1965 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 122 Academy Award records for the 1965 film year, covering 55 films and including 26 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Sound of MusicRobert Wise, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Doctor Zhivago
5 wins from 10 award records
- The Sound of Music
5 wins from 10 award records
- Darling
3 wins from 5 award records
- Ship of Fools
2 wins from 8 award records
- A Patch of Blue
1 win from 5 award records
- Cat Ballou
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Cat Ballou — Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn
- ★ A Thousand Clowns — Arnold Burns
- ★ Darling — Diana Scott
- ★ A Patch of Blue — Rose-Ann D'Arcey
- ★ Darling
- ★ The Sandpiper — The Shadow Of Your Smile
- ★ Darling
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 122 of 122 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Sound of Music IMDB — Robert Wise, Producer
- Darling IMDB — Joseph Janni, Producer
- Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Carlo Ponti, Producer
- Ship of Fools IMDB — Stanley Kramer, Producer
- A Thousand Clowns IMDB — Fred Coe, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ Cat Ballou IMDB — Lee MarvinKid Shelleen/Tim Strawn
- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold IMDB — Richard BurtonAlec Leamas
- Othello IMDB — Laurence OlivierOthello
- The Pawnbroker IMDB — Rod SteigerSol Nazerman
- Ship of Fools IMDB — Oskar WernerDr. Schumann
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ A Thousand Clowns IMDB — Martin BalsamArnold Burns
- The Flight of the Phoenix IMDB — Ian BannenCrow
- Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Tom CourtenayPasha Antipov/Strelnikoff
- Ship of Fools IMDB — Michael DunnGlocken
- Othello IMDB — Frank FinlayIago
Best Actress
- ★ Darling IMDB — Julie ChristieDiana Scott
- The Sound of Music IMDB — Julie AndrewsMaria
- The Collector IMDB — Samantha EggarMiranda Grey
- A Patch of Blue IMDB — Elizabeth HartmanSelina D'Arcey
- Ship of Fools IMDB — Simone SignoretLa Condessa
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ A Patch of Blue IMDB — Shelley WintersRose-Ann D'Arcey
- Inside Daisy Clover IMDB — Ruth GordonThe Dealer
- Othello IMDB — Joyce RedmanEmilia
- Othello IMDB — Maggie SmithDesdemona
- The Sound of Music IMDB — Peggy WoodMother Abbess
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ Ship of Fools IMDB — Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish
- King Rat IMDB — Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
- A Patch of Blue IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson
- The Slender Thread IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, Joseph Kish
- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Art Direction: John Box, Terry Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
- The Agony and the Ecstasy IMDB — Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
- The Greatest Story Ever Told IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day, William Creber, David Hall; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean, Norman Rockett
- Inside Daisy Clover IMDB — Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
- The Sound of Music IMDB — Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
- ★ Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Freddie Young
- The Agony and the Ecstasy IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- The Great Race IMDB — Russell Harlan
- The Greatest Story Ever Told IMDB — William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs
- The Sound of Music IMDB — Ted McCord
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- ★ Darling IMDB — Julie Harris
- Morituri IMDB — Moss Mabry
- A Rage to Live IMDB — Howard Shoup
- Ship of Fools IMDB — Bill Thomas, Jean Louis
- The Slender Thread IMDB — Edith Head
Costume Design (Color)
- ★ Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Phyllis Dalton
- The Agony and the Ecstasy IMDB — Vittorio Nino Novarese
- The Greatest Story Ever Told IMDB — Vittorio Nino Novarese, Marjorie Best
- Inside Daisy Clover IMDB — Edith Head, Bill Thomas
- The Sound of Music IMDB — Dorothy Jeakins
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ The Eleanor Roosevelt Story IMDB — Sidney Glazier, Producer
- The Battle of the Bulge...The Brave Rifles IMDB — Laurence E. Mascott, Producer
- The Forth Road Bridge IMDB — Peter Mills, Producer
- Let My People Go IMDB — Marshall Flaum, Producer
- To Die in Madrid IMDB — Frédéric Rossif, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ To Be Alive! IMDB — Francis Thompson, Producer
- Mural on Our Street IMDB — Kirk Smallman, Producer
- Ouverture IMDB — Mafilm Productions
- Point of View IMDB — Vision Associates Productions
- Yeats Country IMDB — Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, Producers
Film Editing
International Feature Film
- ★ The Shop on Main Street IMDB — Czechoslovakia
- Blood on the Land IMDB — Greece
- Dear John IMDB — Sweden
- Kwaidan IMDB — Japan
- Marriage Italian Style IMDB — Italy
Original Score
- ★ Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Maurice Jarre
- The Agony and the Ecstasy IMDB — Alex North
- The Greatest Story Ever Told IMDB — Alfred Newman
- A Patch of Blue IMDB — Jerry Goldsmith
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg IMDB — Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
Original Song
- ★ The Sandpiper IMDB — Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis WebsterThe Shadow Of Your Smile
- Cat Ballou IMDB — Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack DavidThe Ballad Of Cat Ballou
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg IMDB — Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy; English Lyrics by Norman GimbelI Will Wait For You
- The Great Race IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny MercerThe Sweetheart Tree
- What's New Pussycat? IMDB — Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal DavidWhat's New Pussycat?
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ The Sound of Music IMDB — Irwin Kostal
- Cat Ballou IMDB — DeVol
- The Pleasure Seekers IMDB — Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
- A Thousand Clowns IMDB — Don Walker
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg IMDB — Michel Legrand
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Dot and the Line IMDB — Chuck Jones and Les Goldman, Producers
- Clay or The Origin of Species IMDB — Eliot Noyes, Jr., Producer
- The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) IMDB — Emanuele Luzzati, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ The Chicken (Le Poulet) IMDB — Claude Berri, Producer
- Fortress of Peace IMDB — Lothar Wolff, Producer
- Skaterdater IMDB — Marshal Backlar and Noel Black, Producers
- Snow IMDB — Edgar Anstey, Producer
- Time Piece IMDB — Jim Henson, Producer
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
- ★ The Sound of Music IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
- The Agony and the Ecstasy IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
- Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director; and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
- The Great Race IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
- Shenandoah IMDB — Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Visual Effects
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Doctor Zhivago IMDB — Robert Bolt
- Cat Ballou IMDB — Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson
- The Collector IMDB — Stanley Mann, John Kohn
- Ship of Fools IMDB — Abby Mann
- A Thousand Clowns IMDB — Herb Gardner
Original Screenplay
- ★ Darling IMDB — Frederic Raphael
- Casanova '70 IMDB — Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines IMDB — Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
- The Train IMDB — Franklin Coen, Frank Davis
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg IMDB — Jacques Demy
Nominated films and other recorded entries
55 films represented in the 1965 archive selection.
- A Patch of Blue
- A Rage to Live
- A Thousand Clowns
- Blood on the Land
- Casanova '70
- Cat Ballou
- Clay or The Origin of Species
- Darling
- Dear John
- Doctor Zhivago
- Fortress of Peace
- In Harm's Way
- Inside Daisy Clover
- King Rat
- Kwaidan
- Let My People Go
- Marriage Italian Style
- Morituri
- Mural on Our Street
- Othello
- Ouverture
- Point of View
- Shenandoah
- Ship of Fools
- Skaterdater
- Snow
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
- The Battle of the Bulge...The Brave Rifles
- The Chicken (Le Poulet)
- The Collector
- The Dot and the Line
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
- The Flight of the Phoenix
- The Forth Road Bridge
- The Great Race
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
- The Pawnbroker
- The Pleasure Seekers
- The Sandpiper
- The Shop on Main Street
- The Slender Thread
- The Sound of Music
- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
- The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra)
- The Train
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
- Thunderball
- Time Piece
- To Be Alive!
- To Die in Madrid
- Von Ryan's Express
- What's New Pussycat?
- Woman in the Dunes
- Yeats Country
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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