List of accolades received by Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 romantic comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. With a screenplay by Eric Roth and starring popular actor Tom Hanks, the film premiered in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 1994. It was released in the United States and Canada on July 6, 1994, opening in 1,595 domestic theaters and earning $24,450,602 on its first weekend. Forrest Gump grossed $677 million and was at its time the fourth highest-grossing film of all time (behind only E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars IV: A New Hope, and Jurassic Park). Despite its praise, it has only a 71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Hanks became the first actor since Spencer Tracy to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor; he won the previous year for Philadelphia.

The film garnered seven Golden Globe Award nominations, winning three of them, including Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Director – Motion Picture, and Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film was also nominated for six Saturn Awards and won two for Best Fantasy Film and Best Supporting Actor (Film). The film also won the Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects award at the 1995 BAFTA Film Awards.

Forrest Gump also won numerous other awards, such as Best Actor for Tom Hanks from the Screen Actors Guild Awards in its first year, from a total of four category nominations. The film received three nominations from the MTV Movie Awards, but left empty handed. The film swept the Peoples Choice Awards in its three nominations. The American Society of Cinematographers nominated the film's cinematographer Don Burgess for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Release, but he lost to Roger Deakins of Shawshank Redemption'

The film was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in the United States National Film Registry in 2011, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The movie has made multiple American Film Institute lists, including one for quotations for its "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.", ranking 40th on 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. The film ranked 240 on Empire's list of the 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time. A chain of restaurants, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, opened with a name drawn from the film.

Year-end lists

 * 1st – National Board of Review
 * 1st – Douglas Armstrong, The Milwaukee Journal
 * 1st – Todd Anthony, Miami New Times
 * 1st – Sandi Davis, The Oklahoman
 * 1st – Christopher Sheid, The Munster Times
 * 2nd – Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-Statesman
 * 2nd – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
 * 2nd – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News
 * 2nd – Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Herald American
 * 3rd – Scott Schuldt, The Oklahoman
 * 3rd – Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times
 * 5th – Mack Bates, The Milwaukee Journal
 * 6th – Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune
 * 6th – James Berardinelli, ReelViews
 * 6th – Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News
 * 9th – Stephen Hunter, The Baltimore Sun
 * 10th – John Hurley, Staten Island Advance
 * 10th – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune
 * 10th – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph
 * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Mayo, The Roanoke Times
 * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Bob Ross, The Tampa Tribune
 * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News
 * Top 10 (not ranked) – Dennis King, Tulsa World
 * Top 10 (not ranked) – George Meyer, The Ledger
 * Top 10 (not ranked) – Bob Carlton, The Birmingham News
 * Best of the year (not ranked), Jeffrey Lyons and Michael Medved, Sneak Previews
 * Honorable mentions – Mike Clark, USA Today
 * 10th worst – Janet Maslin, The New York Times
 * Most overrated movie – David Stupich, The Milwaukee Journal