By Year
Browse nominations by ceremony year.
1941 Academy Awards — 180 nominations across 24 categories.
Best Picture
- ★ How Green Was My Valley IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
- Blossoms in the Dust IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Citizen Kane IMDB — Mercury
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan IMDB — Columbia
- Hold Back the Dawn IMDB — Paramount
- The Little Foxes IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- The Maltese Falcon IMDB — Warner Bros.
- One Foot in Heaven IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Sergeant York IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Suspicion IMDB — RKO Radio
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)
- ★ How Green Was My Valley IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- Citizen Kane IMDB — Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
- The Flame of New Orleans IMDB — Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
- Hold Back the Dawn IMDB — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
- Ladies in Retirement IMDB — Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
- The Little Foxes IMDB — Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
- Sergeant York IMDB — Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
- Sis Hopkins IMDB
- The Son of Monte Cristo IMDB — Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
- Sundown IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
- That Hamilton Woman IMDB — Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
- When Ladies Meet IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
ART DIRECTION (Color)
- ★ Blossoms in the Dust IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
- Blood and Sand IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- Louisiana Purchase IMDB — Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
- ★ How Green Was My Valley IMDB — Arthur Miller
- The Chocolate Soldier IMDB — Karl Freund
- Citizen Kane IMDB — Gregg Toland
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde IMDB — Joseph Ruttenberg
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan IMDB — Joseph Walker
- Hold Back the Dawn IMDB — Leo Tover
- Sergeant York IMDB — Sol Polito
- Sun Valley Serenade IMDB — Edward Cronjager
- Sundown IMDB — Charles Lang
- That Hamilton Woman IMDB — Rudolph Maté
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
- ★ Blood and Sand IMDB — Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
- Aloma of the South Seas IMDB — Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
- Billy the Kid IMDB — William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
- Blossoms in the Dust IMDB — Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
- Dive Bomber IMDB — Bert Glennon
- Louisiana Purchase IMDB — Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
- ★ Churchill's Island IMDB — National Film Board of Canada
- Adventure in the Bronx IMDB — Film Associates
- Bomber IMDB — United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit
- Christmas under Fire IMDB — British Ministry of Information
- Letter from Home IMDB — British Ministry of Information
- Life of a Thoroughbred IMDB — Truman Talley, Producer
- Norway in Revolt IMDB — The March of Time
- A Place to Live IMDB — Philadelphia Housing Association
- Russian Soil IMDB — Amkino
- Soldiers of the Sky IMDB — Truman Talley, Producer
- War Clouds in the Pacific IMDB — National Film Board of Canada
FILM EDITING
MUSIC (Original Score)
- ★ All That Money Can Buy IMDB — Bernard Herrmann
- Back Street IMDB — Frank Skinner
- Ball of Fire IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Cheers for Miss Bishop IMDB — Edward Ward
- Citizen Kane IMDB — Bernard Herrmann
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde IMDB — Franz Waxman
- Hold Back the Dawn IMDB — Victor Young
- How Green Was My Valley IMDB — Alfred Newman
- King of the Zombies IMDB — Edward Kay
- Ladies in Retirement IMDB — Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
- The Little Foxes IMDB — Meredith Willson
- Lydia IMDB — Miklos Rozsa
- Mercy Island IMDB — Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
- Sergeant York IMDB — Max Steiner
- So Ends Our Night IMDB — Louis Gruenberg
- Sundown IMDB — Miklos Rozsa
- Suspicion IMDB — Franz Waxman
- Tanks a Million IMDB — Edward Ward
- That Uncertain Feeling IMDB — Werner Heymann
- This Woman Is Mine IMDB — Richard Hageman
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Dumbo IMDB — Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
- All-American Co-Ed IMDB — Edward Ward
- Birth of the Blues IMDB — Robert Emmett Dolan
- Buck Privates IMDB — Charles Previn
- The Chocolate Soldier IMDB — Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
- Ice-Capades IMDB — Cy Feuer
- The Strawberry Blonde IMDB — Heinz Roemheld
- Sun Valley Serenade IMDB — Emil Newman
- Sunny IMDB — Anthony Collins
- You'll Never Get Rich IMDB — Morris Stoloff
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ Lady Be Good IMDB — Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
- Dumbo IMDB — Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
- Ridin' on a Rainbow IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
- Blues in the Night IMDB — Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Buck Privates IMDB — Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye
- Sun Valley Serenade IMDB — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- Las Vegas Nights IMDB — Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
- All-American Co-Ed IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind
- You'll Never Get Rich IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
SHORT FILM (Animated)
- ★ Lend a Paw IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B IMDB — Walter Lantz, Producer
- Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt IMDB — Leon Schlesinger, Producer
- How War Came IMDB — Columbia
- The Night before Christmas IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Rhapsody in Rivets IMDB — Leon Schlesinger, Producer
- Rhythm in the Ranks IMDB — George Pal, Producer
- The Rookie Bear IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Superman IMDB — Max Fleischer, Producer
- Truant Officer Donald IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
- ★ That Hamilton Woman IMDB — General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
- Appointment for Love IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- Ball of Fire IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- The Chocolate Soldier IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Citizen Kane IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
- The Devil Pays Off IMDB — Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director
- How Green Was My Valley IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
- The Men in Her Life IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
- Sergeant York IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Skylark IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
- Topper Returns IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director
SPECIAL AWARD
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
- 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
- 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