awards for Coal Miner's Daughter on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Won	Best Actress Sissy Spacek	1980
Nominated	Best Adapted Screenplay Tom Rickman	1980
Nominated	Best Art Direction John M. Dwyer, John W. Corso	1980
Nominated	Best Cinematography Ralf Bode	1980
Nominated	Best Editing Arthur Schmidt	1980
Nominated	Best Picture Bernard Schwartz	1980
Nominated	Best Sound Roger Heman, James R. Alexander, Richard Portman	1980

Directors Guild of America

Nominated

Best Director Michael Apted

1980

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Tommy Lee Jones	1980
Won	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Sissy Spacek	1980
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Beverly D'Angelo	1980
Won	Best Picture - Musical or Comedy	1980

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Won

Best Actress Sissy Spacek

1980

National Board of Review

Won	Best Actress Sissy Spacek	1980
Nominated	Best Picture	1980

National Society of Film Critics

Won

Best Actress Sissy Spacek

1980

New York Film Critics Circle

Won

Best Actress Sissy Spacek

1980