List of accolades received by Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction awards and nominations

Pulp Fiction received critical acclaim and earned Quentin Tarantino the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations
Totals[a]
Wins	23
Nominations	51
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary, for A Band Apart and Jersey Films. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, and Bruce Willis. The plot is told out of chronological order and features three main interrelated stories with different protagonists: Vincent Vega (Travolta), a hitman; Butch Coolidge (Willis), a prizefighter; and Jules Winnfield (Jackson), Vincent's business partner. The film was produced by Lawrence Bender, shot with cinematographer Andrzej Sekuła, and edited by Sally Menke on an $8 million production budget. It was theatrically released by Miramax on October 14, 1994, and was a commercial success, grossing $213.9 million worldwide.

At the 67th Academy Awards, Pulp Fiction nominated in seven categories and won Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary). At the 52nd Golden Globe Awards it received six nominations and won Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. At the 48th British Academy Film Awards it received nine nominations and won two, including those for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson). At the 47th Cannes Film Festival it won Palme d'Or award.

It became one of the seven films to win Best Picture from three out of four major U.S. film critics' groups (LA, NBR, NY, NSFC) along with Nashville, All the President's Men, Terms of Endearment, Goodfellas, The Hurt Locker, and Drive My Car.

Awards and nominations

Award[a]	Date of ceremony[b]	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	27 March 1995	Best Picture	Lawrence Bender	Nominated	[1]
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Actor	John Travolta	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Samuel L. Jackson	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Uma Thurman	Nominated
		Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen	Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary	Won
		Best Film Editing	Sally Menke	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards	1995	Best Film	Lawrence Bender and Quentin Tarantino	Nominated	[2]
		Best Direction	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary	Won
		Best Cinematography	Andrzej Sekuła	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	John Travolta	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Uma Thurman	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Samuel L. Jackson	Won
		Best Sound	Rick Ash, Stephen Hunter Flick, Ken King and David Zupancic	Nominated
		Best Editing	Sally Menke	Nominated
Cannes Film Festival	12–23 May 1994	Palme d'Or	Quentin Tarantino	Won	[3]
David di Donatello Awards	3 June 1995	Best Foreign Film	Quentin Tarantino	Won	[4]
Golden Globe Awards	21 January 1995	Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated	[5]
		Best Motion Picture – Drama	Lawrence Bender	Nominated
		Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Samuel L. Jackson	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	John Travolta	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Uma Thurman	Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards	25 March 1995	Best Feature	Lawrence Bender	Won	[6]
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Male Lead	Samuel L. Jackson	Won
		Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary	Won
		Best Supporting Male	Eric Stoltz	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	10 December 1994	Best Film	Pulp Fiction	Won	[7]
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Actor	John Travolta	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Samuel L. Jackson	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Uma Thurman	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary	Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards	10 June 1995	Best Movie	Pulp Fiction	Won
		Best Dance Sequence	Uma Thurman and John Travolta	Won
		Best Female Performance	Uma Thurman	Nominated
		Best Male Performance	John Travolta	Nominated
		Best On-Screen Duo	Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta	Nominated
		Best Movie Song	For the song "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"	Nominated
National Board of Review Awards	27 February 1995	Best Film	Pulp Fiction [c]	Won
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Top Ten Films	Pulp Fiction	Won
National Society of Film Critics	3 January 1995	Best Film	Quentin Tarantino	Won	[8]
		Best Director		Won
		Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary	Won
Saturn Awards	26 June 1995	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film	Pulp Fiction	Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards	February 25, 1995	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	John Travolta	Nominated	[9]
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Samuel L. Jackson	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Uma Thurman	Nominated

Year-end lists

• 1st – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone[10]
• 1st – Janet Maslin, The New York Times[11]
• 1st – Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-Statesman[12]
• 1st – James Berardinelli, ReelViews[13]
• 1st – National Board of Review[14]
• 1st – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News[15]
• 1st – Yardena Arar, Los Angeles Daily News[15]
• 1st – David Stupich, The Milwaukee Journal[16]
• 1st – Scott Schuldt, The Oklahoman[17]
• 1st – Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times[18]
• 1st – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune[19]
• 1st – Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News[20]
• 1st – Michael Mills, The Palm Beach Post[21]
• 2nd – Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune[22]
• 2nd – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times[23]
• 2nd – Desson Howe, The Washington Post[24]
• 2nd – Christopher Sheid, The Munster Times[25]
• 3rd – Mack Bates, The Milwaukee Journal[26]
• 3rd – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph[27]
• 4th – Stephen Hunter, The Baltimore Sun[28]
• 5th – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News[29]
• 5th – Douglas Armstrong, The Milwaukee Journal[30]
• 6th – Todd Anthony, Miami New Times[31]
• 9th – John Hurley, Staten Island Advance[32]
• 10th – Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Herald American[33]
• Top 7 (not ranked) – Duane Dudek, Milwaukee Sentinel[34]
• Top 9 (not ranked) – Dan Webster, The Spokesman-Review[35]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Clark, USA Today[36]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Matt Zoller Seitz, Dallas Observer[37]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Mayo, The Roanoke Times[38]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Bob Ross, The Tampa Tribune[39]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Eleanor Ringel, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[40]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[40]
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News[41]
• Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, The Denver Post[42]
• Top 10 (not ranked) – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel[43]
• Top 10 (not ranked) – George Meyer, The Ledger[44]
• Top 10 (not ranked) – Dennis King, Tulsa World[45]
• Top 10 (not ranked) – Bob Carlton, The Birmingham News[46]
• Honorable mention – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times[23]
• Honorable mention – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-Tribune[47]

Notes

1. Awards, festivals and organizations are in Alphabetical order.
2. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
3. Tied with Forrest Gump.

References

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External links

• Awards for Pulp Fiction at IMDb