14th Academy Awards

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Outstanding Motion Picture}}

• How Green Was My Valley – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox{{double dagger}}
• Blossoms in the Dust – Irving Asher for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Citizen Kane – Orson Welles for RKO Radio
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Everett Riskin for Columbia
• Hold Back the Dawn – Arthur Hornblow Jr. for Paramount
• The Little Foxes – Samuel Goldwyn for RKO Radio
• The Maltese Falcon – Hal B. Wallis for Warner Bros.
• One Foot in Heaven – Hal B. Wallis for Warner Bros.
• Sergeant York – Hal B. Wallis and Jesse L. Lasky for Warner Bros.
• Suspicion – Alfred Hitchcock for RKO Radio

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Directing}}

• John Ford – How Green Was My Valley{{double dagger}}
• Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
• Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• William Wyler – The Little Foxes
• Howard Hawks – Sergeant York

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Actor}}

• Gary Cooper – Sergeant York as Alvin C. York{{double dagger}}
• Cary Grant – Penny Serenade as Roger Adams
• Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy as Mr Scratch
• Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Joe Pendleton
• Orson Welles – Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Actress}}

• Joan Fontaine – Suspicion as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth{{double dagger}}
• Bette Davis – The Little Foxes as Regina Hubbard Giddens
• Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn as Emmy Brown
• Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust as Edna Kahly Gladney
• Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire as Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Actor in a Supporting Role}}

• Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley as Gwilym Morgan{{double dagger}}
• Walter Brennan – Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile
• Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones as John P. Merrick
• James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Max "Pop" Corkle
• Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon as Kasper Gutman

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Actress in a Supporting Role}}

• Mary Astor – The Great Lie as Sandra Kovak{{double dagger}}
• Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley as Mrs Beth Morgan
• Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes as Birdie Hubbard
• Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes as Alexandra Giddens
• Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York as Mary Brooks York

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Writing (Original Screenplay)}}

• Citizen Kane – Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles{{double dagger}}
• The Devil and Miss Jones – Norman Krasna
• Sergeant York – John Huston, Howard Koch, Abem Finkel, and Harry Chandlee
• Tall, Dark and Handsome – Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware
• Tom, Dick and Harry – Paul Jarrico

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Writing (Screenplay)}}

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller, based on the play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall{{double dagger}}
• Hold Back the Dawn – Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, based on "Memo to a Movie Producer" by Ketti Frings
• How Green Was My Valley – Philip Dunne, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn
• The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellman, based on the play by Lillian Hellman
• The Maltese Falcon – John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Writing (Original Story)}}

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Harry Segall{{double dagger}}
• Ball of Fire – Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe
• The Lady Eve – Monckton Hoffe
• Meet John Doe – Richard Connell and Robert Presnell Sr.
• Night Train to Munich – Gordon Wellesley

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Documentary (Short Subject)}}

• Churchill's Island – National Film Board of Canada and United Artists{{double dagger}}
• Adventure in the Bronx – Film Associates
• Bomber: A Defense Report on Film – U.S. Office for Emergency Management Film Unit and Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense
• Christmas Under Fire – British Ministry of Information and Warner Bros.
• A Letter from Home – British Ministry of Information and United Artists
• Life of a Thoroughbred – Truman Talley and 20th Century Fox
• Norway in Revolt – The March of Time and RKO Radio
• A Place to Live – Philadelphia Housing Authority and Philadelphia Housing Association
• Russian Soil – Amkino
• Soldiers of the Sky – Truman Talley and 20th Century Fox
• War Clouds in the Pacific – National Film Board of Canada and MGM

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Short Subject (One-Reel)}}

• Of Pups and Puzzles – MGM{{double dagger}}
• Army Champions – Pete Smith and MGM
• Beauty and the Beach – Paramount
• Down on the Farm – Paramount
• Forty Boys and a Song – Warner Bros.
• Kings of the Turf – Warner Bros.
• Sagebrush and Silver – 20th Century Fox

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)}}

• Main Street on the March! – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer{{double dagger}}
• Alive in the Deep – Woodard Productions, Inc.
• Forbidden Passage – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• The Gay Parisian – Warner Bros.
• The Tanks Are Coming – U.S. Army and Warner Bros.

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Short Subject (Cartoon)}}

• Lend a Paw – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio{{double dagger}}
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B – Walter Lantz Productions and Universal
• Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt – Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros.
• How War Came – Columbia
• The Night Before Christmas – MGM
• Rhapsody in Rivets – Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros.
• Rhythm in the Ranks – George Pal Productions and Paramount
• The Rookie Bear – MGM
• Superman – Fleischer Studios and Paramount
• Truant Officer Donald – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture)}}

• All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann{{double dagger}}
• Back Street – Frank Skinner
• Ball of Fire – Alfred Newman
• Cheers for Miss Bishop – Edward Ward
• Citizen Kane – Bernard Herrmann
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Franz Waxman
• Hold Back the Dawn – Victor Young
• How Green Was My Valley – Alfred Newman
• King of the Zombies – Edward J. Kay
• Ladies in Retirement – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch
• The Little Foxes – Meredith Willson
• Lydia – Miklós Rózsa
• Mercy Island – Cy Feuer and Walter Scharf
• Sergeant York – Max Steiner
• So Ends Our Night – Louis Gruenberg
• Sundown – Miklós Rózsa
• Suspicion – Franz Waxman
• Tanks a Million – Edward Ward
• That Uncertain Feeling – Werner R. Heymann
• This Woman is Mine – Richard Hageman

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)}}

• Dumbo – Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace{{double dagger}}
• All-American Co-Ed – Edward Ward
• Birth of the Blues – Robert Emmett Dolan
• Buck Privates – Charles Previn
• The Chocolate Soldier – Herbert Stothart and Bronisław Kaper
• Ice-Capades – Cy Feuer
• The Strawberry Blonde – Heinz Roemheld
• Sun Valley Serenade – Emil Newman
• Sunny – Anthony Collins
• You'll Never Get Rich – Morris Stoloff

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Music (Song)}}

• "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II{{double dagger}}
• "Baby Mine" from Dumbo – Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
• "Be Honest With Me" from Ridin' on a Rainbow – Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
• "Blues in the Night" from Blues in the Night – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" from Buck Privates – Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye
• "Chattanooga Choo Choo" from Sun Valley Serenade – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
• "Dolores" from Las Vegas Nights – Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
• "Out of the Silence" from All-American Co-ed – Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlin
• "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" from You'll Never Get Rich – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Sound Recording}}

• That Hamilton Woman – Jack Whitney{{double dagger}}
• Appointment for Love – Bernard B. Brown
• Ball of Fire – Thomas T. Moulton
• The Chocolate Soldier – Douglas Shearer
• Citizen Kane – John O. Aalberg
• The Devil Pays Off – Charles L. Lootens
• How Green Was My Valley – E. H. Hansen
• The Men in Her Life – John P. Livadary
• Sergeant York – Nathan Levinson
• Skylark – Loren L. Ryder
• Topper Returns – Elmer Raguse

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)}}

• How Green Was My Valley – Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan H. Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little{{double dagger}}
• Citizen Kane – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields and Darrell Silvera
• The Flame of New Orleans – Art Direction: Martin Obzina and Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
• Hold Back the Dawn – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
• Ladies in Retirement – Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
• The Little Foxes – Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
• Sergeant York – Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean
• The Son of Monte Cristo – Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
• Sundown – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
• That Hamilton Woman – Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
• When Ladies Meet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
• Sis Hopkins  – N/A (nomination withdrawn by production company)

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Art Direction (Color)}}

• Blossoms in the Dust – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis{{double dagger}}
• Blood and Sand – Art Direction: Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
• Louisiana Purchase – Art Direction: Raoul Pene Du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen Seymour

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)}}

• How Green Was My Valley – Arthur Miller{{double dagger}}
• The Chocolate Soldier – Karl Freund
• Citizen Kane – Gregg Toland
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Joseph Ruttenberg
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Joseph Walker
• Hold Back the Dawn – Leo Tover
• Sergeant York – Sol Polito
• Sun Valley Serenade – Edward Cronjager
• Sundown – Charles Lang
• That Hamilton Woman – Rudolph Maté

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Cinematography (Color)}}

• Blood and Sand – Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan{{double dagger}}
• Aloma of the South Seas – Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, and William Snyder
• Billy the Kid – William V. Skall and Leonard Smith
• Blossoms in the Dust – Karl Freund and W. Howard Greene
• Dive Bomber – Bert Glennon
• Louisiana Purchase – Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan

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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Film Editing}}

• Sergeant York – William Holmes{{double dagger}}
• Citizen Kane – Robert Wise
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Harold F. Kress
• How Green Was My Valley – James B. Clark
• The Little Foxes – Daniel Mandell

{{Award category|#F9EFAA|Best Special Effects}}

• I Wanted Wings – Photographic Effects Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop{{double dagger}}
• Aloma of the South Seas – Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop
• Flight Command – Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer
• The Invisible Woman – Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton; Sound Effects: John Hall
• The Sea Wolf – Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson
• That Hamilton Woman – Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects: William H. Wilmarth
• Topper Returns – Photographic Effects: Roy Seawright; Sound Effects: Elmer Raguse
• A Yank in the R.A.F. – Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen; Sound Effects: Edmund H. Hansen
• Dive Bomber – Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson (replaced){{cite web|title=Academy Awards database: Dive Bomber search results |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22FilmTitle%22%3A%22Dive%20Bomber%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%222-Film%20Title-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D}}

|+ Films with multiple nominations

| Sergeant York

| How Green Was My Valley

| Citizen Kane

| Here Comes Mr. Jordan

| Hold Back the Dawn

| Ball of Fire

| The Chocolate Soldier

| All-American Co-Ed

|+ Films with multiple awards

|How Green Was My Valley

| Here Comes Mr. Jordan