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Oscars 1967 Winners & Nominees

The 39th Academy Awards (1967) took place on April 10, 1967. A Man for All Seasons won Best Picture and 5 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 22 categories is below.

All 22 categories Most wins
categories
22
nominations
51
films nominated
13
winners
17
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Best Picture
A Man for All Seasons
Headline winners

Oscars 1967: The Winners

A Man for All Seasons won Best Picture against 3 other nominees. Fred Zinnemann (Best Director), Paul Scofield (Best Actor) and Elizabeth Taylor (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

A Man for All Seasons (1966) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · Biography, Drama, History · $756 worldwide

6 wins from 8 nominations at the 39th Academy Awards (1967)

  • Best Actor
  • Best Cinematography (Color)
  • Best Costume Design (Color)
  • Best Director
  • Best Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

During the reign of King Henry VIII, the steadfast Sir Thomas More finds himself at odds with the ambitious monarch who seeks to annul his marriage. More's deep religious convictions lead him to defy the King's demands, triggering a tense conflict that challenges the foundations of the royal court. Faced with immense pressure to compromise his beliefs, More must choose between personal safety and his unwavering principles, ultimately risking everything for his conscience.

About A Man for All Seasons
Scoreboard

Oscars 1967: Which Films Won the Most

A Man for All Seasons won 6 awards from 8 nominations. 5 films won at least once, while Alfie went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. A Man for All Seasons (1966) movie poster
    A Man for All Seasons 6 / 8
    1966 · Biography, Drama · 6 wins from 8 nominations
  2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) movie poster
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 5 / 13
    1966 · Drama · 5 wins from 13 nominations
  3. Grand Prix (1966) movie poster
    Grand Prix 3 / 3
    1966 · Drama, Sport · 3 wins from 3 nominations
  4. Fantastic Voyage (1966) movie poster
    Fantastic Voyage 2 / 5
    1966 · Adventure, Sci-Fi · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  5. The Fortune Cookie (1966) movie poster
    The Fortune Cookie 1 / 4
    1966 · Comedy, Romance · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. Alfie (1966) movie poster
    Alfie 0 / 5
    1966 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  7. The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) movie poster
    The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming 0 / 4
    1966 · Comedy, War · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  8. The Professionals (1966) movie poster
    The Professionals 0 / 3
    1966 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  9. Blow-Up (1966) movie poster
    Blow-Up 0 / 2
    1966 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  10. The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968) movie poster
    The Story of a Three-Day Pass 0 / 1
    1968 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 22 Oscars 1967 Categories: Winners & Nominees

22 categories and 51 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.

22 categories · 51 nominations

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Oscars 1967 Best Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

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

3 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1967 Best Foreign Language Film

Official name: Foreign Language Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1967 Best Art Direction (Color)

Official name: Art Direction (Color)

1 nominee

Oscars 1967 Best Costume Design (Color)

Official name: Costume Design (Color)

1 nominee

Oscars 1967 Best Music (Original Music Score)

Official name: Music (Original Music Score)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1967 Best Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)

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

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1967 Best Music (Song)

Official name: Music (Song)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1967 Best Special Visual Effects

Official name: Special Visual Effects

1 nominee
Movie marathon

The Oscars 1967 Best Picture Marathon

All 4 Best Picture nominees at the 39th Academy Awards (1967), back to back: 8 hours 11 minutes.

Total running time 8h 11m 8 hours 11 minutes All 4 films
Longest
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2h 11m
Shortest
Alfie 1h 54m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1967 Winners

Drama led with 35 nominations across 9 films and won 14. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 14 wins · 35 nominations · 40%
  2. Comedy 1 win · 13 nominations · 8%
  3. Biography 6 wins · 9 nominations · 67%
  4. Adventure 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  5. History 6 wins · 8 nominations · 75%
  6. Sci-Fi 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  7. Family 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  8. Romance 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  9. War 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  10. Thriller 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
1967 season

How the Rest of the 1967 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1967, with the winner of each top prize. A Man for All Seasons also won the top prize at 2 of them.

All 1967 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 1967: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 39th Academy Awards (1967), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards (1967)?

A Man for All Seasons (1966) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Alfie, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

About A Man for All Seasons

Which film won the most awards at the 39th Academy Awards (1967)?

A Man for All Seasons (1966) won the most: 6 awards from 8 nominations. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was next with 5 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 39th Academy Awards (1967)?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) led with 13 nominations and won 5 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 39th Academy Awards (1967)?

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann for A Man for All Seasons. Best Actor: Paul Scofield for A Man for All Seasons. Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Best Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau for The Fortune Cookie. Best Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

When was the 39th Academy Awards (1967)?

The 39th Academy Awards (1967) took place on April 10, 1967. The database has 22 categories and 51 nominations for it.