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James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Awards

It's a Wonderful Life

11 wins & 7 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
  • James Stewart
    1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • James Stewart
  • Frank Capra
    1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Frank Capra
  • 1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Sound, Recording
    • John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD)
  • 1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Film Editing
    • William Hornbeck

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1949 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    USA.

Golden Globes, USA

  • Frank Capra
    1947 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • Frank Capra

National Board of Review, USA

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Film Preservation Board, USA

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1990 Winner National Film Registry

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Frank Capra
    1946 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Frank Capra
    Tied with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for A Matter of Life and Death (1946).

Photoplay Awards

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Pictures of the Month (March)
  • James Stewart
    1947 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (March)
    • James Stewart
  • Donna Reed
    1947 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (March)
    • Donna Reed
  • Henry Travers
    1947 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (March)
    • Henry Travers
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Favorite Picture of the Year
    4th place.

Young Artist Awards

  • On the set
    1994 Winner Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Jimmy Hawkins

Online Film & Television Association

  • James Stewart
    2023 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Character
    • James Stewart
    as George Bailey
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    2002 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Motion Picture

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