1974 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 104 Academy Award records for the 1974 film year, covering 50 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.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Godfather Part IIFrancis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
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.
- The Godfather Part II
6 wins from 11 award records
- The Towering Inferno
3 wins from 8 award records
- Earthquake
2 wins from 5 award records
- The Great Gatsby
2 wins from 2 award records
- Chinatown
1 win from 11 award records
- Murder on the Orient Express
1 win from 6 award records
Category winners
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- ★ Harry and Tonto — Harry
- ★ The Godfather Part II — Vito Corleone
- ★ Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — Alice Hyatt
- ★ Murder on the Orient Express — Greta Ohlsson
- ★ Don't
- ★ Amarcord
- ★ The Towering Inferno — We May Never Love Like This Again
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 104 of 104 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Godfather Part II IMDB — Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
- Chinatown IMDB — Robert Evans, Producer
- The Conversation IMDB — Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Co-Producer
- Lenny IMDB — Marvin Worth, Producer
- The Towering Inferno IMDB — Irwin Allen, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ Harry and Tonto IMDB — Art CarneyHarry
- Murder on the Orient Express IMDB — Albert FinneyHercule Poirot
- Lenny IMDB — Dustin HoffmanLenny Bruce
- Chinatown IMDB — Jack NicholsonJ. J. Gittes
- The Godfather Part II IMDB — Al PacinoMichael Corleone
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ The Godfather Part II IMDB — Robert De NiroVito Corleone
- The Towering Inferno IMDB — Fred AstaireHarlee Claiborne
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot IMDB — Jeff BridgesLightfoot
- The Godfather Part II IMDB — Michael V. GazzoFrankie Pentangeli
- The Godfather Part II IMDB — Lee StrasbergHyman Roth
Best Actress
- ★ Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore IMDB — Ellen BurstynAlice Hyatt
- Claudine IMDB — Diahann CarrollClaudine
- Chinatown IMDB — Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray
- Lenny IMDB — Valerie PerrineHoney Bruce
- A Woman under the Influence IMDB — Gena RowlandsMabel Longhetti
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Murder on the Orient Express IMDB — Ingrid BergmanGreta Ohlsson
- Day for Night IMDB — Valentina CorteseSeverine
- Blazing Saddles IMDB — Madeline KahnLili Von Shtupp
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore IMDB — Diane LaddFlo
- The Godfather Part II IMDB — Talia ShireConnie Corleone
Art Direction
- ★ The Godfather Part II IMDB — Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
- Chinatown IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
- Earthquake IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
- The Island at the Top of the World IMDB — Art Direction: Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
- The Towering Inferno IMDB — Art Direction: William Creber, Ward Preston; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Cinematography
- ★ The Towering Inferno IMDB — Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
- Chinatown IMDB — John A. Alonzo
- Earthquake IMDB — Philip Lathrop
- Lenny IMDB — Bruce Surtees
- Murder on the Orient Express IMDB — Geoffrey Unsworth
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Hearts and Minds IMDB — Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers
- Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman IMDB — Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers
- The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art IMDB — Herbert Kline, Producer
- The 81st Blow IMDB — Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers
- The Wild and the Brave IMDB — Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Don't IMDB — Robin Lehman, Producer
- City Out of Wilderness IMDB — Francis Thompson, Producer
- Exploratorium IMDB — Jon Boorstin, Producer
- John Muir's High Sierra IMDB — Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, Producers
- Naked Yoga IMDB — Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, Producers
Film Editing
- ★ The Towering Inferno IMDB — Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
- Blazing Saddles IMDB — John C. Howard, Danford Greene
- Chinatown IMDB — Sam O'Steen
- Earthquake IMDB — Dorothy Spencer
- The Longest Yard IMDB — Michael Luciano
International Feature Film
- ★ Amarcord IMDB — Italy
- Cats' Play IMDB — Hungary
- The Deluge IMDB — Poland
- Lacombe, Lucien IMDB — France
- The Truce IMDB — Argentina
Original Score
- ★ The Godfather Part II IMDB — Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
- Chinatown IMDB — Jerry Goldsmith
- Murder on the Orient Express IMDB — Richard Rodney Bennett
- Shanks IMDB — Alex North
- The Towering Inferno IMDB — John Williams
Original Song
- ★ The Towering Inferno IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel HirschhornWe May Never Love Like This Again
- Benji IMDB — Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty BoxBenji's Theme (I Feel Love)
- Blazing Saddles IMDB — Music by John Morris; Lyrics by Mel BrooksBlazing Saddles
- The Little Prince IMDB — Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay LernerLittle Prince
- Gold IMDB — Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don BlackWherever Love Takes Me
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ The Great Gatsby IMDB — Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
- The Little Prince IMDB — Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
- Phantom of the Paradise IMDB — Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
Animated Short Film
- ★ Closed Mondays IMDB — Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers
- The Family That Dwelt Apart IMDB — Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, Producers
- Hunger IMDB — Peter Foldes and René Jodoin, Producers
- Voyage to Next IMDB — Faith Hubley and John Hubley, Producers
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too IMDB — Wolfgang Reitherman, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ One-Eyed Men Are Kings IMDB — Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers
- Climb IMDB — Dewitt Jones, Producer
- The Concert IMDB — Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers
- Planet Ocean IMDB — George V. Casey, Producer
- The Violin IMDB — Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, Producers
Sound Mixing
- ★ Earthquake IMDB — Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
- Chinatown IMDB — Bud Grenzbach, Larry Jost
- The Conversation IMDB — Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester
- The Towering Inferno IMDB — Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
- Young Frankenstein IMDB — Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
- ★ Earthquake IMDB — Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Godfather Part II IMDB — Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz IMDB — Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; Adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd
- Lenny IMDB — Julian Barry
- Murder on the Orient Express IMDB — Paul Dehn
- Young Frankenstein IMDB — Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
Original Screenplay
- ★ Chinatown IMDB — Robert Towne
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore IMDB — Robert Getchell
- The Conversation IMDB — Francis Ford Coppola
- Day for Night IMDB — Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
- Harry and Tonto IMDB — Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Nominated films and other recorded entries
50 films represented in the 1974 archive selection.
- A Woman under the Influence
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Amarcord
- Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
- Benji
- Blazing Saddles
- Cats' Play
- Chinatown
- City Out of Wilderness
- Claudine
- Climb
- Closed Mondays
- Daisy Miller
- Day for Night
- Don't
- Earthquake
- Exploratorium
- Gold
- Harry and Tonto
- Hearts and Minds
- Hunger
- John Muir's High Sierra
- Lacombe, Lucien
- Lenny
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Naked Yoga
- One-Eyed Men Are Kings
- Phantom of the Paradise
- Planet Ocean
- Shanks
- The 81st Blow
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art
- The Concert
- The Conversation
- The Deluge
- The Family That Dwelt Apart
- The Godfather Part II
- The Great Gatsby
- The Island at the Top of the World
- The Little Prince
- The Longest Yard
- The Towering Inferno
- The Truce
- The Violin
- The Wild and the Brave
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Voyage to Next
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
- Young Frankenstein
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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