• 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