Accolades
Because of its November 1942 release, the New York Film Critics decided to include the film in its 1942 award season for best picture. Casablanca lost to In Which We Serve. However, the Academy stated that since the film went into national release in the beginning of 1943, it would be included in that year's nominations. Casablanca was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and won three. When the award for Best Picture was announced producer Hal B. Wallis got up to accept, only to find Jack Warner had rushed onstage to take the trophy. Wallis later recalled, "I had no alternative but to sit down again, humiliated and furious. ... Almost forty years later, I still haven't recovered from the shock." This incident would lead Wallis to leave Warner Bros. in April.
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16th Academy Awards | Outstanding Motion Picture | Warner Bros. (Hal B. Wallis, Producer) | Won |
| Best Director | Michael Curtiz | Won | |
| Best Actor | Humphrey Bogart | Nominated | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Claude Rains | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Arthur Edeson | Nominated | |
| Best Film Editing | Owen Marks | Nominated | |
| Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) | Max Steiner | Nominated |
In 1989, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2005, it was named one of the 100 greatest films of the last 80 years by Time.com (the selected films were not ranked). The famed teacher of screenwriting, Robert McKee, maintains that the script is "the greatest screenplay of all time". In 2006, the Writers Guild of America, west agreed, voting it the best ever in its list of the 101 greatest screenplays. The film has been selected by the American Film Institute for many of their lists.
| Year | Category | Nominee | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | 2 | |
| 2001 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills | 37 | |
| 2002 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions | 1 | |
| 2003 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains | Rick Blaine (hero) | 4 |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs | "As Time Goes By" | 2 |
| 2005 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes | 5, 20, 28, 32, 43, and 67 (see Quotations section below) | |
| 2006 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers | 32 | |
| 2007 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) | 3 |
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