Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akagamuchira kukwikwidzwa kwake kwokutanga kweAcademy Award nokuda kwoMutungamiriri Akanakisisa nokuda kwedhiramu rake resirasi "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), iyo yakakunda zvose zviri zviviri
Mubairo weAcademy weBest Picture uye mubairo weGolden Globe weBest Motion Picture <unk> Drama. Firimu rake rokupedzisira uye rinozivikanwa zvikuru, "The Ten Commandments" (1956), rakasarudzwawo kuti ripiwe mubayiro weBest Picture Academy Award, pari zvino ndiro firimu rechisere rine mari yakawanda kupfuura mamwe ose akambobudiswa, rakaruramiswa nokuda kwokuwedzera kwemari. Mukuwedzera kune Best Picture Awards, akagamuchira Academy Honorary Award nokuda kwezvipo zvake zvemafirimu, Palme d'Or (posthumously) ye "Union Pacific" (1939), DGA Award for Lifetime Achievement, uye Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Akanga ari wokutanga kugamuchira Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, iyo yakatumidzwa mukuremekedza kwake. Mukurumbira waDeMille semugadziri wemufirimu wakura nekufamba kwenguva uye basa rake rakapesvedzera mamwe mafirimu akawanda uye vatungamiriri.