Winner 
46th Academy Awards
The 1973 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to The Sting. The winning leader is The Sting with 7 wins. The most nominated title is The Sting with 10 nominations. 31 winners named across 26 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The Sting 7 wins10 nominations
- The Exorcist 2 wins10 nominations
- The Way We Were 2 wins6 nominations
- A Touch of Class 1 win5 nominations
- Cries and Whispers 1 win5 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1973 ceremony centers on The Sting. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
- A Touch of Class Melvin Frank
- American Graffiti Francis Ford Coppola | Gary Kurtz
- Cries and Whispers Ingmar Bergman
- The Exorcist William Peter Blatty
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
21 categories109 records31 winners
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Sting
Credit: George Roy Hill
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Sting
Credit: David S. Ward
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Exorcist
Credit: William Peter Blatty
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Day for Night
Credit: France
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Way We Were
Credit: Marvin Hamlisch
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Sting
Credit: Edith Head
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Cries and Whispers
Credit: Sven Nykvist
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Sting
Credit: William Reynolds
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Sting
Credit: Henry BumsteadJames Payne
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
The Sting
Credit: Marvin Hamlisch
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Frank Film
Credit: Frank Mouris
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
The Bolero
Credit: Allan MillerWilliam Fertik
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Ceremony Highlights
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
The Sting
George Roy Hill
Glenda Jackson
Jack Lemmon
Tatum O'Neal
John Houseman
The Sting
The Exorcist
Day for Night
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
Edith Head
Sven Nykvist
William Reynolds
Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: James Payne
Kieth Merrill, Producer
Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
Groucho Marx
Henri Langlois
Lawrence Weingarten
Lew Wasserman
Marvin Hamlisch
Harold A. Scheib, CLIFFORD H. ELLIS and ROGER W. BANKS
JOACHIM GERB and ERICH KASTNER
MAGNA-TECH ELECTRONIC CO. INC.
WILLIAM W. VALLIANT
RICHARD H. VETTER
Rosco Laboratories Inc.
Frank Mouris, Producer
Allan Miller and William Fertik, Producers
Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.