Oscar Nominations and Winners (1927-1928)

Best Picture

• The Racket
• 7th Heaven
• Wings

Best Production

• Chang
• The Crowd
• Sunrise

Best Director - Dramatic Picture

• Frank Borzage (7th Heaven)
• Herbert Brenon (Sorrell and Son)
• King Vidor (The Crowd)

Best Director - Comedy Picture

• Charles Chaplin (The Circus) (Though nominated Chaplin's name was later removed when the Academy decided to give him a Special Award for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus.)
• Lewis Milestone (Two Arabian Knights)
• Ted Wilde (Speedy)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Richard Barthelmess (The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid)
• Charles Chaplin (The Circus) (Though nominated Chaplin's name was later removed when the Academy decided to give him a Special Award for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus.)
• Emil Jannings (The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Louise Dresser (A Ship Comes In)
• Janet Gaynor (7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise)
• Gloria Swanson (Sadie Thompson)

Best Original Story

• The Last Command (Lajos Biro)
• Underworld (Ben Hecht)

Best Adaptation

• 7th Heaven (Benjamin Glazer)
• Glorious Betsy (Anthony Coldeway)
• The Jazz Singer (Alfred Cohn)

Best Title Writing

• Gerald Duffy (The Private Life of Helen of Troy)
• Joseph Farnham
• George Marion, Jr.

Art Direction

• 7th Heaven
• The Dove and Tempest
• Sunrise

Cinematography

• The Devil Dancer
• The Magic Flame
• Sadie Thompson
• Sunrise

Engineering Effects

• Ralph Hammeras
• The Jazz Singer (Nugent Slaughter)
• Wings (Roy Pomeroy)