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Boys Don't Cry
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (3)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (1)
European Film Awards (1)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Gijón International Film Festival (2)
GLAAD Media Awards (2)
Golden Globes, USA (2)
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Guldbagge Awards (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (5)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (6)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
London Film Festival (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2)
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Empire Awards, UK (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (4)
Online Film & Television Association (4)
Village Voice Film Poll (3)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra (1)
50 wins & 39 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2000 Winner
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chloë Sevigny
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1999 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
Won in a single round of balloting.
1999 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
1999 Winner
BSFC Award
Best New Filmmaker
Kimberly Peirce
BAFTA Awards
2001 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank
Critics Choice Awards
2000 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Winner
CFCA Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Winner
CFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
Chicago International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Silver Hugo
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
European Film Awards
1999 Nominee
Screen International Award
Kimberly Peirce
USA
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2000 Winner
FFCC Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
Gijón International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
1999 Nominee
Grand Prix Asturias
Best Feature
Kimberly Peirce
GLAAD Media Awards
2000 Nominee
GLAAD Media Award
Outstanding Film (Limited Release)
2000 Winner
GLAAD Media Award
Outstanding Film - Limited Release
John Hart
Eva Kolodner
Jeffrey Sharp
Christine Vachon
Golden Globes, USA
2000 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Chloë Sevigny
Satellite Awards
2000 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Hilary Swank
2000 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
Chloë Sevigny
2000 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Drama
2000 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
Kimberly Peirce
Guldbagge Awards
2001 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
USA.
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2000 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best First Feature - Over $500,000
Kimberly Peirce
(director)
Jeffrey Sharp
(producer)
John Hart
(producer)
Eva Kolodner
(producer)
Christine Vachon
(producer)
2000 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Female Lead
Hilary Swank
2000 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Supporting Female
Chloë Sevigny
2000 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best First Screenplay
Kimberly Peirce
Andy Bienen
2000 Nominee
Producers Award
Eva Kolodner
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2000 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Female Dubbing (Migliore Doppiaggio Femminile)
Tatiana Dessi
For the voice of
Hilary Swank
.
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2000 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Picture
2000 Winner
Sierra Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Winner
Sierra Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
2000 Winner
Sierra Award
Most Promising Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Winner
Sierra Award
Best Director
Kimberly Peirce
1 more
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London Critics Circle Film Awards
2001 Nominee
ALFS Award
Actress of the Year
Hilary Swank
London Film Festival
1999 Winner
Satyajit Ray Award
Kimberly Peirce
1999 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Kimberly Peirce
Because the film really hits you, with its excellent acting, tight script and confrontation with sexual identity and social intolerance.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
1999 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Festival Diploma
Best Full-Length Fiction Film
Kimberly Peirce
Hilary Swank
(special distinction)
With a special distinction to the outstanding performance by Hilary Swank.
MTV Movie + TV Awards
2000 Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Breakthrough Female Performance
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Kiss
Hilary Swank
Chloë Sevigny
National Board of Review, USA
1999 Winner
NBR Award
Outstanding Directorial Debut
Kimberly Peirce
1999 Winner
NBR Award
Breakthrough Performance - Female
Hilary Swank
1999 Winner
NBR Award
Top Ten Films
National Film Preservation Board, USA
2019 Winner
National Film Registry
National Film Preservation Board
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2000 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
2000 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1999 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
1999 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best First Film
Kimberly Peirce
1999 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2000 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
Political Film Society, USA
2000 Winner
PFS Award
Exposé
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2001 Nominee
Robert
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
Kimberly Peirce
(director)
Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Awards
2000 Winner
SFFCC Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2000 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Chloë Sevigny
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Winner
SEFCA Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
SEFCA Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
2000 Nominee
SEFCA Award
Best Picture
Tied with
The Insider (1999)
for 10th place
St. Louis International Film Festival
1999 Winner
Audience Choice Award
Kimberly Peirce
Stockholm Film Festival
2000 Winner
Audience Award
Kimberly Peirce
1999 Winner
Best Screenplay
Kimberly Peirce
1999 Winner
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
1999 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Competition
Kimberly Peirce
For creating a persuasive, heroic American tragedy within a marginal, sexually alternative context.
1999 Nominee
Bronze Horse
Kimberly Peirce
Teen Choice Awards
2000 Nominee
Teen Choice Award
Film - Choice Breakout Performance
Hilary Swank
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Winner
TFCA Award
Best Performance, Female
Hilary Swank
Venice Film Festival
1999 Nominee
Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year
Kimberly Peirce
Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
1999 Winner
Rosebud
Best Film
Kimberly Peirce
Young Hollywood Awards
2000 Winner
Young Hollywood Award
Best Screenwriter
Kimberly Peirce
Andy Bienen
2000 Winner
Young Hollywood Award
Best Director
Kimberly Peirce
Empire Awards, UK
2001 Nominee
Empire Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
Chlotrudis Awards
2000 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Kimberly Peirce
2000 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Movie
2000 Winner
Chlotrudis Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
Online Film & Television Association
2000 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Actress
Hilary Swank
2000 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Supporting Actress
Chloë Sevigny
2000 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best First Feature
Kimberly Peirce
2000 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best First Screenplay
Kimberly Peirce
Andy Bienen
Village Voice Film Poll
1999 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Film
6th place.
1999 Winner
VVFP Award
Best Performance
Hilary Swank
1999 Winner
VVFP Award
Best Supporting Performance
Chloë Sevigny
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1999 Nominee
ACCA
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
2000 Nominee
Film Award
Best Female Voice
Tatiana Dessi
For the dubbing of Hilary Swank.
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