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| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1988 | Won | ASCAP Award |
Most Performed Feature Film Standards Carol Connors Ayn Robbins Bill Conti For the song "Gonna Fly Now". |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director John G. Avildsen |
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Best Film Editing Richard Halsey Scott Conrad |
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Best Picture Irwin Winkler Robert Chartoff |
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Best Actor in a Leading Role Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone becomes the third person to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year, following Charles Chaplin for The Great Dictator (1940) and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane (1941). |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Burgess Meredith |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Burt Young |
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Best Actress in a Leading Role Talia Shire |
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Best Music, Original Song Bill Conti (music) Carol Connors (lyrics) Ayn Robbins (lyrics) For the song "Gonna Fly Now" |
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Best Sound Harry W. Tetrick William L. McCaughey Lyle J. Burbridge Bud Alper |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Sylvester Stallone |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film Richard Halsey Scott Conrad |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor Sylvester Stallone |
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Best Direction John G. Avildsen |
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Best Editing Richard Halsey |
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Best Film |
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Best Screenplay Sylvester Stallone |
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| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film John G. Avildsen |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) Sylvester Stallone Tied with Dustin Hoffman for Marathon Man (1976). |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures John G. Avildsen Ted Swanson (unit production manager) (plaque) Fred T. Gallo (assistant director) (plaque) Steve Perry (assistant director) (plaque) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture John G. Avildsen |
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Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Sylvester Stallone |
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Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama Talia Shire |
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Best Original Score - Motion Picture Bill Conti |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Sylvester Stallone |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Bill Conti |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Actor Sylvester Stallone |
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Best Film |
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| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | Kinema Junpo Award |
Best Foreign Language Film John G. Avildsen |
| Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film John G. Avildsen |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Picture Tied with Network (1976). |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Supporting Actress Talia Shire |
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Top Ten Films |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | 2nd place | NSFC Award |
Best Supporting Actress Talia Shire |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Supporting Actress Talia Shire |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Overall Blu-Ray Disc Also for Rocky IV (1985), Rocky Balboa (2006), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982) and Rocky V (1990). Rocky: The Undisputed Collection - 7 Disc Blu-Ray Set |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen Sylvester Stallone |
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