| Emmy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| ★ | Best Miniseries |
| ★ | Best Director (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): Mike Nichols |
| ★ | Best Actress (Miniseries or Movie): Meryl Streep |
| Best Actress (Miniseries or Movie): Emma Thompson |
| ★ | Best Actor (Miniseries or Movie): Al Pacino |
| ★ | Best Supporting Actress (Miniseries or Movie): Mary-Louise Parker |
| Best Supporting Actor (Miniseries or Movie): Justin Kirk |
| Best Supporting Actor (Miniseries or Movie): Ben Shenkman |
| Best Supporting Actor (Miniseries or Movie): Patrick Wilson |
| ★ | Best Supporting Actor (Miniseries or Movie): Jeffrey Wright |
| ★ | Best Actress (Miniseries or Movie): Meryl Streep |
| ★ | Best Writing (Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special): Tony Kushner |
| Best Cinematography (Miniseries or Movie): Stephen Goldblatt |
| ★ | Best Art Direction (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): Stuart Wurtzel, John Kasarda, George DeTitta Jr. |
| Best Costume Design (Miniseries or Movie): Ann Roth, Michelle Matland, and Donna Maloney |
| Best Single-Camera Film Editing (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen |
| ★ | Best Casting (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): Juliet Taylor & Ellen Lewis |
| ★ | Best Single-Camera Sound Mixing (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): Lee Dichter, Ron Bochar, and James Sabat |
| ★ | Best Makeup, Non-Prosthetic (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): J. Roy Helland, Joseph A. Campayno, John Caglione Jr., and Kelly Gleason |
| Best Hairstyling (Miniseries, Movie, or Special): David Brian Brown, Jason Joseph Sica, and Angel De Angelis |
| Best Visual Effects (Miniseries, Movie, or Special) |
| Best Main Title Design |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| ★ | Best TV Miniseries or Movie |
| ★ | Best Actor (TV Miniseries or Movie): Meryl Streep |
| ★ | Best Actor (TV Miniseries or Movie): Al Pacino |
| ★ | Best Supporting Actress (TV Series, Miniseries, or Movie): Mary-Louise Parker |
| Best Supporting Actor (TV Series, Miniseries, or Movie): Ben Shenkman |
| Best Supporting Actor (TV Series, Miniseries, or Movie): Patrick Wilson |
| ★ | Best Supporting Actor (TV Series, Miniseries, or Movie): Jeffrey Wright |
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| Other Awards: |
| Directors Guild of America: Best Director (Movies for Television) |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Actress, TV Movie or Miniseries (Streep); Best Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries (Pacino) |
| Writers Guild of America: Long Form Teleplay (Kushner) |
| National Board of Review: Best Film Made for Cable TV |
| Satellite Awards: Best Miniseries; Best Actress, Miniseries or TV Movie (Streep); Best Supporting Actor, Miniseries or TV Movie (Kirk) |
| César Awards (French Oscars): Best Picture; Best Director; Best Production Design; Best Original Score (Yann Tiersen) |