Academy Awards archive

The Best Years of Our Lives Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Best Years of Our Lives has 9 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 8 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 9 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

The Best Years of Our Lives: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1946Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientFredric March

Al Stephenson

Win recorded
Film year1946Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientHarold Russell

Homer Parrish

Win recorded
Film year1946Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Wyler
Win recorded
Film year1946Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientDaniel Mandell
Win recorded
Film year1946Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientHugo Friedhofer
Win recorded
Film year1946Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientSamuel Goldwyn Productions
Win recorded
Film year1946Sound Recording
Credited nominee / recipientSamuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Jolson Story
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Film year1946Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientRobert E. Sherwood
Win recorded
Film year1946Special Award
Credited nominee / recipientHarold Russell
Source context

To Harold Russell for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives.

Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Best Years of Our Lives with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Best Actor winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Best Supporting Actor 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Best Director 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Best Director winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Film Editing 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Film Editing winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Original Score 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Original Score winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Best Picture 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Best Picture winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Sound Recording 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
  • The Best Years of Our Lives This film
    Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • It's a Wonderful Life
    RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Jolson Story
    Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
    ★ Winner
Sound Recording winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1946 film year · Ceremony 19
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1946 film-year results
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