| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| ★ | Best Picture |
| ★ | Best Director: William Wyler |
| ★ | Best Actor: Charlton Heston |
| ★ | Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: Karl Tunberg |
| ★ | Best Cinematography (Color): Robert Surtees |
| ★ | Best Art Direction (Color): William A. Horning and Edward C. Carfagno |
| ★ | Best Costume Design (Color): Elizabeth Haffenden |
| ★ | Best Film Editing: Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning |
| ★ | Best Original Score: Miklós Rósza |
| ★ | Best Sound: Franklin Milton |
| ★ | Best Visual Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, and Milo B. Lory |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| ★ | Best Picture (Drama) |
| ★ | Best Director: William Wyler |
| Best Actor (Drama): Charlton Heston |
| ★ | Best Supporting Actor: Stephen Boyd |
| ★ | Special Award: Andrew Marton (for directing the chariot-racing sequence) |
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| Other Awards: |
| Directors Guild of America Awards: Best Director |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Picture |
| National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor (Griffith); Special Citation (Marton and Yakima Canutt; for directing the chariot-racing sequence) |
| British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Picture |