Editing Lilies of the Field (1963 film) (section)

== Reception ==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|92|8.1|26|Sidney Poitier lends heart and humor to the wonderfully simple ''Lilies of the Field'', in which splendor sprouts from wholesome soil.|access-date=February 3, 2022|ref=yes}} {{MC film|68|nine|access-date=February 3, 2022|ref=yes}} ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said it was a film "loaded with charm and which is full of good, clean, honest fun."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 3, 1963|page=6|title=Film Reviews: Lilies of the Field|author=Myro.}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[36th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Ralph Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners |date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=May 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502002917/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |archive-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> <br><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057251/awards| title=Lilies of the Field| website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Sidney Poitier]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Lilia Skala]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[James Poe]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| [[Ernest Haller]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[13th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="4"| Ralph Nelson
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/1963/programme/19630005.html |title=Berlinale 1963: Prize Winners |publisher=[[Berlin International Film Festival]] |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Interfilm Award
| {{won}}
|-
| OCIC Award
| {{won}}
|-
| Youth Film Award – Honorable Mention
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Sidney Poitier
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards]]
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| Ralph Nelson
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[18th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Sidney Poitier
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1965/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1965 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| United Nations Award
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[16th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Ralph Nelson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1963.aspx?value=1963 |title=16th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[21st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/lilies-field |title=Lilies of the Field |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Sidney Poitier
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Lilia Skala
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Film Promoting International Understanding
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top General Entertainment
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| Top Male Dramatic Performance
| Sidney Poitier
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Female Supporting Performance
| Lilia Skala
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1963|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|2nd place}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1963/ |title=1963 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[1963 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Sidney Poitier
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[16th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| James Poe
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

Sidney Poitier became the first African-American actor to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and the second [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees|African-American Oscar winner]] overall (after [[Hattie McDaniel]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' in [[12th Academy Awards|1939]]).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/awards| title=Sidney Poitier| website=IMDb}}</ref>{{efn|[[James Baskett]] won an [[Honorary Academy Award]] for ''[[Song of the South]]'' (1946); it was not competitive.}}

Also, the film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2003: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]:
** Homer Smith – Nominated Hero<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/handv400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Nominees |website=AFI |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2015-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921120917/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/handv400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2006: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]] – No. 46<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/cheers100.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150511/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/cheers100.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-13 |url-status=live |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 14, 2016}}</ref>