| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Picture |
| ✓ | Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner |
| ✓ | Best Actor: George C. Scott |
| ✓ | Best Original Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola & Edmund H. North |
| Best Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp |
| ✓ | Best Art Direction: Urie McClearly & Gil Parrondo; Antonio Mateos & Pierre-Louis Thévenet |
| ✓ | Best Film Editing: Hugh S. Fowler |
| Best Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith |
| ✓ | Best Sound: Douglas O. Williams & Don J. Bassman |
| Best Visual Effects: Alex Weldon |
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| Golden Globe Nominations: |
| Best Picture (Drama) |
| Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner |
| ✓ | Best Actor (Drama): George C. Scott |
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| Other Awards: |
| Directors Guild of America: Best Director |
| Writers Guild of America: Best Original Screenplay (Drama) |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Scott) |
| National Society of Film Critics: Best Actor (Scott) |
| National Board of Review: Best Picture (English-Language); Best Actor (Scott) |