1974 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

Chinatown

The Godfather Part II
Lenny
The Conversation
The Towering Inferno

Best Director

John Cassavetes, A Woman Under The Influence
Roman Polanski, Chinatown

Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II
François Truffaut, La Nuit américaine (1973)
Bob Fosse, Lenny

Best Actor

Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II
Albert Finney, Murder On The Orient Express
Art Carney, Harry And Tonto

Best Actress

Valerie Perrine, Lenny
Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under The Influence
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Diahann Carroll, Claudine

Best Supporting Actor

Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno
Robert de Niro, The Godfather Part II
Lee Strasberg, The Godfather Part II
Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II
Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt And Lightfoot

Best Supporting Actress

Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Valentina Cortese, La Nuit américaine (1973)
Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II
Ingrid Bergman, Murder On The Orient Express
Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles

Best Original Screenplay

La Nuit américaine (1973)
Chinatown
The Conversation
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Harry And Tonto

Best Screenplay Adaptation

The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
The Godfather Part II
Lenny
Murder On The Orient Express
Young Frankenstein

Best Cinematography

Chinatown
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
Murder On The Orient Express
Earthquake

Best Art Direction

The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
The Towering Inferno
The Island At The Top Of The World
Earthquake

Best Costume Design

Murder On The Orient Express
Chinatown
The Godfather Part II
Daisy Miller
The Great Gatsby

Best Sound

The Conversation
Chinatown
The Towering Inferno
Earthquake
Young Frankenstein

Best Editing

Chinatown
The Towering Inferno
The Longest Yard
Earthquake
Blazing Saddles

Best Original Song

"We May Never Love Like This Again", The Towering Inferno
"I Feel Love", Benji
"Little Prince", The Little Prince
"Wherever Love Takes Me", Gold
"Blazing Saddles", Blazing Saddles

Best Original Score

The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
The Towering Inferno
Murder On The Orient Express
Shanks

Best Musical Score

Phantom Of The Paradise
The Little Prince
The Great Gatsby

Best Documentary Feature

Hearts And Minds
Antonia A Portrait Of The Woman
The Challenge A Tribute To Modern Art
The 81st Blow
The Wild And The Brave

Best Documentary Short

Naked Yoga
Don't
City Out Of Wilderness
Exploratorium
John Muir's High Sierra

Best Cartoon

Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too
Closed Mondays
The Family That Dwelt Apart
Hunger
Voyage To Next

Best Live-Action Short

Les Borgnes sont rois
Climb
The Concert
Planet Ocean
The Violin

Best Foreign Film

Lacombe, Lucien, France
Amarcord, Italy
Potop, Poland
Cat's Play, Hungary
The Truce, Argentina