| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
| Best Director: David Lean |
| Best Supporting Actor: Tom Courtenay |
| ✓ | Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Bolt |
| ✓ | Best Cinematography (Color): Freddie Young |
| ✓ | Best Art Direction (Color): John Box; Terence Marsh & Dario Simoni |
| ✓ | Best Costume Design (Color): Phyllis Dalton |
| Best Film Editing: Norman Savage |
| ✓ | Best Original Score: Maurice Jarre |
| Best Sound: A.W. Watkins & Franklin Milton |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| ✓ | Best Picture (Drama) |
| ✓ | Best Director: David Lean |
| ✓ | Best Actor (Drama): Omar Sharif |
| ✓ | Best Screenplay: Robert Bolt |
| ✓ | Best Original Score: Maurice Jarre |
| Most Promising Newcomer (Female): Geraldine Chaplin |
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| Other Awards: |
| National Board of Review: Best Actress (Christie; also cited for Darling) |