awards for The Last Picture Show on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Adapted Screenplay Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich	1971
Nominated	Best Cinematography Robert Surtees	1971
Nominated	Best Director Peter Bogdanovich	1971
Nominated	Best Picture Stephen Friedman	1971
Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Jeff Bridges, Ben Johnson	1971
Nominated	Best Supporting Actress Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman	1971

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Nominated	Best Picture Peter Bogdanovich	1972
Won	Best Screenplay Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry	1972
Won	Best Supporting Actor Ben Johnson	1972
Won	Best Supporting Actress Cloris Leachman	1972

Directors Guild of America

Nominated

Best Director Peter Bogdanovich

1971

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Director Peter Bogdanovich	1971
Won	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Ben Johnson	1971
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman	1971
Nominated	Best Picture - Drama	1971
Nominated	New Star of the Year - Female Cybill Shepherd	1971

Library of Congress

Won

U.S. National Film Registry

1998

National Board of Review

Nominated	Best Picture	1971
Won	Best Supporting Actor Ben Johnson	1971
Won	Best Supporting Actress Cloris Leachman	1971

New York Film Critics Circle

Won	Best Screenplay Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, Penelope Gilliatt	1971
Won	Best Supporting Actor Ben Johnson	1971
Won	Best Supporting Actress Ellen Burstyn	1971