• The Exorcist
  • Cinderella Liberty
  • The Day of the Jackal
  • Last Tango in Paris
  • Save the Tiger
  • Serpico

• American Graffiti
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Paper Moon
  • Tom Sawyer
  • A Touch of Class

• Al Pacino –Serpico asFrank Serpico
  • Robert Blake –Electra Glide in Blue as John Wintergreen
  • Jack Lemmon –Save the Tiger as Harry Stoner
  • Steve McQueen –Papillon asHenri "Papillon" Charrière
  • Jack Nicholson –The Last Detail as Signalman 1st Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky

• Marsha Mason –Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul
  • Ellen Burstyn –The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil
  • Barbra Streisand –The Way We Were as Kate Morosky
  • Elizabeth Taylor –Ash Wednesday as Barbara Sawyer
  • Joanne Woodward –Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden

• George Segal –A Touch of Class as Steve Blackburn
  • Carl Anderson –Jesus Christ Superstar asJudas Iscariot
  • Richard Dreyfuss –American Graffiti as Curt Henderson
  • Ted Neeley –Jesus Christ Superstar asJesus Christ
  • Ryan O'Neal –Paper Moon as Moses Pray

• Glenda Jackson –A Touch of Class as Vicky Allesio
  • Yvonne Elliman –Jesus Christ Superstar asMary Magdalene
  • Cloris Leachman –Charley and the Angel as Nettie Appleby
  • Tatum O'Neal –Paper Moon as Addie Loggins
  • Liv Ullmann –40 Carats as Ann Stanley

• John Houseman –The Paper Chase as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
  • Martin Balsam –Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Harry Walden
  • Jack Gilford –Save the Tiger as Phil Greene
  • Randy Quaid –The Last Detail as Meadows
  • Max von Sydow –The Exorcist asFather Merrin

• Linda Blair –The Exorcist asRegan MacNeil
  • Valentina Cortese –Day for Night as Severine
  • Madeline Kahn –Paper Moon as Trixie Delight
  • Kate Reid –A Delicate Balance as Claire
  • Sylvia Sidney –Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchett

• William Friedkin –The Exorcist
  • Bernardo Bertolucci –Last Tango in Paris
  • Peter Bogdanovich –Paper Moon
  • George Lucas –American Graffiti
  • Fred Zinnemann –The Day of the Jackal

• The Exorcist –William Peter Blatty
  • Cinderella Liberty –Darryl Ponicsan
  • The Day of the Jackal –Kenneth Ross
  • The Sting –David S. Ward
  • A Touch of Class –Melvin Frank andJack Rose

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull –Neil Diamond
  • Breezy –Michel Legrand
  • Cinderella Liberty –John Williams
  • The Day of the Dolphin –Georges Delerue
  • O Lucky Man! –Alan Price
  • Tom Sawyer –Richard M. Sherman,Robert B. Sherman andJohn Williams

• "The Way We Were" (Marvin Hamlisch,Alan and Marilyn Bergman) –The Way We Were
  • "All That Love Went to Waste" (George Barrie,Sammy Cahn) –A Touch of Class
  • "Breezy's Song" (Michel Legrand,Alan and Marilyn Bergman) –Breezy
  • "Lonely Looking Sky" (Neil Diamond) –Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • "Rosa Rosa" (Dov Seltzer,Haim Hefer) –Kazablan
  • "Send a Little Love My Way" (Henry Mancini,Hal David) –Oklahoma Crude

• The Pedestrian (West Germany)
  • Alfredo, Alfredo (Italy)
  • Day for Night (France)
  • Kazablan (Israel)
  • State of Siege (France)

• Visions of Eight
  • Love
  • The Movies That Made Us
  • The Second Gun
  • Wattstax

• Paul Le Mat –American Graffiti as John Milner
  • Carl Anderson –Jesus Christ Superstar asJudas Iscariot
  • Robby Benson –Jeremy as Jeremy Jones
  • Kirk Calloway –Cinderella Liberty as Doug
  • Ted Neeley –Jesus Christ Superstar asJesus Christ

• Tatum O'Neal –Paper Moon as Addie Loggins
  • Linda Blair –The Exorcist asRegan MacNeil
  • Kay Lenz –Breezy as Edith Alice "Breezy" Breezerman
  • Michelle Phillips –Dillinger asEvelyn "Billie" Frechette
  • Barbara Sigel –Time to Run as Michelle

• Cannon
• Columbo
• Hawkins
• Mannix
• Police Story

• The Carol Burnett Show
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Sanford and Son
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

• David Carradine –Kung Fu asKwai Chang Caine
• Mike Connors –Mannix as Joe Mannix
• Peter Falk –Columbo asLt. Columbo
• Richard Thomas –The Waltons as John-Boy Walton
• Robert Young –Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby

• Michael Learned –The Waltons as Olivia Walton
• Julie London –Emergency! as Nurse Dixie McCall
• Emily McLaughlin –General Hospital asNurse Jessie Brewer
• Susan Saint James –McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan

• Alan Alda –M*A*S*H asBenjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
• Dom DeLuise –Lotsa Luck as Stanley Belmont
• Redd Foxx –Sanford and Son asFred G. Sanford
• Carroll O'Connor –All in the Family asArchie Bunker

Jean Stapleton –All in the Family asEdith Bunker (TIE)

• Bea Arthur –Maude asMaude Findlay
• Carol Burnett –The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters
• Mary Tyler Moore –The Mary Tyler Moore Show asMary Richards

• Ed Asner –The Mary Tyler Moore Show asLou Grant
• Will Geer –The Waltons as Zebulon Walton
• Harvey Korman –The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters
• Strother Martin –Hawkins as R.J. Hawkins
• Rob Reiner –All in the Family asMichael Stivic

• Gail Fisher –Mannix as Peggy Fair
• Valerie Harper –The Mary Tyler Moore Show asRhoda Morgenstern
• Sally Struthers –All in the Family asGloria Stivic
• Loretta Swit –M*A*S*H asMaj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan