Editing Some Like It Hot (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
[[File:Big Sky Drive-in Ad - 2 July 1959, Chula Vista, CA.jpg|thumb|July 2, 1959, newspaper advertisement for a drive-in theater viewing of the film]]
By 1962, ''Some Like It Hot'' had grossed $14 million in the US.<ref>[[Axel Madsen|Madsen, Axel]]. ''Billy Wilder''. [[Secker & Warburg]]. 1968.</ref> According to [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]], the film ultimately grossed $25 million in the US.<ref>[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Some-Like-it-Hot#tab=summary "Some Like it Hot (1959) – Financial Information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009190003/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Some-Like-it-Hot#tab=summary |date=October 9, 2020 }}. [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved 7 October 2020.</ref> As of 2020, it had grossed over $83.2 million internationally.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0053291/ "Some Like It Hot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011163203/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0053291/ |date=October 11, 2020 }}. [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved 7 October 2020.</ref>

The film opened in the week ended March 24, 1959, in several cities in the United States; the highest grossing of which were in Chicago, where it grossed $45,000 at the [[United Artists Theatre (Chicago)|United Artists Theatre]] with Monroe making an appearance, and in Washington, D.C., where it grossed $40,000 at the Capitol Theatre.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n256/mode/1up|title=Socko Pix Fatten Chi B.O.|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1959|page=9|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n256/mode/1up|title=Monroe Mighty $40,000 D.C. Ace|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1959|page=9|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> With results from just six key cities, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' listed it as the third highest-grossing film in the United States for the week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n251/mode/1up|title=National Boxoffice Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 25, 1959|page=4|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

The film then expanded to 100 theatres around the country for the [[Easter]] holiday,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n82/mode/1up|title='Hot' Hits 100 at Easter|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 11, 1959|page=19|access-date=June 23, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> including at the newly renovated [[Loew's State Theatre (New York City)|State Theatre]] in New York City on Sunday, March 29, 1959,<ref name="AFI">{{AFI film|id=53017|title=Some Like It Hot}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-04#page/n8/mode/1up|title=Easter Time – And Biz is Risen|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 1, 1959|page=9|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> and became number one in the country and remained there for three weeks before being knocked off the top by ''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-04#page/n316/mode/1up|title=National Box Office Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 22, 1959|page=5|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> ''Imitation of Life'' was top for two weeks before being replaced again by ''Some Like It Hot'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-05#page/n2/mode/1up|title=National Boxoffice Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 5, 1959|page=3|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> which remained there for another four weeks before being replaced by ''[[Pork Chop Hill (film)|Pork Chop Hill]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety215-1959-06#page/n3/mode/1up|title=National Boxoffice Survey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 3, 1959|page=4|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> In its first month, the film grossed $2,585,120 from 96 engagements.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-05#page/n17/mode/1up|title='Hot' Big on 96 Dates|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 6, 1959|page=18|access-date=January 8, 2021|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

===Retrospective appraisal===
''Some Like It Hot'' received widespread acclaim from critics and is considered among [[List of films considered the best|the best films of all time]]. On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 95% of 73 critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 9.1/10. The website's critical consensus calls it "a spry, quick-witted [[farce]] that never drags."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/some_like_it_hot| title=Some Like It Hot (1959)| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]| access-date=31 May 2023| archive-date=February 20, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220015416/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/some_like_it_hot| url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Metacritic]], another review aggregator which calculated a weighted average score of 98 out of 100 based on 19 critics, the film received "universal acclaim".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web| url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/some-like-it-hot| title=Some Like It Hot| website=[[Metacritic]]| access-date=12 February 2019| archive-date=July 11, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711030747/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/some-like-it-hot| url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''{{'}}s [[Roger Ebert]] wrote: "Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft."<ref name="rogerebert.com">{{cite web| url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-some-like-it-hot-1959| title=Some Like It Hot| first=Roger| last=Ebert| date=9 January 2000| newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]| access-date=14 March 2016| archive-date=April 28, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428042547/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-some-like-it-hot-1959| url-status=live}}</ref> Ebert gave the film four stars out of four and included it in his [[Great Movies]] list.<ref name="rogerebert.com" /> [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' referred to the film as "a jolly, carefree enterprise".<ref>{{cite news |last=Mccarten |first=John |date=4 April 1959 |title=The Current Cinema |url=https://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1959-04-04#folio=CV1 |newspaper=The New Yorker |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103134/https://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1959-04-04#folio=CV1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Richard Roud]], writing for ''The Guardian'' in 1967, called it "close to perfection".<ref>{{cite news |last=Roud |first=Richard |date=1967 |title= Review |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London }}</ref>

In 1989, the film became one of the first 25 inducted into the United States [[National Film Registry]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Molotsky|first1=Irvin|date=September 20, 1989|title=25 Films Chosen for the National Registry|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/20/movies/25-films-chosen-for-the-national-registry.html|access-date=20 January 2018|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222420/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/20/movies/25-films-chosen-for-the-national-registry.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998, the film was ranked at No. 7 in ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]''{{'}}s poll of Top 100 Films.<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/20140718213202/http://www.filmsite.org/timeout2.html |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' voted it at No. 9 on their list of "100 Greatest Movies of All Time".<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>

''Some Like It Hot'' was voted as the top American comedy film by the [[American Film Institute]] on their list on [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] poll in 2000, and was selected as the best comedy of all time in a poll of 253 film critics from 52 countries conducted by the [[BBC]] in 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170821-the-100-greatest-comedies-of-all-time|title=The 100 greatest comedies of all time|date=2017-08-22|website=BBC Culture|access-date=2017-09-08|archive-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111175543/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170821-the-100-greatest-comedies-of-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, the [[British Film Institute]] included this film on its list of "Top fifty films for children up to the age of 14".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis/top50.html|title=BFI {{!}} Education {{!}} Conferences {{!}} Watch This! top 50 list|website=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525190334/http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis/top50.html|archive-date=25 May 2012|access-date=11 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022|2022 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll]] ranked it as the 38th greatest film of all time, tied with ''[[Rear Window]]'' and [[Breathless (1960 film)|''a bout de souffle'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Greatest Films of All Time |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> The 2022 [[The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022|Sight & Sound directors' poll]] ranked it 62nd, tied with nine other films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Directors' 100 Greatest Films of All Time |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> In the earlier [[The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012|2012]] ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' polls, it was ranked the 42nd-greatest film ever made in the critics' poll<ref name="bfi">{{cite journal |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |title=The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time |issue=September 2012 |date=1 August 2012 |journal=[[Sight & Sound]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=6 June 2013 |editor-link=Ian Christie (film scholar) |editor-first=Ian |editor-last=Christie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301135739/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |archive-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> and 37th in the directors' poll.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors|title=Directors' Top 100|year=2012|journal=[[Sight & Sound]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209010504/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors|archive-date=9 February 2016}}</ref> The 2002 ''Sight & Sound'' polls the film ranked 37th among critics<ref>{{cite web|title=Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002: The rest of the critics' list |work=Sight & Sound |publisher=British Film Institute |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics-long.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515211647/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics-long.html |archive-date=15 May 2012 |access-date=24 April 2009}}</ref> and 24th among directors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002 The Rest of Director's List|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/topten/poll/directors-long.html|website=old.bfi.org.uk|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-date=2017-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201155933/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/topten/poll/directors-long.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[The Guardian]]'' considered it the third-best comedy film of all time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/18/some-like-hot-comedy |title=Some Like It Hot: No 3 best comedy film of all time |first=John |last=Patterson |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=25 December 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214538/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/18/some-like-hot-comedy |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, the film ranked 30th 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> It was included in ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}}s "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" list in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |title=The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made |newspaper=The New York Times |year=2002| access-date=7 December 2013 | archive-date=11 December 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131211043539/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html}}</ref> In 2005, it was included on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s [[Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies|All-Time 100 best movies]] list.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=''Some Like It Hot''|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/some-like-it-hot-1959/|magazine=Time|date=15 January 2010 |last1=Corliss |first1=Richard }}</ref> The film was voted at No. 52 on the list of "100 Greatest Films" by the French film magazine ''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmdetail.com/2008/11/23/cahiers-du-cinemas-100-greatest-films/|title=Cahiers du cinéma's 100 Greatest Films|date=23 November 2008|access-date=May 27, 2021|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716224153/http://www.filmdetail.com/2008/11/23/cahiers-du-cinemas-100-greatest-films/|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2018, it was screened in the Venice Classics section at the [[75th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/restored-films-venezia-classici |title=The Restored Vilms of Venezia Classici |website=La Biennale Di Venezia |date=13 July 2018 |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003653/http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/restored-films-venezia-classici |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to film historian [[Foster Hirsch]], during a screening of the film at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in March 1959, "Joe E. Brown's nonchalant delivery of the final line elicited the loudest, deepest, heartiest laughter I have ever heard in a theater...recognizing a perfectly timed one-liner for the ages, a thousand spectators roared in unified delight."<ref>Hirsch, 2023 p. 550: Brown's response in discovering that Daphne is male: "Well, nobody's perfect."</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[32nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Billy Wilder]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 |title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 21, 2011 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094204/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/32nd-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Jack Lemmon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| Billy Wilder and [[I. A. L. Diamond]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction – Black-and-White]]
| Art Direction: [[Ted Haworth]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Edward G. Boyle]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| [[Charles Lang]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design – Black-and-White]]
| [[Orry-Kelly]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Bambi Award]]s
| Best Actor – International
| [[Tony Curtis]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bambi-awards.com/the-bambi-award-goes-to |title=The BAMBI award goes to…: A selection of international BAMBI award winners since 1948 |publisher=[[Bambi Award]]s |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701051148/http://www.bambi-awards.com/the-bambi-award-goes-to |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[13th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]
| Billy Wilder
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1960/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1960 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=September 16, 2016 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051039/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1960/film |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Jack Lemmon
| {{won}}
|-
| [[12th 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]]
| rowspan="2"| Billy Wilder
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1959.aspx?value=1959 |title=12th DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122083356/http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1959.aspx?value=1959 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[17th 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="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/some-it-hot/ |title=Some Like It Hot |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805173207/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/some-it-hot/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Jack Lemmon
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Marilyn Monroe]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television|Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast – Motion Picture or Television]]
| ''[[Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel album)|Some Like It Hot]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/2nd-annual-grammy-awards |title=2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=May 1, 2011 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321041243/https://www.grammy.com/awards/2nd-annual-grammy-awards |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jules Verne Award]]s
| Jules Verne Légendaire Award
| Billy Wilder
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Comedy
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 
|-
| Top Male Comedy Performance
| Jack Lemmon
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| Top Female Comedy Performance
| Marilyn Monroe
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1959|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|7th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1959/ |title=1959 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006001147/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1959/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theweek.com/article/index/238023/the-25-films-added-to-the-national-film-registry-in-2012 |title=The 25 Films Added to the National Film Registry in 2012 |first1=Scott |last1=Meslow |publisher=[[The Week]] |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121219210742/http://theweek.com/article/index/238023/the-25-films-added-to-the-national-film-registry-in-2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 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 Inductees: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 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"| 
|-
| [[20th Venice International Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Lion]]
| Billy Wilder
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[12th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – No. 14<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies100.pdf |website=American Film Institute |year=2005 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412113202/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – No. 1<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/laughs.aspx |title=AFI's 100 Funniest American Movies Of All Time |date=June 13, 2000 |website=American Film Institute |access-date=14 March 2016 |archive-date=November 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116134020/http://www.afi.com/100Years/laughs.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |website=American Film Institute |year=2003 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052741/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2005: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** Osgood Fielding III: "Well, nobody's perfect." – No. 48<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |website=American Film Institute |year=2005 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150615/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – No. 22<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/100Movies.pdf |website=American Film Institute |year=2007 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=June 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606072909/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/100Movies.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film was inducted in 1989 into the [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Molotsky|first1=Irvin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/20/movies/25-films-chosen-for-the-national-registry.html|title=25 Films Chosen for the National Registry|date=1989-09-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-27|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222420/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/20/movies/25-films-chosen-for-the-national-registry.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked the film's screenplay the ninth greatest ever written.<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|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161122211118/http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|url-status=live}}</ref>