The 1935 Academy Awards were presented March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
| Outstanding Production | Alice Adams (RKO Radio) |
| Broadway Melody of 1936 (MGM) |
| Captain Blood (Cosmopolitan; First National) |
| David Copperfield (MGM) |
| The Informer (RKO Radio) |
| Les Misérables (Twentieth Century; United Artists) |
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Paramount) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (Warner Bros.) |
| Mutiny on the Bounty (MGM) |
| Naughty Marietta (MGM) |
| Ruggles of Red Gap (Paramount) |
| Top Hat (RKO Radio) |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) (Harman-Ising; MGM) | | Three Orphan Kittens (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists) | | Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists) | | Comedy | How to Sleep (Miniature Series) (Jack Chertok, producer; MGM) | | Oh, My Nerves (Broadway Comedies Series) (Jules White, producer; Columbia) | | Tit for Tat (Laurel and Hardy Series) (Hal Roach, producer; MGM) | | Novelty | Audioscopiks (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) | | Camera Thrills (Universal) | | Wings Over Mt. Everest (Gaumont British and Skibo Productions; Educational) |
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| 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 |
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