By Year
Browse nominations by ceremony year.
1942 Academy Awards — 182 nominations across 24 categories.
Best Picture
- ★ Mrs. Miniver IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Invaders IMDB — Ortus
- Kings Row IMDB — Warner Bros.
- The Magnificent Ambersons IMDB — Mercury
- The Pied Piper IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Random Harvest IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Talk of the Town IMDB — Columbia
- Wake Island IMDB — Paramount
- Yankee Doodle Dandy IMDB — Warner Bros.
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)
- ★ This above All IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- George Washington Slept Here IMDB — Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
- The Magnificent Ambersons IMDB — Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
- Random Harvest IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore
- The Shanghai Gesture IMDB — Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
- Silver Queen IMDB — Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
- The Spoilers IMDB — Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
- Take a Letter, Darling IMDB — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
- The Talk of the Town IMDB — Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
ART DIRECTION (Color)
- ★ My Gal Sal IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- Arabian Nights IMDB — Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
- Captains of the Clouds IMDB — Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
- Jungle Book IMDB — Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
- Reap the Wild Wind IMDB — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
- ★ Mrs. Miniver IMDB — Joseph Ruttenberg
- Kings Row IMDB — James Wong Howe
- The Magnificent Ambersons IMDB — Stanley Cortez
- Moontide IMDB — Charles Clarke
- The Pied Piper IMDB — Edward Cronjager
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Rudolph Maté
- Take a Letter, Darling IMDB — John Mescall
- The Talk of the Town IMDB — Ted Tetzlaff
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- This above All IMDB — Arthur Miller
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
- ★ The Black Swan IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- Arabian Nights IMDB — Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
- Captains of the Clouds IMDB — Sol Polito
- Jungle Book IMDB — W. Howard Greene
- Reap the Wild Wind IMDB — Victor Milner, William V. Skall
- To the Shores of Tripoli IMDB — Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
- ★ The Battle of Midway IMDB — United States Navy
- ★ Kokoda Front Line! IMDB — Australian News & Information Bureau
- ★ Moscow Strikes Back IMDB — Artkino
- ★ Prelude to War IMDB — United States Army Special Services
- Africa, Prelude to Victory IMDB — The March of Time
- Combat Report IMDB — United States Army Signal Corps
- Conquer by the Clock IMDB — Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
- The Grain That Built a Hemisphere IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Henry Browne, Farmer IMDB — United States Department of Agriculture
- High over the Borders IMDB — National Film Board of Canada
- High Stakes in the East IMDB — The Netherlands Information Bureau
- Inside Fighting China IMDB — National Film Board of Canada
- It's Everybody's War IMDB — United States Office of War Information
- Listen to Britain IMDB — British Ministry of Information
- Little Belgium IMDB — Belgian Ministry of Information
- Little Isles of Freedom IMDB — Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers
- Mr. Blabbermouth! IMDB — United States Office of War Information
- Mr. Gardenia Jones IMDB — United States Office of War Information
- The New Spirit IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- The Price of Victory IMDB — William H. Pine, Producer
- A Ship Is Born IMDB — United States Merchant Marine
- Twenty-One Miles IMDB — British Ministry of Information
- We Refuse to Die IMDB — William C. Thomas, Producer
- White Eagle IMDB — Concanen Films
- Winning Your Wings IMDB — United States Army Air Force
FILM EDITING
MUSIC (Original Score)
- ★ Now, Voyager IMDB — Max Steiner
- Arabian Nights IMDB — Frank Skinner
- Bambi IMDB — Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
- The Black Swan IMDB — Alfred Newman
- The Corsican Brothers IMDB — Dimitri Tiomkin
- Flying Tigers IMDB — Victor Young
- The Gold Rush IMDB — Max Terr
- I Married a Witch IMDB — Roy Webb
- Joan of Paris IMDB — Roy Webb
- Jungle Book IMDB — Miklos Rozsa
- Klondike Fury IMDB — Edward Kay
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Leigh Harline
- Random Harvest IMDB — Herbert Stothart
- The Shanghai Gesture IMDB — Richard Hageman
- Silver Queen IMDB — Victor Young
- Take a Letter, Darling IMDB — Victor Young
- The Talk of the Town IMDB — Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
- To Be or Not to Be IMDB — Werner Heymann
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Yankee Doodle Dandy IMDB — Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
- Flying with Music IMDB — Edward Ward
- For Me and My Gal IMDB — Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
- Holiday Inn IMDB — Robert Emmett Dolan
- It Started with Eve IMDB — Hans Salter, Charles Previn
- Johnny Doughboy IMDB — Walter Scharf
- My Gal Sal IMDB — Alfred Newman
- You Were Never Lovelier IMDB — Leigh Harline
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ Holiday Inn IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
- Always in My Heart IMDB — Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
- You Were Never Lovelier IMDB — Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Babes on Broadway IMDB — Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Ralph Freed
- Youth on Parade IMDB — Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- Orchestra Wives IMDB — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- Bambi IMDB — Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Larry Morey
- Flying with Music IMDB — Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
- Hellzapoppin' IMDB — Music by Gene de Paul; Lyrics by Don Raye
- The Mayor of 44th Street IMDB — Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Mort Greene
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
- ★ Yankee Doodle Dandy IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Arabian Nights IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- Bambi IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield, Sound Director
- Flying Tigers IMDB — Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg, Sound Director
- Friendly Enemies IMDB — Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
- The Gold Rush IMDB — RCA Sound, James Fields, Sound Director
- Mrs. Miniver IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Once upon a Honeymoon IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn, Sound Director
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- Road to Morocco IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
- This above All IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
- You Were Never Lovelier IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
SPECIAL AWARD
VISUAL EFFECTS
- ★ Reap the Wild Wind IMDB — Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
- The Black Swan IMDB — Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
- Desperate Journey IMDB — Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
- Flying Tigers IMDB — Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Invisible Agent IMDB — Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
- Jungle Book IMDB — Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
- Mrs. Miniver IMDB — Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- The Navy Comes Through IMDB — Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing IMDB — Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
- ★ Mrs. Miniver IMDB — Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
- The Invaders IMDB — Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
- The Pride of the Yankees IMDB — Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Random Harvest IMDB — Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
- The Talk of the Town IMDB — Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman