'' The Sound of Music '' received five Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director . The film also received two Golden Globe Awards , for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress , the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement , and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical . In 1998 , the American Film Institute ( AFI ) listed '' The Sound of Music '' as the fifty-fifth greatest American movie of all time , and the fourth greatest movie musical . In 2001 , the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , finding it " culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant "
Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Awards 1965
The Sound of Music (film)