40th Academy Awards
Held in 1968 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner In the Heat of the Night
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Warren Beatty
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Nominee The Graduate
Best Actor
- Winner In the Heat of the Night · Rod Steiger
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Warren Beatty
- Nominee Cool Hand Luke · Paul Newman
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Spencer Tracy
- Nominee The Graduate · Dustin Hoffman
Best Actress
- Winner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee The Graduate · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee The Whisperers · Edith Evans
- Nominee Wait Until Dark · Audrey Hepburn
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Cool Hand Luke · George Kennedy
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Gene Hackman
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Michael J. Pollard
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Cecil Kellaway
- Nominee The Dirty Dozen · John Cassavetes
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Bonnie and Clyde · Estelle Parsons
- Nominee Barefoot in the Park · Mildred Natwick
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Beah Richards
- Nominee The Graduate · Katharine Ross
- Nominee Thoroughly Modern Millie · Carol Channing
Best Director
- Winner The Graduate · Mike Nichols
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Arthur Penn
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Stanley Kramer
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Richard Brooks
- Nominee In the Heat of the Night · Norman Jewison
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · William Rose
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · David Newman, Robert Benton
- Nominee Divorce American Style · Norman Lear, Robert Kaufman
- Nominee The War Is Over · Jorge Semprún
- Nominee Two for the Road · Frederic Raphael
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner In the Heat of the Night · Stirling Silliphant
- Nominee Cool Hand Luke · Frank Pierson
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Richard Brooks
- Nominee The Graduate · Buck Henry, Calder Willingham
- Nominee Ulysses · Fred Haines, Joseph Strick
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Closely Watched Trains
- Nominee Bewitched Love
- Nominee I Even Met Happy Gypsies
- Nominee Live for Life
- Nominee Portrait of Chieko
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner The Anderson Platoon · Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Nominee A King's Story · Jack Levin
- Nominee A Time for Burning · Bill Jersey
- Nominee Festival · Murray Lerner
- Nominee Harvest · Carroll Ballard
Best Original Score
- Winner Camelot · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Winner Thoroughly Modern Millie · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Cool Hand Luke · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle · Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Far from the Madding Crowd · Richard Rodney Bennett
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Frank De Vol
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Quincy Jones
- Nominee Valley of the Dolls · John Williams
Best Original Song
- Winner Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle · Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book · Terry Gilkyson
- Nominee The Eyes of Love from Banning · Bob Russell, Quincy Jones
- Nominee The Look of Love from Casino Royale · Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- Nominee Thoroughly Modern Millie · Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Best Cinematography
- Winner Bonnie and Clyde · Burnett Guffey
- Nominee Camelot · Richard H. Kline
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Conrad Hall
- Nominee The Graduate · Robert L. Surtees
Best Film Editing
- Winner In the Heat of the Night · Hal Ashby
- Nominee Beach Red · Frank P. Keller
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle · Marjorie Fowler, Samuel E. Beetley
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Robert C. Jones
- Nominee The Dirty Dozen · Michael Luciano
Best Production Design
- Winner Camelot · Edward Carrere, John Truscott, John W. Brown
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle · Ed Graves, Jack Martin Smith, Mario Chiari, Stuart A. Reiss, Walter M. Scott
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Frank Tuttle, Robert Clatworthy
- Nominee The Taming of the Shrew · Dario V. Simoni, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani, John DeCuir, Sr., Lorenzo Mongiardino, Luigi Gervasi
- Nominee Thoroughly Modern Millie · Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Howard Bristol
Best Costume Design
- Winner Camelot · John Truscott
- Nominee Bonnie and Clyde · Theadora Van Runkle
- Nominee The Happiest Millionaire · Bill Thomas
- Nominee The Taming of the Shrew · Danilo Donati, Irene Sharaff
- Nominee Thoroughly Modern Millie · Jean Louis
Best Sound
- Winner In the Heat of the Night
- Nominee Camelot
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle
- Nominee The Dirty Dozen
- Nominee Thoroughly Modern Millie
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Doctor Dolittle · L. B. Abbott
- Nominee Tobruk · Albert Whitlock, Howard A. Anderson Jr.