1945 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 157 Academy Award records for the 1945 film year, covering 85 films and including 25 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.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Lost WeekendParamount
5 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.
- The Lost Weekend
4 wins from 7 award records
- National Velvet
2 wins from 5 award records
- The Bells of St. Mary's
1 win from 8 award records
- Mildred Pierce
1 win from 6 award records
- Spellbound
1 win from 6 award records
- Anchors Aweigh
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The Lost Weekend — Don Birnam
- ★ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn — Johnny Nolan
- ★ Mildred Pierce — Mildred Pierce
- ★ National Velvet — Mrs. Brown
- ★ State Fair — It Might As Well Be Spring
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 157 of 157 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Lost Weekend IMDB — Paramount
- Anchors Aweigh IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Bells of St. Mary's IMDB — Rainbow Productions
- Mildred Pierce IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Spellbound IMDB — Selznick International Pictures
Best Actor
- ★ The Lost Weekend IMDB — Ray MillandDon Birnam
- The Bells of St. Mary's IMDB — Bing CrosbyFather O'Malley
- Anchors Aweigh IMDB — Gene KellyJoseph Brady
- The Keys of the Kingdom IMDB — Gregory PeckFather Francis Chisholm
- A Song to Remember IMDB — Cornel WildeFrederick Chopin
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn IMDB — James DunnJohnny Nolan
- Spellbound IMDB — Michael ChekhovDr. Alex Brulov
- The Corn Is Green IMDB — John DallMorgan Evans
- G. I. Joe IMDB — Robert MitchumLieutenant Walker
- A Medal for Benny IMDB — J. Carrol NaishCharlie Martini
Best Actress
- ★ Mildred Pierce IMDB — Joan CrawfordMildred Pierce
- The Bells of St. Mary's IMDB — Ingrid BergmanSister Benedict
- The Valley of Decision IMDB — Greer GarsonMary Rafferty
- Love Letters IMDB — Jennifer JonesSingleton
- Leave Her to Heaven IMDB — Gene TierneyEllen Berent
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ National Velvet IMDB — Anne RevereMrs. Brown
- Mildred Pierce IMDB — Eve ArdenIda
- Mildred Pierce IMDB — Ann BlythVeda Pierce
- The Picture of Dorian Gray IMDB — Angela LansburySibyl Vane
- The Corn Is Green IMDB — Joan LorringBessie Watty
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ Blood on the Sun IMDB — Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields
- Experiment Perilous IMDB — Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
- The Keys of the Kingdom IMDB — Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
- Love Letters IMDB — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
- The Picture of Dorian Gray IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ Frenchman's Creek IMDB — Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
- Leave Her to Heaven IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- National Velvet IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths
- San Antonio IMDB — Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
- A Thousand and One Nights IMDB — Art Direction: Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Frank Tuttle
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
- ★ Leave Her to Heaven IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- Anchors Aweigh IMDB — Robert Planck, Charles Boyle
- National Velvet IMDB — Leonard Smith
- A Song to Remember IMDB — Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey
- The Spanish Main IMDB — George Barnes
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ The True Glory IMDB — The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
- The Last Bomb IMDB — United States Army Air Force
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Hitler Lives? IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- Library of Congress IMDB — United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- To the Shores of Iwo Jima IMDB — United States Marine Corps
Film Editing
Original Score
- ★ Spellbound IMDB — Miklos Rozsa
- The Bells of St. Mary's IMDB — Robert Emmett Dolan
- Brewster's Millions IMDB — Lou Forbes
- Captain Kidd IMDB — Werner Janssen
- The Enchanted Cottage IMDB — Roy Webb
- Flame of Barbary Coast IMDB — Morton Scott, Dale Butts
- G. I. Honeymoon IMDB — Edward J. Kay
- G. I. Joe IMDB — Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
- Guest in the House IMDB — Werner Janssen
- Guest Wife IMDB — Daniele Amfitheatrof
- The Keys of the Kingdom IMDB — Alfred Newman
- The Lost Weekend IMDB — Miklos Rozsa
- Love Letters IMDB — Victor Young
- The Man Who Walked Alone IMDB — Karl Hajos
- Objective, Burma! IMDB — Franz Waxman
- Paris--Underground IMDB — Alexander Tansman
- A Song to Remember IMDB — Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff
- The Southerner IMDB — Werner Janssen
- This Love of Ours IMDB — H. J. Salter
- The Valley of Decision IMDB — Herbert Stothart
- The Woman in the Window IMDB — Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
Original Song
- ★ State Fair IMDB — Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIIt Might As Well Be Spring
- Here Come the Waves IMDB — Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny MercerAccentuate The Positive
- Tonight and Every Night IMDB — Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy CahnAnywhere
- The Bells of St. Mary's IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny BurkeAren't You Glad You're You?
- Why Girls Leave Home IMDB — Music by Jay Livingston; Lyrics by Ray EvansThe Cat And The Canary
- Earl Carroll Vanities IMDB — Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim GannonEndlessly
- Anchors Aweigh IMDB — Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy CahnI Fall In Love Too Easily
- Sing Your Way Home IMDB — Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Herb MagidsonI'll Buy That Dream
- G. I. Joe IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Ann RonellLinda
- Love Letters IMDB — Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Eddie HeymanLove Letters
- Can't Help Singing IMDB — Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by E. Y. HarburgMore And More
- Belle of the Yukon IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny BurkeSleighride In July
- Wonder Man IMDB — Music by David Rose; Lyrics by Leo RobinSo In Love
- San Antonio IMDB — Music by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted KoehlerSome Sunday Morning
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Anchors Aweigh IMDB — Georgie Stoll
- Belle of the Yukon IMDB — Arthur Lange
- Can't Help Singing IMDB — Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter
- Hitchhike to Happiness IMDB — Morton Scott
- Incendiary Blonde IMDB — Robert Emmett Dolan
- Rhapsody in Blue IMDB — Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
- State Fair IMDB — Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
- Sunbonnet Sue IMDB — Edward J. Kay
- The Three Caballeros IMDB — Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
- Tonight and Every Night IMDB — Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
- Why Girls Leave Home IMDB — Walter Greene
- Wonder Man IMDB — Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
Animated Short Film
- ★ Quiet Please! IMDB — Frederick Quimby, Producer
- Donald's Crime IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Jasper and the Beanstalk IMDB — George Pal, Producer
- Life with Feathers IMDB — Eddie Selzer, Producer
- Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life IMDB — Paul Terry, Producer
- The Poet and Peasant IMDB — Walter Lantz, Producer
- Rippling Romance IMDB — Screen Gems
Short Subject (One-Reel)
- ★ Stairway to Light IMDB — Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
- Along the Rainbow Trail IMDB — Edmund Reek, Producer
- Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary IMDB — Ralph Staub, Producer
- Story of a Dog IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- White Rhapsody IMDB — Grantland Rice, Producer
- Your National Gallery IMDB — Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead, Producers
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
- ★ Star in the Night IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- A Gun in His Hand IMDB — Chester Franklin, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
- The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round IMDB — Jules White, Producer
- The Little Witch IMDB — George Templeton, Producer
Sound Recording
- ★ The Bells of St. Mary's IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
- Flame of Barbary Coast IMDB — Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
- Lady on a Train IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- Leave Her to Heaven IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- Rhapsody in Blue IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- A Song to Remember IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
- The Southerner IMDB — General Service, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
- They Were Expendable IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- The Three Caballeros IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
- Three Is a Family IMDB — RCA Sound, W. V. Wolfe, Sound Director
- The Unseen IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
- Wonder Man IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Special Award
- ★ The House I Live In IMDB — Frank Ross, Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Maltz, Earl Robinson, Lewis Allan, Frank Sinatra, RKO Radio
Source context
To The House I Live In, tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song \"The House I Live In,\" music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio.
Visual Effects
- ★ Wonder Man IMDB — Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Arthur W. Johns
- Captain Eddie IMDB — Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen, Sol Halprin; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, Harry Leonard
- Spellbound IMDB — Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove
- They Were Expendable IMDB — Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore
- A Thousand and One Nights IMDB — Photographic Effects by Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects by Ray Bomba
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Lost Weekend IMDB — Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
- G. I. Joe IMDB — Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson
- Mildred Pierce IMDB — Ranald MacDougall
- Pride of the Marines IMDB — Albert Maltz
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn IMDB — Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis
Original Screenplay
Writing (Original Story)
- ★ The House on 92nd Street IMDB — Charles G. Booth
- The Affairs of Susan IMDB — Thomas Monroe, Laszlo Gorog
- A Medal for Benny IMDB — John Steinbeck, Jack Wagner
- Objective, Burma! IMDB — Alvah Bessie
- A Song to Remember IMDB — Ernst Marischka
Nominated films and other recorded entries
85 films represented in the 1945 archive selection.
- A Gun in His Hand
- A Medal for Benny
- A Song to Remember
- A Thousand and One Nights
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Along the Rainbow Trail
- Anchors Aweigh
- Belle of the Yukon
- Blood on the Sun
- Brewster's Millions
- Can't Help Singing
- Captain Eddie
- Captain Kidd
- Dillinger
- Donald's Crime
- Earl Carroll Vanities
- Experiment Perilous
- Flame of Barbary Coast
- Frenchman's Creek
- G. I. Honeymoon
- G. I. Joe
- Guest in the House
- Guest Wife
- Here Come the Waves
- Hitchhike to Happiness
- Hitler Lives?
- Incendiary Blonde
- Jasper and the Beanstalk
- Lady on a Train
- Leave Her to Heaven
- Library of Congress
- Life with Feathers
- Love Letters
- Marie-Louise
- Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life
- Mildred Pierce
- Music for Millions
- National Velvet
- Objective, Burma!
- Paris--Underground
- Pride of the Marines
- Quiet Please!
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Rippling Romance
- Salty O'Rourke
- San Antonio
- Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary
- Sing Your Way Home
- Spellbound
- Stairway to Light
- Star in the Night
- State Fair
- Story of a Dog
- Sunbonnet Sue
- The Affairs of Susan
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- The Corn Is Green
- The Enchanted Cottage
- The House I Live In
- The House on 92nd Street
- The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round
- The Keys of the Kingdom
- The Last Bomb
- The Little Witch
- The Lost Weekend
- The Man Who Walked Alone
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Poet and Peasant
- The Southerner
- The Spanish Main
- The Three Caballeros
- The True Glory
- The Unseen
- The Valley of Decision
- The Woman in the Window
- They Were Expendable
- This Love of Ours
- Three Is a Family
- To the Shores of Iwo Jima
- Tonight and Every Night
- What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
- White Rhapsody
- Why Girls Leave Home
- Wonder Man
- Your National Gallery
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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