| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Picture |
| ✓ | Best Director: Delbert Mann |
| ✓ | Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine |
| Best Supporting Actress: Betsy Blair |
| Best Supporting Actor: Joe Mantell |
| ✓ | Best Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky |
| Best Cinematography (Black & White): Joseph LaShelle |
| Best Art Direction (Black & White): Ted Haworth & Walter M. Simonds; Robert Priestley |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Actor (Drama): Ernest Borgnine |
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| Other Awards: |
| Cannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or (Best Picture); OCIC Award |
| Directors Guild of America: Best Director |
| Writers Guild of America: Best Written American Drama |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Picture; Best Actor (Borgnine) |
| National Board of Review: Best Picture; Best Actor (Borgnine) |
| British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Foreign Actress (Blair); Best Foreign Actor (Borgnine) |