1970 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 103 Academy Award records for the 1970 film year, covering 49 films and including 22 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.

1971 → ← 1969

Best Picture result

  • ★ Patton
    Frank McCarthy, 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.

  1. Patton

    7 wins from 10 award records

  2. Ryan's Daughter

    2 wins from 4 award records

  3. Airport

    1 win from 10 award records

  4. Love Story

    1 win from 7 award records

  5. M*A*S*H

    1 win from 5 award records

  6. Tora! Tora! Tora!

    1 win from 5 award records

Category winners

Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.

Nominations and award records by category

Showing 103 of 103 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Art Direction

  • ★ Patton IMDB — Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet
  • Airport IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels
  • The Molly Maguires IMDB — Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
  • Scrooge IMDB — Art Direction: Terry Marsh, Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Pamela Cornell
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! IMDB — Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Yoshiro Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe

Cinematography

Costume Design

Best Director

Documentary Feature

Documentary Short Subject

Film Editing

International Feature Film

Original Score

Original Song

  • ★ Lovers and Other Strangers IMDB — Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Robb Royer (aka Robb Wilson) and James Griffin (aka Arthur James)For All We Know
  • Pieces of Dreams IMDB — Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn BergmanPieces Of Dreams
  • Scrooge IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Leslie BricusseThank You Very Much
  • Madron IMDB — Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Arthur HamiltonTill Love Touches Your Life
  • Darling Lili IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny MercerWhistling Away The Dark

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

Animated Short Film

Live Action Short Film

Sound Mixing

Visual Effects

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Nominated films and other recorded entries

49 films represented in the 1970 archive selection.

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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