Born on the Fourth of July awards
Berlin International Film Festival
- In Competition (festival screening)
- Oliver Stone
- 1990
- Golden Berlin Camera - Special award viewed as a consolation prize. (winner)
- Oliver Stone
- 1990
Directors Guild of America
- Best Director (winner)
- Oliver Stone
- 1989
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Picture - Drama - Drama (winner)
- 1989
- Best Director (winner)
- Oliver Stone
- 1989
- Best Screenplay (winner)
- Oliver Stone
- 1989
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or - Drama (winner)
- Tom Cruise
- 1989
- Best Original Score (nominee)
- John Williams
- 1989
- Best Screenplay (winner)
- Ron Kovic
- 1989
National Board of Review
- Best Picture (nominee)
- 1989
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Best Actor (nominee)
- Tom Cruise
- 1989
- Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)
- Ron Kovic
- 1989
- Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)
- Oliver Stone
- 1989
- Best Cinematography (nominee)
- Robert Richardson
- 1989
- Best Director (winner)
- Oliver Stone
- 1989
- Best Editing (winner)
- David Brenner
- 1989
- Best Editing (winner)
- Joe Hutshing
- 1989
- Best Picture (nominee)
- Oliver Stone
- 1989
- Best Score (nominee)
- John Williams
- 1989
- Best Sound (nominee)
- Michael Minkler
- 1989
- Best Sound (nominee)
- Gregory H. Watkins
- 1989
- Best Sound (nominee)
- Wylie Stateman
- 1989
- Best Sound (nominee)
- Tod A. Maitland
- 1989
- Best Picture (nominee)
- A. Kitman Ho
- 1989
American Society of Cinematographers
- Best Cinematography (nominee)
- Robert Richardson
- 1989



