awards for Chinatown on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Actor Jack Nicholson	1974
Nominated	Best Actress Faye Dunaway	1974
Nominated	Best Art Direction Ruby Levitt, W. Stewart Campbell, Richard Sylbert	1974
Nominated	Best Cinematography John A. Alonzo	1974
Nominated	Best Costume Design Anthea Sylbert	1974
Nominated	Best Director Roman Polanski	1974
Nominated	Best Editing Sam O'Steen	1974
Nominated	Best Original Dramatic Score Jerry Goldsmith	1974
Won	Best Original Screenplay Robert Towne	1974
Nominated	Best Picture Robert Evans	1974
Nominated	Best Sound Lawrence O. Jost, Charles Grenzbach	1974

American Film Institute

Won

100 Greatest American Movies

1998

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Won	Best Actor Jack Nicholson	1974
Won	Best Director Roman Polanski	1974
Nominated	Best Picture Roman Polanski	1974
Won	Best Screenplay Robert Towne	1974

Directors Guild of America

Nominated

Best Director Roman Polanski

1974

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Won

Best Screenplay Robert Towne

1974

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Won	Best Director Roman Polanski	1974
Nominated	Best Original Score Jerry Goldsmith	1974
Won	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Jack Nicholson	1974
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture John Huston	1974
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Faye Dunaway	1974
Won	Best Picture - Drama	1974
Won	Best Screenplay Robert Towne	1974

Library of Congress

Won

U.S. National Film Registry

1990

National Board of Review

Nominated

Best Picture

1974

National Society of Film Critics

Won

Best Actor Jack Nicholson

1974

New York Film Critics Circle

Won

Best Actor Jack Nicholson

1974