8th Academy Awards
Held in 1936 · 11 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Mutiny on the Bounty
- Nominee A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Nominee Alice Adams
- Nominee Broadway Melody of 1936
- Nominee Captain Blood
- Nominee David Copperfield
- Nominee Les Misérables
- Nominee Naughty Marietta
- Nominee Ruggles of Red Gap
- Nominee The Informer
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- Nominee Top Hat
Best Actor
- Winner The Informer · Victor McLaglen
- Nominee Black Fury · Paul Muni
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Franchot Tone
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Charles Laughton
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Clark Gable
Best Actress
- Winner Dangerous · Bette Davis
- Nominee Alice Adams · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Becky Sharp · Miriam Hopkins
- Nominee Escape Me Never · Elisabeth Bergner
- Nominee Private Worlds · Claudette Colbert
- Nominee The Dark Angel · Merle Oberon
Best Director
- Winner The Informer · John Ford
- Nominee Captain Blood · Michael Curtiz
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Frank Lloyd
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · Henry Hathaway
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner The Informer · Dudley Nichols
- Nominee Captain Blood · Casey Robinson
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Carey Wilson, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · Achmed Abdullah, Grover Jones, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, William Slavens McNutt
Best Original Score
- Winner The Informer
- Nominee Captain Blood
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty
- Nominee Peter Ibbetson
Best Original Song
- Winner Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935 · Al Dubin, Harry Warren
- Nominee Cheek to Cheek from Top Hat · Irving Berlin
- Nominee Lovely to Look At from Roberta · Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh
Best Cinematography
- Winner A Midsummer Night's Dream · Hal Mohr
- Nominee Barbary Coast · Ray June
- Nominee Les Misérables · Gregg Toland
- Nominee The Crusades · Victor Milner
Best Film Editing
- Winner A Midsummer Night's Dream · Ralph Dawson
- Nominee David Copperfield · Robert J. Kern
- Nominee Les Misérables · Barbara McLean
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Margaret Booth
- Nominee The Informer · George Hively
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · Ellsworth Hoagland
Best Production Design
- Winner The Dark Angel · Richard Day
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
- Nominee Top Hat · Carroll Clark, Van Nest Polglase
Best Sound
- Winner Naughty Marietta · Douglas Shearer
- Nominee $1,000 a Minute
- Nominee Bride of Frankenstein · Gilbert Kurland
- Nominee Captain Blood · Nathan Levinson
- Nominee I Dream Too Much · Carl Dreher
- Nominee Love Me Forever · John P. Livadary
- Nominee Thanks a Million · Edmund H. Hansen
- Nominee The Dark Angel · Thomas T. Moulton
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · Franklin Hansen