Winner 
43rd Academy Awards
The 1970 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to Patton. The winning leader is Patton with 7 wins. The most nominated title is Patton with 10 nominations. 31 winners named across 27 categories.
Most awarded titles
- Patton 7 wins10 nominations
- Ryan's Daughter 2 wins4 nominations
- Airport 1 win10 nominations
- Love Story 1 win7 nominations
- M*A*S*H 1 win5 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1970 ceremony centers on Patton. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
- Airport Ross Hunter
- Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson | Richard Wechsler
- Love Story Howard G. Minsky
- M*A*S*H Ingo Preminger
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
22 categories112 records31 winners
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Patton
Credit: Frank McCarthy
1 winner5 records
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Patton
Credit: Franklin J. Schaffner
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
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1 winner5 records
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1 winner5 records
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1 winner5 records
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M*A*S*H
Credit: Ring Lardner Jr.
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion
Credit: Italy
1 winner5 records
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Love Story
Credit: Francis Lai
1 winner5 records
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Lovers and Other Strangers
Credit: Fred KarlinRobb Royer (aka Robb Wilson)James Griffin (aka Arthur James)
For All We Know
1 winner5 records
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Cromwell
Credit: Nino Novarese
1 winner5 records
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Ryan's Daughter
Credit: Freddie Young
1 winner5 records
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Patton
Credit: Hugh S. Fowler
1 winner2 records
1 more nominee in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
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Woodstock
Credit: Bob Maurice
1 winner5 records
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1 winner5 records
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Let It Be
Credit: The Beatles
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner3 records
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Patton
Credit: Douglas WilliamsDon Bassman
Ceremony Highlights
Winner Ryan's Daughter
Winner Women in Love
Winner Cromwell
Winner Woodstock
Winner Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Winner Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion
Winner Let It Be
Winner Lovers and Other Strangers
Winner Is It Always Right to Be Right?
Winner The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
Winner Tora! Tora! Tora!
I Never Sang for My Father
The Great White Hope
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
Patton
Franklin J. Schaffner
Glenda Jackson
George C. Scott
Helen Hayes
John Mills
Patton
M*A*S*H
Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion
Love Story
For All We Know
Nino Novarese
Freddie Young
Hugh S. Fowler
A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott
Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet
Bob Maurice, Producer
Joseph Strick, Producer
Lillian Gish
Orson Welles
Ingmar Bergman
Frank Sinatra
The Beatles
LEONARD SOKOLOW and EDWARD H. REICHARD
B. J. Losmandy
Eastman Kodak Company and Photo Electronics Corporation
Electro Sound Incorporated
SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC.
Nick Bosustow, Producer
John Longenecker, Producer
Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
Sortable ledger
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