1972 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

The Godfather
Deliverance
Cabaret
The Emigrants (1971)
Sounder

Best Director

Joseph L.Mankiewicz, Sleuth
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
John Boorman, Deliverance
Bob Fosse, Cabaret
Jan Troell, The Emigrants (1971)

Best Actor

Peter O'Toole, The Ruling Class
Marlon Brando, The Godfather
Laurence Olivier, Sleuth
Michael Caine, Sleuth
Paul Winfield, Sounder

Best Actress

Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants (1971)
Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
Diana Ross, Lady Sings The Blues
Cicely Tyson, Sounder
Maggie Smith, Travels With My Aunt

Best Supporting Actor

Al Pacino, The Godfather
James Caan, The Godfather
Robert Duvall, The Godfather
Joel Grey, Cabaret
Eddie Albert, The Heartbreak Kid

Best Supporting Actress

Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free
Geraldine Page, Pete N Tillie
Susan Tyrrell, Fat City
Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid
Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure

Best Original Screenplay

Louis Malle, Le Souffle au coeur (1971)
Bunuel-Carriere, Le Charme discret de la bourgeosie
Carl Foreman, Young Winston
Jeremy Larner, The Candidate
McCloy-Clark-De Passe, Lady Sings The Blues

Best Screenplay Adaptation

Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
Jay Allen, Cabaret

Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund, The Emigrants (1971)
Julius J.Epstein, Pete N Tillie
Lonne Elder, Sounder

Best Foreign Film

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, France

The New Land, Sweden
The Dawns Here Are Quiet, USSR
I Love You Rosa, Israel
My Dearest Senorita, Spain

Best Cinematography

Geoffrey Unsworth, Cabaret
Charles B.Lang, Butterflies Are Free
Harold E.Stine, The Poseidon Adventure
Douglas Slocombe, Travels With My Aunt
Harry Stradling Jr, 1776

Best Editing

Deliverance
Cabaret
The Godfather
The Hot Rock
The Poseidon Adventure

Best Art Direction

Cabaret
Young Winston
Lady Sings The Blues

The Poseidon Adventure
Travels With My Aunt

Best Costumes

The Godfather
Young Winston
Lady Sings The Blues

The Poseidon Adventure
Travels With My Aunt

Best Original Score

Limelight (1952)
Sleuth
Napoleon And Samantha
Images
The Poseidon Adventure

Best Musical Score

Ralph Burns, Cabaret
Laurence Rosenthal, Man Of La Mancha
Gil Askey, Lady Sings The Blues

Best Song

"Ben", Ben
"Come Follow, Gollow Me", The Little Ark
"Marmalade, Molasses & Honey", The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean
"Strange Are The Ways Of Love", The Stepmother
"The Morning After", The Poseidon Adventure

Best Sound

The Godfather
Cabaret
Butterflies Are Free
The Candidate
The Poseidon Adventure

Best Visual effects

The Poseidon Adventure

Best Documentary Feature

Marjoe
Bij de beesten af
Malcolm X
Manson
The Silent Revolution

Best Documentary Short

This Tiny World
Hundertwassers Regentag
K-Z
Selling Out
The Tide of Traffic

Best Live-Action Short

Frog Story
Norman Rockwell's World An American Dream
Solo

Best Cartoon

Kama Sutra Rides Again
Tup Tup

A Christmas Carol