46th Academy Awards
Held in 1974 · 17 categories
Best Picture
- Winner The Sting
- Nominee A Touch of Class
- Nominee American Graffiti
- Nominee Cries and Whispers
- Nominee The Exorcist · William Peter Blatty
Best Actor
- Winner Save the Tiger · Jack Lemmon
- Nominee Last Tango in Paris · Marlon Brando
- Nominee Serpico · Al Pacino
- Nominee The Last Detail · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee The Sting · Robert Redford
Best Actress
- Winner A Touch of Class · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Cinderella Liberty · Marsha Mason
- Nominee Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee The Exorcist · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee The Way We Were · Barbra Streisand
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner The Paper Chase · John Houseman
- Nominee Bang the Drum Slowly · Vincent Gardenia
- Nominee Save the Tiger · Jack Gilford
- Nominee The Exorcist · Jason Miller
- Nominee The Last Detail · Randy Quaid
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Paper Moon · Tatum O'Neal
- Nominee American Graffiti · Candy Clark
- Nominee Paper Moon · Madeline Kahn
- Nominee Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams · Sylvia Sidney
- Nominee The Exorcist · Linda Blair
Best Director
- Winner The Sting · George Roy Hill
- Nominee American Graffiti · George Lucas
- Nominee Cries and Whispers · Ingmar Bergman
- Nominee Last Tango in Paris · Bernardo Bertolucci
- Nominee The Exorcist · William Friedkin
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner The Sting · David S. Ward
- Nominee A Touch of Class · Jack Rose, Melvin Frank
- Nominee American Graffiti · George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
- Nominee Cries and Whispers · Ingmar Bergman
- Nominee Save the Tiger · Steve Shagan
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner The Exorcist · William Peter Blatty
- Nominee Paper Moon · Alvin Sargent
- Nominee Serpico · Norman Wexler, Waldo Salt
- Nominee The Last Detail · Robert Towne
- Nominee The Paper Chase · James Bridges
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Day for Night
- Nominee The House on Chelouche Street
- Nominee The Invitation
- Nominee The Pedestrian
- Nominee Turkish Delight
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner The Great American Cowboy · Kieth Merrill
- Nominee Always a New Beginning · John Goodell
- Nominee Battle of Berlin (Schlacht um Berlin)
- Nominee Journey to the Outer Limits · Alex Grasshoff
- Nominee Walls of Fire · Edmund Penney, Gertrude Ross Marks
Best Original Score
- Winner The Sting · Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee A Touch of Class · John Cameron
- Nominee Cinderella Liberty · John Williams
- Nominee Jesus Christ Superstar · Andrew Lloyd Webber, André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer
- Nominee Papillon · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee The Day of the Dolphin · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Tom Sawyer · John Williams, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Best Original Song
- Winner The Way We Were from The Way We Were · Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee (You're So) Nice to Be Around from Cinderella Liberty · John Williams, Paul Williams
- Nominee All That Love Went to Waste from A Touch of Class · George Barrie, Sammy Cahn
- Nominee Live and Let Die from Live and Let Die · Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney
- Nominee Love from Robin Hood · Floyd Huddleston, George Bruns
- Nominee Nice to Be Around · John Williams, Paul Williams
Best Cinematography
- Winner Cries and Whispers · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Jack Couffer
- Nominee The Exorcist · Owen Roizman
- Nominee The Sting · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee The Way We Were · Harry Stradling
Best Film Editing
- Winner The Sting · William H. Reynolds
- Nominee American Graffiti · Marcia Lucas, Verna Fields
- Nominee Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
- Nominee The Day of the Jackal · Ralph Kemplen
- Nominee The Exorcist · Bud S. Smith, Evan A. Lottman, Jordan Leondopoulos, Norman Gay
Best Production Design
- Winner The Sting · Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne
- Nominee Brother Sun, Sister Moon · Carmelo Patrono, Gianni Quaranta, Lorenzo Mongiardino
- Nominee The Exorcist · Bill Malley, Jerry Wunderlich
- Nominee The Way We Were · Stephen B. Grimes, William Kiernan
- Nominee Tom Sawyer · Philip M. Jeffries, Robert De Vestel
Best Costume Design
- Winner The Sting · Edith Head
- Nominee Cries and Whispers · Marik Vos-Lundh
- Nominee Ludwig · Piero Tosi
- Nominee The Way We Were · Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry
- Nominee Tom Sawyer · Donfeld
Best Sound
- Winner The Exorcist · Chris Newman, Robert Knudson
- Nominee Paper Moon · Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman
- Nominee The Day of the Dolphin · Larry Jost, Richard Portman
- Nominee The Paper Chase · Donald O. Mitchell, Larry Jost
- Nominee The Sting · Robert R. Bertrand, Ronald Pierce