Editing Driving Miss Daisy (section)

==Awards and nominations==
''Driving Miss Daisy'' received 9 [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations and also achieved the following distinctions in [[List of Academy Award records|Oscar history]]:
* It is the only film based on an [[off-Broadway]] production ever to win [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref name="ADA">{{cite press release |url=http://www3.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2003/03.09.02.a.html |title=Academy's Diamond Anniversary Screening Series to Feature "Driving Miss Daisy" |access-date=January 31, 2008 |date=September 2, 2003 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220131158/http://www3.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2003/03.09.02.a.html |archive-date=February 20, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Jessica Tandy]] (at age 80) became the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|oldest winner]] in history to win [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].<ref name="ADA" />
* It was the first Best Picture winner since ''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]'' in [[5th Academy Awards|1932]] to not also receive a [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] nomination (this has occurred three times since, ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'' in [[85th Academy Awards|2012]], ''[[Green Book (film)|Green Book]]'' in [[91st Academy Awards|2018]], and ''[[CODA (2021 film)|CODA]]'' in [[94th Academy Awards|2021]]; ''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]'' the first to win Best Picture in [[1st Academy Awards|1927]] did not have a nomination for director [[William A. Wellman]]). In his opening monologue at the [[62nd Academy Awards|62nd awards ceremony]], host [[Billy Crystal]] made fun of this irony by calling it "the film that apparently directed itself".<ref name="Bestdir">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/bestdirs1.html |title=Academy Awards Best Director |access-date=October 23, 2014 |website=filmsite.org |archive-date=September 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901210327/http://www.filmsite.org/bestdirs1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* As of 2025, it is the latest Best Picture winner that was rated PG.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmsite.org/bestpicsmilestones7.html |title=Academy Awards: Best Picture Milestones; 1980s |website=Film Site.org |publisher=AMC Network Entertainment LLC |location=New York, NY |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919063811/https://www.filmsite.org/bestpicsmilestones7.html |url-status=live }}</ref> All the winners since have been rated PG-13 or R.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[62nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Richard D. Zanuck]] and [[Lili Fini Zanuck]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |title=The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 17, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095721/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/62nd-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> <br> <ref>{{cite web |last=Kehr |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Kehr |title='Miss Daisy,' Jessica Tandy Win Top Oscars |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 27, 1990 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/03/27/miss-daisy-jessica-tandy-win-top-oscars/ |access-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090121/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-03-27/news/9001250287_1_oldest-best-actress-winner-screenplay-daisy |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Morgan Freeman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Jessica Tandy]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Dan Aykroyd]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Alfred Uhry]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Bruno Rubeo]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Crispian Sallis]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Elizabeth McBride]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Mark Warner (film editor)|Mark Warner]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]
| [[Manlio Rocchetti]], [[Lynn Barber (make-up artist)|Lynn Barber]], and [[Kevin Haney]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[American Comedy Awards#1990 awards|American Comedy Awards]]
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
| Morgan Freeman
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite news |date=1990-03-18|title=AMERICAN COMEDY AWARDS |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/03/18/american-comedy-awards/90da5dfb-9c54-4434-a363-ec7d366826b9/ |access-date=2020-07-01|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> <br> <ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-03-11 |title=American Comedy Awards winners announced Saturday. |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/03/11/American-Comedy-Awards-winners-announced-Saturday-Funniest-female-performer/1552637131600/ |access-date=2020-07-01 |website=UPI, United Press International, Inc |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
| Jessica Tandy
| {{nom}}
|-
| Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
| Dan Aykroyd
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[40th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| Bruce Beresford
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1990/03_preistr_ger_1990/03_Preistraeger_1990.html |title=Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners |access-date=March 17, 2011 |website=berlinale.de |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123210606/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1990/03_preistr_ger_1990/03_Preistraeger_1990.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Best Joint Performance
| Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1989|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Jessica Tandy
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bostonfilmcritics.org/content/past-award-winners |title=Past Award Winners |access-date=2 July 2017 |publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008041238/http://www.bostonfilmcritics.org/content/past-award-winners |archive-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[44th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, and [[Bruce Beresford]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=Driving+Miss+Daisy+ |title=Driving Miss Daisy |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| Bruce Beresford
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Jessica Tandy
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Alfred Uhry
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Jessica Tandy
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[47th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/driving-miss-daisy |title=Driving Miss Daisy |publisher=[[Golden Globe Foundation]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Morgan Freeman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Jessica Tandy
| {{won}}
|-
| [[33rd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
| ''Driving Miss Daisy'' – Hans Zimmer
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/33rd-annual-grammy-awards |title=33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Best Actor
| Morgan Freeman
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1980-89 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best Actress
| Jessica Tandy
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2"| Morgan Freeman
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1989.php |title=The 15th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> 
|-
| [[NAACP Image Awards]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Female Dubbing
| Micaela Giustiniani {{small|(for dubbing Jessica Tandy)}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1989|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1989/ |title=1989 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2"| Morgan Freeman
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Jessica Tandy
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Morgan Freeman
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1989 |title=1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Jessica Tandy
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Bruce Beresford
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Human Rights|Human Rights]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[1st Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]]
| Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| Retirement Research Foundation, USA
| Wise Owl Award – Television and Theatrical Film Fiction
| [[David Brown (producer)|David Brown]], Richard D. Zanuck, and Lili Fini Zanuck
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[42nd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| Alfred Uhry
| {{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=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|AFI 100 Years 100 Cheers]] – No.77

===Oscar "test of time" recount===
In 2015, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' polled hundreds of Academy members, asking them to re-vote on past close run decisions. Academy members indicated that, given a second chance, they would award the 1990 Oscar for Best Picture to ''[[My Left Foot]]'' instead.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/recount-oscar-voters-today-would-773522| title=Recount! Oscar Voters Today Would Make 'Brokeback Mountain' Best Picture Over 'Crash'| newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter| language=en| access-date=January 3, 2020| archive-date=January 22, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094645/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/recount-oscar-voters-today-would-773522| url-status=live}}</ref>