Academy Award Nominations
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Best Writing, Screenplay | Ninotchka | Sidney Howard – Gone with the Wind |
| 1941 | Best Writing, Screenplay | Hold Back the Dawn | Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller – Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Best Writing, Original Story | Ball of Fire | Harry Segall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan | |
| 1944 | Best Director | Double Indemnity | Leo McCarey – Going My Way |
| Best Writing, Screenplay | Frank Butler and Frank Cavett – Going My Way | ||
| 1945 | Best Director | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| Best Writing, Screenplay | Won | ||
| 1948 | Best Writing, Screenplay | A Foreign Affair | John Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 1950 | Best Director | Sunset Boulevard | Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve |
| Best Writing, Story and Screenplay | Won | ||
| 1951 | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay | Ace in the Hole | Alan Jay Lerner – An American in Paris |
| 1953 | Best Director | Stalag 17 | Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity |
| 1954 | Best Director | Sabrina | Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront |
| Best Writing, Screenplay | George Seaton – The Country Girl | ||
| 1957 | Best Director | Witness for the Prosecution | David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1959 | Best Director | Some Like It Hot | William Wyler – Ben-Hur |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
Neil Paterson – Room at the Top | ||
| 1960 | Best Motion Picture | The Apartment | Won |
| Best Director | Won | ||
| Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen |
Won | ||
| 1966 | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen |
The Fortune Cookie | Claude Lelouch – A Man and a Woman |
| 1987 |
|
Won | |
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