Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Dina Producers Guild of America Awards, "12 Years a Slave", dihijikeun jeung "Gravity" pikeun Best Theatrical Motion Picture. Pilem ieu narima opat nominasi di
20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, kalayan Nyong'o meunang penghargaan pikeun Kinerja Luar Biasa ku Aktor Awéwé dina Peran Dukungan. McQueen ogé dicalonkeun dina Directors Guild of America Awards. Duanana American Film Institute jeung National Board of Review kaasup pilem ieu dina daptar sapuluh pilem pangluhurna taun 2013.