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==Reception== ===Critical response=== ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' received critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foley |first=Rachel |date=15 March 2019 |title=Four Weddings and a Funeral's Comic Relief sequel: All you need to know |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47553029 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=[[BBC News Online]] |quote=Four Weddings was actually released in the US two months before its UK debut, by which time, it had already garnered critical acclaim}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dawtrey |first=Adam |date=21 February 1994 |title=Rickman, Grant join 'Big Adventure' |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/rickman-grant-join-big-adventure-118515/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |quote=winning positive reviews at the Sundance Film Festival}}</ref> On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critics consensus states, "Hugh Grant ably snatches up the bouquet of leading man status with ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'', a sparkling romantic comedy given real charm by its chummy ensemble and Richard Curtis' sharp-witted screenplay."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|four_weddings_and_a_funeral|Four Weddings and a Funeral}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/four-weddings-and-a-funeral|title=Four Weddings and a Funeral Reviews|website=Metacritic}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "delightful and sly", and directed with "light-hearted enchantment" by Newell. He praised Grant's performance, describing it as a kind of "endearing awkwardness".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=18 March 1994 |title=Four Weddings And A Funeral |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-weddings-and-a-funeral-1994 |access-date=16 August 2011 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it a "truly beguiling romantic comedy" which was "frequently hilarious without being sappily sentimental or tiresomely retrograde."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=McCarthy |first=Todd |author-link=Todd McCarthy |date=19 January 1994 |title=Four Weddings and a Funeral Review |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/four-weddings-and-a-funeral-1200435232/#! |magazine=Variety |access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref> Producer Duncan Kenworthy later attributed much of the success of ''Four Weddings'' at the box office to McCarthy's review.<ref name="20 Years On"/> Writing for the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'', [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] called the film "generic" and "standard issue", stating that the audience should not "expect to remember it ten minutes later".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum |title=Four Weddings and a Funeral |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/four-weddings-and-a-funeral/Film?oid=1064944 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015115101/https://chicagoreader.com/chicago/four-weddings-and-a-funeral/Film/?oid=1064944 |archive-date=15 October 2012 |access-date=16 August 2011 |website=[[Chicago Reader]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine writer [[Richard Corliss]] was less scathing, but agreed that it was forgettable, saying that people would "forget all about [the movie] by the time they leave the multiplex," even joking at the end of his review that he had forgotten the film's name.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Corliss |date=14 March 1994 |title=Well Groomed |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,980327,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712081805/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,980327,00.html |archive-date=12 July 2007 |access-date=16 August 2011 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> ===Box office=== Upon its [[limited release]] in the United States, ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' opened with $138,486 from five theatres.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1994&wknd=10&p=.htm Weekend Box Office Results for 11β13 March 1994]. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref> In its [[wide release]], the film topped the [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in the United States|box office]] with $4.2 million.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1994&wknd=15&p=.htm Weekend Box Office Results for 15β17 April 1994]. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref> The film would go on to gross $52.7 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name="BOM"/> In the United Kingdom, the film grossed Β£1.4 million in its opening weekend, a record for a UK production,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bean proves a runner at home|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=15 August 1997|page=47|last=Scott|first=Mary}}</ref> and Β£2.7 million in its opening week from 211 theatres. It was [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|number one]] for nine consecutive weeks, grossing Β£27.8 million, making it the [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|second-highest-grossing film of all time in the United Kingdom]] behind ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]''.<ref name=bells/><ref name=ukopen>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=14|date=23 May 1994|title=International box office|quote=$3,970,220; Β£1=$1.49}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top Films of All Time at the UK Box Office |date =April 2016 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-top-films-of-all-time-2015-2016-04.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610190146/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-top-films-of-all-time-2015-2016-04.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref> It surpassed ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' as the highest-grossing British film.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Box Office's Weekend Record-Breaker|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=16 August 1996|page=23}}</ref> In France, it was [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in France|number one at the box office]] for ten weeks, grossing $34.4 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 November 1994|title=Exceptions are the rule in foreign B.O.|page=7|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref> It was also [[List of 1994 box office number-one films in Australia|number one at the Australian box office]] for five weeks and was the second-highest-grossing film of the year, grossing $A21.4 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=18|date=13 June 1994|title=International box office}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=14|date=26 September 1994|title=International box office}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 10 B.O. Films Down Under 1994|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=OZ8|date=1 May 1995}}</ref> Overall, it grossed $245.7 million worldwide, generating the highest percentage return on cost of films released in 1994.<ref name="BOM"/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=13 February 1995|page=7|title=World's Champs & Chumps}}</ref> The success of the film cleared Working Title's past losses and generated over $50 million for Polygram, clearing most of their losses in the four years since they started producing films.<ref name=bells/> ===Recognition=== The film was voted the 27th-greatest [[comedy film]] of all time by readers of ''[[Total Film]]'' in 2000. In 2004, the same magazine named it the 34th-greatest British film of all time. It is number 96 on [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]'s "100 Funniest Movies". ''[[The Guardian]]'', in a 20th-anniversary retrospective of ''Four Weddings'', stated that "Its influence on the British film industry, on romantic-comedy writing, on the pop charts, on funeral readings, on ''haircuts'', was enormous."<ref name="20 Years On"/> Hugh Grant commented in 2016 on the experience of the film's phenomenal success and its effect on his career: "I was making ''[[An Awfully Big Adventure]]'' at the time that ''Four Weddings'' came out, with Mike Newell again, same director, even tinier budget, in Dublin. And we'd get back from brutal days on the set, very long and no money, and the fax machines...were coming out saying that now your film ''Four Weddings'' is #5 in America, now it's #3, now it's #1 and here's an offer Hugh, for ''[[Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood]]'' and they'll pay you $1 million. It was completely surreal."<ref name="SAG-AFTRA Foundation"/> ===Awards and accolades=== ==== Year-end lists ==== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1st β Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=25 December 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly β a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref> * 2nd β Sandi Davis, ''[[The Oklahoman]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Sandi|date=1 January 1995|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2488350/oklahoman-movie-critics-rank-their-favorites-for-the-year-forrest-gump-the-very-best-sandi-declares|title=Oklahoman Movie Critics Rank Their Favorites for the Year "Forrest Gump" The Very Best, Sandi Declares|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β [[National Board of Review Awards 1994|National Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125214358/http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994|url=http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994|title=Awards for 1994|archive-date=25 November 2010|website=[[National Board of Review]]|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> * 5th β Joan Vadeboncoeur, ''[[Syracuse Herald American]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Vadeboncoeur|first=Joan|date=8 January 1995|title=Critically Acclaimed Best Movies of '94 Include Works from Tarantino, Burton, Demme, Redford, Disney and Speilberg|newspaper=Syracuse Herald American|page=16|edition=Final}}</ref> * 5th β John Hurley, ''[[Staten Island Advance]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Hurley|first=John|date=30 December 1994|title=Movie Industry Hit Highs and Lows in '94|newspaper=Staten Island Advance|page=D11}}</ref> * 6th β [[Peter Travers]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=29 December 1994|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-1994-180969/|title=The Best and Worst Movies of 1994|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> * 6th β Sean P. Means, ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Means|first=Sean P.|date=1 January 1995|title='Pulp and Circumstance' After the Rise of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood Would Never Be the Same|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|page=E1|edition=Final}}</ref> * 7th β [[Michael MacCambridge]], ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=MacCambridge|first=Michael|date=22 December 1994|title=it's a LOVE-HATE thing|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|page=38|edition=Final}}</ref> * 7th β [[Kenneth Turan]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<ref name = "LATimesYE"/> * 7th β [[Janet Maslin]], ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=27 December 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-good-bad-and-in-between-in-a-year-of-surprises-on-film.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; The Good, Bad and In-Between In a Year of Surprises on Film|work=The New York Times|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> * 7th β Todd Anthony, ''[[Miami New Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Anthony|first=Todd|date=5 January 1995|title=Hits & Disses|newspaper=[[Miami New Times]]}}</ref> * 7th β Steve Persall, ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Persall|first=Steve|date=30 December 1994|title=Fiction': The art of filmmaking|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|page=8|edition=City}}</ref> * 8th β [[James Berardinelli]], ''ReelViews''<ref>{{cite web|last=Berardinelli|first=James|url=https://preview.reelviews.net/comment/010295.html|title=Rewinding 1994 β The Year in Film|date=2 January 1995|website=ReelViews|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> * 8th β Mack Bates, ''[[The Milwaukee Journal]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Bates|first=Mack|date=19 January 1995|title=Originality of 'Hoop Dreams' makes it the movie of the year|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=3}}</ref> * 10th β [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<ref name = "LATimesYE">{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=25 December 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-25-ca-12998-story.html|title=1994: YEAR IN REVIEW : No Weddings, No Lions, No Gumps |work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> * 10th β Douglas Armstrong, ''The Milwaukee Journal''<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Douglas|date=1 January 1995|title=End-of-year slump is not a happy ending|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=2}}</ref> * Top 7 (not ranked) β Duane Dudek, ''[[Milwaukee Sentinel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dudek|first=Duane|date=30 December 1994|title=1994 was a year of slim pickings|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|page=3}}</ref> * Top 9 (not ranked) β Dan Webster, ''[[The Spokesman-Review]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Webster|first=Dan|date=1 January 1995|title=In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|edition=Spokane|page=2}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Bob Ross, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Bob|date=30 December 1994|title=1994 The Year in Entertainment|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=18|edition=Final}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Eleanor Ringel, ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''<ref name = "AtlantaYE">{{cite news|title=The Year's Best|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=25 December 1994 |page=K/1}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β Howie Movshovitz, ''[[The Denver Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Movshovitz|first=Howie|date= 25 December 1994 |title=Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|page=E-1|edition=Rockies}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β George Meyer, ''[[The Ledger]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Meyer|first=George|date=30 December 1994|title=The Year of the Middling Movie|newspaper=The Ledger|page=6TO}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β Bob Carlton, ''[[The Birmingham News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Carlton|first=Bob|date=29 December 1994|title=It Was a Good Year at Movies|work=[[The Birmingham News]]|page=12-01}}</ref> * Best of the year (not ranked) β [[Jeffrey Lyons]], ''[[Sneak Previews]]''<ref>{{cite episode|host1=Lyons, Jeffrey (host)|host2=Medved, Michael (host)|title=Best & Worst of 1994|series=[[Sneak Previews]]|season=20|air-date=6 January 1995|network=[[WTTW]]|access-date=20 February 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4SqV43_O4}}</ref> * Best "sleepers" (not ranked) β Dennis King, ''[[Tulsa World]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Dennis|date=25 December 1994|title=SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|page=E1|edition=Final Home}}</ref> * Honorable mention β Betsy Pickle, ''[[Knoxville News-Sentinel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Pickle|first=Betsy|date=30 December 1994|title=Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be|newspaper=Knoxville News-Sentinel|page=3}}</ref> * Honorable mention β William Arnold, ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=William|date=30 December 1994|title='94 Movies: Best and Worst|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|page=20|edition=Final}}</ref> * Honorable mention β David Elliott, ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=David|date=25 December 1994|title=On the big screen, color it a satisfying time|newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|edition=1, 2|page=E=8}}</ref> * Honorable mention β Robert Denerstein, ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Denerstein|first=Robert|date=1 January 1995|title=Perhaps It Was Best to Simply Fade to Black|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|page=61A|edition=Final}}</ref> * Honorable mention β Michael Mills, ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Michael|date=30 December 1994|title=It's a Fact: 'Pulp Fiction' Year's Best|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=7|edition=Final}}</ref> * Honorable mention β Jeff Simon, ''[[The Buffalo News]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon|first=Jeff|date=1 January 1995|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/movies-once-more-with-feeling/article_b73e9a1a-9f60-5d7a-a05c-289243ba0483.html|title=Movies: Once More, with Feeling|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> {{div col end}} ==== Awards ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient ! scope="col"| Result |- | rowspan="2"| [[Academy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1995 {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=www.oscars.org |date=5 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[Duncan Kenworthy]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[Best Original Screenplay]] | [[Richard Curtis]] | {{Nominated}} |- | rowspan=10| [[BAFTA Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 1995 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref> | [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | [[Duncan Kenworthy]] | {{Won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] | [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] | {{Won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | [[Richard Curtis]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]] | [[Hugh Grant]] | {{Won}} |- | rowspan=2| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]] | [[Simon Callow]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[John Hannah (actor)|John Hannah]] | {{Nominated}} |- | rowspan=2| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actress]] | [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] | {{Won}} |- | [[Charlotte Coleman]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | [[Jon Gregory (film editor)|Jon Gregory]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Film Music]] | [[Richard Rodney Bennett]] | {{Nominated}} |- | rowspan=4| [[Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1995 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1995 |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=www.goldenglobes.com |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044213/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1995 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture β Musical or Comedy|Best Musical or Comedy]] | ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' | {{Nominated}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor β Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor β Musical or Comedy]] | [[Hugh Grant]] | {{Won}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress β Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress β Musical or Comedy]] | [[Andie MacDowell]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | [[Richard Curtis]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dutka |first=Elaine |date=24 January 1995 |title=DGA Nods: What's It Mean for the Oscars? |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-24-ca-23550-story.html |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing β Feature Film|Outstanding Directing β Feature Film]] | [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] | {{Nominated}} |- | [[Australian Film Institute|Australian Film Institute Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 1994 |title=Muriel, Bubby scoop AFI pool |volume=70 |pages=1 |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |issue=21 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130535538 |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> | [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] | ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' | {{Won}} |- | [[British Comedy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The British Comedy Awards British Comedy Awards 1994 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/british_comedy_awards/episodes/1994/1/ |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> | Best Comedy Film | ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' | {{Won}} |- | [[CΓ©sar Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 1995 |title=Cesar Award Winners |url=https://apnews.com/article/fc92c385443c4dd9b361adebfed82af4 |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> | [[CΓ©sar Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] | ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' | {{Won}} |- | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1994|Chicago Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994 β Winners Of The 7th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=chicagofilmcritics.org|date=January 2013 }}</ref> | Most Promising Actor | [[Hugh Grant]] | {{Won}} |- | rowspan=2| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]] | Best Actress | [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] | {{Won}} |- | Best Screenplay | [[Richard Curtis]] | {{Won}} |- | rowspan=4| [[London Critics Circle Film Awards|London Critics' Circle Film Awards]] | British Film of the Year | ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' | {{Won}} |- | British Director of the Year | [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] | {{Won}} |- | British Producer of the Year | [[Duncan Kenworthy]] | {{Won}} |- | British Screenwriter of the Year | rowspan=3| [[Richard Curtis]] | {{Won}} |- | [[Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 1995 |title='Four Weddings,' 'Forrest Gump' Screenplays Honored |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-20-mn-45029-story.html |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | {{Won}} |- | [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain|Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Writers' Guild Awards 1993 |url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-1993/ |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=Writers' Guild of Great Britain |language=en-GB}}</ref> | Film β Screenplay | {{Won}} |}
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