Kammala wannan jumla: "Yadda aka ci Yammacin Yamma" an dauke shi daya daga cikin manyan litattafan Hollywood. Fim din ya sami yabo mai yawa kuma ya kasance babban nasara a ofishin akwatin, yana samun dala miliyan 50 akan kasafin dala miliyan 15. A cikin
Kyautar Academy ta 36th, ta sami gabatarwa takwas, gami da Mafi Kyawun Hotuna, kuma ta ci uku, don Mafi Kyawun Labari da Rubutun da aka Rubuta Kai tsaye don Allon, Mafi Kyawun Sauti, da Mafi Kyawun Shirya Fim. A cikin 1997, an zaɓi shi don adanawa a cikin Rajistar Fim ɗin Kasa ta Laburaren Majalisar Dattijai a matsayin "al'adu, tarihi, ko kuma muhimmiyar mahimmanci".