Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Mutiny on the Bounty
Irving Thalberg, producer
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Miserables
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat
Best Director
Winner
John Ford
The Informer — The Informer
Michael Curtiz— Captain Blood
Henry Hathaway— The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Frank Lloyd— Mutiny on the Bounty
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Victor McLaglen
The Informer
Clark Gable— Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton— Mutiny on the Bounty
Franchot Tone— Mutiny on the Bounty
Best Actress
Winner
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
Writing
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
The Scoundrel
Best Screenplay
Winner
Dudley Nichols
The Informer
Music
Best Score
Winner
Max Steiner
The Informer
Best Original Song
Winner
"Lullaby of Broadway" — Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Gold Diggers of 1935
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Hal Mohr
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Best Film Editing
Winner
Ralph Dawson
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Richard Day
The Dark Angel
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Dept.
Naughty Marietta
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Three Orphan Kittens
Walt Disney / UA