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