Award Category Nominee Result
Academy Awards, 1972[20][21] Best Picture Phillip D'Antoni Won
Best Director William Friedkin Won
Best Actor Gene Hackman Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Ernest Tidyman Won
Film Editing Gerald B. Greenberg Won
Best Supporting Actor Roy Scheider Nominated
Best Cinematography Owen Roizman Nominated
Best Sound Theodore Soderberg
Christopher Newman
Nominated
American Cinema Editors, 1972[21] Best Edited Feature Film Gerald B. Greenberg Nominated
BAFTA, 1972[21] Best Actor Gene Hackman Won
Best Film Editing Gerald B. Greenberg Won
Best Direction William Friedkin Nominated
Best Film Philip D'Antoni Nominated
Best Sound Track Christopher Newman
Theodore Soderberg
Nominated
David di Donatello Award, 1972[21] Best Foreign Film Philip D'Antoni Won
Directors Guild of America, 1972[21] Outstanding Directorial Achievement William Friedkin Won
Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 1972[21] Best Motion Picture Ernest Tidyman Won
Golden Globe Awards, 1972[22] Best Motion Picture Phillip D'Antoni Won
Best Director William Friedkin Won
Best Actor Gene Hackman Won
Best Screenplay Ernest Tidyman Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle, 1972[21] Best Actor Gene Hackman Won
Best Film Ernest Tidyman Won
National Society of Film Critics, 1972[21] Best Actor Gene Hackman Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle, 1971[21] Best Actor Gene Hackman Won
Best Film Ernest Tidyman Nominated
Writers Guild of America, 1972[21] Best Drama Adaptation Ernest Tidyman Nominated