| Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton*Federico Fellini – Fellini Satyricon*Arthur Hiller – Love Story*Robert Altman – M*A*S*H*Ken Russell – Women in Love |
| George C. Scott – Patton as General George S. Patton *Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison*James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson*Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea*Ryan O'Neal – Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV | Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen*Jane Alexander – The Great White Hope as Eleanor Backman*Ali MacGraw – Love Story as Jennifer "Jenny" Cavalleri*Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan*Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Bettina "Tina" Balser |
| John Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael*Richard S. Castellano – Lovers and Other Strangers as Frank Vecchio*Chief Dan George – Little Big Man as Old Lodge Skins*Gene Hackman – I Never Sang for My Father as Gene Garrison*John Marley – Love Story as Phil Cavalleri | Helen Hayes – Airport as Ada Quonsett*Karen Black – Five Easy Pieces as Rayette Dipesto*Lee Grant – The Landlord as Joyce Enders*Sally Kellerman – M*A*S*H as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan*Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero |
| Patton – Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North*Five Easy Pieces – Screenplay by Adrien Joyce; Story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce*Joe – Norman Wexler*Love Story – Erich Segal*My Night at Maud's – Éric Rohmer | M*A*S*H – Ring Lardner Jr. based on the novel by Richard Hooker*Airport – George Seaton based on the novel by Arthur Hailey*I Never Sang for My Father – Robert Woodruff Anderson based on his play*Lovers and Other Strangers – Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna and David Zelag Goodman based on the play by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor*Women in Love – Larry Kramer based on the novel by D. H. Lawrence |
| Woodstock – Bob Maurice*Erinnerungen an die Zukunft – Harald Reinl *Jack Johnson – Jimmy Jacobs*King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis – Ely Landau*Say Goodbye – David H. Vowell | Interviews with My Lai Veterans – Joseph Strick*The Gifts - Robert McBride*A Long Way from Nowhere - Bob Aller*Oisín - Patrick Carey and Vivien Carey*Time Is Running Out - Horst Dallmayr and Robert Menegoz |
| The Resurrection of Broncho Billy – John Longenecker*Shut Up...I'm Crying – Robert Siegler*Sticky My Fingers...Fleet My Feet – John D. Hancock | Is It Always Right to Be Right? – Nick Bosustow*The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two – Robert Mitchell and Dale Case*The Shepherd – Cameron Guess |
| Love Story – Francis Lai*Airport – Alfred Newman *Cromwell – Frank Cordell*Patton – Jerry Goldsmith*Sunflower – Henry Mancini | Let It Be – Music and Lyrics by The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr*The Baby Maker – Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry*A Boy Named Charlie Brown – Music by Rod McKuen and John Scott Trotter; Lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez, and Al Shean; Adapted by Vince Guaraldi*Darling Lili – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer*Scrooge – Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Adapted by Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer |
| "For All We Know" – Lovers and Other Strangers • Music by Fred Karlin • Lyrics by Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin *"Whistling Away the Dark" – Darling Lili • Music by Henry Mancini • Lyrics by Johnny Mercer*"Till Love Touches Your Life" – Madron • Music by Riz Ortolani • Lyrics by Arthur Hamilton*"Pieces of Dreams" – Pieces of Dreams • Music by Michel Legrand • Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman*"Thank You Very Much" – Scrooge • Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Patton – Douglas Williams and Don Bassman*Airport – Ronald Pierce and David H. Moriarty*Ryan's Daughter – Gordon McCallum and John Bramall*Tora! Tora! Tora! – Murray Spivack and Herman Lewis*Woodstock – Dan Wallin and Larry Johnson |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion *First Love *Hoa-Binh *Paix sur les champs *Tristana | Cromwell – Vittorio Nino Novarese*Airport – Edith Head*Darling Lili – Donald Brooks and Jack Bear*The Hawaiians – Bill Thomas*Scrooge – Margaret Furse |
| Patton – Art Direction: Urie McCleary and Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos and Pierre-Louis Thévenet*Airport – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore and Mickey S. Michaels*The Molly Maguires – Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera*Scrooge – Art Direction: Terence Marsh and Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Pamela Cornell*Tora! Tora! Tora! – Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Yoshirō Muraki, Richard Day, and Taizoh Kawashima; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett and Carl Biddiscombe | Ryan's Daughter – Freddie Young*Airport – Ernest Laszlo*Patton – Fred J. Koenekamp*Tora! Tora! Tora! – Charles F. Wheeler, Osami Furuya, Masamichi Satoh, and Sinsaku Himeda*Women in Love – Billy Williams |
| Patton – Hugh S. Fowler*Airport – Stuart Gilmore*M*A*S*H – Danford B. Greene*Tora! Tora! Tora! – James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, and Inoue Chikaya*Woodstock – Thelma Schoonmaker | Tora! Tora! Tora! – A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott*Patton – Alex Weldon |