In October 2017,  the City of Opole  in Poland unveiled a plaque to honor Franz Waxman at the home where he lived with his family from 1915 until he left for Dresden to attend music school. The plaque was unveiled by Mayor Arkadiusz Wiśniewski. In conjunction with the unveiling, Silesian television aired a brief documentary on his early life in German/Polish.

Watch Waxman’s acceptance speech for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for “Sunset Blvd.” at the 1951 Academy Awards. Watch him accept the award in 1952 for “A Place in the Sun.”

On September 19, 1999, at the Hollywood Bowl, the United States Postal Service released Legends of American Music – Hollywood Composers stamps honoring: Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin and Franz Waxman.

On November 16, 2006, the city of Chorzow, Poland dedicated their movie theatre to Franz Waxman in honor of his 100th birthday.

On October 19, 2006, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences hosted A Franz Waxman Centennial Celebration in Los Angeles. It featured a panel discussion hosted by conductor John Mauceri that included Waxman’s son, John Waxman, and screenings of “Suspicion” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” two 1941 films for which the composer received Oscar nominations.

On September 23, 2005, at the Hollywood Bowl, the American Film Institute announced their list of 100 Years of Film Scores, eleven of which were by Franz Waxman: The Bride Of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Nun’s Story, Peyton Place, The Philadelphia Story, A Place In The Sun, Rebecca, Sayonara, The Spirit Of St. Louis, Sunset Boulevard, and Taras Bulba. Complete list at AFI.