Best Picture | Best Director |
| Robert Wise – The Sound of Music* William Wyler – The Collector* John Schlesinger – Darling* David Lean – Doctor Zhivago* Hiroshi Teshigahara – Woman in the Dunes |
Best Actor | Best Actress |
Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn* Richard Burton – The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Alec Leamas* Laurence Olivier – Othello as Othello* Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman* Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools as Dr. Wilhelm "Willi" Schumann | Julie Christie – Darling as Diana Scott* Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music as Maria von Trapp* Samantha Eggar – The Collector as Miranda Grey* Elizabeth Hartman – A Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcey* Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools as La Condesa |
Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
Martin Balsam – A Thousand Clowns as Arnold Burns* Ian Bannen – The Flight of the Phoenix as "Ratbags" Crow* Tom Courtenay – Doctor Zhivago as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov* Michael Dunn – Ship of Fools as Carl Glocken* Frank Finlay – Othello as Iago | Shelley Winters – A Patch of Blue as Rose-Ann D'Arcey* Ruth Gordon – Inside Daisy Clover as Lucile Clover* Joyce Redman – Othello as Emilia * Maggie Smith – Othello as Desdemona* Peggy Wood – The Sound of Music as the Mother Abbess |
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
Darling – Frederic Raphael* Casanova 70 – Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi d'Amico* Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines – Jack Davies and Ken Annakin* The Train – Franklin Coen and Frank Davis* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Jacques Demy | Doctor Zhivago – Robert Bolt from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak* Cat Ballou – Walter Newman and Frank Pierson from The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor* The Collector – Stanley Mann and John Kohn from The Collector by John Fowles* Ship of Fools – Abby Mann from Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter* A Thousand Clowns – Herb Gardner from A Thousand Crowns by Herb Gardner |
Best Foreign Language Film | Best Song |
The Shop on Main Street * Blood on the Land * Dear John * Kwaidan * Marriage Italian Style | "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper – Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster* "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David* "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy* "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer* "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat? – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David |
Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short Subject |
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story* The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles* The Forth Road Bridge* '* To Die in Madrid | To Be Alive!* Mural on Our Street* Nyitany* Point of View* Yeats Country |
Best Short Subject, Live Action | Best Short Subject, Cartoons |
The Chicken – Claude Berri* Fortress of Peace – Lothar Wolff* Skaterdater* Snow* Time Piece – Jim Henson | The Dot and the Line* Clay or the Origin of Species* The Thieving Magpie |
Best Music Score - Substantially Original | Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment |
Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Alex North* The Greatest Story Ever Told – Alfred Newman* A Patch of Blue – Jerry Goldsmith* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy | The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal* Cat Ballou – Frank De Vol* The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage* A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand |
Best Sound Effects | Best Sound |
The Great Race – Treg Brown * Von Ryan's Express – Walter Rossi | The Sound of Music – James Corcoran and Fred Hynes * The Agony and the Ecstasy – James Corcoran* Doctor Zhivago – A. W. Watkins and Franklin Milton* The Great Race – George Groves* Shenandoah – Waldon O. Watson |
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White | Best Art Direction, Color |
Ship of Fools – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish* King Rat – Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle* A Patch of Blue – Art Direction: George Davis and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson* The Slender Thread – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert R. Benton and Joseph Kish* The Spy Who Came In from the Cold – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Ted Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin | Doctor Zhivago – Art Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Art Direction: John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni* The Greatest Story Ever Told – Art Direction: Richard Day, William J. Creber and David S. Hall ; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean and Norman Rockett* Inside Daisy Clover – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins* The Sound of Music – Art Direciton: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt |
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Best Cinematography, Color |
Ship of Fools – Ernest Laszlo* In Harm's Way – Loyal Griggs* King Rat – Burnett Guffey* Morituri – Conrad Hall* A Patch of Blue – Robert Burks | Doctor Zhivago – Freddie Young* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Leon Shamroy* The Great Race – Russell Harlan* The Greatest Story Ever Told – William C. Mellor and Loyal Griggs* The Sound of Music – Ted D. McCord |
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Best Costume Design, Color |
Darling – Julie Harris* Morituri – Moss Mabry* A Rage to Live – Howard Shoup* Ship of Fools – Jean Louis and Bill Thomas* The Slender Thread – Edith Head | Doctor Zhivago – Phyllis Dalton* The Agony and the Ecstasy – Vittorio Nino Novarese* The Greatest Story Ever Told – Marjorie Best and Vittorio Nino Novarese* Inside Daisy Clover – Edith Head and Bill Thomas* The Sound of Music – Dorothy Jeakins |
Best Film Editing | Best Special Visual Effects |
The Sound of Music – William H. Reynolds* Cat Ballou – Charles Nelson* Doctor Zhivago – Norman Savage* The Flight of the Phoenix – Michael Luciano* The Great Race – Ralph E. Winters | Thunderball – John Stears'* The Greatest Story Ever Told'' – J. McMillan Johnson |