| John Ford – The Informer* Michael Curtiz – Captain Blood * Henry Hathaway – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* Frank Lloyd – Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Victor McLaglen – The Informer as "Gypo" Nolan* Clark Gable – Mutiny on the Bounty as Fletcher Christian* Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty as Captain Bligh* Paul Muni – Black Fury as Joe Radek* Franchot Tone – Mutiny on the Bounty as Byam | Bette Davis – Dangerous as Joyce Heath* Elisabeth Bergner – Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones* Claudette Colbert – Private Worlds as Dr. Jane Everest* Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams as Alice Adams* Miriam Hopkins – Becky Sharp as Becky Sharp* Merle Oberon – The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane |
| The Scoundrel – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur* Broadway Melody of 1936 – Moss Hart* G Men – Gregory Rogers * The Gay Deception – Don Hartman and Stephen Morehouse Avery | The Informer – Dudley Nichols, based on the novel by Liam O'Flaherty*Captain Blood – Casey Robinson, based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini * The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, based on the autobiography of Francis Yeats-Brown* Mutiny on the Bounty – Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson, based on the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall |
| How to Sleep – Jack Chertok and MGM* Oh, My Nerves – Jules White and Columbia* Tit for Tat – Hal Roach and MGM | Wings Over Everest – Gaumont British and Skibo Productions* Audioscopiks – Pete Smith and MGM* Camera Thrills – Universal |
| Three Orphan Kittens – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists* The Calico Dragon – Harman-Ising and MGM* Who Killed Cock Robin? – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists | The Informer – RKO Radio Studio Music Department* Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department * Mutiny on the Bounty – MGM Studio Music Department* Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department |
| "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin* "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat – Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin* "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh | Naughty Marietta – Douglas Shearer* $1,000 a Minute – Republic Studio Sound Department* Bride of Frankenstein – Gilbert Kurland * Captain Blood – Nathan Levinson* The Dark Angel – Thomas T. Moulton* I Dream Too Much – Carl Dreher* The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Franklin Hansen* Love Me Forever – John P. Livadary* Thanks a Million – E. H. Hansen |
| The Dark Angel – Richard Day* The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson* Top Hat – Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase | A Midsummer Night's Dream – Hal Mohr * Barbary Coast – Ray June* The Crusades – Victor Milner* Les Misérables – Gregg Toland |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream – Ralph Dawson* David Copperfield – Robert J. Kern* The Informer – George Hively* The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Ellsworth Hoagland* Les Misérables – Barbara McLean* Mutiny on the Bounty – Margaret Booth | Broadway Melody of 1936 and Folies Bergère de Paris – Dave Gould* All the King's Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936 – LeRoy Prinz* Broadway Hostess and Go into Your Dance – Bobby Connolly* Gold Diggers of 1935 – Busby Berkeley* King of Burlesque – Sammy Lee* She – Benjamin Zemach* Top Hat – Hermes Pan |
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing* David Copperfield – Joseph M. Newman* Les Misérables – Eric Stacey* A Midsummer Night's Dream – Sherry Shourds | - |
