awards for Atlantic City on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Actor Burt Lancaster	1981
Nominated	Best Actress Susan Sarandon	1981
Nominated	Best Director Louis Malle	1981
Nominated	Best Original Screenplay John Guare	1981
Nominated	Best Picture John Kemeny, Denis Heroux	1981

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Won	Best Actor Burt Lancaster	1981
Won	Best Director Louis Malle	1981

Directors Guild of America

Nominated

Best Director Louis Malle

1981

Genie Awards

Nominated	Best Actor - Foreign Burt Lancaster	1981
Won	Best Actress - Foreign Susan Sarandon	1981
Won	Best Art Direction Anne Pritchard	1981
Nominated	Best Cinematography Richard Ciupka	1981
Nominated	Best Costume Design Francois Barbeau	1981
Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Robert Joy	1981
Won	Best Supporting Actress Kate Reid	1981

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Director Louis Malle	1981
Nominated	Best Foreign Film	1981
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Burt Lancaster	1981

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Won	Best Actor Burt Lancaster	1981
Won	Best Picture	1981
Won	Best Screenplay John Guare	1981
Won	New Generation Award John Guare	1981

National Board of Review

Nominated

Best Picture

1981

National Society of Film Critics

Won

Best Picture

1981

New York Film Critics Circle

Won	Best Actor Burt Lancaster	1981
Won	Best Screenplay John Guare	1981

Venice International Film Festival

Won

Golden Lion Louis Malle

1980