By Year
Browse nominations by ceremony year.
1940 Academy Awards — 158 nominations across 22 categories.
Best Picture
- ★ Rebecca IMDB — Selznick International Pictures
- All This, and Heaven Too IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Foreign Correspondent IMDB — Walter Wanger (production company)
- The Grapes of Wrath IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
- The Great Dictator IMDB — Charles Chaplin Productions
- Kitty Foyle IMDB — RKO Radio
- The Letter IMDB — Warner Bros.
- The Long Voyage Home IMDB — Argosy-Wanger
- Our Town IMDB — Sol Lesser (production company)
- The Philadelphia Story 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 (Black-and-White)
- ★ Pride and Prejudice IMDB — Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse
- Arise, My Love IMDB — Hans Dreier, Robert Usher
- Arizona IMDB — Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson
- The Boys from Syracuse IMDB — John Otterson
- The Dark Command IMDB — John Victor Mackay
- Foreign Correspondent IMDB — Alexander Golitzen
- Lillian Russell IMDB — Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
- My Favorite Wife IMDB — Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk
- My Son, My Son! IMDB — John DuCasse Schulze
- Our Town IMDB — Lewis J. Rachmil
- Rebecca IMDB — Lyle Wheeler
- The Sea Hawk IMDB — Anton Grot
- The Westerner IMDB — James Basevi
ART DIRECTION (Color)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
- ★ Rebecca IMDB — George Barnes
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois IMDB — James Wong Howe
- All This, and Heaven Too IMDB — Ernest Haller
- Arise, My Love IMDB — Charles B. Lang, Jr.
- Boom Town IMDB — Harold Rosson
- Foreign Correspondent IMDB — Rudolph Maté
- The Letter IMDB — Gaetano (Tony) Gaudio
- The Long Voyage Home IMDB — Gregg Toland
- Spring Parade IMDB — Joseph Valentine
- Waterloo Bridge IMDB — Joseph Ruttenberg
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
- ★ The Thief of Bagdad IMDB — Georges Périnal
- Bitter Sweet IMDB — Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey
- The Blue Bird IMDB — Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan
- Down Argentine Way IMDB — Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan
- North West Mounted Police IMDB — Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene
- Northwest Passage IMDB — Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall
DIRECTING
FILM EDITING
MUSIC (Original Score)
- ★ Pinocchio IMDB — Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
- Arizona IMDB — Victor Young
- The Dark Command IMDB — Victor Young
- The Fight for Life IMDB — Louis Gruenberg
- The Great Dictator IMDB — Meredith Willson
- The House of the Seven Gables IMDB — Frank Skinner
- The Howards of Virginia IMDB — Richard Hageman
- The Letter IMDB — Max Steiner
- The Long Voyage Home IMDB — Richard Hageman
- The Mark of Zorro IMDB — Alfred Newman
- My Favorite Wife IMDB — Roy Webb
- North West Mounted Police IMDB — Victor Young
- One Million B.C. IMDB — Werner Heymann
- Our Town IMDB — Aaron Copland
- Rebecca IMDB — Franz Waxman
- The Thief of Bagdad IMDB — Miklos Rozsa
- Waterloo Bridge IMDB — Herbert Stothart
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Tin Pan Alley IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Arise, My Love IMDB — Victor Young
- Hit Parade of 1941 IMDB — Cy Feuer
- Irene IMDB — Anthony Collins
- Our Town IMDB — Aaron Copland
- The Sea Hawk IMDB — Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Second Chorus IMDB — Artie Shaw
- Spring Parade IMDB — Charles Previn
- Strike Up the Band IMDB — Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ Pinocchio IMDB — Music by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington
- Down Argentine Way IMDB — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- You'll Find Out IMDB — Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Music in My Heart IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
- Second Chorus IMDB — Music by Artie Shaw; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Rhythm on the River IMDB — Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by John Burke
- Strike Up the Band IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens and Arthur Freed
- Spring Parade IMDB — Music by Robert Stolz; Lyrics by Gus Kahn
- Hit Parade of 1941 IMDB — Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Walter Bullock
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
- ★ Strike Up the Band IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Behind the News IMDB — Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
- Captain Caution IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
- The Grapes of Wrath IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
- The Howards of Virginia IMDB — General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
- Kitty Foyle IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
- North West Mounted Police IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
- Our Town IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- The Sea Hawk IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Spring Parade IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- Too Many Husbands IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
VISUAL EFFECTS
- ★ The Thief of Bagdad IMDB — Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by Jack Whitney
- The Blue Bird IMDB — Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
- Boom Town IMDB — Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- The Boys from Syracuse IMDB — Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, Joseph Lapis
- Dr. Cyclops IMDB — Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart
- Foreign Correspondent IMDB — Photographic Effects by Paul Eagler; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
- The Invisible Man Returns IMDB — Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgecock
- The Long Voyage Home IMDB — Photographic Effects by R. T. Layton, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
- One Million B.C. IMDB — Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
- Rebecca IMDB — Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
- The Sea Hawk IMDB — Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
- Swiss Family Robinson IMDB — Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by John O. Aalberg
- Typhoon IMDB — Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Loren Ryder
- Women in War IMDB — Photographic Effects by Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery; Sound Effects by Herbert Norsch