Outstanding Production

• Alice Adams
• Broadway Melody of 1936
• Captain Blood
• David Copperfield
• The Informer
• Les Misérables
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• Naughty Marietta
• Ruggles of Red Gap
• Top Hat

Best Actor

• Clark Gable, Mutiny on the Bounty
• Charles Laughton, Mutiny on the Bounty
• Victor McLaglen, The Informer
• Paul Muni, Black Fury (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination)
• Franchot Tone, Mutiny on the Bounty

Best Actress

• Elisabeth Bergner, Escape Me Never
• Claudette Colbert, Private Worlds
• Bette Davis, Dangerous
• Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams
• Miriam Hopkins, Becky Sharp
• Merle Oberon, The Dark Angel

Directing

• Michael Curtiz, Captain Blood (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination)
• John Ford, The Informer
• Henry Hathaway, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• Frank Lloyd, Mutiny on the Bounty

Writing

• Original Story
  • Moss Hart, Broadway Melody of 1936
  • Don Hartman and Stephen Avery, The Gay Deception
  • Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, The Scoundrel
  • Gregory Rogers, G-Men (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination)
• Screenplay
  • Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston and Waldemar Young, screenplay; Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson, Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, adaptation, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Dudley Nichols, The Informer
  • Casey Robinson, Captain Blood (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination)

Cinematography

• Ray June, Barbary Coast
• Victor Milner, The Crusades
• Hal Mohr, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination)
• Gregg Toland, Les Misérables

Art Direction

• Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase, Top Hat
• Richard Day, The Dark Angel
• Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Love Me Forever
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Naughty Marietta
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• Republic Studio Sound Department, $1,000 a Minute
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., I Dream Too Much
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Thanks a Million
• United Artists Studio Sound Dept., The Dark Angel
• Universal Studio Sound Dept., The Bride of Frankenstein
• Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Dept., Captain Blood

Assistant Director

• Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• Joseph Newman, David Copperfield
• Sherry Shourds, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination)
• Eric Stacey, Les Misérables

Music

• Song
  • Cheek to Cheek, Top Hat, Irving Berlin, music and Iyrics
  • Lovely to Look At, Roberta, Jerome Kern, music; Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, Iyrics
  • Lullaby of Broadway, Gold Diggers of 1935, Harry Warren, music; Al Dubin, Iyrics
• Score
  • MGM Studio Music Dept., Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Paramount Studio Music Dept., Peter Ibbetson
  • RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., The Informer
  • Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Dept., Captain Blood

Film Editing

• Margaret Booth, Mutiny on the Bounty
• Ralph Dawson, A Midsummer Night's Dream
• George Hively, The Informer
• Ellsworth Hoagland, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• Robert J. Kern, David Copperfield
• Barbara McLean, Les Misérables

Dance Direction

• Busby Berkeley, Lullaby of Broadway and The Words Are in My Heart, Gold Diggers of 1935
• Bobby Connolly, Latin From Manhattan, Go Into Your Dance and Playboy From Paree, Broadway Hostess
• Dave Gould, I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling, Broadway Melody of 1936 and Straw Hat, Folies Bergere
• Sammy Lee, Lovely Lady and Too Good to Be True, King of Burlesque
• Hermes Pan, Piccolino and Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, Top Hat
• LeRoy Prinz, It's the Animal in Me, Big Broadcast of 1936 and Viennese Waltz, All the King's Horses
• Benjamin Zemach, Hall of Kings, She

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • The Calico Dragon (Happy Harmonies Series)
  • Three Orphan Kittens (Silly Symphony Series)
  • Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphony Series)
• Comedy
  • How to Sleep (Miniature Series)
  • Oh, My Nerves (Broadway Comedies Series)
  • Tit for Tat (Laurel and Hardy Series)
• Novelty
  • Audioscopiks
  • Camera Thrills
  • Wings Over Mt. Everest

Special Award

• To David Wark Griffith for his distinguished creative achievements as director and producer and his invaluable initiative and lasting contributions to the progress of the motion picture arts

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 5, 1936
• Held at: Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California
• Host: Frank Capra
• Eligibility Year: 1935