Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer - Jaffe, Columbia
- Best Director: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae
- Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas - Being There
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Best Actress: Sally Field - Norma Rae
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Breaking Away
- Best Actor: Peter Sellers - Being There
- Best Actress: Bette Midler - The Rose
- Other
- Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
- Best Foreign Language Film: La Cage aux Folles (France)
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
- The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- David, directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany
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