| Directors Guild of America |
The Horse Soldiers |
Best Director |
1959 |
Nominated |
| National Board of Review |
The Last Hurrah |
Best Director |
1958 |
Won |
| Directors Guild of America |
The Searchers |
Best Director |
1956 |
Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America |
The Long Gray Line |
Best Director |
1955 |
Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America |
Mister Roberts |
Best Director |
1955 |
Nominated |
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Mogambo |
Best British Film |
1953 |
Nominated |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
The Quiet Man |
Best Director |
1952 |
Won |
| Directors Guild of America |
The Quiet Man |
Best Director |
1952 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
The Quiet Man |
Best Picture |
1952 |
Nominated |
| Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
The Quiet Man |
Best Director |
1952 |
Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Circle |
How Green Was My Valley |
Best Director |
1941 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
How Green Was My Valley |
Best Director |
1941 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
The Grapes of Wrath |
Best Director |
1940 |
Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle |
The Grapes of Wrath |
Best Director |
1940 |
Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle |
Stagecoach |
Best Director |
1939 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Stagecoach |
Best Director |
1939 |
Nominated |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
The Informer |
Best Director |
1935 |
Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle |
The Informer |
Best Director |
1935 |
Won |