# List of accolades received by Sense and Sensibility (film)

Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British period drama film directed by Ang Lee. Actress Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1811 novel of the same name by English author Jane Austen. Thompson and Kate Winslet starred as the Dashwood sisters among a large ensemble cast. Columbia Pictures, a Sony Pictures Entertainment subsidiary, produced and released the film. Sense and Sensibility was released to cinemas on 15 December 1995, and earned a total worldwide gross of $134,582,776. Based on 67 reviews from film critics, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has calculated Sense and Sensibility's approval rating to be 97%.
Sense and Sensibility received accolades for the main cast's performances and Thompson's screenwriting. The adaptation received seven Academy Award nominations including the Academy Award for Best Picture, though the sole win that night was for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), the only time a person has earned Oscars for both acting and writing. Thompson's screenwriting collected a further eleven accolades, including those given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Golden Globe Awards, and London Critics Circle. At the 49th British Academy Film Awards, Sense and Sensibility garnered twelve BAFTA nominations, ultimately coming away with three awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Film; Thompson and Winslet won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively.
The cast also received numerous acting accolades. In addition to her writing credit, Thompson was recognised for her performance, and earned seven nominations. Winslet was recognised in categories for both lead and supporting actress, for instance winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Other than the Academy Awards, the overall film garnered numerous nominations, ultimately winning the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, among other accolades. Sense and Sensibility received the most award recognition out of the many Austen adaptations of the 1990s. MaryAnn Johanson of Film.com named it the fifth best film of 1995.

## Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Picture | Lindsay Doran | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Actress | Emma Thompson | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Cinematography | Michael Coulter | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 25 March 1996 | Best Original Dramatic Score | Patrick Doyle | Nominated |
| American Film Institute | | AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| American Film Institute | | AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| American Film Institute | | AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions | Sense and Sensibility | Included |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 26 February 1996 | Golden Bear | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 17 December 1995 | Best Film | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 17 December 1995 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 17 December 1995 | Best Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Film | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Direction | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Emma Thompson | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Alan Rickman | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Kate Winslet | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Elizabeth Spriggs | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Cinematography | Michael Coulter | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan and John Bright | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Film Music | Patrick Doyle | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Makeup and Hair | Morag Ross, Jan Archibald | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 April 1996 | Best Production Design | Luciana Arrighi | Nominated |
| British Society of Cinematographers | 1995 | Best Cinematography Award | Michael Coulter | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 22 January 1996 | Best Film | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 22 January 1996 | Best Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Deutscher Filmpreis | 6 June 1997 | Best Foreign Film | Ang Lee | Won |
| Directors Guild of America | 2 March 1996 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 2 February 1997 | Best Actress | Kate Winslet (also for Jude) | Won |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 2 February 1997 | Best Screenplay | Emma Thompson (tied with John Hodge for Trainspotting) | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 21 January 1996 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 21 January 1996 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 21 January 1996 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Emma Thompson | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 21 January 1996 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Kate Winslet | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 21 January 1996 | Best Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 21 January 1996 | Best Original Score | Patrick Doyle | Nominated |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | 2 March 1997 | British Screenwriter of the Year | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 16 December 1995 | Best Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
| National Board of Review of Motion Pictures | 26 February 1996 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Won |
| National Board of Review of Motion Pictures | 26 February 1996 | Best Actress | Emma Thompson (also for Carrington) | Won |
| National Board of Review of Motion Pictures | 26 February 1996 | Top Ten Films | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 7 January 1996 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 7 January 1996 | Best Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Satellite Awards | January 1996 | Best Classic DVD | Sense and Sensibility For the Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD set containing Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Little Women | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 24 February 1996 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Emma Thompson | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 24 February 1996 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Kate Winslet | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 24 February 1996 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet | Nominated |
| Society of Texas Film Critics Awards | 28 December 1995 | Best Actress | Emma Thompson (also for Carrington) | Won |
| Society of Texas Film Critics Awards | 28 December 1995 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
| USC Scripter Awards | 1996 | USC Scripter Award | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 17 March 1996 | Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Emma Thompson | Won |
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain | 1996 | Film – Screenplay | Emma Thompson | Won |
Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year.