Editing The Goodbye Girl (section)

==Awards and nominations==
[[Richard Dreyfuss]] was 30 when he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], making him [[List of Academy Award records|the youngest actor ever to win the category]]. This record stood for 25 years until [[75th Academy Awards|2002]] when [[Adrien Brody]]—just one month shy of his 30th birthday—won for ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[50th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Ray Stark]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Richard Dreyfuss]]
| {{won}}
|- 
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Marsha Mason]]
| {{nom}}
|- 
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Quinn Cummings]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen <br> Based on Factual Material or on Story Material <br> Not Previously Published or Produced]]
| [[Neil Simon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[32nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Richard Dreyfuss
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1979/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1979 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=September 19, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Marsha Mason
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Neil Simon
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[David di Donatello |David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director|Best Foreign Director]]
| [[Herbert Ross]]
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Ridley Scott]] for ''[[The Duellists]]''.}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| [[Richard Dreyfuss]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[35th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/goodbye-girl |title=The Goodbye Girl |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=September 19, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Richard Dreyfuss
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Marsha Mason
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Diane Keaton]] for ''[[Annie Hall]]''.}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Quinn Cummings
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Neil Simon
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| Best Actor
| rowspan="2"| Richard Dreyfuss
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1970-79/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1970-79 |date=December 14, 2013 |publisher=Kansas City Film Critics Circle |access-date=September 19, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1977 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1977.php |title=The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=September 19, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[30th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Comedy – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Neil Simon
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |date= |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

'''American Film Institute'''
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]] – #81