| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Picture | |||
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | |||
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| 1980 | Ordinary People | National Board of Review | Best Director | |||
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Director | |||
| 1973 | The Sting | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1970 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actor | |||
| 1970 | Downhill Racer | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actor | |||
| 1970 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actor | |||
| 1965 | Inside Daisy Clover | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | New Star of the Year - Male |