Oscar-nominated movies with Billboard Top 40 hits
Make your Oscars movie night with these Billboard Top 40 songs straight out of the finest in Academy Award history.
P.S. Some of the songs in this list either won or were nominated for Best Original Song and/or Best Original Score.
P.S. Some of the songs in this list either won or were nominated for Best Original Song and/or Best Original Score.
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- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsPat BooneChristine CarèreTommy SandsA military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. They fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity.Oscar nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (Lionel Newman)
Top 40 hit: "I'll Remember Tonight" by Pat Boone (#34) - DirectorFrank CapraStarsFrank SinatraEdward G. RobinsonEleanor ParkerWidower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He's forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he'll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensible woman.Oscar win for Best Song ("High Hopes")
Top 40 hit: "High Hopes" by Frank Sinatra (#30) - DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.Oscar wins for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Henry Mancini), Best Song ("Moon River")
Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn), Best Art Direction (Color) (Roland Anderson and Hal Pereira (set decoration by Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer)), Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (George Axelrod)
Top 40 hit: "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (#11) - DirectorDavid SwiftStarsHayley MillsMaureen O'HaraBrian KeithTeenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.Oscar nominations for Best Film Editing (Philip W. Anderson), Best Sound (Robert O. Cook)
Top 40 hit: "Let's Get Together" by Hayley Mills (#8) - DirectorGottfried ReinhardtStarsKirk DouglasBarbara RüttingChristine KaufmannFour American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.Oscar nomination for Best Song ("Town Without Pity")
Top 40 hit: "Town Without Pity" by Gene Pitney (#13) - DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJack LemmonLee RemickCharles BickfordAn alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.Oscar win for Best Song ("Days of Wine and Roses")
Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), Best Actress (Lee Remick), Best Art Direction (Black and White) (Joseph C. Wright (set decoration by George James Hopkins)), Best Costume Design (Black and White) (Don Feld)
Top 40 hit: "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini (#33) - DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantAudrey HepburnWalter MatthauRomance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?Oscar nomination for Best Song ("Charade")
Top 40 hit: "Charade" by Henry Mancini (#36) - DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryGert FröbeHonor BlackmanWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.Oscar win for Best Sound Effects (Norman Wanstall)
Top 40 hit: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey (#8) - DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.Oscar nominations for Best Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment (George Martin), Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Alun Owen)
Top 40 hits: "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles (#1), "And I Love Her" by The Beatles (#12) - DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsDavid NivenPeter SellersRobert WagnerThe bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".Oscar nomination for Best Music Score – Substantially Original (Henry Mancini)
Top 40 hit: "The Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini (#31) - DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter SellersPeter O'TooleRomy SchneiderA playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.Oscar nomination for Best Song ("What's New Pussycat?")
Top 40 hit: "What's New Pussycat?" by Tom Jones (#3) - DirectorVal GuestKen HughesJohn HustonStarsDavid NivenPeter SellersUrsula AndressIn an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.Oscar nomination for Best Song ("The Look of Love")
Top 40 hit: "The Look of Love" by Dusty Springfield (#22) - DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine RossA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.Oscar win for Best Director (Mike Nichols)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Actress (Anne Bancroft), Best Cinematography (Robert L. Surtees), Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Buck Henry and Calder Willingham), Best Supporting Actress (Katharine Ross)
Top 40 hit: "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (#1) - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Actor (Rod Steiger), Best Film Editing (Hal Ashby), Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Stirling Silliphant), Best Sound (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department)
Oscar nominations for Best Director (Norman Jewison), Best Sound Effects (James Richard)
Top 40 hit: "In the Heat of the Night" by Ray Charles (#33) - DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsLeonard WhitingOlivia HusseyJohn McEneryWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.Oscar win for Best Cinematography (Pasqualino de Santis), Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Franco Zeffirelli)
Top 40 hit: "Love Theme from ‘Romeo and Juliet’" by Henry Mancini (#1) - DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.Oscar wins for Best Cinematography (Conrad Hall), Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Not a Musical) (Burt Bacharach), Best Song Original for the Picture ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), Best Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced (William Goldman)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (George Roy Hill), Best Sound (William Edmondson)
Top 40 hit: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" by B. J. Thomas (#1) - DirectorArthur HillerStarsAli MacGrawRyan O'NealJohn MarleyA boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.Oscar win for Best Original Score (Francis Lai)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan O'Neal), Best Actress (Ali MacGraw), Best Director (Arthur Hiller), Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material Not Previously Published or Produced (Erich Segal), Best Supporting Actor (John Marley)
Top 40 hit: "Theme from ‘Love Story’" by Francis Lai (#31) - DirectorStanley KramerStarsBill MumyBarry RobinsMiles ChapinA group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.Oscar nomination for Best Song Original for the Picture ("Bless the Beasts and Children")
Top 40 hit: "Nadia's Theme" by Barry de Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. (#8) - DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles CioffiA crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.Oscar win for Best Song Original for the Picture ("Theme from ‘Shaft’")
Oscar nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score (Isaac Hayes)
Top 40 hit: "Theme from ‘Shaft’" by Isaac Hayes (#1) - DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.Oscar nomination for Best Song Original for the Picture ("Ben")
Top 40 hit: "Ben" by Michael Jackson (#1) - DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed BeattyIntent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (John Boorman), Best Film Editing (Tom Priestley)
Top 40 hit: "Dueling Banjos" by Eric Weissburg (#2) - DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsDiana RossBilly Dee WilliamsRichard PryorThe story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Diana Ross), Best Art Direction (Carl Anderson (set decoration by Reg Allen)); Best Costume Design (Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch, and Bob Mackie); Best Original Screenplay (Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe, and Terence McCloy); Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score (Gil Askey)
Top 40 hit: "Good Morning Heartache" by Diana Ross (#34) - DirectorRonald NeameStarsGene HackmanErnest BorgnineShelley WintersA group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.Oscar win for Best Song Original for the Picture ("The Morning After")
Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (William Creber (set decoration by Raphaël Bretton)), Best Cinematography (Harold E. Stine), Best Costume Design (Paul Zastupnevich), Best Film Editing (Harold F. Kress), Best Original Dramatic Score (John Williams), Best Sound (Herman Lewis and Theodore Soderberg), Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters)
Top 40 hit: "The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern (#1) - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Oscar wins for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (William Peter Blatty), Best Sound (Robert Knudson and Chris Newman)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Ellen Burstyn), Best Art Direction (Bill Malley (set decoration by Jerry Wunderlich)), Best Cinematography (Owen Roizman), Best Director (William Friedkin); Best Film Editing (Norman Gay, Jordan Leondopoulos, Evan A. Lottman, and Bud S. Smith); Best Supporting Actor (Jason Miller), Best Supporting Actress (Linda Blair)
Top 40 hit: "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield (#7) - DirectorHall BartlettStarsJames FranciscusJuliet MillsPhilip AhnA skilled flyer but very rebellious young seagull is kicked out of his clan. However, instead of being sad or lonely, he decides to enjoy and explore his newfound freedom.Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (Jack Couffer), Best Film Editing (James Galloway and Frank P. Keller)
Top 40 hit: "Be" by Neil Diamond (#34) - DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsRoger MooreYaphet KottoJane SeymourJames Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Live and Let Die")
Top 40 hit: "Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney and Wings (#2) - DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Art Direction (Henry Bumstead (set decoration by James W. Payne)), Best Costume Design (Edith Head), Best Director (George Roy Hill), Best Film Editing (William H. Reynolds), Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation (Marvin Hamlisch), Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material Not Previously Produced or Published (David S. Ward)
Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Robert Redford), Best Cinematography (Robert Surtees), Best Sound (Robert R. Bertrand and Ronald Pierce)
Top 40 hit: "The Entertainer" by Marvin Hamlisch (#3) - DirectorSydney PollackStarsBarbra StreisandRobert RedfordBradford DillmanDuring post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.Oscar wins for Best Original Dramatic Score (Marvin Hamlisch), Best Song ("The Way We Were")
Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Barbra Streisand), Best Art Direction (Stephen B. Grimes (set decoration by William Kiernan)), Best Cinematography (Harry Stradling Jr.), Best Costume Design (Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry)
Top 40 hit: "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand (#1) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Oscar wins for Best Film Editing (Verna Fields), Best Original Score (John Williams); Best Sound (John Carter, Roger Heman, Robert L. Hoyt, and Earl Madery)
Oscar nomination for Best Picture
Top 40 hit: "Theme from ‘Jaws’" by John Williams (#32) - DirectorBerry GordyTony RichardsonJack WormserStarsDiana RossBilly Dee WilliamsAnthony PerkinsTracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Theme from ‘Mahogany’ (Do You Know Where You're Going To)")
Top 40 hit: "Theme from ‘Mahogany’ (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross (#1) - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("I'm Easy")
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Altman), Best Supporting Actress (Renee Blakley/Lily Tomlin)
Top 40 hit: "I'm Easy" by Keith Carradine (#17) - DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Director (John G. Avildsen), Best Film Editing (Scott Conrad and Richard Halsey)
Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Sylvester Stallone), Best Actress (Talia Shire), Best Original Song ("Gonna Fly Now"), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Based on Factual Material or on Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced (Sylvester Stallone); Best Sound (Bud Alper, Lyle Burbridge, William McCaughey, and Harry Warren Tetrick); Best Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith/Burt Young)
Top 40 hit: "Gonna Fly Now" by Bill Conti (#1) - DirectorFrank PiersonStarsBarbra StreisandKris KristoffersonGary BuseyA has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("Evergreen (Love Theme from ‘A Star Is Born’)")
Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (Robert Surtees), Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score (Roger Kellaway); Best Sound (Robert Glass, Robert Knudson, Tom Overton, and Dan Wallin)
Top 40 hit: "Evergreen (Love Theme from ‘A Star Is Born’)" by Barbra Streisand (#1) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRichard DreyfussFrançois TruffautTeri GarrRoy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.Oscar win for Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond)
Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (Joe Alves and Dan Lomino (set decoration by Phil Abramson)), Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn), Best Original Score (John Williams); Best Sound (Gene Cantamessa, Robert J. Glass, Robert Knudson, and Don MacDougall); Best Supporting Actress (Melinda Dillon); Best Visual Effects (Roy Arbogast, Gregory Jein, Douglas Trumbull, and Matthew and Richard Yuricich)
Top 40 hit: "Theme from ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’" by John Williams (#13) - DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn TravoltaKaren Lynn GorneyBarry MillerAnxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.Oscar nomination for Best Actor (John Travolta)
Top 40 hits: "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees (#1), "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees (#1), "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees (#1), "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman (#1), "More Than a Woman" by Tavares (#32) - DirectorLewis GilbertStarsRoger MooreBarbara BachCurd JürgensJames Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.Oscar nominations for Best Original Score (Marvin Hamlisch), Best Original Song ("Nobody Does It Better")
Top 40 hit: "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon (#2) - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Oscar wins for Best Art Direction (John Barry, Leslie Dilley, and Norman Reynolds (set decoration by Roger Christian)); Best Costume Design (John Mollo); Best Film Editing (Richard Chew, Paul Hirsch, and Marcia Lucas); Best Original Score (John Williams); Best Sound (Derek Ball, Doug MacDougall, Bob Minkler, and Ray West); Best Visual Effects (Robert Blalack, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and John Stears)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (George Lucas), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Based on Factual Material or on Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced (George Lucas), Best Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness)
Top 40 hit: "Star Wars (Main Title)" by John Williams (#10) - DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Hopelessly Devoted to You")
Top 40 hits: "You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (#1), "Grease" by Frankie Valli (#1), "Hopelessly Devoted to You" by Olivia Newton-John (#3), "Summer Nights" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (#5) - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo HopkinsBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.Oscar wins for Best Original Score (Giorgio Moroder), Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Oliver Stone)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Alan Parker), Best Film Editing (Gerry Hambling), Best Supporting Actor (John Hurt)
Top 40 hit: "Chase" by Giorgio Moroder (#33) - DirectorRobert KlaneStarsDonna SummerValerie LandsburgTerri NunnA Friday in the life of the disco club The Zoo, where the staff and clients meet and dance their lives away.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("Last Dance")
Top 40 hits: "Last Dance" by Donna Summer (#3), "Thank God It's Friday" by Love & Kisses (#22) - DirectorJames FrawleyStarsJim HensonFrank OzJerry NelsonKermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Rainbow Connection"), Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score (Paul Williams (songs by Williams and Kenny Ascher))
Top 40 hit: "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog (#25) - DirectorMark RydellStarsBette MidlerAlan BatesFrederic ForrestThe tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Bette Midler); Best Sound (Theodore Soderberg, Jim Webb, Paul Wells, and Douglas Williams); Best Supporting Actor (Frederic Forrest)
Top 40 hits: "The Rose" by Bette Midler (#3), "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Bette Midler (#35) - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsEddie BarthIrene CaraLee CurreriA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.Oscar wins for Best Original Score (Michael Gore), Best Original Song ("Fame")
Oscar nominations for Best Film Editing (Gerry Hambling), Best Original Song ("Out Here on My Own"), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Christopher Gore); Best Sound (Jay M. Harding, Michael J. Kohut, Chris Newman, and Aaron Rochin)
Top 40 hits: "Fame" by Irene Cara (#4), "Out Here on My Own" by Irene Cara (#19) - DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsWillie NelsonDyan CannonAmy IrvingBuck is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Viv and Lily, the daughter of his longtime musical sidekick.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("On the Road Again")
Top 40 hit: "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson (#20) - DirectorColin HigginsStarsJane FondaLily TomlinDolly PartonThree female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("9 to 5")
Top 40 hit: "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton (#1) - DirectorSteve GordonStarsDudley MooreLiza MinnelliJohn GielgudAlcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.Oscar wins for Best Original Song ("Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"), Best Supporting Actor (John Gielgud)
Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Dudley Moore), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Steve Gordon)
Top 40 hit: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross (#1) - DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas FarrellTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero), Best Original Score (Vangelis), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Colin Welland)
Oscar nominations for Best Director (Hugh Hudson), Best Film Editing (Terry Rawlings), Best Supporting Actor (Ian Holm)
Top 40 hit: "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis (#1) - DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsBrooke ShieldsMartin HewittShirley KnightParental disapproval of a passionate romance between two teenagers leads to arguments, circumstance, insanity and tragedy.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Endless Love")
Top 40 hit: "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (#1) - DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreCarole BouquetTopolSecret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("For Your Eyes Only")
Top 40 hit: "For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena Easton (#4) - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRichard GereDebra WingerDavid KeithA young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.Oscar wins for Best Original Song ("Up Where We Belong"), Best Supporting Actor (Louis Gossett Jr.)
Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Debra Winger), Best Film Editing (Peter Zinner), Best Original Score (Jack Nitzsche), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Douglas Day Stewart)
Top 40 hit: "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (#1) - DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungRocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Eye of the Tiger")
Top 40 hit: "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor (#1) - DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Lange)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Cinematography (Owen Roizman), Best Director (Sydney Pollack), Best Film Editing (Fredric and William Steinkamp), Best Original Song ("It Might Be You"); Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Larry Gelbart, Don McGuire, and Larry Schisgal); Best Sound (Dick Alexander, Les Fresholtz, Les Lazarowitz, and Arthur Piantadosi); Best Supporting Actress (Teri Garr)
Top 40 hit: "It Might Be You" by Stephen Bishop (#25) - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia SkalaAn 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("Flashdance... What a Feeling")
Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (Donald Peterman); Best Film Editing (Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, and Douglas Stewart); Best Original Song ("Maniac")
Top 40 hits: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara (#1), "Maniac" by Michael Sembello (#1) - DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy PatinkinA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.Oscar win for Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and Michel Legrand)
Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (Leslie Tomkins and Roy Walker (set decoration by Tessa Davies)), Best Original Song ("Papa, Can You Hear Me?"/"The Way He Makes Me Feel"), Best Supporting Actress (Amy Irving)
Top 40 hit: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" by Barbra Streisand (#40) - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRachel WardJeff BridgesJames WoodsA gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)")
Top 40 hit: "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins (#1) - DirectorMartin BrestStarsEddie MurphyJudge ReinholdJohn AshtonA freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Daniel Petrie Jr. (story by Petrie and Danilo Bach))
Top 40 hits: "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey (#2), "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer (#3), "New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle (#17) - DirectorHerbert RossStarsKevin BaconLori SingerJohn LithgowA city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Footloose"/"Let's Hear It for the Boy")
Top 40 hits: "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins (#1), "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams (#1), "Almost Paradise" by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson (#7), "Dancing in the Sheets" by Shalamar (#17), "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" by Kenny Loggins (#22), "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler (#34) - DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Ghostbusters"); Best Visual Effects (John Bruno, Richard Edlund, Chuck Gaspar, and Mark Vargo)
Top 40 hit: "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. (#1) - DirectorAlbert MagnoliStarsPrinceApollonia KoteroMorris DayA young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.Oscar win for Best Original Song Score (Prince)
Top 40 hits: "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and The Revolution (#1), "When Doves Cry" by Prince and The Revolution (#1), "Purple Rain" by Prince and The Revolution (#2), "I Would Die 4 U" by Prince and The Revolution (#8), "Take Me with U" by Prince and The Revolution (#25) - DirectorGene WilderStarsGene WilderKelly LeBrockCharles GrodinOn his way to work, Teddy spots Charlotte, an incredibly beautiful Woman in Red. He really wants to meet her, but what would his wife say?Oscar win for Best Original Song ("I Just Called to Say I Love You")
Top 40 hits: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder (#1), "Love Light in Flight" by Stevie Wonder (#17) - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Oscar win for Best Sound Effects Editing (Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge)
Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("The Power of Love"), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis); Best Sound (William B. Kaplan, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, and Bill Varney)
Top 40 hit: "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News (#1) - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsMikhail BaryshnikovGregory HinesJerzy SkolimowskiA Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?Oscar win for Best Original Song ("Say You, Say Me")
Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Separate Lives")
Top 40 hits: "Separate Lives" by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin (#1); "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie (#1) - DirectorDon BluthStarsDom DeLuiseChristopher PlummerErica YohnWhile emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Somewhere Out There")
Top 40 hit: "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram (#2) - DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPat MoritaRalph MacchioPat E. JohnsonDaniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Glory of Love")
Top 40 hits: "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera (#1), "Earth Angel" by the New Edition (#21) - DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseTim RobbinsKelly McGillisAs students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("Take My Breath Away")
Oscar nominations for Best Film Editing (Chris Lebenzon and Billy Weber); Best Sound (William B. Kaplan, Rick Kline, Donald O. Mitchell, and Kevin O'Connell); Best Sound Effects Editing (Cecelia Hall and George Watters II)
Top 40 hits: "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin (#1), "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins (#2), "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Loverboy (#12) - DirectorTony ScottStarsEddie MurphyJudge ReinholdJürgen ProchnowAxel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Shakedown")
Top 40 hits: "Shakedown" by Bob Seger (#1), "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael (#2), "Cross My Broken Heart" by The Jets (#7) - DirectorEmile ArdolinoStarsPatrick SwayzeJennifer GreyJerry OrbachSpending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("(I've Had) The Time of My Life")
Top 40 hits: "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (#1), "She's Like the Wind" by Patrick Swayze and Wendy Fraser (#3), "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen (#4) - DirectorMichael GottliebStarsAndrew McCarthyKim CattrallEstelle GettyA young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now")
Top 40 hit: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by the Starship (#1) - DirectorGarry MarshallStarsBette MidlerBarbara HersheyJohn HeardA privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction (Albert Brenner (set decoration by Garrett Lewis))
Top 40 hit: "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler (#1) - DirectorDavid GreenStarsPhil CollinsJulie WaltersLarry LambBased on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Two Hearts")
Top 40 hits: "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins (#1), "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins (#1) - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsBill MurrayKaren AllenJohn ForsytheA selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.Oscar nomination for Best Makeup (Thomas R. Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman)
Top 40 hit: "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Annie Lennox and Al Green (#9) - DirectorRobert TowneStarsMel GibsonMichelle PfeifferKurt RussellA former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography (Conrad Hall)
Top 40 hit: "Surrender to Me" by Ann Wilson and Robin Zander (#6) - DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonJack NicholsonKim BasingerThe Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.Oscar win for Best Art Direction (Anton Furst (set decoration by Peter Young))
Top 40 hit: "Partyman" by Prince (#18) - DirectorEmile ArdolinoStarsCybill ShepherdRobert Downey Jr.Ryan O'NealA reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("After All")
Top 40 hit: "After All" by Cher and Peter Cetera (#6) - DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason AlexanderA man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.Oscar nomination for Best Actress (Julia Roberts)
Top 40 hits: "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette (#1), "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West (#8), "Wild Women Do" by Natalie Cole (#34) - DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsEmilio EstevezKiefer SutherlandLou Diamond PhillipsBilly the Kid and his band of outlaws are pursued across New Mexico territory by Sheriff Pat Garrett, whom the young gunslingers must face-off with if they are to reach the safety of the border.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Blaze of Glory")
Top 40 hits: "Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi (#1), "Miracle" by Jon Bon Jovi (#12) - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydCon artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design (Ruth Myers)
Top 40 hit: "Addams Groove" by MC Hammer (#7) - DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.Oscar wins for Best Original Score (Alan Menken), Best Original Song ("Beauty and the Beast")
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Original Song ("Be Our Guest"/"Belle"); Best Sound (David J. Hudson, Doc Kane, Mel Metcalfe, and Terry Porter)
Top 40 hit: "Beauty and the Beast" by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson (#9) - DirectorJon AvnetStarsKathy BatesJessica TandyMary Stuart MastersonEvelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.Oscar nominations for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski), Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Tandy)
Top 40 hit: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" by Paul Young (#22) - DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsKevin CostnerMorgan FreemanMary Elizabeth MastrantonioRobin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("(Everything I Do) I Do It for You")
Top 40 hit: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams (#1) - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.Oscar wins for Best Makeup (Jeff Dawn and Stan Winston); Best Sound (Tom Johnson, Lee Orloff, Gary Rydstrom, and Gary Summers); Best Sound Effects Editing (Gloria Borders and Gary Rydstrom); Best Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Robert Skotak, Gene Warren Jr., and Stan Winston)
Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (Adam Greenberg); Best Film Editing (Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris)
Top 40 hit: "You Could Be Mine" by Guns n' Roses (#29) - DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsScott WeingerRobin WilliamsLinda LarkinA kind-hearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.Oscar wins for Best Original Score (Alan Menken), Best Original Song ("A Whole New World")
Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Friend Like Me"); Best Sound (David J. Hudson, Doc Kane, Mel Metcalfe, and Terry Porter); Best Sound Effects Editing (Mark Mangini)
Top 40 hit: "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle (#1) - DirectorMick JacksonStarsKevin CostnerWhitney HoustonGary KempA former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("I Have Nothing"/"Run to You")
Top 40 hits: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (#1), "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston (#4), "I'm Every Woman" by Whitney Houston (#4), "Run to You" by Whitney Houston (#31), "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" by The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. (#34) - DirectorNeil JordanStarsStephen ReaJaye DavidsonForest WhitakerA British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.Oscar win for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Neil Jordan)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Stephen Rea), Best Director (Neil Jordan), Best Film Editing (Kant Pan), Best Supporting Actor (Jaye Davidson)
Top 40 hit: "The Crying Game" by Boy George (#15) - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsTom HanksDenzel WashingtonRoberta MaxwellWhen a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic-small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.Oscar wins for Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Original Song ("Streets of Philadelphia")
Oscar nominations for Best Makeup (Alan D'Angerio and Carl Fullerton), Best Original Song ("Philadelphia"), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Ron Nyswaner)
Top 40 hit: "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen (#9) - DirectorJohn SingletonStarsJanet JacksonTupac ShakurRegina KingGrieving hairdresser Justice goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and an obnoxious postal worker.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Again")
Top 40 hit: "Again" by Janet Jackson (#1) - DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanRoss MalingerA recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("A Wink and a Smile"); Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron, and David S. Ward)
Top 40 hit: "When I Fall in Love" by Celine Dion and Clive Griffin (#23) - DirectorRoger AllersRob MinkoffStarsMatthew BroderickJeremy IronsJames Earl JonesLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.Oscar wins for Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer), Best Original Song ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight")
Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Circle of Life"/"Hakuna Matata")
Top 40 hit: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" by Elton John (#4) - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsVal KilmerTommy Lee JonesJim CarreyBatman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (Stephen Goldblatt); Best Sound (Michael Herbick, Petur Hliddal, Donald O. Mitchell, and Frank A. Montaño); Best Sound Effects Editing (John Leveque and Bruce Stambler)
Top 40 hits: "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (#1); "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 (#16) - DirectorJeremy LevenStarsJohnny DeppMarlon BrandoFaye DunawayA psychiatrist must cure a young patient who presents himself as Don Juan, the world's greatest lover.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?")
Top 40 hit: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams (#1) - DirectorMike GabrielEric GoldbergStarsMel GibsonLinda HuntChristian BaleAn English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.Oscar wins for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (Alan Menken (lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)), Best Original Song ("Colors of the Wind")
Top 40 hit: "Colors of the Wind" by Vanessa Williams (#4) - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMadonnaJonathan PryceAntonio BanderasThe hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.Oscar win for Best Original Song ("You Must Love Me")
Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (Brian Morris (set decoration by Philippe Turlure)), Best Cinematography (Darius Khondji), Best Film Editing (Gerry Hambling); Best Sound (Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, and Ken Weston)
Top 40 hits: "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" by Madonna (#8), "You Must Love Me" by Madonna (#18) - DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsDemi MooreJason AlexanderMary Kay BergmanA deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.Oscar nomination for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz)
Top 40 hit: "Someday" by All-4-One (#30) - DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandJeff BridgesLauren BacallA shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("I Finally Found Someone"), Best Supporting Actress (Lauren Bacall)
Top 40 hit: "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams (#8) - DirectorJon AvnetStarsRobert RedfordMichelle PfeifferStockard ChanningAn ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Because You Loved Me")
Top 40 hit: "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion (#1) - DirectorSimon WestStarsNicolas CageJohn CusackJohn MalkovichNewly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("How Do I Live"), Best Sound (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Art Rochester)
Top 40 hit: "How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood (#23) - DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsTate DonovanSusan EganJames WoodsThe son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Go the Distance")
Top 40 hit: "Go the Distance" by Michael Bolton (#24) - DirectorP.J. HoganStarsJulia RobertsDermot MulroneyCameron DiazWhen a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.Oscar nomination for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (James Newton Howard)
Top 40 hit: "I Say a Little Prayer" by Diana King (#38) - DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Art Direction (Peter Lamont (set decoration by Michael D. Ford)), Best Costume Design (Deborah Lynn Scott), Best Director (James Cameron); Best Film Editing (Conrad Buff, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris); Best Original Dramatic Score (James Horner), Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On"); Best Sound (Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Mark Ulano); Best Sound Effects Editing (Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes); Best Visual Effects (Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer, Mark Lasoff, and Robert Legato)
Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Kate Winslet); Best Makeup (Greg Cannom, Tina Earnshaw, and Simon Thompson); Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart)
Top 40 hit: "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (#1) - DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen AffleckAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"); Best Sound (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester); Best Sound Effects Editing (George Watters II); Best Visual Effects (John Frazier, Richard R. Hoover, and Pat McClung)
Top 40 hit: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith (#1)