"Loving" has received numerous awards and nominations. It had been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It received two nominations at the 74th Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor for Edgerton, and Best Actress for Negga. When the SAG-AFTRA announced the nominations honoring the best achievements in film on December 14, many media, including "The Hollywood Reporter", "Variety", "Entertainment Weekly", "USA Today", "TheWrap", and "Indiewire", slammed "Loving's" omission as a "snub." In addition to several awards and nominations, "Loving" has been named as one of the best films of 2016 by various ongoing critics, appearing on several critics' end-of-year lists.