| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Picture |
| ✓ | Best Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| ✓ | Best Actor: Paul Scofield |
| Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller |
| Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw |
| ✓ | Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Bolt |
| ✓ | Best Cinematography (Color): Ted Moore |
| ✓ | Best Costume Design (Color): Elizabeth Haffenden & Joan Bridge |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Picture (Drama) |
| ✓ | Best Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| ✓ | Best Actor (Drama): Paul Scofield |
| Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw |
| ✓ | Best Screenplay: Robert Bolt |
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| Other Awards: |
| Directors Guild of America: Best Director |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor (Scofield); Best Screenplay |
| National Board of Review: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor (Scofield); Best Supporting Actor (Shaw) |
| British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Picture; Best British Film; Best British Actor (Scofield);
Best British Screenplay; Best British Cinematography, Color; Best Art Direction, Color (John Box); Best British Costume Design, Color |