1977 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

50 films were recognised at the 1977 Academy Awards, across 22 categories. 14 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Network, with 4 awards, ahead of All the President's Men with 4. The categories below run from Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress in a Leading Role 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 in a Leading Role

Network(1976)
Peter Finch
Winner
Network(1976)
William Holden
Rocky(1976)
Sylvester Stallone
Seven Beauties(1975)
Giancarlo Giannini
Taxi Driver(1976)
Robert De Niro

Actor in a Supporting Role

All the President's Men(1976)
Jason Robards
Winner
Marathon Man(1976)
Laurence Olivier
Network(1976)
Ned Beatty
Rocky(1976)
Burgess Meredith
Rocky(1976)
Burt Young

Actress in a Leading Role

Network(1976)
Faye Dunaway
Winner
Carrie(1976)
Sissy Spacek
Cousin, Cousine(1975)
Marie-Christine Barrault
Face to Face(1976)
Liv Ullmann
Rocky(1976)
Talia Shire

Actress in a Supporting Role

Network(1976)
Beatrice Straight
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Jane Alexander
Carrie(1976)
Piper Laurie
Taxi Driver(1976)
Jodie Foster
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Lee Grant

Art Direction

All the President's Men(1976)
Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: George Gaines
Winner
Logan's Run(1976)
Art Direction: Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Robert de Vestel
The Incredible Sarah(1976)
Art Direction: Elliot Scott, Norman Reynolds; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
The Last Tycoon(1976)
Art Direction: Gene Callahan, Jack Collis; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
The Shootist(1976)
Art Direction: Robert F. Boyle; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker

Best Picture

Rocky(1976)
Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Walter Coblenz, Producer
Bound for Glory(1976)
Robert F. Blumofe and Harold Leventhal, Producers
Network(1976)
Howard Gottfried, Producer
Taxi Driver(1976)
Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers

Cinematography

Bound for Glory(1976)
Haskell Wexler
Winner
A Star Is Born(1976)
Robert Surtees
King Kong(1976)
Richard H. Kline
Logan's Run(1976)
Ernest Laszlo
Network(1976)
Owen Roizman

Costume Design

Fellini's Casanova(1976)
Danilo Donati
Winner
Bound for Glory(1976)
William Theiss
The Incredible Sarah(1976)
Anthony Mendleson
The Passover Plot(1976)
Mary Wills
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution(1976)
Alan Barrett

Directing

Rocky(1976)
John G. Avildsen
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Alan J. Pakula
Face to Face(1976)
Ingmar Bergman
Network(1976)
Sidney Lumet
Seven Beauties(1975)
Lina Wertmuller

Documentary (Feature)

Harlan County U.S.A.(1976)
Barbara Kopple, Producer
Winner
Hollywood on Trial(1976)
James Gutman and David Helpern, Jr., Producers
Off the Edge(1976)
Michael Firth, Producer
People of the Wind(1976)
Anthony Howarth and David Koff, Producers
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry(1976)
Donald Brittain and Robert Duncan, Producers

Documentary (Short Subject)

Number Our Days(1976)
Lynne Littman, Producer
Winner
American Shoeshine(1976)
Sparky Greene, Producer
Blackwood(1976)
Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thomson, Producers
The End of the Road(1976)
John Armstrong, Producer
Universe(1976)
Lester Novros, Producer

Film Editing

Rocky(1976)
Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Robert L. Wolfe
Bound for Glory(1976)
Robert Jones, Pembroke J. Herring
Network(1976)
Alan Heim
Two-Minute Warning(1976)
Eve Newman, Walter Hannemann

International Feature Film

Black and White in Color(1976)
Ivory Coast
Winner
Cousin, Cousine(1975)
France
Jacob the Liar(1974)
German Democratic Republic
Nights and Days(1975)
Poland
Seven Beauties(1975)
Italy

Music (Original Score)

The Omen(1976)
Jerry Goldsmith
Winner
Obsession(1976)
Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver(1976)
Bernard Herrmann
The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)
Jerry Fielding
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Lalo Schifrin

Music (Original Song)

A Star Is Born(1976)
Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born) in "A Star Is Born" Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams
Winner
Half a House(1975)
A World That Never Was in "Half a House" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Rocky(1976)
Gonna Fly Now in "Rocky" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins
The Omen(1976)
Ave Satani in "The Omen" Music and Lyrics by Jerry Goldsmith
The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)
Come To Me in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Don Black

Short Film (Live Action)

In the Region of Ice(1976)
Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner, Producers
Winner
Kudzu(1977)
Marjorie Anne Short, Producer
Nightlife(1976)
Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers
Number One(1976)
Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon, Producers
The Morning Spider(1976)
Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers

Sound

All the President's Men(1976)
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb
Winner
A Star Is Born(1976)
Robert Knudson, Dan Wallin, Robert Glass, Tom Overton
King Kong(1976)
Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Jack Solomon
Rocky(1976)
Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Lyle Burbridge, Bud Alper
Silver Streak(1976)
Donald Mitchell, Douglas Williams, Richard Tyler, Hal Etherington

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)

Network(1976)
Paddy Chayefsky
Winner
Cousin, Cousine(1975)
Story and Screenplay by Jean-Charles Tacchella; Adaptation by Daniele Thompson
Rocky(1976)
Sylvester Stallone
Seven Beauties(1975)
Lina Wertmüller
The Front(1976)
Walter Bernstein

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

All the President's Men(1976)
William Goldman
Winner
Bound for Glory(1976)
Robert Getchell
Fellini's Casanova(1976)
Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution(1976)
Nicholas Meyer
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Steve Shagan, David Butler

Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)

Bound for Glory(1976)
Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
Winner
A Star Is Born(1976)
Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
Bugsy Malone(1976)
Song Score and Adaptation Score by Paul Williams

Short Film (Animated)

Leisure(1976)
Suzanne Baker, Producer
Winner
Dedalo(1976)
Manfredo Manfredi, Producer
The Street(1976)
Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover, Producers

Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)

King Kong(1976)
Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer
Winner
Logan's Run(1976)
L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, Matthew Yuricich
Winner