Editing The Bridge on the River Kwai (section)

=== Accolades ===
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|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[30th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Sam Spiegel]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[David Lean]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Alec Guinness]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Sessue Hayakawa]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Michael Wilson (writer)|Michael Wilson]], [[Carl Foreman]], and [[Pierre Boulle]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Jack Hildyard]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Peter Taylor (film editor)|Peter Taylor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Malcolm Arnold]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[11th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best British Actor]]
| Alec Guinness
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay|Best British Screenplay]]
| Pierre Boulle
| {{won}}
|-
| [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
| Jack Hildyard
| {{won}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| Best Foreign Production
| Sam Spiegel
| {{won}}
|-
| [[10th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| David Lean
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[DVD Exclusive Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best DVD Menu Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best DVD Original Retrospective Documentary/Featurette
| [[Laurent Bouzereau]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[15th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Alec Guinness
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Sessue Hayakawa
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| David Lean
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Golden Screen
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Golden Screen with 1 Star
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television|Best Sound Track Album, Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast]]
| Malcolm Arnold
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Drama
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Male Dramatic Performance
| Alec Guinness
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1957|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| David Lean
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Alec Guinness
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Sessue Hayakawa
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1957 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| David Lean
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Alec Guinness
| {{won}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Honored}}
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actor
| Alec Guinness
| {{won}}
|}

'''American Film Institute''' lists:
* 1998 — [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] — #13
* 2001 — [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills]] — #58
* 2006 — [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]] — #14
* 2007 — [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] — #36

The film has been selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]].

The British Film Institute placed ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' as the 11th greatest British film.