Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Golden Globes | Best Screenplay | Avanti! | Nominated |
| 1972 | Golden Globes | Best Director | Avanti! | Nominated |
| 1966 | Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Fortune Cookie (1966) | Nominated |
| 1960 | Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1960 | Academy Awards | Best Picture | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1960 | Academy Awards | Best Director | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1960 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Film - Any Source | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1960 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1960 | Golden Globes | Best Director | The Apartment (1960) | Nominated |
| 1960 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1960 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplay | The Apartment (1960) | Won |
| 1959 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Nominated |
| 1959 | Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Nominated |
| 1959 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best British Film | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Nominated |
| 1959 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Nominated |
| 1957 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | Nominated |
| 1957 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Love in the Afternoon | Nominated |
| 1957 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | Nominated |
| 1957 | Golden Globes | Best Director | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | Nominated |
| 1955 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | The Seven Year Itch | Nominated |
| 1954 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Sabrina (1954) | Nominated |
| 1954 | Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | Sabrina (1954) | Nominated |
| 1954 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Sabrina (1954) | Nominated |
| 1954 | Golden Globes | Best Screenplay | Sabrina (1954) | Won |
| 1953 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Stalag 17 | Nominated |
| 1953 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Stalag 17 | Nominated |
| 1951 | Venice International Film Festival | International Prize | Ace in the Hole (aka The Big Carnival) | Won |
| 1950 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated |
| 1950 | Academy Awards | Best Story and Screenplay | Sunset Boulevard | Won |
| 1950 | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated |
| 1950 | Golden Globes | Best Screenplay | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated |
| 1950 | Golden Globes | Best Director | Sunset Boulevard | Won |
| 1948 | Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | A Foreign Affair (2002) | Nominated |
| 1945 | Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| 1945 | Academy Awards | Best Director | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| 1945 | Golden Globes | Best Director | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| 1945 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| 1944 | Academy Awards | Best Director | Double Indemnity (1944) | Nominated |
| 1944 | Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | Double Indemnity (1944) | Nominated |
| 1941 | Academy Awards | Best Original Story | Ball of Fire | Nominated |
| 1941 | Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | Hold Back the Dawn | Nominated |
| 1939 | Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | Ninotchka (1939) | Nominated |
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