awards for Places in the Heart on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Won	Best Actress Sally Field	1984
Nominated	Best Costume Design Ann Roth	1984
Nominated	Best Director Robert Benton	1984
Won	Best Original Screenplay Robert Benton	1984
Nominated	Best Picture Arlene Donovan	1984
Nominated	Best Supporting Actor John Malkovich	1984
Nominated	Best Supporting Actress Lindsay Crouse	1984

Berlin International Film Festival

Won

Silver Bear for Best Director Robert Benton

1985

Directors Guild of America

Nominated

Best Director Robert Benton

1984

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Won	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Sally Field	1984
Nominated	Best Picture - Drama	1984
Nominated	Best Screenplay Robert Benton	1984

National Board of Review

Nominated	Best Picture	1984
Won	Best Supporting Actor John Malkovich	1984

New York Film Critics Circle

Won

Best Screenplay Robert Benton

1984