| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 2000 | Man on the Moon | Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for Best Director | |||
| 1996 | The People Vs. Larry Flynt | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1996 | The People Vs. Larry Flynt | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1984 | Amadeus | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1984 | Amadeus | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1984 | Amadeus | French Academy of Cinema | Best Foreign Film | |||
| 1984 | Amadeus | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 1984 | Amadeus | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1981 | Ragtime | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Director | |||
| 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Picture | |||
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1971 | Taking Off | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Picture | |||
| 1968 | The Firemen's Ball | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Foreign Language Film | |||
| 1966 | Loves of a Blonde | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Foreign Language Film |