American Graffiti awards
American Film Institute
- 100 Greatest American Movies (winner)
- 1998
Directors Guild of America
- Best Director (nominee)
- George Lucas
- 1973
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Picture - Musical or Comedy (winner)
- 1973
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or (nominee)
- Richard Dreyfuss
- 1973
- New Star of the Year - Male (winner)
- Paul Le Mat
- 1973
- Best Director (nominee)
- George Lucas
- 1973
New York Film Critics Circle
- Best Screenplay (winner)
- George Lucas
- 1973
- Best Screenplay (winner)
- Gloria Katz
- 1973
- Best Screenplay (winner)
- Willard Huyck
- 1973
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Best Director (nominee)
- George Lucas
- 1973
- Best Editing (nominee)
- Marcia Lucas
- 1973
- Best Editing (nominee)
- Verna Fields
- 1973
- Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
- Gloria Katz
- 1973
- Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
- Willard Huyck
- 1973
- Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
- George Lucas
- 1973
- Best Picture (nominee)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 1973
- Best Supporting Actress (nominee)
- Candy Clark
- 1973
- Best Picture (nominee)
- Gary Kurtz
- 1973
Library of Congress
- U.S. National Film Registry (winner)
- 1994



