Editing Ruggles of Red Gap (section)

==Awards and nominations==
[[Charles Laughton]] won the [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1935|New York Film Critics' Circle Awards]] for ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' (with ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'') in 1935. The [[National Board of Review Awards 1935|National Board of Review]] named the film the ninth best of 1935. That year, Laughton's other two films, ''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]'' and ''Mutiny on the Bounty'', were sixth and eighth on the list, respectively. The film was nominated for the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and competed against two other Laughton films that were also nominated: ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (which won the award) and ''Les Misérables''.

In 2014, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the [[Library of Congress]] and selected for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2014/14-210.html|title=Cinematic Treasures Named to National Film Registry|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>