Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Won |
Best Director The Quiet Man |
1952 |
| Won |
Best Director How Green Was My Valley |
1941 |
| Won |
Best Director The Grapes of Wrath |
1940 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Stagecoach |
1939 |
| Won |
Best Director The Informer |
1935 |
| Nominated |
Best Picture The Quiet Man |
1952 |
American Film Institute
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1973 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Nominated |
Best British Film Mogambo |
1953 |
Directors Guild of America
| Nominated |
Best Director The Horse Soldiers |
1959 |
| Nominated |
Best Director The Searchers |
1956 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Mister Roberts |
1955 |
| Nominated |
Best Director The Long Gray Line |
1955 |
| Won |
Best Director The Quiet Man |
1952 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Director The Quiet Man |
1952 |
| Won |
Special Achievement |
1954 |
National Board of Review
| Won |
Best Director The Last Hurrah |
1958 |
New York Film Critics Circle
| Won |
Best Director How Green Was My Valley |
1941 |
| Won |
Best Director The Grapes of Wrath |
1940 |
| Won |
Best Director Stagecoach |
1939 |
| Won |
Best Director The Informer |
1935 |
Venice International Film Festival
| Won |
Golden Lion |
1971 |
