1965 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

58 films were recognised at the 1965 Academy Awards, across 27 categories. 14 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was My Fair Lady, with 8 awards, ahead of Mary Poppins with 5. The categories below run from Documentary (Feature), Documentary (Short Subject) and Actor to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Documentary (Feature)

World Without Sun (Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun)(1964)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Winner
World Without Sun (Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun)(1964)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
Winner
Alleman (The Human Dutch)(1963)
Bert Haanstra, Producer
Alleman (The Human Dutch)(1963)
The Human Dutch
Four Days In November(1964)
Mel Stuart, Producer
Over There, 1914-18(1963)
Jean Aurel, Producer
The Finest Hours(1964)
Jack Le Vien, Producer

Documentary (Short Subject)

Nine from Little Rock(1964)
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Winner
140 Days Under the World(1964)
Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers
Breaking the Habit(1965)
Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers
Children Without(1964)
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Children Without Love(1963)
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak(1964)
National Film Board of Canada

Actor

My Fair Lady(1964)
Rex Harrison
Winner
Becket(1964)
Richard Burton
Becket(1964)
Peter O'Toole
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Peter Sellers
Zorba the Greek(1964)
Anthony Quinn

Actor in a Supporting Role

Topkapi(1964)
Peter Ustinov
Winner
Becket(1964)
John Gielgud
My Fair Lady(1964)
Stanley Holloway
Seven Days in May(1964)
Edmond O'Brien
The Best Man(1964)
Lee Tracy

Actress

Mary Poppins(1964)
Julie Andrews
Winner
Marriage Italian Style(1964)
Sophia Loren
Seance on a Wet Afternoon(1964)
Kim Stanley
The Pumpkin Eater(1964)
Anne Bancroft
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Debbie Reynolds

Actress in a Supporting Role

Zorba the Greek(1964)
Lila Kedrova
Winner
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Agnes Moorehead
My Fair Lady(1964)
Gladys Cooper
The Chalk Garden(1964)
Dame Edith Evans
The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Grayson Hall

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Zorba the Greek(1964)
Vassilis Fotopoulos
Winner
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Seven Days in May(1964)
Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Americanization of Emily(1964)
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Stephen Grimes

Art Direction (Color)

My Fair Lady(1964)
Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Winner
Becket(1964)
Art Direction: John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin, Robert Cartwright
Mary Poppins(1964)
Art Direction: Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
What a Way to Go!(1964)
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

Best Picture

My Fair Lady(1964)
Jack L. Warner, Producer
Winner
Becket(1964)
Hal B. Wallis, Producer
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Stanley Kubrick, Producer
Mary Poppins(1964)
Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, Producers
Zorba the Greek(1964)
Michael Cacoyannis, Producer

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Zorba the Greek(1964)
Walter Lassally
Winner
Fate Is the Hunter(1964)
Milton Krasner
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Joseph Biroc
The Americanization of Emily(1964)
Philip H. Lathrop
The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Gabriel Figueroa

Cinematography (Color)

My Fair Lady(1964)
Harry Stradling
Winner
Becket(1964)
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cheyenne Autumn(1964)
William H. Clothier
Mary Poppins(1964)
Edward Colman
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Daniel L. Fapp

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Dorothy Jeakins
Winner
A House Is Not a Home(1964)
Edith Head
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Norma Koch
Kisses for My President(1964)
Howard Shoup
The Visit(1964)
"The Visit" René Hubert

Costume Design (Color)

My Fair Lady(1964)
Cecil Beaton
Winner
Becket(1964)
Margaret Furse
Mary Poppins(1964)
Tony Walton
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Morton Haack
What a Way to Go!(1964)
Edith Head, Moss Mabry

Directing

My Fair Lady(1964)
George Cukor
Winner
Becket(1964)
Peter Glenville
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins(1964)
Robert Stevenson
Zorba the Greek(1964)
Michael Cacoyannis

Film Editing

Mary Poppins(1964)
Cotton Warburton
Winner
Becket(1964)
Anne Coates
Father Goose(1964)
Ted J. Kent
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Michael Luciano
My Fair Lady(1964)
William Ziegler

International Feature Film

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow(1963)
Italy
Winner
Raven's End(1963)
Sweden
Sallah(1964)
Israel
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964)
France
Woman in the Dunes(1964)
Japan

Music (Music Score--substantially original)

Mary Poppins(1964)
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Winner
Becket(1964)
Laurence Rosenthal
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Frank DeVol
The Fall of the Roman Empire(1964)
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Pink Panther(1963)
Henry Mancini

Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)

My Fair Lady(1964)
Andre Previn
Winner
A Hard Day's Night(1964)
George Martin
Mary Poppins(1964)
Irwin Kostal
Robin and the 7 Hoods(1964)
Nelson Riddle
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken

Music (Song)

Mary Poppins(1964)
Chim Chim Cher-ee in "Mary Poppins" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Winner
Dear Heart(1964)
Dear Heart in "Dear Heart" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte in "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack David
Robin and the 7 Hoods(1964)
My Kind Of Town in "Robin and the 7 Hoods" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Where Love Has Gone(1964)
Where Love Has Gone in "Where Love Has Gone" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

Sound

My Fair Lady(1964)
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Winner
Becket(1964)
Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
Father Goose(1964)
Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Mary Poppins(1964)
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director

Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

Becket(1964)
Edward Anhalt
Winner
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
Mary Poppins(1964)
Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
My Fair Lady(1964)
Alan Jay Lerner
Zorba the Greek(1964)
Michael Cacoyannis

Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)

Father Goose(1964)
Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
Winner
A Hard Day's Night(1964)
Alun Owen
One Potato, Two Potato(1964)
Story by Orville H. Hampton; Screenplay by Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
That Man from Rio(1964)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
The Organizer(1963)
Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli