| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Network (1976) Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf. |
| 1972 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor for: Network (1976) The award was given posthumously. |
| 1972 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor for: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) |
| 1962 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: No Love for Johnnie (1961) |
| 1961 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) |
| 1960 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: The Nun's Story (1959) USA. |
| 1958 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: Windom's Way (1957) |
| 1957 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: A Town Like Alice (1956) |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | Silver Berlin Bear |
Best Actor for: No Love for Johnnie (1961) |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special for: Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV) Posthumous nomination, Finch died 5 days after the film was broadcast. (Shown within "The Big Event" (1976)). |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1977 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Network (1976) Posthumously. |
| 1972 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) |
| Moscow International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | Silver Prize (1959-1967) |
Best Actor for: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) Tied with Bambang Hermanto for Fighters for Freedom (1961). |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1967 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Actor for: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Actor for: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) |