1941 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 182 Academy Award records for the 1941 film year, covering 102 films and including 27 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.

1942 → ← 1940

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. How Green Was My Valley

    5 wins from 10 award records

  2. Sergeant York

    2 wins from 11 award records

  3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan

    2 wins from 7 award records

  4. Fantasia

    2 wins from 2 award records

  5. Citizen Kane

    1 win from 9 award records

  6. Blossoms in the Dust

    1 win from 4 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 182 of 182 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Art Direction (Color)

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Cinematography (Color)

Best Director

Documentary Short Subject

Film Editing

Original Score

Original Song

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

Animated Short Film

Short Subject (One-Reel)

Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Sound Recording

Special Award

  • ★ Kukan IMDB — Rey Scott
    Source context

    To Rey Scott for his extraordinary achievement in producing Kukan, the film record of China's struggle, including its photography with a 16mm camera under the most difficult and dangerous conditions.

  • ★ Target for Tonight IMDB — The British Ministry of Information
    Source context

    To The British Ministry of Information for its vivid and dramatic presentation of the heroism of the RAF in the documentary film, Target for Tonight.

  • ★ Fantasia IMDB — Leopold Stokowski
    Source context

    To Leopold Stokowski and his associates for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form.

  • ★ Fantasia IMDB — Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, the RCA Manufacturing Company
    Source context

    To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia.

Visual Effects

  • ★ I Wanted Wings IMDB — Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
  • Aloma of the South Seas IMDB — Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
  • Dive Bomber IMDB — Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
    Source context

    NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Originally announced as a nominee on February 9, 1942, but sometime between the 10th and the 19th of February, this title was dropped and replaced by another Warner Bros. production, The Sea Wolf, with the same people credited for the nomination. There is no explanation in the files as to why this replacement was made.

  • Flight Command IMDB — Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
  • The Invisible Woman IMDB — Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall
  • The Sea Wolf IMDB — Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
    Source context

    NOTE: Not originally one of the nominees announced on February 9, 1942. Dive Bomber, another Warner Bros. production, was on the list, but sometime between the 10th and 19th of February, the Dive Bomber nomination was replaced by The Sea Wolf, with the same people credited for the achievement. There is no explanation in the files as to why the replacement was made.

  • That Hamilton Woman IMDB — Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
  • Topper Returns IMDB — Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
  • A Yank in the R.A.F. IMDB — Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Writing (Original Story)

Nominated films and other recorded entries

102 films represented in the 1941 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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