• The Exorcist
  • Cinderella Liberty
  • The Day of the Jackal
  • Last Tango in Paris
  • Save the Tiger
  • Serpico

• American Graffiti
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Paper Moon
  • Tom Sawyer
  • A Touch of Class

• Al Pacino - Serpico as Frank Serpico
  • Robert Blake - Electra Glide in Blue as John Wintergreen
  • Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger as Harry Stoner
  • Steve McQueen - Papillon as Henri "Papillon" Charrière
  • Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail as Signalman 1st Class Billy L. "Badass" Buddusky

• Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul
  • Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil
  • Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were as Kate Morosky
  • Elizabeth Taylor - Ash Wednesday as Barbara Sawyer
  • Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden

• George Segal - A Touch of Class as Steve Blackburn
  • Carl Anderson - Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot
  • Richard Dreyfuss - American Graffiti as Curt Henderson
  • Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar as Jesus Christ
  • Ryan O'Neal - Paper Moon as Moses Pray

• Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as Vicky Allesio
  • Yvonne Elliman - Jesus Christ Superstar as Mary Magdalene
  • Cloris Leachman - Charley and the Angel as Nettie Appleby
  • Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon as Addie Loggins
  • Liv Ullmann - 40 Carats as Ann Stanley

• John Houseman - The Paper Chase as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
  • Martin Balsam - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Harry Walden
  • Jack Gilford - Save the Tiger as Phil Greene
  • Randy Quaid - The Last Detail as Meadows
  • Max von Sydow - The Exorcist as Father Merrin

• Linda Blair - The Exorcist as Regan MacNeil
  • Valentina Cortese - Day for Night as Severine
  • Madeline Kahn - Paper Moon as Trixie Delight
  • Kate Reid - A Delicate Balance as Claire
  • Sylvia Sidney - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchett

• William Friedkin - The Exorcist
  • Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris
  • Peter Bogdanovich - Paper Moon
  • George Lucas - American Graffiti
  • Fred Zinnemann - The Day of the Jackal

• The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
  • Cinderella Liberty - Darryl Ponicsan
  • The Day of the Jackal - Kenneth Ross
  • The Sting - David S. Ward
  • A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank and Jack Rose

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond
  • Breezy - Michel Legrand
  • Cinderella Liberty - John Williams
  • The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue
  • O Lucky Man! - Alan Price
  • Tom Sawyer - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and John Williams

• "The Way We Were" (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - The Way We Were
  • "All That Love Went to Waste" (George Barrie, Sammy Cahn) - A Touch of Class
  • "Breezy's Song" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - Breezy
  • "Lonely Looking Sky" (Neil Diamond) - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • "Rosa Rosa" (Dov Seltzer, Haim Hefer) - Kazablan
  • "Send a Little Love My Way" (Henry Mancini, Hal David) - Oklahoma Crude

• The Pedestrian (West Germany)
  • Alfredo, Alfredo (Italy)
  • Day for Night (France)
  • Kazablan (Israel)
  • State of Siege (France)

• Visions of Eight
  • Love
  • The Movies That Made Us
  • The Second Gun
  • Wattstax

• Paul Le Mat - American Graffiti as John Milner
  • Carl Anderson - Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot
  • Robby Benson - Jeremy as Jeremy Jones
  • Kirk Calloway - Cinderella Liberty as Doug
  • Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar as Jesus Christ

• Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon as Addie Loggins
  • Linda Blair - The Exorcist as Regan MacNeil
  • Kay Lenz - Breezy as Edith Alice "Breezy" Breezerman
  • Michelle Phillips - Dillinger as Evelyn "Billie" Frechette
  • Barbara Sigel - Time to Run as Michelle

• Cannon
• Columbo
• Hawkins
• Mannix
• Police Story

• The Carol Burnett Show
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Sanford and Son
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

• David Carradine - Kung Fu as Kwai Chang Caine
• Mike Connors - Mannix as Joe Mannix
• Peter Falk - Columbo as Lt. Columbo
• Richard Thomas - The Waltons as John-Boy Walton
• Robert Young - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby

• Michael Learned - The Waltons as Olivia Walton
• Julie London - Emergency! as Nurse Dixie McCall
• Emily McLaughlin - General Hospital as Nurse Jessie Brewer
• Susan Saint James - McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan

• Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
• Dom DeLuise - Lotsa Luck as Stanley Belmont
• Redd Foxx - Sanford and Son as Fred G. Sanford
• Carroll O'Connor - All in the Family as Archie Bunker

Jean Stapleton - All in the Family as Edith Bunker (TIE)

• Bea Arthur - Maude as Maude Findlay
• Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters
• Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

• Ed Asner - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant
• Will Geer - The Waltons as Zebulon Walton
• Harvey Korman - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters
• Strother Martin - Hawkins as R.J. Hawkins
• Rob Reiner - All in the Family as Michael Stivic

• Gail Fisher - Mannix as Peggy Fair
• Valerie Harper - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Rhoda Morgenstern
• Sally Struthers - All in the Family as Gloria Stivic
• Loretta Swit - M*A*S*H as Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan