Editing Terms of Endearment (section)

==Accolades==
As of July 2022, Nicholson is one of the few supporting actors to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards ([[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]], [[National Board of Review]], [[New York Film Critics Circle]], [[National Society of Film Critics]]) for his performance of Garrett Breedlove.
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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="11"| [[56th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1984">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |title=The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-09 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102051926/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/49104/Terms-of-Endearment/awards |title=Terms of Endearment - Awards  |access-date=2009-01-01|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022222444/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/49104/Terms-of-Endearment/awards|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2009 |archive-date=2009-10-22}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| [[James L. Brooks]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Debra Winger]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Shirley MacLaine]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Jack Nicholson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[John Lithgow]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
|[[Polly Platt]], [[Harold Michelson]], [[Tom Pedigo]], and [[Anthony Mondell]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Richard Marks]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Michael Gore]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[James R. Alexander]], [[Rick Kline]], [[Donald O. Mitchell]] and [[Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1983|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[38th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Debra Winger
| {{nom}}
|-
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{won}}
|-
| [[36th 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]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[41st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Debra Winger
| {{nom}}
|-
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Film
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Tender Mercies]]''.}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Lithgow
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1983|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Betrayal (1983 film)|Betrayal]]''.}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1983 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| Debra Winger
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1983 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{won}}
|-
| Debra Winger
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Lithgow
| {{nom}}
|-
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| [[36th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|}

'''[[American Film Institute]]''' (nominations):
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]]
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]]
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** Aurora: "Would you like to come in?" Garrett: "I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]]