Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1966

The Contenders:

Michaelangelo Antonioni: Blow-Up
Claude Lelouch: A Man and a Woman
Fred Zinnemann: A Man for All Seasons (winner)
Richard Brooks: The Professionals
Mike Nichols: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1966

The Contenders:

Lynn Redgrave: Georgy Girl
Anouk Aimee: A Man and a Woman
Vanessa Redgrave: Morgan—A Suitable Case for Treatment
Ida Kaminska: The Shop on Main Street
Elizabeth Taylor: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (winner)

Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1966

The Contenders:

Blow-Up
The Fortune Cookie
Khartoum
A Man and a Woman (winner)
The Naked Prey

Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1966

The Contenders:

Alfie
A Man for All Seasons (winner)
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1966

The Contenders:

Alfie
A Man for All Seasons (winner)
The Professionals
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1966

The Contenders:

Michael Caine: Alfie
Paul Scofield: A Man for All Seasons (winner)
Alan Arkin: The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
Steve McQueen: The Sand Pebbles
Richard Burton: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?