awards for The Bridge on the River Kwai on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Won	Best Actor Alec Guinness	1957
Won	Best Adapted Screenplay Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle	1957
Won	Best Cinematography Jack Hildyard	1957
Won	Best Director David Lean	1957
Won	Best Editing Peter Taylor	1957
Won	Best Picture Sam Spiegel	1957
Won	Best Score Malcolm Arnold	1957
Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Sessue Hayakawa	1957

American Film Institute

Won

100 Greatest American Movies

1998

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Won	Best British Actor Alec Guinness	1957
Won	Best Film - Any Source David Lean	1957
Won	Best Screenplay Pierre Boulle	1957

Directors Guild of America

Won

Best Director David Lean

1957

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Won	Best Director David Lean	1957
Won	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Alec Guinness	1957
Won	Best Picture - Drama	1957

Library of Congress

Won

U.S. National Film Registry

1997

National Board of Review

Won	Best Actor Alec Guinness	1957
Won	Best Director David Lean	1957
Won	Best Picture	1957
Won	Best Supporting Actor Sessue Hayakawa	1957

New York Film Critics Circle

Won	Best Actor Alec Guinness	1957
Won	Best Director David Lean	1957
Won	Best Picture	1957