| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Jean Hagen | Nominated | [51] |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Lennie Hayton | Nominated | ||
| British Academy Film Awards | Best Film from any Source | Nominated | [52] | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen | Nominated | [53] |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Overall New Extra Features, Library Release | Singin' in the Rain: 50th Anniversary Edition | Nominated | [54] |
| Original Retrospective Documentary, Library Release | Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM | Nominated | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [55] | |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Donald O'Connor | Won | ||
| National Board of Review Awards | Top Ten Films | 8th Place | [56] | |
| National Film Preservation Board | National Film Registry | Inducted | [57] | |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | Hall of Fame – Productions | Inducted | [58] | |
| Hall of Fame – Songs | "Singin' in the Rain" | Inducted | [59] | |
| Photoplay Awards | Best Performances of the Month (June) | Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Jean Hagen | Won | [60] |
| Satellite Awards | Outstanding Youth DVD | Nominated | [61] | |
| Best DVD Extras | Nominated | |||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | Best Written American Musical | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Won | [62] |
The film is recognized by the American Film Institute in these lists:
- 1998: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #10[63]
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #16[64]
- 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #16[65]
- 2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:
- Lina Lamont – Nominated Villain[66]
- 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
- "Singin' in the Rain" – #3[67]
- "Make 'Em Laugh" – #49[67]
- "Good Morning" – #72[67]
- 2005: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
- Lina Lamont: "What do they think I am, dumb or something? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge! Put together!" – Nominated[68]
- 2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – #1[69]
- 2007: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #5[70]
In 1989, Singin' in the Rain was among the first 25 films chosen for the newly established National Film Registry for films that are deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation.[71]
Singin' in the Rain has appeared three times on Sight & Sound's list of the ten best films of all time, in 1982, 2002 and 2022. Its position in 1982 was at number 4 on the critics list; on the 2002 critics' list, it was listed as number 10, and it tied for 19 on the directors' list; on the 2022 critics' list, it was listed again as number 10.[72][4] In 2008, Singin' in the Rain was placed on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time List, ranking at #8, the highest ranked G-rated movie on the list.[73]
