Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy - Hellman-Schlesinger, United Artists
- Best Director: John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
- Best Actor: John Wayne - True Grit
- Best Actress: Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Best Supporting Actor : Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- Best Supporting Actress : Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower
- Best Foreign Language Film: Z, directed by Costa-Gavras, Algeria
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Anne of the Thousand Days
- Best Actor: John Wayne - True Grit
- Best Actress: Geneviève Bujold - Anne of the Thousand Days
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: The Secret of Santa Vittoria
- Best Actor: Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Best Actress: Patty Duke - Me, Natalie
- Other
- Best Director: Charles Jarrott - Anne of the Thousand Days
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Zelimir Zilnik, Yugoslavia
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