- Academy Awards
- 1948: Best Director—Gentleman's Agreement
- 1955: Best Director—On the Waterfront
- 1999: Academy Honorary Award—Lifetime Achievement
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- Nominations
- 1964: Best Picture—America, America
- 1964: Best Adapted Screenplay—America, America
- 1964: Best Director—America, America
- 1956: Best Director—East of Eden
- 1952: Best Director—A Streetcar Named Desire
- Tony Awards
- 1959: Best Direction—J.B.
- 1949: Best Director—Death of a Salesman
- 1947: Best Direction—All My Sons
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- Nominations
- 1956: Best Director—Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- 1958: Best Play—The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- 1958: Best Director—The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- 1960: Best Direction of a Play—Sweet Bird of Youth
- 1965: Best Producer of a Play—Tartuffe
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- Cannes Film Festival Awards
- 1955: Best Dramatic Film—East of Eden
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- Nominations
- 1952: Grand Prize of the Festival—Viva Zapata!
- 1955: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm)—East of Eden
- 1972: Palme d'Or—The Visitors
- Venice Film Festival Awards
- 1950: International Award—Panic in the Streets
- 1951: Special Jury Prize—A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1954: Italian Film Critics Award—On the Waterfront
- 1954: Leone d’Argento (Silver Lion)—On the Waterfront
- 1955: OCIC Award—On the Waterfront
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- Nominations
- 1948: Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion)—Gentleman's Agreement
- 1950: Leone d'Oro—Panic in the Streets (1950)
- 1951: Leone d'Oro—A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1954: Leone d'Oro—On the Waterfront
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- British Academy Film Awards
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- Nominations
- 1953: Best Film from any Source—A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1953: Best Film from any Source—Viva Zapata!
- 1955: Best Film from any Source—On the Waterfront
- 1956: Best Film from any Source—East of Eden
- 1957: Best Film from any Source—Baby Doll
- Berlin Film Festival Awards
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- Nominations
- 1953: Golden Bear—Man on a Tightrope
- 1960: Golden Bear—Wild River
- 1996: Honorary Golden Bear
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