45th Academy Awards
Held in 1973 · 17 categories
Best Picture
- Winner The Godfather
- Nominee Cabaret
- Nominee Deliverance
- Nominee Sounder
- Nominee The Emigrants
Best Actor
- Winner The Godfather · Marlon Brando
- Nominee Sleuth · Michael Caine
- Nominee Sleuth · Laurence Olivier
- Nominee Sounder · Paul Winfield
- Nominee The Ruling Class · Peter O'Toole
Best Actress
- Winner Cabaret · Liza Minnelli
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Diana Ross
- Nominee Sounder · Cicely Tyson
- Nominee The Emigrants · Liv Ullmann
- Nominee Travels with My Aunt · Maggie Smith
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Cabaret · Joel Grey
- Nominee The Godfather · Robert Duvall
- Nominee The Godfather · Al Pacino
- Nominee The Godfather · James Caan
- Nominee The Heartbreak Kid · Eddie Albert
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Butterflies Are Free · Eileen Heckart
- Nominee Fat City · Susan Tyrrell
- Nominee Pete 'n' Tillie · Geraldine Page
- Nominee The Heartbreak Kid · Jeannie Berlin
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Shelley Winters
Best Director
- Winner Cabaret · Bob Fosse
- Nominee Deliverance · John Boorman
- Nominee Sleuth · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Nominee The Emigrants · Jan Troell
- Nominee The Godfather · Francis Ford Coppola
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner The Candidate · Jeremy Larner
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe, Terence McCloy
- Nominee Murmur of the Heart · Louis Malle
- Nominee The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel
- Nominee Young Winston · Carl Foreman
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner The Godfather · Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- Nominee Cabaret · Jay Presson Allen
- Nominee Pete 'n' Tillie · Julius J. Epstein
- Nominee Sounder · Lonne Elder III
- Nominee The Emigrants · Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell
Best International Feature Film
- Winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Nominee I Love You Rosa
- Nominee My Dearest Senorita
- Nominee The Dawns Here Are Quiet
- Nominee The New Land
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Marjoe · Howard Smith
- Nominee Ape and Super-Ape · Bert Haanstra
- Nominee Malcolm X · Arnold Perl
- Nominee Manson · Laurence Merrick, Robert Hendrickson
- Nominee The Silent Revolution · Eckehard Munck
Best Original Score
- Winner Cabaret · Ralph Burns
- Winner Limelight · Charlie Chaplin, Larry Russell, Raymond Rasch, posthumously
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Gil Askey
- Nominee Man of La Mancha · Laurence Rosenthal
- Nominee Napoleon and Samantha · Buddy Baker
- Nominee Sleuth · John Addison
- Nominee The Godfather · Nino Rota
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · John Williams
Best Original Song
- Winner The Morning After from The Poseidon Adventure · Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
- Nominee Ben from Ben · Don Black, Walter Scharf
- Nominee Come Follow, Follow Me from The Little Ark · Fred Karlin, Meg Karlin
- Nominee Marmalade, Molasses & Honey from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Strange Are the Ways of Love from The Young Land · Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain
- Nominee The Little Ark · Marsha Karlin
Best Cinematography
- Winner Cabaret · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee 1776 · Harry Stradling
- Nominee Butterflies Are Free · Charles Lang
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Harold E. Stine
- Nominee Travels with My Aunt · Douglas Slocombe
Best Film Editing
- Winner Cabaret · David Bretherton
- Nominee Deliverance · Tom Priestley
- Nominee The Godfather · Peter Zinner, William H. Reynolds
- Nominee The Hot Rock · Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Harold F. Kress
Best Production Design
- Winner Cabaret · Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel, Rolf Zehetbauer
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Carl Anderson, Reg Allen
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Raphael Bretton, William J. Creber
- Nominee Travels with My Aunt · Gil Parrondo, John Box, Robert W. Laing
- Nominee Young Winston · Donald M. Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark, Peter James, William Hutchinson
Best Costume Design
- Winner Travels with My Aunt · Anthony Powell
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Bob Mackie, Norma Koch, Ray Aghayan
- Nominee The Godfather · Anna Hill Johnstone
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Paul Zastupnevich
- Nominee Young Winston · Anthony Mendleson
Best Sound
- Winner Cabaret · David Hildyard, Robert Knudson
- Nominee Butterflies Are Free · Arthur Piantadosi, Charles T. Knight
- Nominee The Candidate · Gene Cantamessa, Richard Portman
- Nominee The Godfather · Charles Grenzbach, Chris Newman, Richard Portman
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Herman Lewis, Theodore Soderberg