| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director for: Gandhi (1982) |
Best Picture for: Gandhi (1982) |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Supporting Actor for: Miracle on 34th Street (1994) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Won | Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film |
for: Shadowlands (1993) Shared with: Brian Eastman |
| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film for: Shadowlands (1993) Shared with: Brian Eastman |
|
| David Lean Award for Direction |
for: Shadowlands (1993) |
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| 1988 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction for: Cry Freedom (1987) |
Best Film for: Cry Freedom (1987) |
| 1983 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction for: Gandhi (1982) |
Best Film for: Gandhi (1982) |
| - | Academy Fellowship | ||
| 1978 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction for: A Bridge Too Far (1977) |
| 1970 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction for: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) |
| 1965 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: Guns at Batasi (1964) Also for Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964). |
| 1963 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: The Dock Brief (1962) |
| 1961 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: The Angry Silence (1960) |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: In Love and War (1996) |
| 1988 | Won | Peace Film Award - Honorable Mention |
for: Cry Freedom (1987) |
| - | Berlinale Camera | ||
| Chicago International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: Gandhi (1982) |
Best Producer - Foreign Film (Migliore Produttore Straniero) for: Gandhi (1982) |
| European David |
for: Gandhi (1982) |
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Gandhi (1982) Shared with: David Tomblin (assistant director) (plaque) |
| 1970 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | - | Award of Merit |
For special achievements. |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Won | Special Award | |
| 1978 | Won | Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Film for: A Bridge Too Far (1977) |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Nominated | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Chaplin (1992) Festival title: Charlie. |
| Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: Cry Freedom (1987) |
| 1986 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: A Chorus Line (1985) |
| 1983 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: Gandhi (1982) |
| 1968 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Supporting Actor for: Doctor Dolittle (1967) |
| 1967 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Supporting Actor for: The Sand Pebbles (1966) |
| Guild of German Art House Cinemas | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | Won | Guild Film Award - Gold |
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) for: Gandhi (1982) |
| Heartland Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Won | Studio Crystal Heart Award |
for: Shadowlands (1993) |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | IFTA Award |
Best Film for: Closing the Ring (2007) Shared with: Jo Gilbert |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Gandhi (1982) |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | - | Dilys Powell Award | |
| Moscow International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Nominated | Golden St. George |
for: Chaplin (1992) |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1964 | Won | Prize San Sebastián |
Best Actor for: Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) Tied with Maurice Biraud for Les aventures de Salavin (1964). |
| 1960 | Won | Zulueta Prize |
Best Actor for: The League of Gentlemen (1960) Shared with: Jack Hawkins Bryan Forbes Roger Livesey Nigel Patrick |