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Oscars 1962 Winners & Nominees

The 34th Academy Awards (1962) took place on April 9, 1962. West Side Story won Best Motion Picture and 9 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 21 categories is below.

All 21 categories Most wins
categories
21
nominations
69
films nominated
17
winners
20
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Best Motion Picture
West Side Story
Headline winners

Oscars 1962: The Winners

West Side Story won Best Motion Picture against 3 other nominees. Maximilian Schell (Best Actor), George Chakiris (Best Supporting Actor) and Rita Moreno (Best Supporting Actress) took the main individual prizes.

West Side Story (1961) movie poster Best Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture

West Side Story

1961 · Drama, Romance, Crime · $44.1M worldwide

10 wins from 11 nominations at the 34th Academy Awards (1962)

  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Art Direction (Color)
  • Best Cinematography (Color)
  • Best Costume Design (Color)
  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)
  • Best Sound

Amidst the bustling streets of 1950s New York City, a passionate and forbidden love ignites between Tony, a former jet, and Maria, sister of Bernardo, leader of the Sharks. Their families are rivals locked in a bitter conflict for control of their neighborhood. As their romance deepens, they desperately try to bridge the divide, unaware of the escalating tensions that threaten to consume them all in a tragic and violent clash.

About West Side Story
Scoreboard

Oscars 1962: Which Films Won the Most

West Side Story won 10 awards from 11 nominations. 8 films won at least once, while The Children's Hour went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. West Side Story (1961) movie poster
    West Side Story 10 / 11
    1961 · Drama, Romance · 10 wins from 11 nominations
  2. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) movie poster
    Judgment at Nuremberg 2 / 11
    1961 · Drama, War · 2 wins from 11 nominations
  3. The Hustler (1961) movie poster
    The Hustler 2 / 9
    1961 · Drama, Sport · 2 wins from 9 nominations
  4. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) movie poster
    Breakfast at Tiffany's 2 / 5
    1961 · Drama, Comedy · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  5. The Guns of Navarone (1961) movie poster
    The Guns of Navarone 1 / 7
    1961 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 7 nominations
  6. La Dolce Vita (1961) movie poster
    La Dolce Vita 1 / 4
    1961 · Comedy, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  7. Splendor in the Grass (1961) movie poster
    Splendor in the Grass 1 / 2
    1961 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. Through a Glass Darkly (1962) movie poster
    Through a Glass Darkly 1 / 1
    1962 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. The Children's Hour (1961) movie poster
    The Children's Hour 0 / 5
    1961 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  10. The Absent Minded Professor (1961) movie poster
    The Absent Minded Professor 0 / 3
    1961 · Sci-Fi, Sport · 0 wins from 3 nominations
Full results

All 21 Oscars 1962 Categories: Winners & Nominees

21 categories and 69 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

21 categories · 69 nominations

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Oscars 1962 Best Foreign Language Film

Official name: Foreign Language Film

1 nominee

Oscars 1962 Best Cinematography (Color)

Official name: Cinematography (Color)

1 nominee
Movie marathon

The Oscars 1962 Best Motion Picture Marathon

All 4 Best Motion Picture nominees at the 34th Academy Awards (1962), back to back: 10 hours 31 minutes.

Total running time 10h 31m 10 hours 31 minutes All 4 films
Longest
Judgment at Nuremberg 3h 6m
Shortest
The Hustler 2h 14m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1962 Winners

Drama led with 61 nominations across 13 films and won 20. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 20 wins · 61 nominations · 33%
  2. Romance 13 wins · 32 nominations · 41%
  3. War 3 wins · 21 nominations · 14%
  4. Comedy 3 wins · 18 nominations · 17%
  5. Musical 10 wins · 13 nominations · 77%
  6. Sport 2 wins · 12 nominations · 17%
  7. Crime 10 wins · 11 nominations · 91%
  8. Adventure 1 win · 10 nominations · 10%
  9. Action 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  10. Family 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
1962 season

How the Rest of the 1962 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1962, with the winner of each top prize. West Side Story also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1962 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 1962: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 34th Academy Awards (1962), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Motion Picture at the 34th Academy Awards (1962)?

West Side Story (1961) won Best Motion Picture. The other nominees were The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler and Judgment at Nuremberg.

About West Side Story

Which film won the most awards at the 34th Academy Awards (1962)?

West Side Story (1961) won the most: 10 awards from 11 nominations. Judgment at Nuremberg, The Hustler and Breakfast at Tiffany's followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 34th Academy Awards (1962)?

West Side Story (1961) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) led with 11 nominations each.

Who won the acting awards at the 34th Academy Awards (1962)?

Best Actor: Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg. Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris for West Side Story. Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno for West Side Story.

When was the 34th Academy Awards (1962)?

The 34th Academy Awards (1962) took place on April 9, 1962. The database has 21 categories and 69 nominations for it.