Editing Wings of Desire (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Der Himmel über Berlin'' had 922,718 admissions in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmportal.de/film/der-himmel-ueber-berlin_eb0a17e1e4f848afb0ef89c21a3285c4 |title=Der Himmel über Berlin |publisher=[[Deutsches Filminstitut]] |access-date=9 July 2017 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919171217/http://www.filmportal.de/film/der-himmel-ueber-berlin_eb0a17e1e4f848afb0ef89c21a3285c4 |archive-date=19 September 2017 }}</ref> Under the title ''Les Ailes du désir'', it had a further 1,079,432 admissions in France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5965 |title=Les Ailes Du Désir |work=JP's Box-Office |language=fr |access-date=9 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828133432/http://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5965 |archive-date=28 August 2016 }}</ref>

The film finished its run in North America on 11 May 1989, having grossed $3.2 million,<ref name="BOM"/> or possibly nearly $4 million, a beneficial investment for Orion.{{sfn|Tzioumakis|2012|p=74}} Critic [[James Monaco]] assessed the financial performance as above that of typical art films.{{sfn|Monaco|1992}} In 2000, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' calculated that it was 48th in the top 50 highest-grossing foreign language films ever released in the U.S., and one of only three in [[German language|German]], along with ''[[Das Boot]]'' and ''[[Run Lola Run]]''.{{sfn|Christensen|Erdoǧan|2008|p=73}}

===Critical reception===
''Wings of Desire'' received widespread critical acclaim. On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], it holds an approval rating of 95% based on 65 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, “Beyond ravishing, ''Wings of Desire'' is Wim Wenders' aching and heartbreaking exploration of how love makes us human.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wings_of_desire | title=Wings of Desire &#124; Rotten Tomatoes | website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> The film received "Two Thumbs Up" from [[Gene Siskel]] and [[Roger Ebert]] on ''[[Siskel & Ebert & The Movies]]'', where Siskel credited Wenders for a story that "praises life as it is lived yet making sense of life's confusions".<ref>{{cite episode |title=Wings of Desire review |series=[[Siskel & Ebert & The Movies]] |last1=Siskel |first1=Gene |last2=Ebert |first2=Roger |date=18 June 1988 }}</ref> In ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', [[David Denby]] hailed it as "extraordinary", and possibly "the ultimate German movie".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Denby |first=David |date=9 May 1988 |title=Where Angels Long to Tread |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |page=68 }}</ref> [[Desson Howe]] cited it for "a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/wingsofdesirepg13howe_a0c891.htm |last=Howe |first=Desson |date=1 July 1988 |title='Wings of Desire' (PG-13) |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212062222/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/wingsofdesirepg13howe_a0c891.htm |archive-date=12 December 2017 }}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]], writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', called it "enchanting" in its concept, but "damagingly overloaded" in execution.<ref name="Maslin">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DEFDE153DF93AA15757C0A96E948260 |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=29 April 1988 |title=Review/Film; The Rage of Angels, According to Wim Wenders |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=4 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221839/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DEFDE153DF93AA15757C0A96E948260 |archive-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref> In ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', [[David Stratton]] embraced the visuals, the performances and Knieper's score, adding the film also showcased Wenders' taste for rock music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1987/film/reviews/himmel-ueber-berlin-1200427356/ |last=Stratton |first=David |date=20 May 1987 |title=Himmel Ueber Berlin |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=30 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165052/http://variety.com/1987/film/reviews/himmel-ueber-berlin-1200427356/ |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]''{{'}}s Rita Kempley credited Wenders and Handke for crafting a "whimsical realm of myth and philosophical pretense, dense with imagery and sweetened by Ganz's performance".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/wingsofdesirepg13kempley_a0ca02.htm |last=Kempley |first=Rita |date=1 July 1988 |title='Wings of Desire' (PG-13) |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510165305/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/wingsofdesirepg13kempley_a0ca02.htm |archive-date=10 May 2017 }}</ref> Dissenting, [[Pauline Kael]] remarked, "It's enough to make moviegoers feel impotent".{{sfn|Stengel|2015|p=93}} 

[[File:Bruno Ganz DFF Tokyo 2005.jpg|thumb|[[Bruno Ganz]] received positive reviews for his performance as Damiel; it was possibly his most remembered role before 2004.<ref name="Dutka"/>]]
By 1990, ''Wings of Desire'' was placed in the top 10 best films of the 1980s by critics David Denby (first), the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''{{'}}s Sheila Benson (fourth), ''[[The Orange County Register]]''{{'}}s Jim Emerson (fifth) and [[Richard Schickel]] and [[Richard Corliss]] (tenth).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Weinberg |first=Marc |date=April 1990 |title=The Eighties' Finest Films |magazine=[[Orange Coast Magazine]] |pages=189–190 }}</ref> ''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]'' voted it the second greatest film of the 1980s, after ''[[Raging Bull]]''.<ref name="Singer"/> [[James Monaco]] awarded it four and a half stars in his 1992 ''Movie Guide'', praising it as "A rich, mystical near-masterpiece".{{sfn|Monaco|1992}} In 1998, Ebert added it to his [[The Great Movies|Great Movies]] list, championing it for "a mood of reverie, elegy and meditation".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-wings-of-desire-1988 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=12 April 1998 |title=Wings of Desire |work=Rogerebert.com |access-date=1 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626082406/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-wings-of-desire-1988 |archive-date=26 June 2017 }}</ref> ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' critic Ian Nathan gave it five stars in his 2006 review, hailing it for its poetry, themes of loneliness, and Ganz's acting style.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/wings-desire/review/ |last=Nathan |first=Ian |date=3 March 2006 |title=Wings of Desire Review |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=30 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001125237/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/wings-desire/review/ |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref> In 2004, ''The New York Times'' included the film on its list of "the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722141147/https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |title=The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made |last=The Film Critics |date=2004 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=22 July 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> On reflecting on Solveig Dommartin's death in 2007, ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' recalled the film as a poetic masterpiece.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/solveig-dommartin-himmel-ueber-berlin-star-gestorben-a-460882.html |title="Himmel über Berlin"-Star gestorben |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811073311/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/solveig-dommartin-himmel-ueber-berlin-star-gestorben-a-460882.html |archive-date=11 August 2016 }}</ref> Reviewing the Criterion DVD in 2009, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' critic Joshua Rothkopf called it an introduction to the [[art film]], but also a product of its time, mentioning the songs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/us/film/wings-of-desire |title=Wings of Desire |last=Rothkopf |first=Joshua |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=30 September 2017 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165107/https://www.timeout.com/us/film/wings-of-desire |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref>

[[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] of the ''[[National Review]]'' had a differing opinion. He described ''Wings of Desire'' as both "obnoxious" and as a "130 minute mess".<ref>{{cite book |title=John Simon on Film: Criticism 1982-2001|last1=Simon |first1=John |publisher=Applause Books |year=2005 |page=174 |isbn=978-1-55783-507-9}}</ref>

It was later ranked 64th in ''Empire'' magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema: 64. Wings of Desire |url=https://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=64 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |author=Staff |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=30 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906213620/http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=64 |archive-date=6 September 2015 }}</ref> In 2011, ''[[The Guardian]]'' placed it in the 10 best films ever set in Berlin.<ref name="Pulver"/> The next year, it received 10 votes in the 2012 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' polls of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest films ever made]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7965be62 |title=Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026001015/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7965be62 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> ''[[Les Inrockuptibles]]''{{'}}s 2014 review declared it a great film, timeless, and poetic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/inrocks.tv/les-ailes-du-desir-wim-wenders/ |title=Les ailes du désir de Wim Wenders |author=DD |date=11 September 2014 |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=[[Les Inrockuptibles]] |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910175816/http://www.lesinrocks.com/inrocks.tv/les-ailes-du-desir-wim-wenders/ |archive-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref> That year, French critics at ''aVoir-aLire'' also praised its poetry, and said Berlin becomes one of the characters, crediting Alekan, Handke, Cave and Knieper for important contributions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avoir-alire.com/les-ailes-du-desir-la-critique |title=Le regard des anges |author=Staff |date=28 October 2014 |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=aVoir-aLire |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910220452/https://www.avoir-alire.com/les-ailes-du-desir-la-critique |archive-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref> German journalist Michael Sontheimer recommended seeing it to understand how radically Berlin has been altered since the 1980s, particularly looking at the somber images when the human Damiel walks through Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/vorher-nachher-fotografien-berlin-in-den-neunzigern-und-heute-a-995762.html |title=Geteilte Stadt, geheilte Stadt |last=Sontheimer |first=Michael |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609231703/http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/vorher-nachher-fotografien-berlin-in-den-neunzigern-und-heute-a-995762.html |archive-date=9 June 2017 }}</ref> In his ''2015 Movie Guide'', [[Leonard Maltin]] awarded it three and a half stars, describing it as "Haunting" and "lyrical".{{sfn|Maltin|2014}} [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] declared the bulk of the film before Damiel becomes human as "one of Wenders's most stunning achievements".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/wings-of-desire/Film?oid=1070910 |title=Wings of Desire |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |date=2016 |access-date=30 September 2017 |work=[[Chicago Reader]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001122520/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/wings-of-desire/Film?oid=1070910 |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Le Monde]]'' rated it four stars out of five, citing the aesthetics of its black-and-white photography, poetry and contemplation of history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://films.blog.lemonde.fr/2017/03/15/les-ailes-du-desir/ |title=Les Ailes du désir (1987) de Wim Wenders |date=15 March 2017 |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=[[Le Monde]] |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221029/http://films.blog.lemonde.fr/2017/03/15/les-ailes-du-desir/ |archive-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref> The German news publication ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'' recounted the film's memorable imagery in 2016, listing Damiel as an angel and the library scenes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comics/der-himmel-ueber-berlin-als-comic-engel-die-auf-menschen-starren/12919128.html |title=Engel, die auf Menschen starren |date=4 February 2016 |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=[[Der Tagesspiegel]] |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221447/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comics/der-himmel-ueber-berlin-als-comic-engel-die-auf-menschen-starren/12919128.html |archive-date=10 September 2017 }}</ref> On the 30th anniversary of the Cannes screening, Jessica Ritchey posted on [[Rogerebert.com]] that she found it odd to be an atheist and love the film, expressing admiration for the black-and-white photography and the overall message that when the world seems terrible, desire is powerful.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/god-is-in-the-details-on-wings-of-desire-30-years-later |title=God is in the Details: On 'Wings Of Desire' 30 Years Later |last=Ritchey |first=Jessica |date=30 May 2017 |access-date=30 September 2017 |work=Rogerebert.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165207/http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/god-is-in-the-details-on-wings-of-desire-30-years-later |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref> On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews from critics, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "Beyond ravishing, Wings of Desire is Wim Wenders' aching and heartbreaking exploration of how love makes us human."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wings_of_desire/?page=2&critic=columns&sortby=&name_order=&view=#|title=Wings of Desire|date=17 May 1987|work=rottentomatoes.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904014226/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wings_of_desire/?page=2&critic=columns&sortby=&name_order=&view=|archive-date=4 September 2010}}</ref> The film ranked 34th in [[BBC]]'s 2018 list of The 100 greatest foreign language films voted by 209 critics from 43 countries around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films|url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=29 October 2018|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The film competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] and won for [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director]] at the [[1987 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/der-himmel-uber-berlin |title=Der Himmel Uber Berlin |access-date=1 July 2017 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702030407/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/der-himmel-uber-berlin |archive-date=2 July 2017 }}</ref> In 1988, it won the prestigious [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]] of the [[Belgian Film Critics Association]].<ref name="Belgique"/>

It was submitted by West Germany for consideration for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], a bid supported by its distribution company. It was not nominated; the academy seldom recognized West German cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinema.usc.edu/assets/101/16163.pdf |last=Dickinson |first=Robert |title=The Unbearable Weight of Winning: Garci's Trilogy of Melancholy and the Foreign Language Oscar |work=Spectator |page=13 |via=[[University of Southern California]] |access-date=2 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126053423/https://cinema.usc.edu/assets/101/16163.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2010 }}</ref>

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|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Belgian Film Critics Association]]
| rowspan="1" | 1988
| [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]]
| [[Wim Wenders]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref name="Belgique">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinematek.be/?node=17&event_id=400550402 |title=Les Ailes Du Désir |access-date=2 July 2017 |publisher=Cinémathèque royale de Belgique |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702194805/http://www.cinematek.be/?node=17&event_id=400550402 |archive-date=2 July 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" | [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[42nd British Academy Film Awards|19 March 1989]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film Not in the English Language]]
| Wim Wenders and [[Anatole Dauman]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film?|title=Film in 1988|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823162235/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film|archive-date=23 August 2017}}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" | [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| rowspan="1" | [[1987 Cannes Film Festival|7 – 19 May 1987]]
| [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director]] 
| rowspan="2" | Wim Wenders
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref name="festival-cannes.com"/>
|-
!scope="row" | [[César Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[13th César Awards|12 March 1988]]
| [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie/palmares.html|title=Palmarès 1988 - 13 Ème Cérémonie Des César |access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma]]|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319023652/http://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie/palmares.html|archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4| [[European Film Awards]]
| rowspan="4" | [[1st European Film Awards|1988]]
| [[European Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] 
| rowspan="1" | Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman 
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1988.86.0.html|title=Nominations 1988|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220042017/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1988.86.0.html|archive-date=20 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1988.85.0.html|title=1988 The Winners|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527083935/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1988.85.0.html|archive-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> 
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] 
| rowspan="1" | Wim Wenders 
| {{won}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] 
| rowspan="1" | [[Curt Bois]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Camera
| rowspan="1" | [[Henri Alekan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[French Syndicate of Cinema Critics]]
| rowspan="1" | 1988
| Best Foreign Film
| rowspan="2" | Wim Wenders
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | {{sfn|Riggs|2003|p=329}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[German Film Award]]
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| [[German Film Award for Best Fiction Film|Best Fiction Film]] 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/archiv-deutscher-filmpreis/?tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Byear%5D=1988&tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=6e0ae1d09edf5d9a5cce89c5e1914def |title=Deutscher Filmpreis, 1988 |access-date=1 July 2017 |work=[[German Film Award]] |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163923/http://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/archiv-deutscher-filmpreis/?tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Byear%5D=1988&tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=6e0ae1d09edf5d9a5cce89c5e1914def |archive-date=26 October 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
| Best Cinematography
| rowspan="1" | Henri Alekan 
| {{won}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Independent Spirit Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[4th Independent Spirit Awards|25 March 1989]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| rowspan="2" | Wim Wenders
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | {{sfn|Riggs|2003|p=329}} 
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1988|10 December 1988]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/years/1988.html|title=14th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625144553/http://www.lafca.net/years/1988.html|archive-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Henri Alekan 
| {{won}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[National Society of Film Critics]]
| rowspan="2" | [[National Society of Film Critics Awards 1988|8 January 1989]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Wim Wenders
| {{draw|3rd place}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/09/unbearable-lightness-named-best-film-of-88-by-critics-group/ |title='Unbearable Lightness' Named Best Film Of '88 By Critics Group |last=Kehr |first=David |date=9 January 1989 |access-date=2 July 2017 |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729122822/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-09/news/8902230936_1_critics-group-los-angeles-critics-film-critics |archive-date=29 July 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| rowspan="2" | Henri Alekan 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/09/movies/unbearable-lightness-gets-film-prize.html |title='Unbearable Lightness' Gets Film Prize |date=9 January 1989 |access-date=2 July 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525113729/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/09/movies/unbearable-lightness-gets-film-prize.html |archive-date=25 May 2015 }}</ref> 
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!scope="row" | [[New York Film Critics Circle]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1988|15 January 1989]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
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| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/movies/accidental-tourist-wins-film-critics-circle-award.html?mcubz=3 |title='Accidental Tourist' Wins Film Critics' Circle Award |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=16 December 1988 |access-date=30 September 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001125953/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/movies/accidental-tourist-wins-film-critics-circle-award.html?mcubz=3 |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref> 
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