18th British Academy Film Awards
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| 18th British Academy Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1965 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
| Best British Film | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
| Most awards | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb & The Pumpkin Eater (4) |
| Most nominations | Becket, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and The Pumpkin Eater (7) |
The 18th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1965, honoured the best films of 1964.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Best Foreign Actor
Marcello Mastroianni in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- Sterling Hayden in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Cary Grant in Charade
- Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field
Best British Actor
Richard Attenborough in Seance on a Wet Afternoon and Guns at Batasi
- Peter O'Toole in Becket
- Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther
- Tom Courtenay in King & Country
Best Foreign Actress
Anne Bancroft in The Pumpkin Eater
- Ava Gardner in The Night of the Iguana
- Shirley MacLaine in Irma la Douce
- Shirley MacLaine in What a Way to Go!
- Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Best British Actress
- Edith Evans in The Chalk Garden
- Deborah Kerr in The Chalk Garden
- Rita Tushingham in Girl with Green Eyes
Best British Screenplay
The Pumpkin Eater - Harold Pinter
Best British Film
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb