Oscar Nominations and Winners (1973)

Best Picture

• American Graffiti
• Cries and Whispers
• The Exorcist
• The Sting
• A Touch of Class

Best Director

• Ingmar Bergman (Cries and Whispers)
• Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris)
• William Friedkin (The Exorcist)
• George Roy Hill (The Sting)
• George Lucas (American Graffiti)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Marlon Brando (Last Tango in Paris)
• Jack Lemmon (Save the Tiger)
• Jack Nicholson (The Last Detail)
• Al Pacino (Serpico)
• Robert Redford (The Sting)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Vincent Gardenia (Bang the Drum Slowly)
• Jack Gilford (Save the Tiger)
• John Houseman (The Paper Chase)
• Jason Miller (The Exorcist)
• Randy Quaid (The Last Detail)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Ellen Bursytn (The Exorcist)
• Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class)
• Marsha Mason (Cinderella Liberty)
• Barbra Streisand (The Way We WEre)
• Joanne Woodward (Summer Wishes)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Linda Blair (The Exorcist)
• Candy Clark (American Graffiti)
• Madeline Kahn (Paper Moon)
• Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon)
• Sylvia Sidney (Summer Wishes)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• American Graffiti (George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck)
• Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
• Save the Tiger (Steve Shagan)
• The Sting (David S. Ward)
• A TOuch of Class (Melvin Frank and Jack Rose)

Best Original Screenplay

• The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
• The Last Detail (Robert Towne)
• The Paper Chase (James Bridges)
• Paper Moon (Alvin Sargent)
• Serpico (Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Day for Night (France)
• The House on Chelouche Street (Israel)
• L'Invitation (Switzerland)
• The Pedestrain (Federal Republic of West Germany)
• Turkish Delight (The Netherlands)

Art Direction

• Brother Sun, Sister Moon
• The Exorcist
• The Sting
• Tom Sawyer
• The Way We Were

Cinematography

• Cries and Whispers
• The Exorcist
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• The Sting
• The Way We Were

Costume Design

• Cries and Whispers
• Ludwig
• The Sting
• Tom Sawyer
• The Way We Were

Documentary Feature

• Always a New Beginning
• Battle of Berlin
• The Great American Cowboy
• Journey to the Outer Limits
• Walls of Fire

Documentary Short Subject

• Background
• Children at Work
• Christo's Valley Curtain
• Four Stones for Kanemitsu
• Princeston: A Search for Answers

Film Editing

• American Graffiti
• The Day of the Jackal
• The Exorcist
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• The Sting

Adaptation Score

• Jesus Christ Superstar (Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber)
• The Sting (Marvin Hamlisch)
• Tom Sawyer (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and John Williams)

Original Score

• Cinderella Liberty (John Williams)
• The Day of the Dolphin (Georges Delerue)
• Papillon (Jerry Goldsmith)
• A Touch of Class (John Cameron)
• The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch)

Original Song

• "All That Love Went to Waste" (A Touch of Class) Music by George Barrie. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Live and Let Die" (Live and Let Die) Music and Lyrics by Paul and Linda McCartney.
• "Love" (Robin Hood) Music by George Bruns. Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston.
• "The Way We Were" (The Way We Were) Music by Marvin Hamlisch. Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
• "Nice to be Around" (Cinderella) Music John Williams. Lyrics by Paul Williams.

Animated Short Film

• Frank Film
• The Legend of John Henry
• Pulcinella

Live Action Short Film

• The Bolero
• Clockmaker
• Life Times Nine

Sound

• The Day of the Dolphin
• The Exorcist
• The Paper Chase
• Paper Moon
• The Sting