| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
| Best Director: Hal Ashby |
| ✓ | Best Actress: Jane Fonda |
| ✓ | Best Actor: Jon Voight |
| Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Milford |
| Best Supporting Actor: Bruce Dern |
| ✓ | Best Original Screenplay: Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, and Robert C. Jones |
| Best Film Editing: Don Zimmerman |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture (Drama) |
| Best Director: Hal Ashby |
| ✓ | Best Actress (Drama): Jane Fonda |
| ✓ | Best Actor (Drama): Jon Voight |
| Best Supporting Actor: Bruce Dern |
| Best Screenplay: Waldo Salt & Robert C. Jones |
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| Other Awards: |
| Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor (Voight) |
| Writers Guild of America: Best Original Screenplay, Drama: Waldo Salt & Robert C. Jones |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Voight) |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Picture; Best Actress (Fonda; also cited for California Suite and Comes a Horseman);
Best Actor (Voight) |
| National Board of Review: Best Actor (Voight; tie) |