Editing Men in Black (1997 film) (section)

===Accolades===
''Men in Black'' won [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]] at the [[70th Academy Awards]] and was also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Musical or Comedy Score]] and [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]], losing the latter two to ''[[The Full Monty]]'' and ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garner |first=Chris |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-a-titanic-winn/109932077/ |title=A 'Titanic' winner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506152141/https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-a-titanic-winn/109932077/ |date=March 24, 1998 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |page=17 |agency=[[Gannett News Service]] |newspaper=[[Iowa City Press-Citizen]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film was also nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] at the [[55th Golden Globe Awards]], losing to ''[[As Good as It Gets]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Men in Black (1997) – Awards and Nominations | website = [[Yahoo!]] | url = https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800023362/awards | access-date = 2007-09-17 | archive-date = 2008-01-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118173551/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800023362/awards | url-status = live }}</ref>

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|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient
! scope="col" | Result
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Bo Welch]]; Set Decoration: [[Cheryl Carasik]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]
| [[Rick Baker]] and [[David LeRoy Anderson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Musical or Comedy Score]]
| [[Danny Elfman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Comedy or Musical]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="8"| [[24th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/The-Saturn-Awards-Past-Winners.php?category=1&year=1997|title=Past Saturn Award Recipients|website=www.saturnawards.org|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803225705/http://www.saturnawards.org/The-Saturn-Awards-Past-Winners.php?category=1&year=1997|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| [[Ed Solomon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Will Smith]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Vincent D'Onofrio]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| Danny Elfman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Make-Up|Best Make-Up]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2nd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Tommy Lee Jones]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature|Best Animated or Mixed Media Film]]
| 
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Rip Torn]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Linda Fiorentino]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| 
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[4th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| Favorite Actor – Science Fiction
| Will Smith
| {{won}}
|-
| Tommy Lee Jones
| {{nom}}
|-
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Science Fiction
| Vincent D'Onofrio
| {{nom}}
|-
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Science Fiction
| Linda Fiorentino
| {{nom}}
|-
| Favorite Soundtrack
| 
| {{won}}
|}

On ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, "Men in Black" placed 409th.<ref>{{cite web| title = Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time| work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]| url = https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies| access-date = 2019-08-31| archive-date = 2019-07-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190702060952/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies/| url-status = live}}</ref> Following the film's release, [[Ray-Ban]] stated sales of their Predator 2 sunglasses (worn by the organization to deflect neuralyzers) tripled to $5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jane Tallim|title=And Now a Word From Our Sponsor... Spend Another Day|work=Media Awareness Network|year=2002|url=http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/word_from_our_sponsor.cfm|access-date=2008-10-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819234200/http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/word_from_our_sponsor.cfm|archive-date=2008-08-19}}</ref>