Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Producers Guild of America Awards, "12 Years a Slave", jikọrọ ya na "Gravity" maka Best Theatrical Motion Picture. Ihe nkiri a nwetara ntuliaka anọ na
20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, ebe Nyong'o meriri ihe nrite maka Ọmarịcha Ọmarịcha Onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke nwanyị na Ọrụ Nkwado. A họpụtakwara McQueen na Directors Guild of America Awards. Ma Ụlọ Ọrụ Ihe Nkiri America na National Board of Review tinyere ihe nkiri ahụ na ndepụta ha nke ihe nkiri iri kacha mma nke 2013.