| Outstanding Production |
Best Director |
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Alice Adams
- Broadway Melody of 1936
- Captain Blood
- David Copperfield
- The Informer
- Les Misérables
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Naughty Marietta
- Ruggles of Red Gap
- Top Hat
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- John Ford – The Informer
- Michael Curtiz – Captain Blood
- Henry Hathaway – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
- Frank Lloyd – Mutiny on the Bounty
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Victor McLaglen – The Informer
- Clark Gable – Mutiny on the Bounty
- Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty
- Paul Muni – Black Fury (write-in)
- Franchot Tone – Mutiny on the Bounty
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- Bette Davis – Dangerous
- Elisabeth Bergner – Escape Me Never
- Claudette Colbert – Private Worlds
- Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams
- Miriam Hopkins – Becky Sharp
- Merle Oberon – The Dark Angel
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| Best Story |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- The Scoundrel – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
- Broadway Melody of 1936 – Moss Hart
- The Gay Deception – Don Hartman and Stephen Avery
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- The Informer – Dudley Nichols (Refused)
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt
- Mutiny on the Bounty – Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson
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| Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy |
Best Live Action Short Film, Novelty |
- How to Sleep – Jack Chertok and MGM
- Oh, My Nerves – Jules White and Columbia
- Tit for Tat – Hal Roach and MGM
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- Wings Over Everest – Gaumont British and Skibo Productions
- Audioscopiks – Pete Smith and MGM
- Camera Thrills – Universal
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| Best Animated Short Film |
- Three Orphan Kittens – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists
- The Calico Dragon – Harman-Ising and MGM
- Who Killed Cock Robin? – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists
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| Best Score |
Best Song |
- The Informer – RKO Radio Studio Music Department
- Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department
- Mutiny on the Bounty – MGM Studio Music Department
- Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department
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- "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Al Dubin
- "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin
- "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
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| Best Art Direction |
Best Cinematography |
- The Dark Angel – Richard Day
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
- Top Hat – Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream – Hal Mohr
- Barbary Coast – Ray June
- The Crusades – Victor Milner
- Les Misérables – Gregg Toland
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| Best Sound Recording |
Best Film Editing |
- Naughty Marietta – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- $1,000 a Minute – Republic Studio Sound Department
- Bride of Frankenstein – Gilbert Kurland, Universal Studio Sound Department
- Captain Blood – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
- The Dark Angel – Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio Sound Department
- I Dream Too Much – Carl Dreher, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Franklin B. Hansen, Paramount Studio Sound Department
- Love Me Forever – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- Thanks a Million – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream – Ralph Dawson
- David Copperfield – Robert J. Kern
- The Informer – George Hively
- Les Misérables – Barbara McLean
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Ellsworth Hoagland
- Mutiny on the Bounty – Margaret Booth
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| Best Assistant Director |
Best Dance Direction |
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing
- David Copperfield – Joseph M. Newman
- Les Misérables – Eric Stacey
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- Broadway Melody of 1936 and Folies Bergere – Dave Gould
- All the King's Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936 – LeRoy Prinz
- Broadway Hostess – Bobby Connolly
- Gold Diggers of 1935 – Busby Berkeley
- King of Burlesque – Sammy Lee
- She – Benjamin Zemach
- Top Hat – Hermes Pan
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