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1938 Academy Awards — 129 nominations across 19 categories.
Best Picture
- ★ You Can't Take It with You IMDB — Columbia
- The Adventures of Robin Hood IMDB — Warner Bros.-First National
- Alexander's Ragtime Band IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
- Boys Town IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Citadel IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Four Daughters IMDB — Warner Bros.-First National
- Grand Illusion IMDB — Realization D'Art Cinematographique
- Jezebel IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Pygmalion IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Test Pilot IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ART DIRECTION
- ★ The Adventures of Robin Hood IMDB — Carl J. Weyl
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer IMDB — Lyle Wheeler
- Alexander's Ragtime Band IMDB — Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven
- Algiers IMDB — Alexander Toluboff
- Carefree IMDB — Van Nest Polglase
- The Goldwyn Follies IMDB — Richard Day
- Holiday IMDB — Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks
- If I Were King IMDB — Hans Dreier, John Goodman
- Mad about Music IMDB — Jack Otterson
- Marie Antoinette IMDB — Cedric Gibbons
- Merrily We Live IMDB — Charles D. Hall
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ★ The Great Waltz IMDB — Joseph Ruttenberg
- Algiers IMDB — James Wong Howe
- Army Girl IMDB — Ernest Miller, Harry Wild
- The Buccaneer IMDB — Victor Milner
- Jezebel IMDB — Ernest Haller
- Mad about Music IMDB — Joseph Valentine
- Merrily We Live IMDB — Norbert Brodine
- Suez IMDB — Peverell Marley
- Vivacious Lady IMDB — Robert de Grasse
- You Can't Take It with You IMDB — Joseph Walker
- The Young in Heart IMDB — Leon Shamroy
DIRECTING
FILM EDITING
MUSIC (Original Score)
- ★ The Adventures of Robin Hood IMDB — Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Army Girl IMDB — Victor Young
- Block-Heads IMDB — Marvin Hatley
- Blockade IMDB — Werner Janssen
- Breaking the Ice IMDB — Victor Young
- The Cowboy and the Lady IMDB — Alfred Newman
- If I Were King IMDB — Richard Hageman
- Marie Antoinette IMDB — Herbert Stothart
- Pacific Liner IMDB — Russell Bennett
- Suez IMDB — Louis Silvers
- The Young in Heart IMDB — Franz Waxman
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Alexander's Ragtime Band IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Carefree IMDB — Victor Baravalle
- Girls' School IMDB — Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone
- The Goldwyn Follies IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Jezebel IMDB — Max Steiner
- Mad about Music IMDB — Charles Previn, Frank Skinner
- Storm over Bengal IMDB — Cy Feuer
- Sweethearts IMDB — Herbert Stothart
- There Goes My Heart IMDB — Marvin Hatley
- Tropic Holiday IMDB — Boris Morros
- The Young in Heart IMDB — Franz Waxman
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ The Big Broadcast of 1938 IMDB — Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin
- Mannequin IMDB — Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
- Carefree IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
- The Cowboy and the Lady IMDB — Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer
- Under Western Stars IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marvin
- Going Places IMDB — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Merrily We Live IMDB — Music by Phil Charig; Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer
- The Lady Objects IMDB — Music by Ben Oakland; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
- That Certain Age IMDB — Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
- Alexander's Ragtime Band IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
- ★ The Cowboy and the Lady IMDB — United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- Army Girl IMDB — Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
- Four Daughters IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- If I Were King IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
- Merrily We Live IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
- Suez IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Edmund H. Hansen, Sound Director
- Sweethearts IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- That Certain Age IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- Vivacious Lady IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
- You Can't Take It with You IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
SPECIAL AWARD
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
- ★ Pygmalion IMDB — Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple
- Boys Town IMDB — John Meehan, Dore Schary
- The Citadel IMDB — Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, Elizabeth Hill
- Four Daughters IMDB — Julius J. Epstein, Lenore Coffee
- You Can't Take It with You IMDB — Robert Riskin