| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
| Best Director: William Friedkin |
| Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn |
| Best Supporting Actress: Linda Blair |
| Best Supporting Actor: Jason Miller |
| ✓ | Best Adapted Screenplay: William Peter Blatty |
| Best Cinematography: Owen Roizman |
| Best Art Direction: Bill Malley; Jerry Wunderlich |
| Best Film Editing: John C. Broderick, Bud S. Smith, Evan A. Lottman, and Norman Gay |
| ✓ | Best Sound: Robert Knudson & Christopher Newman |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Picture (Drama) |
| ✓ | Best Director: William Friedkin |
| Best Actress (Drama): Ellen Burstyn |
| ✓ | Best Supporting Actress: Linda Blair |
| Best Supporting Actor: Max von Sydow |
| ✓ | Best Screenplay: William Peter Blatty |
| Most Promising Newcomer, Female: Linda Blair |