| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1972 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Gene Hackman |
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Best Director William Friedkin |
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Best Film Editing Gerald B. Greenberg |
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Best Picture Philip D'Antoni |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Ernest Tidyman |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Roy Scheider |
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Best Cinematography Owen Roizman |
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Best Sound Theodore Soderberg Christopher Newman |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film Gerald B. Greenberg |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1973 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor Gene Hackman Also for The Poseidon Adventure (1972). |
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Best Film Editing Gerald B. Greenberg |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction William Friedkin |
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Best Film |
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Best Sound Track Christopher Newman Theodore Soderberg |
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| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) Philip D'Antoni (producer) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures William Friedkin Paul Ganapoler (unit production manager) (plaque) William C. Gerrity (assistant director) (plaque) Terence A. Donnelly (assistant director) (plaque) |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture Ernest Tidyman |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture William Friedkin |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Gene Hackman |
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| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Screenplay Ernest Tidyman |
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| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Actor Gene Hackman Tied with Walter Matthau for Kotch (1971). |
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Best Film |
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| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Feature Film unknown |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Actor Gene Hackman |
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Top Ten Films |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | 3rd place | NSFC Award |
Best Actor Gene Hackman |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1971 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor Gene Hackman |
| 3rd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Film |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Ernest Tidyman |
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