1980
- Nominated to 8 Oscars
- Best film
- Best director
- Best actor (John Hurt)
- Best adapted screenplay (Eric Bergren, Christopher DeVore and David Lynch)
- Best art direction (Stuart Craig, Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife)
- Best soundtrack (John Morris)
- Best costume design (Patricia Norris)
- Best editing (Anne V. Coates)
- Winner of the “Best Cinematography Award” of the “British Society of Cinematographers”
1981
- Winner of 3 BAFTA Film Award, of the “British Academy Awards”
- Best film
- Best actor (John Hurt)
- Best art direction (Stuart Craig)
- Nominated for others 4 BAFTA Film Award of the “British Academy Awards”
- Best cinematography (Freddie Francis)
- Best editing (Anne V. Coates)
- Best screenplay (Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore and David Lynch)
- Winner of the “Grand Prize” in the “Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival”
- Nominated to 4 Golden Globes
- Best director
- Best dramatic film
- Best dramatic actor (John Hurt)
- Best screenplay (Eric Bergren and Christopher De Vore)
- Nominated for a WGA Screen Award of the “Writers Guild of America” as best dramatic film adapted (Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore and David Lynch)
1982
- Winner of a César of the French Academy for best film Foreing.
- Winner of the critics award of the French Union of film to best foreign film critics.
Extracted from IMDB