Editing Awakenings (section)

===Accolades===
The film was nominated for three [[63rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]], including: the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]], and the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] (Robert De Niro). Robin Williams was also nominated at the [[48th Golden Globe Awards]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama]].

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of awards and nominations
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Date of ceremony
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipients
! scope="col" | Result
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[63rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="3" | March 25, 1991
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| Walter F. Parkes,<br />Lawrence Lasker
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Robert De Niro
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Steven Zaillian
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Awards of the Japanese Academy]]
| March 20, 1992
| Best Foreign Film
| ''Awakenings''
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1990|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| 1991
| Best Actor
| Robert De Niro
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[48th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| January 19, 1991
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| Robin Williams
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1992 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| February 25, 1992
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
| Randy Newman
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Awards 1990|National Board of Review Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | March 4, 1991
| Best Actor
| Robert De Niro,<br />Robin Williams (Tie)
| {{Won}}
|-
| Top Ten Films
| ''Awakenings''
| {{Won}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| January 13, 1991
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Robert De Niro
| {{Won}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Writers Guild of America Award]]
| March 20, 1991
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Steven Zaillian
| {{Nom}}
|-
|}