awards for A Place in the Sun on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Actor Montgomery Clift	1951
Nominated	Best Actress Shelley Winters	1951
Won	Best Black and White Cinematography William C. Mellor	1951
Nominated	Best Black and White Costume Design Edith Head	1951
Won	Best Director George Stevens	1951
Won	Best Drama or Comedy Score Franz Waxman	1951
Won	Best Editing William W. Hornbeck	1951
Nominated	Best Picture George Stevens	1951
Won	Best Screenplay Harry Brown, Michael Wilson	1951

American Film Institute

Won

100 Greatest American Movies

1998

Directors Guild of America

Won

Best Director George Stevens

1951

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Cinematography - Black and White William C. Mellor	1951
Nominated	Best Director George Stevens	1951
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Shelley Winters	1951
Won	Best Picture - Drama	1951

Library of Congress

Won

U.S. National Film Registry

1990

National Board of Review

Won

Best Picture

1951