Editing The Best Years of Our Lives (section)

==Awards and honors==
In spite of his role, [[Harold Russell]] was not a professional actor. As the Academy Board of Governors considered him a long shot to win the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] Oscar he had been nominated for, they gave him an [[Academy Honorary Award]] "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance". When Russell in fact won as supporting actor there was an enthusiastic response. He is the only actor to have received two [[Academy Awards]] for the same performance. In 1992, Russell sold his Best Supporting Actor statuette at auction for $60,500 (${{Inflation|US|60500|1992|r=-2|fmt=c}} today), to pay his wife's medical bills.<ref name=obit>Bergan, Ronald. [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/06/guardianobituaries "Obituary: Harold Russell; Brave actor whose artificial hands helped him win two Oscars"]. ''The Guardian'', February 6, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[19th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[Samuel Goldwyn Productions]] 
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref name="Oscars1947"/>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[William Wyler]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Fredric March]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Harold Russell]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| [[Robert E. Sherwood]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Daniel Mandell]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture]]
| [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]]
| [[Gordon E. Sawyer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Honorary Award]]
| Harold Russell
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award]]
| [[Samuel Goldwyn]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1st Bodil Awards|Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best American Film]]
| William Wyler
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1948-2/ |title=The Bodil Prize 1948 |publisher=[[Bodil Awards]] |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[1st British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1949/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1949 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Brussels World Film Festival
| Best Actress
| [[Myrna Loy]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos|Cinema Writers Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[4th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives/ |title=The Best Years of Our Lives |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Special Achievement Award
| Harold Russell
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]
| [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]]
| rowspan="2"| William Wyler
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[Best Director Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| Robert E. Sherwood
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1946|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1946/ |title=1946 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| William Wyler
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1946 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}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| William Wyler
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Fredric March
| {{nom}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref>
|}

===[[American Film Institute]]===
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]]: #37
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]]: #11
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]]: #37