50th Academy Awards
Held in 1978 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Annie Hall
- Nominee Julia
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Nominee The Goodbye Girl
- Nominee The Turning Point
Best Actor
- Winner The Goodbye Girl · Richard Dreyfuss
- Nominee A Special Day · Marcello Mastroianni
- Nominee Annie Hall · Woody Allen
- Nominee Equus · Richard Burton
- Nominee Saturday Night Fever · John Travolta
Best Actress
- Winner Annie Hall · Diane Keaton
- Nominee Julia · Jane Fonda
- Nominee The Goodbye Girl · Marsha Mason
- Nominee The Turning Point · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee The Turning Point · Shirley MacLaine
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Julia · Jason Robards
- Nominee Equus · Peter Firth
- Nominee Julia · Maximilian Schell
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · Alec Guinness
- Nominee The Turning Point · Mikhail Baryshnikov
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Julia · Vanessa Redgrave
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Melinda Dillon
- Nominee Looking for Mr. Goodbar · Tuesday Weld
- Nominee The Goodbye Girl · Quinn Cummings
- Nominee The Turning Point · Leslie Browne
Best Director
- Winner Annie Hall · Woody Allen
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Steven Spielberg
- Nominee Julia · Fred Zinnemann
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · George Lucas
- Nominee The Turning Point · Herbert Ross
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Annie Hall · Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · George Lucas
- Nominee The Goodbye Girl · Neil Simon
- Nominee The Late Show · Robert Benton
- Nominee The Turning Point · Arthur Laurents
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Julia · Alvin Sargent
- Nominee Equus · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee I Never Promised You a Rose Garden · Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino
- Nominee Oh, God! · Larry Gelbart
- Nominee That Obscure Object of Desire · Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Madame Rosa
- Nominee A Special Day
- Nominee Iphigenia
- Nominee Operation Thunderbolt
- Nominee That Obscure Object of Desire
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? · Dan McCann, John Korty, Warren Lockhart
- Nominee High Grass Circus · Bill Brind, Torben Schioler
- Nominee Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love · Harry Rasky
- Nominee The Children of Theatre Street · Earle I. Mack
- Nominee Union Maids · Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, Miles Mogulescu
Best Original Score
- Winner A Little Night Music · Jonathan Tunick
- Winner Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · John Williams
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · John Williams
- Nominee Julia · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Pete's Dragon · Al Kasha, Irwin Kostal, Joel Hirschhorn
- Nominee The Message · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella · Angela Morley, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
- Nominee The Spy Who Loved Me · Marvin Hamlisch
Best Original Song
- Winner You Light Up My Life from You Light Up My Life · Joseph Brooks
- Nominee Candle on the Water from Pete's Dragon · Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
- Nominee Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me · Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee Someone's Waiting For You from The Rescuers · Ayn Robbins, Carol Connors, Sammy Fain
- Nominee The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me) from The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella · Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Best Cinematography
- Winner Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Vilmos Zsigmond
- Nominee Islands in the Stream · Fred Koenekamp
- Nominee Julia · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Looking for Mr. Goodbar · William A. Fraker
- Nominee The Turning Point · Robert L. Surtees
Best Film Editing
- Winner Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · Marcia Lucas, Paul Hirsch, Richard Chew
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Michael Kahn
- Nominee Julia · Marcel Durham, Walter Murch
- Nominee Smokey and the Bandit · Angelo Ross, Walter Hannemann
- Nominee The Turning Point · William H. Reynolds
Best Production Design
- Winner Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · John Barry, Leslie Dilley, Norman Reynolds, Roger Christian
- Nominee Airport '77 · George C. Webb, Mickey S. Michaels
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Daniel A. Lomino, Joe Alves, Phil Abramson
- Nominee The Spy Who Loved Me · Hugh Scaife, Ken Adam, Peter Lamont
- Nominee The Turning Point · Albert Brenner, Marvin March
Best Costume Design
- Winner Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · John Mollo
- Nominee A Little Night Music · Florence Klotz
- Nominee Airport '77 · Burton Miller, Edith Head
- Nominee Julia · Anthea Sylbert
- Nominee The Other Side of Midnight · Irene Sharaff
Best Sound
- Winner Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · Bob Minkler, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Ray West
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Don MacDougall, Gene Cantamessa, Robert Glass, Robert Knudson
- Nominee Sorcerer · Jean-Louis Ducarme, Richard Tyler, Robert Glass, Robert Knudson
- Nominee The Deep · Dick Alexander, Robin Gregory, Tom Beckert, Walter Goss
- Nominee The Turning Point · Douglas Williams, Jerry Jost, Paul Wells, Theodore Soderberg