# List of accolades received by Loving (2016 film)

Loving is a 2016 historical drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. The film tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. The film stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga co-starring as the Lovings. Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, and Michael Shannon are all featured in supporting roles. The film takes inspiration from documentary The Loving Story (2011) by Nancy Buirski
Prior to Loving's successful screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival, the film had premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, on May 16, 2016 in Cannes, France, where it had been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. Focus Features initially gave the film a limited release in the United States on November 4, 2016, in four locations in New York City and Los Angeles, including ArcLight Hollywood and The Landmark. The film was later given a wide release at 46 theaters in the United States on November 11. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports a rating of 89%, based on 178 reviews with an average score of 7.7/10. Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 79 (out of 100) based on 45 reviews from mainstream critics.
Loving garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its acting (for Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), Jeff Nichols' direction, the elegance of Nichols' screenplay, and its faithfulness to the Loving's account.

## Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards | February 6, 2017 | Best Movies for Grownups | Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, Nancy Buirski, Sarah Green, Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf | Won | [27] [28] |
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards | February 6, 2017 | Best Time Capsule | Loving | Nominated | [27] [28] |
| Academy Awards | February 26, 2017 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | February 8, 2017 | Top 10 Films | Loving | 7th place | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | February 8, 2017 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | December 21, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [31] [32] [33] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | December 21, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Won | [31] [32] [33] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | December 21, 2016 | Bravest Performance | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [31] [32] [33] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | December 21, 2016 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Ruth Negga | Won | [31] [32] [33] |
| Austin Film Critics Association | December 28, 2016 | Best Austin Film | Loving | Nominated | [34] [35] |
| Austin Film Critics Association | December 28, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [34] [35] |
| Austin Film Critics Association | December 28, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [34] [35] |
| Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | January 8, 2017 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [36] [37] |
| Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | January 8, 2017 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [36] [37] |
| Black Reel Awards | February 16, 2017 | Outstanding Film | Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, Nancy Buirski, Sarah Green, Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf | Nominated | |
| Black Reel Awards | February 16, 2017 | Outstanding Actress | Ruth Negga | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 11, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Runner-up | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 12, 2017 | Rising Star | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| Cannes Film Festival | May 22, 2016 | Palme d'Or | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | [41] [42] |
| Casting Society of America | January 19, 2017 | Studio or Independent – Drama | Francine Maisler, Erica Arvold, Anne N. Chapman, and Michelle Kelly | Nominated | [43] [44] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | December 15, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [45] [46] |
| Critics' Choice Awards | December 11, 2016 | Best Picture | Loving | Nominated | [47] [48] |
| Critics' Choice Awards | December 11, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | [47] [48] |
| Critics' Choice Awards | December 11, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [47] [48] |
| Critics' Choice Awards | December 11, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [47] [48] |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 13, 2016 | Best Film | Loving | 7th place | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 13, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | 3rd Place | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 13, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | 3rd Place | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 19, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [50] [51] |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 19, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [50] [51] |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | December 23, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Runner-up | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | December 23, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 8, 2017 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [53] [54] |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 8, 2017 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [53] [54] |
| Gotham Awards | November 28, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [55] [56] |
| Gotham Awards | November 28, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [55] [56] |
| Hamptons International Film Festival | October 6, 2016 | Victor Rabinowitz & Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice | Loving | Won | |
| Heartland Film Festival | October 30, 2016 | Truly Moving Picture Award | Loving | Won | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | February 25, 2017 | Best Director | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | February 25, 2017 | Best Female Lead | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| Indiewire Critics Poll | December 9, 2016 | Best Film | Loving | 28th place | [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] |
| Indiewire Critics Poll | December 9, 2016 | Best Director | Jeff Nichols (tied with Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals) | 20th place | [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] |
| Indiewire Critics Poll | December 9, 2016 | Best Screenplay | Jeff Nichols (tied with Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals) | 29th place | [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] |
| Indiewire Critics Poll | December 9, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | 6th place | [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] |
| Indiewire Critics Poll | December 9, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | 8th place | [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | January 22, 2017 | British/Irish Actress of the Year | Ruth Negga (also for Iona) | Nominated | [65] [66] |
| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild | February 19, 2017 | Best Period and/or Character Makeup | Julia Lallas, Katie Middleton | Nominated | |
| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild | February 19, 2017 | Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling | Kenneth Walker, Elizabeth Paschall | Nominated | |
| Mill Valley Film Festival | October 16, 2016 | U.S. Cinema: Audience Favorite | Jeff Nichols | 2nd Place | |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | May 7, 2017 | Best Fight Against the System | Loving | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | February 11, 2017 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Loving | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | February 11, 2017 | Outstanding Independent Picture | Loving | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | February 11, 2017 | Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | February 11, 2017 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | February 11, 2017 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Alano Miller | Nominated | |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 11, 2016 | Top 12 Films | Loving | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 11, 2016 | Best Breakthrough Performer | Ruth Negga | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 3, 2017 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [72] [73] |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | January 2, 2017 | Rising Star Award | Ruth Negga | Won | |
| Producers Guild of America | January 28, 2017 | Stanley Kramer Award | Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, Sarah Green, Nancy Buirski, Marc Turtletaub, and Peter Saraf | Won | [75] [76] |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 12, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [77] [78] |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 12, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [77] [78] |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 12, 2016 | Body of Work | Michael Shannon (also for Nocturnal Animals, Midnight Special and Elvis & Nixon) | Won | [77] [78] |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 11, 2016 | Best Director | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 11, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 11, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | February 3, 2017 | Virtuosos Award | Ruth Negga | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | February 19, 2017 | Best Film | Loving | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | February 19, 2017 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | February 19, 2017 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga (tied with Isabelle Huppert for Elle) | Won (Tied) | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 18, 2016 | Best Original Screenplay | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 18, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 18, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| Texas Film Hall of Fame | March 9, 2017 | Hall of Fame | Jeff Nichols (also for Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud and Midnight Special) | Won | [84] [85] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2016 | Best Film | Loving | 31st place | [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2016 | Best Director | Jeff Nichols | 16th place | [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | 6th place | [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | 6th place | [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 21, 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Michael Shannon | 31st place (Tied) | [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 5, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 5, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 5, 2016 | Best Portrayal of Washington D.C. | Loving | Nominated | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Actress | Ruth Negga | Nominated | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Actor | Joel Edgerton | Nominated | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Female Images in a Movie | Loving | Nominated | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Male Images in a Movie | Loving | Won | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Josephine Baker Award | Loving | Nominated | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Karen Morley Award | Loving | Nominated | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Screen Couple | Loving | Won | [92] [93] |
| Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Equality of the Sexes | Loving | Won | [92] [93] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 19, 2017 | Best Original Screenplay | Jeff Nichols | Nominated | |