Nominated for two Oscars, Best Director for Reed and Best Screenplay for Graham Greene, “The Fallen Idol” lost in both categories to Joseph Mankiewicz, who won the Oscars as writer and director of “A Letter to Three Wives.” 

At 58, Nick Nolte received his second Best Actor Oscar nomination (after the 1991 “Prince of Tides”) for the intense drama “Affliction,” directed by Paul Schrader.  Nolte was rewarded for his performance as the brutal Wade Whitehouse, a misunderstood small-town cop who still bears the scars of years of physical abuse at the hands of his tyrannical father, played by James Coburn, who won the Supporting Actor Oscar.

Billy Wilder's comedy “Some Like It Hot” was nominated for six Oscars, including Director, Best Actor for Jack Lemmon, and Screenplay (Adapted) for Billy Wilder and I.A. L. Diamond

winning only one.

Robert Altman's “Nashville” was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Jules Dassin's noir melodrama “The Naked City” was nominated for three Oscars, winning two: Cinematography and Film Editing.