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Oscars 1966 Winners & Nominees

The 38th Academy Awards (1966) took place on April 18, 1966. The Sound of Music won Best Picture and 4 more awards. Doctor Zhivago matched it with 5 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 20 categories is below.

All 20 categories Most wins
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Best Picture
The Sound of Music
Headline winners

Oscars 1966: The Winners

The Sound of Music won Best Picture against 1 other nominee. Robert Wise (Best Director), Lee Marvin (Best Actor) and Shelley Winters (Best Supporting Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Sound of Music (1965) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

The Sound of Music

1965 · Biography, Drama, Romance · $160M worldwide

5 wins from 10 nominations at the 38th Academy Awards (1966)

  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)
  • Best Sound

In 1930s Austria, a free-spirited young woman leaves her convent to become a governess for the seven children of a widowed naval officer. Through music, she brings joy and order to the household while also finding love and discovering her own path. As tensions rise with the looming threat of war, the family must find a way to escape.

About The Sound of Music
Scoreboard

Oscars 1966: Which Films Won the Most

Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music won 5 awards each. 6 films won at least once. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Doctor Zhivago (1965) movie poster
    Doctor Zhivago 5 / 10
    1965 · Drama, Romance · 5 wins from 10 nominations
  2. The Sound of Music (1965) movie poster
    The Sound of Music 5 / 10
    1965 · Biography, Drama · 5 wins from 10 nominations
  3. Cat Ballou (1965) movie poster
    Cat Ballou 1 / 5
    1965 · Comedy, Romance · 1 win from 5 nominations
  4. A Patch of Blue (1965) movie poster
    A Patch of Blue 1 / 5
    1965 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 5 nominations
  5. The Great Race (1965) movie poster
    The Great Race 1 / 5
    1965 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 5 nominations
  6. Thunderball (1965) movie poster
    Thunderball 1 / 1
    1965 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 1 nomination
  7. The Pawnbroker (1965) movie poster
    The Pawnbroker 0 / 1
    1965 · Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. The Train (1965) movie poster
    The Train 0 / 1
    1965 · Action, Thriller · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 20 Oscars 1966 Categories: Winners & Nominees

20 categories and 38 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.

20 categories · 38 nominations

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Oscars 1966 Best Supporting Actor

Official name: Actor in a Supporting Role

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1966 Best Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Official name: Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

2 nominees

Oscars 1966 Best Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Official name: Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1966 Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Official name: Art Direction (Black-and-White)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1966 Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Official name: Cinematography (Black-and-White)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1966 Best Music (Music Score—substantially original)

Official name: Music (Music Score—substantially original)

2 nominees

Oscars 1966 Best Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)

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

2 nominees

Oscars 1966 Best Sound Effects

Official name: Sound Effects

1 nominee

Oscars 1966 Best Special Visual Effects

Official name: Special Visual Effects

1 nominee
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1966 Winners

Romance led with 35 nominations across 5 films and won 13. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Romance 13 wins · 35 nominations · 37%
  2. Drama 11 wins · 26 nominations · 42%
  3. Family 6 wins · 15 nominations · 40%
  4. War 5 wins · 11 nominations · 45%
  5. Biography 5 wins · 10 nominations · 50%
  6. Musical 5 wins · 10 nominations · 50%
  7. Comedy 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
  8. Western 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
  9. Action 2 wins · 7 nominations · 29%
  10. Adventure 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
1966 season

How the Rest of the 1966 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1966, with the winner of each top prize. The Sound of Music also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1966 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 1966: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 38th Academy Awards (1966), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 38th Academy Awards (1966)?

The Sound of Music (1965) won Best Picture. The other nominee was Doctor Zhivago.

About The Sound of Music

Which film won the most awards at the 38th Academy Awards (1966)?

Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music each won 5 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 38th Academy Awards (1966)?

Doctor Zhivago (1965) and The Sound of Music (1965) led with 10 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 38th Academy Awards (1966)?

Best Director: Robert Wise for The Sound of Music. Best Actor: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou. Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters for A Patch of Blue.

When was the 38th Academy Awards (1966)?

The 38th Academy Awards (1966) took place on April 18, 1966. The database has 20 categories and 38 nominations for it.