1944 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

84 films were recognised at the 1944 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 18 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The Song of Bernadette, with 4 awards, ahead of Casablanca with 3. The categories below run from Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture), Sound Recording and Best Picture to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Alfred Newman
Winner
Casablanca(1942)
Max Steiner
Commandos Strike at Dawn(1942)
Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Victor Young
Hangmen Also Die!(1943)
Hanns Eisler
Hi Diddle Diddle(1943)
Phil Boutelje
In Old Oklahoma(1943)
Walter Scharf
Johnny Come Lately(1943)
Leigh Harline
Lady of Burlesque(1943)
Arthur Lange
Madame Curie(1943)
Herbert Stothart
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday(1943)
Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
The Fallen Sparrow(1943)
Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
The Kansan(1943)
Gerard Carbonara
The Moon and Sixpence(1942)
Dimitri Tiomkin
The North Star(1943)
Aaron Copland
Victory Through Air Power(1943)
Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Oliver G. Wallace

Sound Recording

This Land Is Mine(1943)
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Winner
Hangmen Also Die!(1943)
Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
In Old Oklahoma(1943)
Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Madame Curie(1943)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Phantom of the Opera(1943)
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Riding High(1943)
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Sahara(1943)
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Saludos Amigos(1942)
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
So This Is Washington(1943)
RCA Sound, J. L. Fields, Sound Director
The North Star(1943)
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
This Is the Army(1943)
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director

Best Picture

Casablanca(1942)
Warner Bros.
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Paramount
Heaven Can Wait(1943)
20th Century-Fox
In Which We Serve(1942)
Two Cities
Madame Curie(1943)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Human Comedy(1943)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The More the Merrier(1943)
Columbia
The Ox-Bow Incident(1943)
20th Century-Fox
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
20th Century-Fox
Watch on the Rhine(1943)
Warner Bros.

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Arthur Miller
Winner
Air Force(1943)
James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer, Charles Marshall
Casablanca(1942)
Arthur Edeson
Corvette K-225(1943)
Tony Gaudio
Five Graves to Cairo(1943)
John Seitz
Madame Curie(1943)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Sahara(1943)
So Proudly We Hail(1943)
Charles Lang
The Human Comedy(1943)
Harry Stradling
The North Star(1943)
James Wong Howe

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

This Is the Army(1943)
Ray Heindorf
Winner
Coney Island(1943)
Alfred Newman
Hit Parade of 1943(1943)
Walter Scharf
Phantom of the Opera(1943)
Edward Ward
Saludos Amigos(1942)
Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
Something to Shout About(1943)
Morris Stoloff
Stage Door Canteen(1943)
Frederic E. Rich
Star Spangled Rhythm(1942)
Robert Emmett Dolan
The Sky's the Limit(1943)
Leigh Harline
Thousands Cheer(1943)
Herbert Stothart

Music (Song)

Hello, Frisco, Hello(1943)
You'll Never Know in "Hello, Frisco, Hello" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Winner
Cabin in the Sky(1943)
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe in "Cabin in the Sky" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
Hers to Hold(1943)
Say A Pray'r For The Boys Over There in "Hers to Hold" Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
Hit Parade of 1943(1943)
A Change Of Heart in "Hit Parade of 1943" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Saludos Amigos(1942)
Saludos Amigos in "Saludos Amigos" Music by Charles Wolcott; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Something to Shout About(1943)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To in "Something to Shout About" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Stage Door Canteen(1943)
We Mustn't Say Goodbye in "Stage Door Canteen" Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin
Star Spangled Rhythm(1942)
That Old Black Magic in "Star Spangled Rhythm" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Thank Your Lucky Stars(1943)
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old in "Thank Your Lucky Stars" Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
The Sky's the Limit(1943)
My Shining Hour in "The Sky's the Limit" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Documentary (Short Subject)

December 7th(1943)
United States Navy
Winner
Children of Mars(1943)
RKO Radio
Plan for Destruction(1943)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Swedes in America(1943)
United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
To the People of the United States(1943)
Walter Wanger, Producer
Tomorrow We Fly(1943)
United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Youth in Crisis(1943)
The March of Time

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Winner
Five Graves to Cairo(1943)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
Flight for Freedom(1943)
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller
Madame Curie(1943)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Mission to Moscow(1943)
Art Direction: Carl Weyl; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins
The North Star(1943)
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

Cinematography (Color)

Phantom of the Opera(1943)
Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Ray Rennahan
Heaven Can Wait(1943)
Edward Cronjager
Hello, Frisco, Hello(1943)
Charles G. Clarke, Allen Davey
Lassie Come Home(1943)
Leonard Smith
Thousands Cheer(1943)
George Folsey

Short Subject (Cartoon)

The Yankee Doodle Mouse(1943)
Frederick Quimby, Producer
Winner
500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins(1943)
George Pal, Producer
Greetings Bait(1943)
Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Imagination(1943)
Dave Fleischer, Producer
Reason and Emotion(1943)
Walt Disney, Producer
The Dizzy Acrobat(1943)
Walter Lantz, Producer

Special Effects

Crash Dive(1943)
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman
Winner
Air Force(1943)
Photographic Effects by Hans Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Bombardier(1943)
Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
So Proudly We Hail(1943)
Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton
Stand by for Action(1942)
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore
The North Star(1943)
Photographic Effects by Clarence Slifer, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton

Actor

Watch on the Rhine(1943)
Paul Lukas
Winner
Casablanca(1942)
Humphrey Bogart
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Gary Cooper
Madame Curie(1943)
Walter Pidgeon
The Human Comedy(1943)
Mickey Rooney

Actor in a Supporting Role

The More the Merrier(1943)
Charles Coburn
Winner
Casablanca(1942)
Claude Rains
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Akim Tamiroff
Sahara(1943)
J. Carrol Naish
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Charles Bickford

Actress

The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Jennifer Jones
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Ingrid Bergman
Madame Curie(1943)
Greer Garson
The Constant Nymph(1943)
Joan Fontaine
The More the Merrier(1943)
Jean Arthur

Actress in a Supporting Role

For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Katina Paxinou
Winner
So Proudly We Hail(1943)
Paulette Goddard
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Gladys Cooper
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Anne Revere
Watch on the Rhine(1943)
Lucile Watson

Art Direction (Color)

Phantom of the Opera(1943)
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
The Gang's All Here(1943)
Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
This Is the Army(1943)
Art Direction: John Hughes, Lt. John Koenig; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins
Thousands Cheer(1943)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau

Directing

Casablanca(1942)
Michael Curtiz
Winner
Heaven Can Wait(1943)
Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy(1943)
Clarence Brown
The More the Merrier(1943)
George Stevens
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Henry King

Documentary (Feature)

Desert Victory(1943)
British Ministry of Information
Winner
Baptism of Fire(1943)
United States Army
Report from the Aleutians(1943)
United States Army Pictorial Service
War Department Report(1943)
United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia(1943)
United States Department of War Special Service Division

Film Editing

Air Force(1943)
George Amy
Winner
Casablanca(1942)
Owen Marks
Five Graves to Cairo(1943)
Doane Harrison
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Sherman Todd, John Link
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Barbara McLean

Short Subject (One-reel)

Amphibious Fighters(1943)
Grantland Rice, Producer
Winner
Cavalcade of Dance(1943)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Champions Carry On(1943)
Edmund Reek, Producer
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform(1943)
Ralph Staub, Producer
Seeing Hands(1943)
Pete Smith, Producer

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

The Human Comedy(1943)
William Saroyan
Winner
Action in the North Atlantic(1943)
Guy Gilpatric
Destination Tokyo(1943)
Steve Fisher
Shadow of a Doubt(1943)
Gordon McDonell
The More the Merrier(1943)
Robert Russell, Frank Ross

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Princess O'Rourke(1943)
Norman Krasna
Winner
Air Force(1943)
Dudley Nichols
In Which We Serve(1942)
Noel Coward
So Proudly We Hail(1943)
Allan Scott
The North Star(1943)
Lillian Hellman

Writing (Screenplay)

Casablanca(1942)
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Winner
Holy Matrimony(1943)
Nunnally Johnson
The More the Merrier(1943)
Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
George Seaton
Watch on the Rhine(1943)
Dashiell Hammett

Short Subject (Two-reel)

Heavenly Music(1943)
Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers
Winner
Letter to a Hero(1943)
Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
Mardi Gras(1943)
Walter MacEwen, Producer
Women at War(1943)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer