Academy Awards archive

The Godfather Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Godfather has 11 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 3 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 11 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

The Godfather: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1972Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientMarlon Brando

Don Vito Corleone

Source context

NOTE: Mr. Brando refused the award.

Win recorded
Film year1972Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientJames Caan

Sonny Corleone

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaretThe Master of Ceremonies
Joel Grey
Film year1972Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Duvall

Tom Hagen

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaretThe Master of Ceremonies
Joel Grey
Film year1972Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientAl Pacino

Michael Corleone

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaretThe Master of Ceremonies
Joel Grey
Film year1972Costume Design
Credited nominee / recipientAnna Hill Johnstone
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryTravels with My Aunt
Anthony Powell
Film year1972Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientFrancis Ford Coppola
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
Bob Fosse
Film year1972Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Reynolds, Peter Zinner
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
David Bretherton
Film year1972Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientNino Rota
Source context

NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. The Godfather score, composed by Nino Rota, was originally announced as one of the five official nominees. It was later pointed out that portions of the score and the main theme were composed by Rota for his score to the 1958 Italian film, Fortunella. The Music Branch was given this information and re-balloted to determine the fifth nomination. The list of six films they were to choose from were the remaining five of the top ten preliminary listings, plus The Godfather score. The results of the re-balloting was that the fifth nomination became Sleuth, composed by John Addison.

Award record — see source context
Film year1972Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientAlbert S. Ruddy, Producer
Win recorded
Film year1972Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientBud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
Film year1972Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientMario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Godfather with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Supporting Actor 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Costume Design 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Costume Design winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Best Director 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Best Director winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Film Editing 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Film Editing winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Best Picture 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
  • Cabaret
    Cy Feuer, Producer
    Nominee
  • Deliverance
    John Boorman, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Emigrants
    Bengt Forslund, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Godfather This film
    Albert S. Ruddy, Producer
    ★ Winner
  • Sounder
    Robert B. Radnitz, Producer
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1972 film-year results
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