Editing Double Indemnity (section)

==Legacy==
In 1992, the U.S. [[Library of Congress]] selected ''Double Indemnity'' for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Andy|last1=Marx|first2=Dennis|last2=Wharton|date=1992-12-04|title=Diverse pix mix picked|url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/diverse-pix-mix-picked-101808/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Variety|language=en}}</ref>

[[American Film Institute]] included the film on several lists:
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies]], #38<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies  |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=American Film Institute |language=en}}</ref>
* 2001: [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills]], #24
* 2002: [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions]], #84
* 2003: [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains]], #8 [[Phyllis Dietrichson]]
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]], #29

''Double Indemnity'' is often referenced as [[List of films considered the best|one of the greatest films of all time]]:
* ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'': ''Top 100 films of all time'', #43 (1998).<ref>{{cite web |work=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC Filmsite.org]] |url=http://www.filmsite.org/timeout2.html |title=Top 100 Films (Readers) |publisher=American Movie Classics Company |access-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203104230/http://www.filmsite.org/timeout2B.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'': ''100 Greatest Movies of All Time'', #50 (1999).<ref>{{cite web|title = Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time|url = http://www.filmsite.org/ew100.html|publisher = [[Filmsite.org]]|access-date = 19 January 2009|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140331185517/http://www.filmsite.org/ew100.html|archive-date = 31 March 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> 
* [[National Society of Film Critics]]: "Top 100 Essential Films of All Time" (2002).<ref name=Carr81>{{Cite book |last=Carr|first=Jay |title=The A List: The National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films |year=2002 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-306-81096-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/alistnationalsoc00jayc/page/81 81] |url=https://archive.org/details/alistnationalsoc00jayc |url-access=registration|access-date=27 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=100 Essential Films by The National Society of Film Critics|url=https://www.filmsite.org/alist.html|website=filmsite.org}}</ref> 
* ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'': [[Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies|All-Time 100 best movies]] (2005).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=''Double Indemnity''|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/double-indemnity-1944/|magazine=Time|date=13 January 2010 |last1=Schickel |first1=Richard }}</ref>
* [[Writers Guild of America]]: Greatest Screenplays, #26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|title=101 Greatest Screenplays|publisher=Writers Guild of America|access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[BBC]]: "100 Greatest American Films", #35 (2015).<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>
* ''Variety'': "The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time" (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |vauthors=Debruge, Peter, et al.  |date=2022-12-21 |title=The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-of-all-time/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Time Out'': "100 Best Movies of All Time That You Should Watch Immediately" (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Best Movies of All Time That You Should Watch Immediately |url=https://www.timeout.com/film/best-movies-of-all-time |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Time Out Worldwide |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''Double Indemnity'' 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>