1969 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

50 films were recognised at the 1969 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 17 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Oliver!, with 6 awards, ahead of The Lion in Winter with 3. The categories below run from Actor, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress 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

Actor

Charly(1968)
Cliff Robertson
Winner
Oliver!(1968)
Ron Moody
The Fixer(1968)
Alan Bates
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter(1968)
Alan Arkin
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Peter O'Toole

Actor in a Supporting Role

The Subject Was Roses(1968)
Jack Albertson
Winner
Faces(1968)
Seymour Cassel
Oliver!(1968)
Jack Wild
Star!(1968)
Daniel Massey
The Producers(1968)
Gene Wilder

Actress

Funny Girl(1968)
Barbra Streisand
Winner
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Katharine Hepburn
Winner
Isadora(1968)
Vanessa Redgrave
Rachel, Rachel(1968)
Joanne Woodward
The Subject Was Roses(1968)
Patricia Neal

Actress in a Supporting Role

Rosemary's Baby(1968)
Ruth Gordon
Winner
Faces(1968)
Lynn Carlin
Funny Girl(1968)
Kay Medford
Rachel, Rachel(1968)
Estelle Parsons
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter(1968)
Sondra Locke

Art Direction

Oliver!(1968)
Art Direction: John Box, Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston
Winner
2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)
Art Direction: Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer
Star!(1968)
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol
The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968)
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno
War and Peace(1968)
Art Direction: Mikhail Bogdanov, Gennady Myasnikov; Set Decoration: G. Koshelev, V. Uvarov

Best Picture

Oliver!(1968)
John Woolf, Producer
Winner
Funny Girl(1968)
Ray Stark, Producer
Rachel, Rachel(1968)
Paul Newman, Producer
Romeo and Juliet(1968)
Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne, Producers
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Martin Poll, Producer

Cinematography

Romeo and Juliet(1968)
Pasqualino De Santis
Winner
Funny Girl(1968)
Harry Stradling
Ice Station Zebra(1968)
Daniel L. Fapp
Oliver!(1968)
Oswald Morris
Star!(1968)
Ernest Laszlo

Costume Design

Romeo and Juliet(1968)
Danilo Donati
Winner
Oliver!(1968)
Phyllis Dalton
Planet of the Apes(1968)
Morton Haack
Star!(1968)
Donald Brooks
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Margaret Furse

Directing

Oliver!(1968)
Carol Reed
Winner
2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)
Stanley Kubrick
Romeo and Juliet(1968)
Franco Zeffirelli
The Battle of Algiers(1966)
Gillo Pontecorvo
The Lion in Winter(1968)
Anthony Harvey

Documentary (Short Subject)

Why Man Creates(1968)
Saul Bass, Producer
Winner
A Space to Grow(1968)
Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer
A Way Out of the Wilderness(1968)
Dan E. Weisburd, Producer
The House That Ananda Built(1968)
Fali Bilimoria, Producer
The Revolving Door(1969)
Lee R. Bobker, Producer

Film Editing

Bullitt(1968)
Frank P. Keller
Winner
Funny Girl(1968)
Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, William Sands
Oliver!(1968)
Ralph Kemplen
The Odd Couple(1968)
Frank Bracht
Wild in the Streets(1968)
Fred Feitshans, Eve Newman

International Feature Film

War and Peace(1968)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Winner
Stolen Kisses(1968)
France
The Boys of Paul Street(1969)
Hungary
The Firemen's Ball(1967)
Czechoslovakia
The Girl with a Pistol(1968)
Italy

Music (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical])

The Lion in Winter(1968)
John Barry
Winner
Planet of the Apes(1968)
Jerry Goldsmith
The Fox(1967)
Lalo Schifrin
The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968)
Alex North
The Thomas Crown Affair(1968)
Michel Legrand

Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation)

Oliver!(1968)
Adaptation score by John Green
Winner
Finian's Rainbow(1968)
Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
Funny Girl(1968)
Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
Star!(1968)
Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
The Young Girls of Rochefort(1967)
Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy

Music (Song--Original for the Picture)

The Thomas Crown Affair(1968)
The Windmills Of Your Mind in "The Thomas Crown Affair" Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Winner
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
For Love of Ivy(1968)
For Love Of Ivy in "For Love of Ivy" Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
Funny Girl(1968)
Funny Girl in "Funny Girl" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Star!(1968)
Star! in "Star!" Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn