awards for The Poseidon Adventure on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Art Direction Raphael Bretton, William J. Creber	1972
Nominated	Best Cinematography Harold E. Stine	1972
Nominated	Best Costume Design Paul Zastupnevich	1972
Nominated	Best Editing Harold Kress	1972
Nominated	Best Original Dramatic Score John Williams	1972
Won	Best Song Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn	1972
Nominated	Best Sound Herman Lewis, Theodore Soderberg	1972
Nominated	Best Supporting Actress Shelley Winters	1972
Won	Special Achievement L.B. Abbott, A.D. Flowers	1972

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Won

Best Actor Gene Hackman

1972

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Original Score John Williams	1972
Nominated	Best Original Song Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha	1972
Won	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Shelley Winters	1972
Nominated	Best Picture - Drama	1972