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Oscars 1965 Winners & Nominees

The 37th Academy Awards (1965) took place on April 5, 1965. My Fair Lady won Best Picture and 7 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 19 categories is below.

All 19 categories Most wins
categories
19
nominations
36
films nominated
8
winners
14
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Best Picture
My Fair Lady
Headline winners

Oscars 1965: The Winners

My Fair Lady won Best Picture against 2 other nominees. George Cukor (Best Director), Rex Harrison (Best Actor) and Julie Andrews (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

My Fair Lady (1964) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

My Fair Lady

1964 · Drama, Romance, Family · $72.7M worldwide

8 wins from 12 nominations at the 37th Academy Awards (1965)

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

A captivating musical follows a brilliant phonetics professor who makes a bet that he can transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined young woman. Henry Higgins takes on Eliza Doolittle as a pupil, embarking on a challenging journey involving elocution lessons and social graces. As Eliza's speech and manners improve, she blossoms into a confident individual, leading to unexpected romantic developments and a reevaluation of class distinctions.

About My Fair Lady
Scoreboard

Oscars 1965: Which Films Won the Most

My Fair Lady won 8 awards from 12 nominations. 3 films won at least once, while Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. My Fair Lady (1964) movie poster
    My Fair Lady 8 / 12
    1964 · Drama, Romance · 8 wins from 12 nominations
  2. Mary Poppins (1964) movie poster
    Mary Poppins 5 / 13
    1964 · Fantasy, Comedy · 5 wins from 13 nominations
  3. Goldfinger (1965) movie poster
    Goldfinger 1 / 1
    1965 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) movie poster
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 0 / 4
    1964 · Thriller, Comedy · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  5. Seven Days in May (1964) movie poster
    Seven Days in May 0 / 2
    1964 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  6. The Americanization of Emily (1964) movie poster
    The Americanization of Emily 0 / 2
    1964 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  7. The Chalk Garden (1964) movie poster
    The Chalk Garden 0 / 1
    1964 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. The Pink Panther (1964) movie poster
    The Pink Panther 0 / 1
    1964 · Comedy, Romance · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 19 Oscars 1965 Categories: Winners & Nominees

19 categories and 36 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.

19 categories · 36 nominations

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Oscars 1965 Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Official name: Cinematography (Black-and-White)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1965 Best Cinematography (Color)

Official name: Cinematography (Color)

2 nominees

Oscars 1965 Best Music (Music Score—substantially original)

Official name: Music (Music Score—substantially original)

2 nominees

Oscars 1965 Best Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)

Official name: Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)

2 nominees

Oscars 1965 Best Sound Effects

Official name: Sound Effects

1 nominee

Oscars 1965 Best Special Visual Effects

Official name: Special Visual Effects

1 nominee
Movie marathon

The Oscars 1965 Best Picture Marathon

All 3 Best Picture nominees at the 37th Academy Awards (1965), back to back: 6 hours 44 minutes.

Total running time 6h 44m 6 hours 44 minutes All 3 films
Longest
My Fair Lady 2h 50m
Shortest
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1h 35m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1965 Winners

Family led with 25 nominations across 2 films and won 13. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Family 13 wins · 25 nominations · 52%
  2. Musical 13 wins · 25 nominations · 52%
  3. Comedy 5 wins · 20 nominations · 25%
  4. Drama 8 wins · 17 nominations · 47%
  5. Romance 8 wins · 13 nominations · 62%
  6. Fantasy 5 wins · 13 nominations · 38%
  7. Thriller 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  8. War 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  9. Action 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  10. Adventure 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
1965 season

How the Rest of the 1965 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1965, with the winner of each top prize. My Fair Lady also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1965 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 1965: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 37th Academy Awards (1965), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 37th Academy Awards (1965)?

My Fair Lady (1964) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and Mary Poppins.

About My Fair Lady

Which film won the most awards at the 37th Academy Awards (1965)?

My Fair Lady (1964) won the most: 8 awards from 12 nominations. Mary Poppins was next with 5 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 37th Academy Awards (1965)?

Mary Poppins (1964) led with 13 nominations and won 5 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 37th Academy Awards (1965)?

Best Director: George Cukor for My Fair Lady. Best Actor: Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady. Best Actress: Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins.

When was the 37th Academy Awards (1965)?

The 37th Academy Awards (1965) took place on April 5, 1965. The database has 19 categories and 36 nominations for it.