A Cry in the Dark Awards

AFI Award (Australian Film Institute)
For:
Best Actor in a Lead Role - Sam Neill
Best Actress in a Lead Role - Meryl Streep
Best Director - Fred Schepisi
Best Film - Verity Lambert
Best Screenplay, Adapted - Fred Schepisi, Robert Caswell
year: 1989
Won

Cannes Film Festival
For:
Best Actress - Meryl Streep
Year: 1989
Won

NYFCC Award (New York Film Critics Circle Awards)
For:
Best Actress - Meryl Streep
Year: 1988
Won

PFS Award (Political Film Society, USA)
For:
Exposé
Year: 1989
Won