Academy Awards archive

Breaking Away Oscar Nominations & Wins

Breaking Away has 5 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 5 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.

Breaking Away: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1979Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientBarbara Barrie

Mrs. Stohler

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryKramer vs. KramerJoanna Kramer
Meryl Streep
Film year1979Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientPeter Yates
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryKramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
Film year1979Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Patrick Williams
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAll That Jazz
Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
Film year1979Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientPeter Yates, Producer
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryKramer vs. Kramer
Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer
Film year1979Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientSteve Tesich
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Breaking Away 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 Actress 1979 film year · Ceremony 52
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1979 film-year results
Best Director 1979 film year · Ceremony 52
Best Director winner historyAll 1979 film-year results
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) 1979 film year · Ceremony 52
  • All That Jazz
    Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    ★ Winner
  • Breaking Away This film
    Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
    Nominee
  • The Muppet Movie
    Song Score by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
    Nominee
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) winner historyAll 1979 film-year results
Best Picture 1979 film year · Ceremony 52
  • All That Jazz
    Robert Alan Aurthur, Producer
    Nominee
  • Apocalypse Now
    Francis Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg, Co-Producers
    Nominee
  • Breaking Away This film
    Peter Yates, Producer
    Nominee
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer
    ★ Winner
  • Norma Rae
    Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose, Producers
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1979 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1979 film year · Ceremony 52
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1979 film-year results
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