Editing Ordinary People (section)

==Accolades==
The film was nominated for six [[Academy Awards]] (winning four), including the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] (for Hutton) in his first film role.<ref name=Siegel>Siegel, Scott and Barbara (1990). ''The Encyclopedia of Hollywood''.</ref>

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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[53rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Ronald L. Schwary]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web |title=The 53rd Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981 |website=oscars.org |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419210514/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Robert Redford]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Mary Tyler Moore]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Judd Hirsch]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Timothy Hutton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| [[Alvin Sargent]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[35th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Mary Tyler Moore
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Film in 1982 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1982/film |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626092513/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1982/film |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| Timothy Hutton
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[33rd 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]]
| Robert Redford
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite news |title=Redford Wins Directors' Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/17/movies/redford-wins-directors-prize.html |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=March 17, 1981 |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315165537/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/17/movies/redford-wins-directors-prize.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[38th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="8"| <ref>{{cite web |title=1981 Golden Globe Awards |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1981 |website=Golden Globes |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222104951/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1981 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| [[Donald Sutherland]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Mary Tyler Moore
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Judd Hirsch
| {{nom}}
|-
| Timothy Hutton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Robert Redford
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Alvin Sargent
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|New Star of the Year – Actor]]
| Timothy Hutton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Film
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1980-89 |website=Kansas City Film Critics Circle |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201105239/https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| Robert Redford
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| rowspan="2"| Timothy Hutton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |title=6th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1980.php |website=lafca.net |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321001212/http://www.lafca.net/Years/1980.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Director
| Robert Redford
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1980|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 |title=1980 Award Winners |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1980/ |website=National Board of Review |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417154032/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1980/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Robert Redford
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1980 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Mary Tyler Moore
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |author1-link=Janet Maslin |title='Melvin and Howard' is Chosen as Best Film |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/07/movies/melvin-and-howard-is-chosen-as-best-film.html |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=January 7, 1981 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926221825/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/07/movies/melvin-and-howard-is-chosen-as-best-film.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Timothy Hutton
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1980 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}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite news |title=Ordinary People' Wins N.Y. Film Critics' Award |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=poUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5lwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6966,4879835&dq |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=31 December 1980 |page=7 |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005015702/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=poUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5lwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6966,4879835&dq |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Robert Redford
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Mary Tyler Moore
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Timothy Hutton
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[33rd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best  Adapted Screenplay|Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium]]
| Alvin Sargent
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine |last1=O’Neil |first1=Tom |title=And the Winners Were... |date=March 2001 |url=https://awards.wga.org/history/and-the-winners-were |magazine=Written By |publisher=WGA |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329010345/https://awards.wga.org/history/and-the-winners-were |url-status=live }}</ref>
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