Lists
- ranked 18 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
- ranked 26 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 27 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 27 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 30 in Chicago Tribune 100 Best Films of the Century
- ranked 59 in Cinema Fusion Movie Bloggers' Top 100 Movies
- ranked 60 in Paul Schrader's Film Canon
- ranked 65 in Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Films
- ranked 90 in The Guardian Top 100 Films
- ranked 116 in The IMDb Top 250
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of 101^w102 Movies You Must See Before...
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills Nominees
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
- one of Leonard Maltin's 100 "Must See" Films of the 20th Century
- one of Rosenbaum's Alternate 100
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, 10th Anniversary Edition
- one of The Last Laugh: The Observer's 50 Funniest Comedies