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Oscars 1968 Winners & Nominees

The 40th Academy Awards (1968) took place on April 10, 1968. In the Heat of the Night won Best Picture and 4 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

All 18 categories Most wins
categories
18
nominations
63
films nominated
15
winners
17
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Best Picture
In the Heat of the Night
Headline winners

Oscars 1968: The Winners

In the Heat of the Night won Best Picture against 4 other nominees. Mike Nichols (Best Director), Rod Steiger (Best Actor) and Katharine Hepburn (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

In the Heat of the Night

1967 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · $27.7K worldwide

5 wins from 7 nominations at the 40th Academy Awards (1968)

  • Best Actor
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Sound
  • Best Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

A shocking murder in a Mississippi town disrupts the fragile peace and exposes deep-seated corruption. The local police chief is forced to collaborate with an insistent, outsider detective to investigate the crime. As they delve deeper, they confront complex racial tensions and a network of deceit that threatens to engulf the entire community, challenging their assumptions and pushing them to the limit in their pursuit of justice.

About In the Heat of the Night
Scoreboard

Oscars 1968: Which Films Won the Most

In the Heat of the Night won 5 awards from 7 nominations. 8 films won at least once. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie poster
    In the Heat of the Night 5 / 7
    1967 · Drama, Mystery · 5 wins from 7 nominations
  2. Camelot (1967) movie poster
    Camelot 3 / 5
    1967 · Adventure, Fantasy · 3 wins from 5 nominations
  3. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) movie poster
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 2 / 10
    1967 · Drama, Comedy · 2 wins from 10 nominations
  4. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) movie poster
    Bonnie and Clyde 2 / 10
    1967 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 10 nominations
  5. Doctor Dolittle (1967) movie poster
    Doctor Dolittle 2 / 9
    1967 · Adventure, Fantasy · 2 wins from 9 nominations
  6. The Graduate (1967) movie poster
    The Graduate 1 / 7
    1967 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 7 nominations
  7. Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie poster
    Cool Hand Luke 1 / 4
    1967 · Drama, Crime · 1 win from 4 nominations
  8. The Dirty Dozen (1967) movie poster
    The Dirty Dozen 1 / 4
    1967 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 4 nominations
  9. Wait Until Dark (1967) movie poster
    Wait Until Dark 0 / 1
    1967 · Thriller, Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. Barefoot in the Park (1967) movie poster
    Barefoot in the Park 0 / 1
    1967 · Comedy, Romance · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 18 Oscars 1968 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 63 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.

18 categories · 63 nominations

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Oscars 1968 Best Special Visual Effects

Official name: Special Visual Effects

1 nominee
Movie marathon

The Oscars 1968 Best Picture Marathon

All 5 Best Picture nominees at the 40th Academy Awards (1968), back to back: 9 hours 46 minutes.

Total running time 9h 46m 9 hours 46 minutes All 5 films
Longest
Doctor Dolittle 2h 32m
Shortest
The Graduate 1h 45m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1968 Winners

Drama led with 41 nominations across 8 films and won 11. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 11 wins · 41 nominations · 27%
  2. Romance 8 wins · 35 nominations · 23%
  3. Comedy 5 wins · 29 nominations · 17%
  4. Crime 8 wins · 21 nominations · 38%
  5. Adventure 6 wins · 19 nominations · 32%
  6. Thriller 7 wins · 18 nominations · 39%
  7. Musical 5 wins · 15 nominations · 33%
  8. Fantasy 5 wins · 14 nominations · 36%
  9. Biography 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
  10. Family 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
1968 season

How the Rest of the 1968 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1968, with the winner of each top prize. In the Heat of the Night also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1968 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 1968: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 40th Academy Awards (1968), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 40th Academy Awards (1968)?

In the Heat of the Night (1967) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

About In the Heat of the Night

Which film won the most awards at the 40th Academy Awards (1968)?

In the Heat of the Night (1967) won the most: 5 awards from 7 nominations. Camelot was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 40th Academy Awards (1968)?

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) led with 10 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 40th Academy Awards (1968)?

Best Director: Mike Nichols for The Graduate. Best Actor: Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night. Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy for Cool Hand Luke. Best Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons for Bonnie and Clyde.

When was the 40th Academy Awards (1968)?

The 40th Academy Awards (1968) took place on April 10, 1968. The database has 18 categories and 63 nominations for it.