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Oscars 1977 Winners & Nominees

The 49th Academy Awards (1977) took place on March 28, 1977. Rocky won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Network and All the President's Men won the most, 4 each. Every winner and nominee in all 17 categories is below.

All 17 categories Most wins
categories
17
nominations
62
films nominated
20
winners
17
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Best Picture
Rocky
Headline winners

Oscars 1977: The Winners

Rocky won Best Picture against 3 other nominees. John G. Avildsen (Best Director), Peter Finch (Best Actor) and Faye Dunaway (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Rocky (1976) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Rocky

1976 · Drama, Sport · $117M worldwide

3 wins from 10 nominations at the 49th Academy Awards (1977)

  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing

Rocky Balboa is a down-on-his-luck boxer living in Philadelphia. Struggling with poverty and debt, he works as a debt collector while trying to win the affection of the shy Adrian, his love interest. An unexpected opportunity arises when he's given a shot at the world heavyweight championship, providing him with a chance to change his life and prove himself.

About Rocky
Scoreboard

Oscars 1977: Which Films Won the Most

Network and All the President's Men won 4 awards each. 8 films won at least once, while Voyage of the Damned went home empty-handed from 3 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Network (1976) movie poster
    Network 4 / 10
    1976 · Drama · 4 wins from 10 nominations
  2. All the President's Men (1976) movie poster
    All the President's Men 4 / 8
    1976 · Biography, Drama · 4 wins from 8 nominations
  3. Rocky (1976) movie poster
    Rocky 3 / 10
    1976 · Drama, Sport · 3 wins from 10 nominations
  4. Bound for Glory (1976) movie poster
    Bound for Glory 2 / 6
    1976 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  5. A Star Is Born (1976) movie poster
    A Star Is Born 1 / 4
    1976 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. King Kong (1976) movie poster
    King Kong 1 / 3
    1976 · Adventure, Horror · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. Logan's Run (1976) movie poster
    Logan's Run 1 / 3
    1976 · Action, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 3 nominations
  8. The Omen (1976) movie poster
    The Omen 1 / 2
    1976 · Horror · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. Voyage of the Damned (1976) movie poster
    Voyage of the Damned 0 / 3
    1976 · Drama, War · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  10. Carrie (1976) movie poster
    Carrie 0 / 2
    1976 · Horror · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 17 Oscars 1977 Categories: Winners & Nominees

17 categories and 62 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.

17 categories · 62 nominations

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Oscars 1977 Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen—based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)

Official name: Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen—based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)

2 nominees

Oscars 1977 Best Costume Design

Official name: Costume Design

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1977 Best Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)

Official name: Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)

3 nominees
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1977 Winners

Drama led with 47 nominations across 11 films and won 14. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 14 wins · 47 nominations · 30%
  2. Biography 6 wins · 14 nominations · 43%
  3. Thriller 4 wins · 12 nominations · 33%
  4. Music 3 wins · 10 nominations · 30%
  5. Sport 3 wins · 10 nominations · 30%
  6. History 4 wins · 8 nominations · 50%
  7. Horror 2 wins · 7 nominations · 29%
  8. Romance 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  9. Action 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  10. Crime 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
1977 season

How the Rest of the 1977 Awards Season Voted

The other 4 ceremonies of 1977, with the winner of each top prize. Rocky also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1977 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 1977: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 49th Academy Awards (1977), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 49th Academy Awards (1977)?

Rocky (1976) won Best Picture. The other nominees were All the President's Men, Bound for Glory and Network.

About Rocky

Which film won the most awards at the 49th Academy Awards (1977)?

Network and All the President's Men each won 4 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 49th Academy Awards (1977)?

Network (1976) and Rocky (1976) led with 10 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 49th Academy Awards (1977)?

Best Director: John G. Avildsen for Rocky. Best Actor: Peter Finch for Network. Best Actress: Faye Dunaway for Network. Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards for All the President's Men. Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight for Network.

When was the 49th Academy Awards (1977)?

The 49th Academy Awards (1977) took place on March 28, 1977. The database has 17 categories and 62 nominations for it.