| Best Actor/Actress Nominees | Film |
|---|
| James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander | |
| Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw | |
| Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson | |
| Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson | |
| Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier | |
| Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine | |
| Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway | |
| Jack Nicholson* and Louise Fletcher* | |
| Peter Finch*, Faye Dunaway*, and William Holden | |
| Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire | |
| Richard Dreyfuss* and Marsha Mason | |
| Woody Allen and Diane Keaton* | |
| Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine | |
| Jon Voight* and Jane Fonda* | |
| Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda | |
| Henry Fonda* and Katharine Hepburn* | |
| Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton | |
| Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon | |
| Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek | |
| Shirley MacLaine* and Debra Winger | |
