The Complete Oscar Quest: 38th Academy Awards (1965)

1965

Best Picture

  • Darling
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Ship of Fools
  • The Sound of Music
  • A Thousand Clowns

Best Director

  • David Lean, Doctor Zhivago
  • Hrioshi Teshigahara, The Woman in the Dunes
  • John Schlesinger, Darling
  • Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
  • William Wyler, The Collector

Best Actor

  • Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
  • Laurence Olivier, Othello
  • Rod Steiger, The Pawnbroker
  • Oskar Werner, Ship of Fools

Best Actress

  • Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
  • Julie Christie, Darling
  • Samantha Eggar, The Collector
  • Elizabeth Hartman, A Patch of Blue
  • Simone Signoret, Ship of Fools

Best Supporting Actor

  • Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns
  • Ian Bannen, The Flight of the Phoenix
  • Tom Courtenay, Doctor Zhivago
  • Michael Dunn, Ship of Fools
  • Frank Finlay, Othello

Best Supporting Actress

  • Ruth Gordon, Inside Daisy Clover
  • Joyce Redman, Othello
  • Maggie Smith, Othello
  • Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue
  • Peggy Wood, The Sound of Music

Best Original Screenplay

  • Casanova 70
  • Darling
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
  • The Train
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Cat Ballou
  • The Collector
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Ship of Fools
  • A Thousand Clowns

Best Editing

  • Cat Ballou
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Flight of the Phoenix
  • The Great Race
  • The Sound of Music

Best Cinematography, Black and White

  • In Harm’s Way
  • King Rat
  • Morituri
  • A Patch of Blue
  • Ship of Fools

Best Cinematography, Color

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Great Race
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • The Sound of Music

Best Original Score

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • A Patch of Blue
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Best Adaptation or Treatment Score

  • Cat Ballou
  • The Pleasure Seekers
  • The Sound of Music
  • A Thousand Clowns
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Best Original Song

  • “The Ballad of Cat Ballou,” from Cat Ballou
  • “The Shadow of Your Smile,” from The Sandpiper
  • “I Will Wait for You,” from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • “The Sweetheart Tree,” from The Great Race
  • “What’s New Pussycat?” from What’s New Pussycat?

Best Art Direction, Black and White

  • King Rat
  • A Patch of Blue
  • Ship of Fools
  • The Slender Thread
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Best Art Direction, Color

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Inside Daisy Clover
  • The Sound of Music

Best Costume Design, Black and White

  • Darling
  • Morituri
  • A Rage to Live
  • Ship of Fools
  • The Slender Thread

Best Costume Design, Color

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Inside Daisy Clover
  • The Sound of Music

Best Visual Effects

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Thunderball

Best Sound Editing

  • The Great Race
  • Von Ryan’s Express

Best Sound Mixing

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Great Race
  • Shenandoah
  • The Sound of Music

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Blood on the Land
  • Dear John
  • Kwaidan
  • Marriage Italian-Style
  • The Shop on Main Street

Best Documentary

  • The Battle of the Bulge… The Brave Rifles
  • The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
  • The Forth Road Bridge
  • Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
  • Mourir a Madrid

Best Documentary Short

  • Mural on Our Street
  • Nyitany
  • Point of View
  • To Be Alive!
  • Yeats County

Best Live-Action Short

  • The Chicken
  • Fortress of Peace
  • Skaterdater
  • Snow
  • Time Piece

Best Animated Short

  • Clay or the Origin of Species
  • The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
  • The Thieving Magpie

Total List of Films Nominated:

  1. The Agony and the Ecstasy
  2. Casanova 70
  3. Cat Ballou
  4. The Collector
  5. Darling
  6. Doctor Zhivago
  7. The Flight of the Phoenix
  8. The Great Race
  9. The Greatest Story Ever Told
  10. In Harm’s Way
  11. Inside Daisy Clover
  12. King Rat
  13. Morituri
  14. Othello
  15. A Patch of Blue
  16. The Pawnbroker
  17. The Pleasure Seekers
  18. A Rage to Live
  19. The Sandpiper
  20. Shenandoah
  21. Ship of Fools
  22. The Slender Thread
  23. The Sound of Music
  24. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  25. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
  26. A Thousand Clowns
  27. Thunderball
  28. The Train
  29. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  30. Von Ryan’s Express
  31. What’s New Pussycat?
  32. The Woman in the Dunes

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