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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for: Missing (1982)
Shared with:
Donald Stewart
Costa-Gavras was not present at the awards ceremony.
 
1970 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: Z (1969)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for: Z (1969)
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay
for: Missing (1982)
Shared with:
Donald Stewart

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Direction
for: Missing (1982)

 
1970 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay
for: Z (1969)
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún

 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
for: Amen. (2002)

- Berlinale Camera 
 
1993 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
for: La petite apocalypse (1993)

 
1990 Won Golden Berlin Bear
for: Music Box (1989)
Tied with Skrivánci na niti (1990).
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1982 Won Golden Palm
for: Missing (1982)
Tied with Yol (1982).
 
1975 Won Best Director
for: Section spéciale (1975)
Tied with Les ordres (1974).
Nominated Golden Palm
for: Section spéciale (1975)

 
1969 Won Jury Prize
for: Z (1969)
Unanimously.
Nominated Golden Palm
for: Z (1969)

 
Copenhagen International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 - Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated César Best Writing - Adaptation (Meilleur scénario adaptation)
for: Le couperet (2005)
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Grumberg

 
2003 Won César Best Writing - Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation)
for: Amen. (2002)
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Grumberg

Nominated César Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
for: Amen. (2002)

Best Film (Meilleur film)
for: Amen. (2002)

 
1980 Nominated César Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
for: Clair de femme (1979)

Best Film (Meilleur film)
for: Clair de femme (1979)

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1970 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: Z (1969)

 
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1970 Won Edgar Best Motion Picture
for: Z (1969)
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún

 
1967 Nominated Edgar Best Motion Picture
for: Compartiment tueurs (1965)

 
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Film and Literature Award
for: Le couperet (2005)

 
Flaiano International Prizes
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 - Career Award Cinema

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
for: Missing (1982)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
for: Missing (1982)
Shared with:
Donald Stewart

 
Havana Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 - Honorary Award 
 
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1995 - Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1971 Won Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
for: L'aveu (1970)

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won ALFS Award Director of the Year
for: Missing (1982)

Screenwriter of the Year
for: Missing (1982)
Shared with:
Donald Stewart

 
Lumiere Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Lumiere Award Best Film (Meilleur film)
for: Amen. (2002)

 
Moscow International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1967 Nominated Grand Prix
for: Un homme de trop (1967)

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1969 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: Z (1969)

 
Prix Louis Delluc
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Prix Louis Delluc
for: État de siège (1972)

 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1971 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: L'aveu (1970)

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
for: Missing (1982)
Shared with:
Donald Stewart

 
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