AWARDS". oscars.org. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Film in 1993". awards.bafta. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Fox, David J. (December 30, 1992). "'Men' Reaches Out for a Few Good Globes : Awards: Film garners five Golden Globe nominations in key categories; 'Aladdin' also gets five with four of those for its song score". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "AWARDS & FESTIVALS THE CRYING GAME". mubi.com. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "BSFC Winners 1990s". bostonfilmcritics.org. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "18TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS". lafca.net. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "1992 Award Winners". nationalboardofreview.org. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "AWARDS". nyfcc.com. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "1992". sefca.net. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  10. ^ Fox, David J. (January 26, 1993). "Directors Guild Fails to Catch the 'Scent' : Movies: The Al Pacino film is ignored as Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, James Ivory, Neil Jordan and Rob Reiner win nominations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  11. ^ Ayscough, Suzan (February 23, 1993). "PGA to 'Game's' Woolley: Bully!". Variety. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  12. ^ "Writers Guild Awards". wga.org. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  13. ^ "WRITERS' GUILD AWARDS 1992". writersguild.org.uk. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  14. ^ Gallagher, Brian (January 10, 2013). "20/20 Awards 2013 Nominations Honor the Best Movies of 1992". movieweb.com. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "Interview With Anne Dudley". silvascreen.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  16. ^ "AACTA AWARDS 1993". aacta.org. Retrieved December 14, 2023.(see: 1993 – Additional Awards)
  17. ^ "EFA Night 1993". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  18. ^ Fox, David J. (March 29, 1993). "Independent Spirit Awards Lives Up to Its Name : Movies: Irreverent, annual alternative awards program names 'The Player' as best of 1992". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  19. ^ "EFA Night 1993". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  20. ^ "Boy George". truecolorsradio.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
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