Rich Picks
19691971

Awards & Top Films

1970

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1970 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1970

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M*A*S*HNo award data
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Love StoryNo award data
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Diary of a Mad HousewifeNo award data
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Darling LiliNo award data
5
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Five Easy PiecesNo award data
6
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ScroogeNo award data
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AirportNo award data
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PattonNo award data
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Ryan's DaughterNo award data
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The Great White HopeNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

M*A*S*H
Producers: Ingo Preminger and Robert Altman
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Patton
Producer: Frank McCarthy
OscarNBR
Diary of a Mad Housewife
GlobeNBR
Five Easy Pieces
Producers: Bob Rafelson and Richard Wechsler
OscarNBR
Kes
Producer: Ken Loach
NBRBAFTA
Love Story
Producer: Howard G. Minsky
OscarNBR
Ryan's Daughter
Producer: David Lean
NBRBAFTA
Airport
Producer: Ross Hunter
Oscar
Darling Lili
Globe
I Never Sang For My Father
NBR
Lovers and Other Strangers
Globe
Scrooge
Globe
The Virgin and the Gypsy
NBR
Tora! Tora! Tora!
NBR
Women In Love
NBR

International Feature

The Wild Child
NBR

Directing & Editing

Directing

Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton
OscarGlobeDGA
Arthur Hiller
Love Story
OscarGlobeDGA
Sarah Miles and David Lean
Ryan's Daughter
OscarDGA
Ken Russell
Women In Love
OscarGlobe
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott
Oscar
Patton
Art Direction: Urie McCleary and Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos and Pierre-Louis Thévenet
Oscar
Woodstock
Bob Maurice
Oscar
Patton
Douglas Williams and Don Bassman
Oscar
Patton
Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North
Oscar
Love Story
Francis Lai
Oscar
Ryan's Daughter
Freddie Young
Oscar
Patton
Hugh S. Fowler
Oscar
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
John Longenecker
Oscar
Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Joseph Strick
Oscar
"For All We Know"
Lovers and Other Strangers • Music by Fred Karlin • Lyrics by Robb Royer (Robb Wilson) and Jimmy Griffin
Oscar
Scrooge
Margaret Furse
Oscar
Let It Be
Music and Lyrics by The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr
Oscar
Is It Always Right to Be Right?
Nick Bosustow
Oscar
M*A*S*H
Ring Lardner Jr. based on the novel by Richard Hooker
Oscar
François Truffaut
The Wild Child
NBR
Cromwell
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Oscar
Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson
Five Easy Pieces
OscarGlobeDGA
Robert Altman
M*A*S*H
OscarGlobeDGA
Helen Hayes
Airport
Oscar
Patton
Alex Weldon
Oscar
Airport
Alfred Newman
Oscar
Airport
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore and Mickey S. Michaels
Oscar
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Yoshirō Muraki, Richard Day, and Taizoh Kawashima; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett and Carl Biddiscombe
Oscar
The Molly Maguires
Art Direction: Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
Oscar
Scrooge
Art Direction: Terence Marsh and Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Pamela Cornell
Oscar
The Hawaiians
Bill Thomas
Oscar
Women in Love
Billy Williams
Oscar
A Long Way from Nowhere
Bob Aller
Oscar
The Shepherd
Cameron Guess
Oscar
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya, Shinsaku Himeda, and Masamichi Satoh
Oscar
Woodstock
Dan Wallin and Larry Johnson
Oscar
M*A*S*H
Danford B. Greene
Oscar
"Whistling Away the Dark"
Darling Lili • Music by Henry Mancini • Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Oscar
Say Goodbye
David H. Vowell
Oscar
Carrie Snodgress
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Oscar
Darling Lili
Donald Brooks and Jack Bear
Oscar
Airport
Edith Head
Oscar
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Ely Landau
Oscar
My Night at Maud's
Éric Rohmer
Oscar
Love Story
Erich Segal
Oscar
Airport
Ernest Laszlo
Oscar
Federico Fellini
Fellini Satyricon
Oscar
Cromwell
Frank Cordell
Oscar
Patton
Fred J. Koenekamp
Oscar
Airport
George Seaton based on the novel by Arthur Hailey
Oscar
Ryan's Daughter
Gordon McCallum and John Bramall
Oscar
Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
Harald Reinl (Released in English-language version under title "Chariots of the Gods?")
Oscar
Sunflower
Henry Mancini
Oscar
Time Is Running Out
Horst Dallmayr and Robert Ménégoz
Oscar
Melvyn Douglas
I Never Sang For My Father
Oscar
Tora! Tora! Tora!
James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, and Inoue Chikaya
Oscar
Patton
Jerry Goldsmith
Oscar
Jack Johnson
Jimmy Jacobs
Oscar
Sticky My Fingers...Fleet My Feet
John D. Hancock
Oscar
Women in Love
Larry Kramer based on the novel by D. H. Lawrence
Oscar
Chief Dan George
Little Big Man
Oscar
Richard S. Castellano
Lovers and Other Strangers
Oscar
"Till Love Touches Your Life"
Madron • Music by Riz Ortolani • Lyrics by Arthur Hamilton
Oscar
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Murray Spivack and Herman Lewis
Oscar
Scrooge
Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Adapted by Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer
Oscar
The Baby Maker
Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
Oscar
Darling Lili
Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Oscar
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Music by Rod McKuen and John Scott Trotter; Lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez, and Al Shean; Adapted by Vince Guaraldi
Oscar
Joe
Norman Wexler
Oscar
Oisín
Patrick Carey and Vivien Carey
Oscar
"Pieces of Dreams"
Pieces of Dreams • Music by Michel Legrand • Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Oscar
Lovers and Other Strangers
Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna and David Zelag Goodman based on the play by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor
Oscar
The Gifts
Robert McBride
Oscar
The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two
Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
Oscar
Shut Up...I'm Crying
Robert Siegler
Oscar
I Never Sang
Robert Woodruff Anderson based on his play
Oscar
Airport
Ronald Pierce and David H. Moriarty
Oscar
Five Easy Pieces
Screenplay by Adrien Joyce; Story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce
Oscar
"Thank You Very Much"
Scrooge • Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Oscar
Airport
Stuart Gilmore
Oscar
James Earl Jones
The Great White Hope
Oscar
Lee Grant
The Landlord
Oscar
Woodstock
Thelma Schoonmaker
Oscar

Editing

Danford B. Greene
M*A*S*H
BAFTA
Norman Savage
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA
Fredric Steinkamp
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
BAFTA

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

George C. Scott
Patton
GlobeNBRBAFTA
Elliott Gould
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
BAFTA
M*A*S*H
BAFTA
Paul Newman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
BAFTA
Jack Nicholson
Five Easy Pieces
Globe
Melvyn Douglas
I Never Sang For My Father
Globe
Ryan O'Neal
Love Story
Globe
George S. Patton
Patton
BAFTA
James Earl Jones
The Great White Hope
Globe

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenda Jackson
Women In Love
NBR
Goldie Hawn
Cactus Flower
BAFTA
There's a Girl in My Soup
BAFTA
Sarah Miles
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA
Jane Fonda
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
BAFTA

Actor in a Supporting Role

Frank Langella
Diary of a Mad Housewife
NBR
The Twelve Chairs
NBR
John Mills
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA
Bernard Cribbins
The Railway Children
BAFTA
Gig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
BAFTA

Actress in a Supporting Role

Karen Black
Five Easy Pieces
NBR
Maureen Stapleton
Airport
BAFTA
Evin Crowley
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA
Estelle Parsons
Watermelon Man
BAFTA

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North
Patton
OscarWGA
Erich Segal
Love Story
OscarGlobeWGA
Neil Simon
The Out-of-Towners
WGA
Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson
Five Easy Pieces
OscarGlobeWGA
John Cassavetes
Husbands
Globe
Norman Wexler
Joe
Oscar
Ring Lardner Jr.
M*A*S*H
Globe
Éric Rohmer
My Night at Maud's
Oscar
Gabriel Walsh
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
WGA
Leslie Bricusse
Scrooge
Globe
Fred Freeman and Lawrence J. Cohen
Start the Revolution Without Me
WGA
James Lee Barrett
The Cheyenne Social Club
WGA
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
WGA

Screenplay (Adapted)

Ring Lardner Jr.
M*A*S*H
GlobeWGA
Robert Anderson
I Never Sang For My Father
WGA
Erich Segal
Love Story
Globe
George Seaton
Airport
WGA
Buck Henry
Catch-22
WGA
Carole Eastman
Five Easy Pieces
Globe
John Cassavetes
Husbands
Globe
Calder Willingham
Little Big Man
WGA
Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, and David Zelag Goodman
Lovers and Other Strangers
WGA
Leslie Bricusse
Scrooge
Globe
Howard Sackler
The Great White Hope
WGA
Buck Henry
The Owl and The Pussycat
WGA
Mel Brooks
The Twelve Chairs
WGA
Robert Klane
Where's Poppa?
WGA

Visual

Cinematography

David Watkin
Catch-22
BAFTA
Freddie Young
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA
Armando Nannuzzi
Waterloo
BAFTA

Art Direction

Maurice Carter
Anne of the Thousand Days
Production design: Maurice Carter
BAFTA
Stephen B. Grimes
Ryan's Daughter
Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
BAFTA
Terence Marsh
Scrooge
Production design: Terence Marsh
BAFTA

Costuming

Margaret Furse
Anne of the Thousand Days
BAFTA
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Cromwell
BAFTA
Jocelyn Rickards
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA

Sound & Music

Original Score

Francis Lai
Love Story
Globe
Alfred Newman
Airport
Globe
Arlo Guthrie
Alice's Restaurant
BAFTA
Frank Cordell
Cromwell
Globe
Richard Rodney Bennett
Figures in a Landscape
BAFTA
Leslie Bricusse
Scrooge
Globe
Johnny Douglas
The Railway Children
BAFTA
Michel Legrand
Wuthering Heights
Globe

Original Song

Unknown Song
Darling Lili
Music & lyrics: Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Globe
Unknown Song
Little Fauss and Big Halsey
Music & lyrics: Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins
Globe
Unknown Song
Madron
Music & lyrics: Riz Ortolani and Arthur Hamilton
Globe
Unknown Song
Pieces of Dreams
Music & lyrics: Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, and Marilyn Bergman
Globe
Unknown Song
Scrooge
Music & lyrics: Leslie Bricusse
Globe

Sound Mixing

Don Hall and David Dockendorf
M*A*S*H
BAFTA
Don Hall, Don Bassman, and Douglas Williams
Patton
BAFTA
Gordon McCallum
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Don Hall and David Dockendorf
M*A*S*H
BAFTA
Don Hall, Don Bassman, and Douglas Williams
Patton
BAFTA
Gordon McCallum
Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA