Editing Being There (section)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[52nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name=":0" />
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Peter Sellers]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Melvyn Douglas]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[34th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 1981 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1981/film |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| Andrew Braunsberg
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Peter Sellers
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| [[Shirley MacLaine]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| [[Jerzy Kosiński]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1979 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Selection 1980: All the Selection |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1980/allSelections.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021214419/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1980/allSelections.html |archive-date=2013-10-21 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=festival-cannes.fr}}</ref>
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| [[Hal Ashby]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Fotogramas de Plata Awards
| Best Foreign Performer
| Peter Sellers
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[37th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Being There |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/being-there/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Peter Sellers
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] 
| Shirley MacLaine
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Melvyn Douglas
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Robert Duvall]] for ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Hal Ashby
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Jerzy Kosinski
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| Hal Ashby
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[London Critics Circle Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Critics' Circle Film Awards |url=https://criticscircle.org.uk/film/critics-circle-film-awards/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=The Critics' Circle |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| Special Achievement Award
| Peter Sellers
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1979|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Awards for 1979 - LAFCA |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1979.php |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=www.lafca.net}}</ref>
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Melvyn Douglas {{small|(also for ''[[The Seduction of Joe Tynan]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1979|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1979 Archives |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1979/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=National Board of Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Peter Sellers
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]<ref name=":1" />
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[National Society of Film Critics Awards 1979|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 1980 |title=National Film Critics Select 'Breaking Away' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/01/03/archives/national-film-critics-select-breaking-away.html |access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref>
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Peter Sellers
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Melvyn Douglas
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Jerzy Kosinski and [[Robert C. Jones]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Caleb Deschanel]] {{small|(also for ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=1979-12-20 |title=Film Critics Cite 'Kramer,' Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/20/archives/film-critics-cite-kramer-dustin-hoffman-and-sally-field-sellers-is.html |access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref>
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Peter Sellers
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Melvyn Douglas
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="2"| Jerzy Kosinski
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[32nd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1980 Awards Winners |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=wga.org}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium]]
| {{won}}
|}

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in:

* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #26<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url= https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-laughs/ |website=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref>