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