Oscar Nominations and Winners (1974)

Best Picture

• Chinatown
• The Conversation
• The Godfather Part II
• Lenny
• The Towering Inferno

Best Director

• John Cassavetes (A Woman Under the Influence)
• Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part II)
• Bob Fosse (Lenny)
• Roman Polanski (Chinatown)
• Francois Truffaut (Day for Night)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Art Carnet (Harry and Tonto)
• ALbert Finney (Murder on the Orient Express)
• Dustin Hoffman (Lenny)
• Jack Nicholson (Chinatown)
• Al Pacino (The Godfather Part II)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Fred Astaire (The Towering Inferno)
• Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot)
• Robert DeNiro (The Godfather Part II)
• Michael V. Gazzo (The Godfather Part II)
• Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
• Diahann Carroll (Claudine)
• Faye Dunaway (Chinatown)
• Valerie Perrine (Lenny)
• Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ingrid Bergman (Murder on the Orient Express)
• Valentina Cortese (Day for Night)
• Madeline Kahn (Blazing Saddles)
• Diane Ladd (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
• Talia Shire (The Godfather Part II)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Apprenticeship ofDuddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd)
• The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo)
• Lenny (Marvin Worth)
• Murder on the Orient Express (Paul Dehn)
• Young Frankenstein (Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks)

Best Original Screenplay

• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Robert Getchell)
• Chinatown (Robert Towne)
• The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
• Day for Night (Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman)
• Harry and Tonto (Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Amarcord (Italy)
• Catsplay (Hungary)
• The Deluge (Poland)
• Lacome, Lucien (France)
• The Truce (Argentina)

Art Direction

• Chinatown
• Earthquake
• The Godfather Part II
• The Island at the Top of the World
• The Towering Inferno

Cinematography

• Chinatown
• Earthquake
• Lenny
• Murder on the Orient Express
• The Towering Inferno

Costume Design

• Chinatown
• Daisy Miller
• The Godfather Part II
• The Great Gatsby
• Murder on the Orient Express

Documentary Feature

• Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
• The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art
• The 81st Blow
• Hearts and Minds
• The Wild and the Brave

Documentary Short Subject

• City Out of Wilderness
• Don't
• Exploratorium
• John Muir's High Sierra
• Naked Yoga

Film Editing

• Blazing Saddles
• Chinatown
• Earthquake
• The Longest Yard
• The Towering Inferno

Adaptation Score

• The Great Gatsby (Nelson Riddle)
• The Little Prince (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe; Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley)
• Phantom of the Paradise (Paul Williams and George Aliceson)

Original Score

• Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
• The Godfather Part II (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola)
• Murder on the Orient Express (Richard Rodney Bennett)
• Shanks (Alex North)
• The Towering Inferno (John Williams)

Original Song

• "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" (Benji) Music by Euel Box. Lyrics by Betty Box.
• "Blazing Saddles" (Blazing Saddles) Music by John Morris. Lyrics by Mel Brooks.
• "Little Prince" (The Little Prince) Music by Frederick Loewe. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.
• "We May Never Love Like This Again" (The Towering Inferno) Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn.
• "Wherever Love Takes Me" (Gold) Music Elmer Bernstein. Lyrics by Don Black.

Animated Short Film

• Closed Mondays
• The Family that Dwelt Apart
• Hunger
• Voyage to Next
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

Live Action Short Film

• Climb
• The Concert
• One-Eyed Men Are Kings
• Planet Ocean
• The Violin

Sound

• Chinatown
• The Conversation
• Earthquake
• The Towering Inferno
• Young Frankenstein

Visual Effects

• Earthquake