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===Awards===
The film was [[13th Academy Awards#Awards|nominated for five]] [[Academy Award]]s:
* [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]] – [[United Artists]] (Charlie Chaplin, Producer)
* [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – Charlie Chaplin
* [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Writing (Original Screenplay)]] – Charlie Chaplin
* [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] – [[Jack Oakie]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music (Original Score)]] – [[Meredith Willson]]

Chaplin also won best actor awards at [[National Board of Review]] awards and [[New York Film Critics Circle]] Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Actor|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?cat=2|website=nyfcc}}</ref>

In 1997, ''The Great Dictator'' was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".<ref name=":0">[https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html "Films Selected to The National Film Registry, 1989–2010"]. [[Library of Congress]]. Retrieved February 3, 2012.</ref>

In 2000, the [[American Film Institute]] ranked the film No. 37 in its [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|"100 Years... 100 Laughs"]] list.<ref>[http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/laughs100.pdf?docID=252 America's Funniest Movies]. [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]]. Retrieved February 3, 2012.</ref>

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''The Great Dictator'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

The film holds a 92% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 8.90/10. The consensus reads, "Charlie Chaplin demonstrates that his comedic voice is undiminished by dialogue in this rousing satire of tyranny, which may be more distinguished by its uplifting humanism than its gags."<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes|great_dictator|The Great Dictator}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] of [[Chicago Sun-Times]] gave the film four stars out of four and included it in his [[Great Movies]] list.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great Dictator|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-great-dictator-1940|website=Roger Ebert|date=27 September 2007}}</ref>