1934 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 64 Academy Award records for the 1934 film year, covering 32 films and including 17 wins.

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

1935 → ← 1932

Best Picture result

12 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history

Acting category results

Leading winning films

Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.

  1. It Happened One Night

    5 wins from 5 award records

  2. One Night of Love

    3 wins from 7 award records

  3. Cleopatra

    1 win from 5 award records

  4. The Gay Divorcee

    1 win from 5 award records

  5. Viva Villa!

    1 win from 4 award records

  6. City of Wax

    1 win from 1 award record

Category winners

Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.

Nominations and award records by category

Showing 64 of 64 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Actress

Art Direction

Assistant Director

Cinematography

Best Director

Film Editing

Original Song

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

  • ★ One Night of Love IMDB — Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
  • The Gay Divorcee IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
    Source context

    came in 2nd

  • The Lost Patrol IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    Source context

    came in 3rd

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)

  • ★ One Night of Love IMDB — Columbia Pictures CorporationSound
    Source context

    To COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION for their application of the Vertical Cut Disc Method (hill and dale recording) to actual studio production, with their recording of the sound on the picture One Night of Love.

Animated Short Film

Short Subject (Comedy)

Short Subject (Novelty)

Sound Recording

Adapted Screenplay

Writing (Original Story)

Nominated films and other recorded entries

32 films represented in the 1934 archive selection.

About these award records

This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

For the official record, search the Academy Awards Database (opens in a new tab). Award Went To is an independent exploration tool and is not affiliated with the Academy.