| Award
|
Category
|
Nominee
|
Result
|
| 52nd Academy Awards[204]
|
Best Picture
|
Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, and Tom Sternberg
|
Nominated
|
| Best Director
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
|
Robert Duvall
|
Nominated
|
| Best Writing – Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
|
John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| Best Art Direction
|
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis and Angelo P. Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
|
Nominated
|
| Best Cinematography
|
Vittorio Storaro
|
Won
|
| Best Film Editing
|
Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman
|
Nominated
|
| Best Sound
|
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, and Nat Boxer
|
Won
|
| 1979 Cannes Film Festival[205]
|
Palme d'Or
|
Apocalypse Now
|
Won
|
| 33rd British Academy Film Awards[206]
|
Best Film
|
Apocalypse Now
|
Nominated
|
| Best Actor
|
Martin Sheen
|
Nominated
|
| Best Supporting Actor
|
Robert Duvall
|
Won
|
| Best Direction
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Won
|
| Best Original Film Music
|
Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| Best Cinematography
|
Vittorio Storaro
|
Nominated
|
| Best Editing
|
Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, and Lisa Fruchtman
|
Nominated
|
| Best Production Design
|
Dean Tavoularis
|
Nominated
|
| Best Soundtrack
|
Nathan Boxer, Richard Cirincione, Walter Murch
|
Nominated
|
| 5th César Awards[207]
|
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| David di Donatello Awards[208]
|
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Won
|
| 32nd Directors Guild of America Awards[209]
|
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| 37th Golden Globe Awards[210]
|
Best Motion Picture – Drama
|
Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, and Tom Sternberg
|
Nominated
|
| Best Director
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Won
|
| Best Supporting Actor
|
Robert Duvall
|
Won[b]
|
| Best Original Score
|
Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
|
Won
|
| 22nd Annual Grammy Awards[211]
|
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture
|
Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| 1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards
|
Best Supporting Actor
|
Frederic Forrest
|
Won
|
| 32nd Writers Guild of America Awards[212]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola
|
Nominated
|
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards
|
Film of the Year
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Won
|
