48th Academy Awards
Held in 1976 · 17 categories
Best Picture
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Nominee Barry Lyndon
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon
- Nominee Jaws
- Nominee Nashville · Robert Altman
Best Actor
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Al Pacino
- Nominee Give 'em Hell · James Whitmore
- Nominee The Man in the Glass Booth · Maximilian Schell
- Nominee The Sunshine Boys · Walter Matthau
Best Actress
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Louise Fletcher
- Nominee Hedda · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Hester Street · Carol Kane
- Nominee The Story of Adele H. · Isabelle Adjani
- Nominee Tommy · Ann-Margret
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner The Sunshine Boys · George Burns
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Chris Sarandon
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Brad Dourif
- Nominee Shampoo · Jack Warden
- Nominee The Day of the Locust · Burgess Meredith
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Shampoo · Lee Grant
- Nominee Farewell, My Lovely · Sylvia Miles
- Nominee Nashville · Lily Tomlin
- Nominee Nashville · Ronee Blakley
- Nominee Once Is Not Enough · Brenda Vaccaro
Best Director
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Miloš Forman
- Nominee Amarcord · Federico Fellini
- Nominee Barry Lyndon · Stanley Kubrick
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Sidney Lumet
- Nominee Nashville · Robert Altman
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Dog Day Afternoon · Frank Pierson
- Nominee Amarcord · Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
- Nominee And Now My Love · Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
- Nominee Lies My Father Told Me · Ted Allan
- Nominee Shampoo · Robert Towne, Warren Beatty
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben
- Nominee Barry Lyndon · Stanley Kubrick
- Nominee Scent of a Woman · Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Gladys Hill, John Huston
- Nominee The Sunshine Boys · Neil Simon
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Dersu Uzala
- Nominee Letters from Marusia
- Nominee Sandakan No. 8
- Nominee Scent of a Woman
- Nominee The Promised Land
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner The Man Who Skied Down Everest · Dale Hartleben, James Hager
- Nominee Fighting for Our Lives · Glen Pearcy
- Nominee The California Reich · Keith Critchlow
- Nominee The Incredible Machine · Irwin Rosten
- Nominee The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir · Shirley MacLaine
Best Original Score
- Winner Barry Lyndon · Leonard Rosenman
- Winner Jaws · John Williams
- Nominee Birds Do It, Bees Do It · Gerald Fried
- Nominee Bite the Bullet · Alex North
- Nominee Funny Lady · Peter Matz
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Jack Nitzsche
- Nominee The Wind and the Lion · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Tommy · Pete Townshend
Best Original Song
- Winner I'm Easy from Nashville · Keith Carradine
- Nominee How Lucky Can You Get from Funny Lady · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Now That We’re In Love from Whiffs · George Barrie, Sammy Cahn
- Nominee Richard’s Window from The Other Side of the Mountain · Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
- Nominee Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) from Mahogany · Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser
Best Cinematography
- Winner Barry Lyndon · John Alcott
- Nominee Funny Lady · James Wong Howe
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Bill Butler, Haskell Wexler
- Nominee The Day of the Locust · Conrad Hall
- Nominee The Hindenburg · Robert L. Surtees
Best Film Editing
- Winner Jaws · Verna Fields
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Dede Allen
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Lynzee Klingman, Richard Chew, Sheldon Kahn
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Russell Lloyd
- Nominee Three Days of the Condor · Don Guidice, Fredric Steinkamp
Best Production Design
- Winner Barry Lyndon · Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon
- Nominee Shampoo · George Gaines, Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell
- Nominee The Hindenburg · Edward Carfagno, Frank R. McKelvy
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Alexandre Trauner, Peter James, Tony Inglis
- Nominee The Sunshine Boys · Albert Brenner, Marvin March
Best Costume Design
- Winner Barry Lyndon · Milena Canonero, Ulla-Britt Söderlund
- Nominee Funny Lady · Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan
- Nominee The Four Musketeers · Ron Talsky, Yvonne Blake
- Nominee The Magic Flute · Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Edith Head
Best Sound
- Winner Jaws · Earl Madery, John Carter, Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman
- Nominee Bite the Bullet · Al Overton, Jr., Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler
- Nominee Funny Lady · Curly Thirlwell, Don MacDougall, Jack Solomon, Richard Portman
- Nominee The Hindenburg · Don Sharpless, John A. Bolger, Jr., John L. Mack, Leonard Peterson
- Nominee The Wind and the Lion · Aaron Rochin, Harry W. Tetrick, Roy Charman, William McCaughey