1937 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 119 Academy Award records for the 1937 film year, covering 57 films and including 21 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.

1938 → ← 1936

Best Picture result

10 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. The Life of Emile Zola

    3 wins from 10 award records

  2. A Star Is Born

    2 wins from 8 award records

  3. Lost Horizon

    2 wins from 7 award records

  4. In Old Chicago

    2 wins from 6 award records

  5. The Good Earth

    2 wins from 5 award records

  6. The Awful Truth

    1 win from 6 award records

Category winners

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

Nominations and award records by category

Showing 119 of 119 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Art Direction

Assistant Director

Cinematography

Dance Direction

Best Director

Film Editing

Original Song

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

  • ★ One Hundred Men and a Girl IMDB — Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
  • The Hurricane IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
  • In Old Chicago IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (no composer credit)
  • The Life of Emile Zola IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
  • Lost Horizon IMDB — Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
  • Make a Wish IMDB — Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)
  • Maytime IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
  • Portia on Trial IMDB — Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
  • The Prisoner of Zenda IMDB — Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
  • Quality Street IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director (Score by Roy Webb)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
  • Something to Sing About IMDB — Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
  • Souls at Sea IMDB — Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)
  • Way Out West IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)

Animated Short Film

Short Subject (Color)

Short Subject (One-Reel)

Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Sound Recording

Special Award

  • ★ A Star Is Born IMDB — W. Howard Greene
    Source context

    To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This Award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.)

Adapted Screenplay

Writing (Original Story)

Nominated films and other recorded entries

57 films represented in the 1937 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.

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