42nd Academy Awards
Held in 1970 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Midnight Cowboy
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days
- Nominee Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Nominee Hello, Dolly!
- Nominee Z
Best Actor
- Winner True Grit · John Wayne
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Richard Burton
- Nominee Goodbye, Mr. Chips · Peter O'Toole
- Nominee Midnight Cowboy · Jon Voight
- Nominee Midnight Cowboy · Dustin Hoffman
Best Actress
- Winner The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie · Maggie Smith
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Geneviève Bujold
- Nominee The Happy Ending · Jean Simmons
- Nominee The Sterile Cuckoo · Liza Minnelli
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Jane Fonda
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Gig Young
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Anthony Quayle
- Nominee Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · Elliott Gould
- Nominee Easy Rider · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee The Reivers · Rupert Crosse
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Cactus Flower · Goldie Hawn
- Nominee Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · Dyan Cannon
- Nominee Last Summer · Catherine Burns
- Nominee Midnight Cowboy · Sylvia Miles
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Susannah York
Best Director
- Winner Midnight Cowboy · John Schlesinger
- Nominee Alice's Restaurant · Arthur Penn
- Nominee Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · George Roy Hill
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Sydney Pollack
- Nominee Z · Costa-Gavras
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · William Goldman
- Nominee Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · Larry Tucker, Paul Mazursky
- Nominee Easy Rider · Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Terry Southern
- Nominee The Damned · Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco
- Nominee The Wild Bunch · Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah, Walon Green
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Midnight Cowboy · Waldo Salt
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Bridget Boland, John Hale, Richard Sokolove
- Nominee Goodbye, Columbus · Arnold Schulman
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
- Nominee Z · Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprún
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Z
- Nominee Battle of Neretva
- Nominee My Night at Maud's
- Nominee The Brothers Karamazov
- Nominee Ådalen 31
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life · Bernard Chevry
- Nominee Before the Mountain Was Moved · Robert K. Sharpe
- Nominee In the Year of the Pig · Emile de Antonio
- Nominee The Olympics in Mexico
- Nominee The Wolf Men · Irwin Rosten
Best Original Score
- Winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Burt Bacharach
- Winner Hello, Dolly! · Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Goodbye, Mr. Chips · John Williams, Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Paint Your Wagon · Nelson Riddle
- Nominee Sweet Charity · Cy Coleman
- Nominee The Reivers · John Williams
- Nominee The Secret of Santa Vittoria · Ernest Gold
- Nominee The Wild Bunch · Jerry Fielding
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Albert Woodbury, Johnny Green
Best Original Song
- Winner Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- Nominee Come Saturday Morning from The Sterile Cuckoo · Dory Previn, Fred Karlin
- Nominee Jean from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie · Rod McKuen
- Nominee True Grit from True Grit · Don Black, Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? from The Happy Ending · Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
Best Cinematography
- Winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Arthur Ibbetson
- Nominee Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · Charles Lang
- Nominee Hello, Dolly! · Harry Stradling
- Nominee Marooned · Daniel L. Fapp
Best Film Editing
- Winner Z · Françoise Bonnot
- Nominee Hello, Dolly! · William H. Reynolds
- Nominee Midnight Cowboy · Hugh A. Robertson
- Nominee The Secret of Santa Vittoria · Earle Herdan, William Lyon
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Fredric Steinkamp
Best Production Design
- Winner Hello, Dolly! · George Hopkins, Herman A. Blumenthal, Jack Martin Smith, John DeCuir, Sr., Raphael Bretton, Walter M. Scott
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Lionel Couch, Maurice Carter, Patrick McLoughlin
- Nominee Gaily, Gaily · Carl Biddiscombe, Edward G. Boyle, George B. Chan, Robert F. Boyle
- Nominee Sweet Charity · Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Jack Dehm Moore
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Frank R. McKelvy, Harry Horner
Best Costume Design
- Winner Anne of the Thousand Days · Margaret Furse
- Nominee Gaily, Gaily · Ray Aghayan
- Nominee Hello, Dolly! · Irene Sharaff
- Nominee Sweet Charity · Edith Head
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Donfeld
Best Sound
- Winner Hello, Dolly! · Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · John Aldred
- Nominee Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · David Dockendorf, William Edmondson
- Nominee Gaily, Gaily · Clem Portman, Robert Martin
- Nominee Marooned · Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Marooned · Robbie Robertson
- Nominee Krakatoa, East of Java · Alex Weldon, Eugène Lourié