Editing Chinatown (1974 film) (section)

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="11"| [[47th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Robert Evans]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="11"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 |title=The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 2, 2011 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=September 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901233914/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 |url-status=live}}</ref> <br><ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/9362/Chinatown/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018203202/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/9362/Chinatown/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Chinatown |access-date=December 29, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Roman Polanski]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Jack Nicholson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Faye Dunaway]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[Robert Towne]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| [[Richard Sylbert]], [[W. Stewart Campbell]],[[Ruby R. Levitt]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[John A. Alonzo]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Anthea Sylbert]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Sam O'Steen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Dramatic Score]]
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Charles Grenzbach]] and [[Larry Jost]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best Non-European Film]]
| rowspan="3"| Roman Polanski
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1975-2/ |title=Bodil Prize 1975 |work=[[Bodil Awards]] |date=February 25, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216014648/https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1975-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11"| [[28th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="11"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Film |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film?award-year=1975 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Bafta |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Jack Nicholson {{small|(also for ''[[The Last Detail]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| [[John Huston]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Robert Towne {{small|(also for ''[[The Last Detail]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Richard Sylbert
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| John A. Alonzo
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| Anthea Sylbert
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| Sam O'Steen
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Best Original Music]]
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[27th 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]]
| Roman Polanski
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1974.aspx?value=1974 |title=27th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205095221/http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1974.aspx?value=1974 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Awards]]
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture]]
| Robert Towne
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-motion-picture/ |title=Category List – Best Motion Picture |website=[[Edgar Awards]] |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129092724/https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-motion-picture/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Fotogramas de Plata]]
| Best Foreign Movie Performer
| Jack Nicholson {{small|(also for ''[[Five Easy Pieces]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[32nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/chinatown |title=Chinatown – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 10, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1975}} |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221511/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/chinatown |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| John Huston
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Roman Polanski
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Robert Towne
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| Jerry Goldsmith
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[International Film Music Critics Association|International Film Music Critics Awards]]
| [[International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best New Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording|Best Re-Release/Re-Recording of an Existing Score]]
| Jerry Goldsmith, Douglass Fake, Roger Feigelson, <br> Jeff Bond, and Joe Sikoryak
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmmusiccritics.org/awards-archive/2016-ifmca-awards/ |title=2016 IFMCA Awards |author=[[International Film Music Critics Association|IFMCA]] |date=2017 |website=IFMCA |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507090550/http://filmmusiccritics.org/awards-archive/2016-ifmca-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| Best Actor
| Jack Nicholson
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1970-79/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1970–79 |website=kcfcc.org |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618213850/https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1970-79/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| John Huston
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1974|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1974/ |title=1974 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930163150/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1974/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[1974 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2"| Jack Nicholson {{small|(also for ''[[The Last Detail]]'')}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531032303/https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1974 |title=1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118093922/https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1974 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Robert Towne
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Productions |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911025446/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures
| Robert Evans
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Film
| Roman Polanski
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[27th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Robert Towne
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/1995-1949 |title=Writers Guild Awards Winners: 1995–1949 |website=Writers Guild of America West |access-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125193707/https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/1995-1949 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Other honors===
* 2010 – Best film of all time, ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref name="guardian.co.uk"/>
* 2012 – In the [[British Film Institute]]'s 2012 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' polls of [[The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012|the greatest films ever made]], ''Chinatown'' was 78th among critics and 91st among directors.
* 2015 – The film ranked 12th on [[BBC]]'s "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 20, 2015|title=100 Greatest American Films|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916105535/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films|archive-date=September 16, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2015|work=BBC}}</ref>

'''American Film Institute recognition'''
* 1998 – [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – Ranked 19th
* 2001 – [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills]] – Ranked 16th
* 2003 – [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains]]:
** Noah Cross – Ranked 16th Villain
** J.J. Gittes – Nominated Hero
* 2005 – [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown" – Ranked 74th
* 2005 – [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]] – Ranked 9th
* 2007 – [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – Ranked 21st
* 2008 – [[AFI's 10 Top 10]] [[mystery film]] – Ranked 2nd