1945 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

85 films were recognised at the 1945 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 13 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Going My Way, with 7 awards, ahead of Wilson with 5. The categories below run from Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture), Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) and Music (Song) 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)

Since You Went Away(1944)
Max Steiner
Winner
Address Unknown(1944)
Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
Casanova Brown(1944)
Arthur Lange
Christmas Holiday(1944)
H. J. Salter
Double Indemnity(1944)
Miklos Rozsa
It Happened Tomorrow(1944)
Robert Stolz
Jack London(1943)
Frederic Efrem Rich
Kismet(1944)
Herbert Stothart
None But the Lonely Heart(1944)
Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
Summer Storm(1944)
Karl Hajos
The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)
Max Steiner
The Bridge of San Luis Rey(1944)
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Fighting Seabees(1944)
Walter Scharf, Roy Webb
The Hairy Ape(1944)
Edward Paul, Michel Michelet
The Princess and the Pirate(1944)
David Rose
The Woman of the Town(1943)
Miklos Rozsa
Three Russian Girls(1943)
Franke Harling
Up in Mabel's Room(1944)
Edward Paul
Voice in the Wind(1944)
Michel Michelet
Wilson(1944)
Alfred Newman

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Cover Girl(1944)
Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
Winner
Brazil(1944)
Walter Scharf
Higher and Higher(1943)
C. Bakaleinikoff
Hollywood Canteen(1944)
Ray Heindorf
Irish Eyes Are Smiling(1944)
Alfred Newman
Knickerbocker Holiday(1944)
Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark(1944)
Robert Emmett Dolan
Lady, Let's Dance(1944)
Edward Kay
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
Georgie Stoll
Minstrel Man(1944)
Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
Sensations of 1945(1944)
Mahlon Merrick
Song of the Open Road(1944)
Charles Previn
The Merry Monahans(1944)
H. J. Salter
Up in Arms(1944)
Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes

Music (Song)

Going My Way(1944)
Swinging On A Star in "Going My Way" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Winner
Brazil(1944)
Rio De Janeiro in "Brazil" Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Cover Girl(1944)
Long Ago And Far Away in "Cover Girl" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Follow the Boys(1944)
I'll Walk Alone in "Follow the Boys" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Higher and Higher(1943)
I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night in "Higher and Higher" Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Hollywood Canteen(1944)
Sweet Dreams Sweetheart in "Hollywood Canteen" Music by M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Lady, Let's Dance(1944)
Silver Shadows And Golden Dreams in "Lady, Let's Dance" Music by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
The Trolley Song in "Meet Me in St. Louis" Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Minstrel Man(1944)
Remember Me To Carolina in "Minstrel Man" Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
Song of the Open Road(1944)
Too Much In Love in "Song of the Open Road" Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
Sweet and Low-Down(1944)
I'm Making Believe in "Sweet and Lowdown" Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Up in Arms(1944)
Now I Know in "Up in Arms" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler

Sound Recording

Wilson(1944)
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Winner
Brazil(1944)
Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Casanova Brown(1944)
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Cover Girl(1944)
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Double Indemnity(1944)
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
His Butler's Sister(1943)
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Hollywood Canteen(1944)
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
It Happened Tomorrow(1944)
Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Kismet(1944)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Music in Manhattan(1944)
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Voice in the Wind(1944)
RCA Sound, W. M. Dalgleish, Sound Director

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Laura(1944)
Joseph LaShelle
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
John Seitz
Dragon Seed(1944)
Sidney Wagner
Gaslight(1944)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Going My Way(1944)
Lionel Lindon
Lifeboat(1944)
Glen MacWilliams
Since You Went Away(1944)
Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes
The Uninvited(1944)
Charles Lang
The White Cliffs of Dover(1944)
George Folsey
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1944)
Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Gaslight(1944)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
Winner
Address Unknown(1944)
Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish
Casanova Brown(1944)
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
Laura(1944)
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
No Time for Love(1943)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
Since You Went Away(1944)
Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Step Lively(1944)
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)
Art Direction: John J. Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean

Art Direction (Color)

Wilson(1944)
Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Winner
Cover Girl(1944)
Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
Kismet(1944)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Lady in the Dark(1944)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer
The Climax(1944)
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
The Desert Song(1943)
Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
The Princess and the Pirate(1944)
Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

Short Subject (Cartoon)

Mouse Trouble(1944)
Frederick C. Quimby, Producer
Winner
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street(1944)
George Pal, Producer
Dog, Cat, and Canary(1945)
Screen Gems
Fish Fry(1944)
Walter Lantz, Producer
How to Play Football(1944)
Walt Disney, Producer
My Boy Johnny(1944)
Paul Terry, Producer
Swooner Crooner(1944)
Warner Bros.

Special Effects

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1944)
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
Winner
Days of Glory(1944)
Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
Secret Command(1944)
Photographic Effects by David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright; Sound Effects by Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick
Since You Went Away(1944)
Photographic Effects by John R. Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)
Photographic Effects by Paul Detlefsen, John Crouse; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944)
Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton
Wilson(1944)
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman

Cinematography (Color)

Wilson(1944)
Leon Shamroy
Winner
Cover Girl(1944)
Home in Indiana(1944)
Edward Cronjager
Kismet(1944)
Charles Rosher
Lady in the Dark(1944)
Ray Rennahan
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
George Folsey

Actor

Going My Way(1944)
Bing Crosby
Winner
Gaslight(1944)
Charles Boyer
Going My Way(1944)
Barry Fitzgerald
None But the Lonely Heart(1944)
Cary Grant
Wilson(1944)
Alexander Knox

Actor in a Supporting Role

Going My Way(1944)
Barry Fitzgerald
Winner
Laura(1944)
Clifton Webb
Mr. Skeffington(1944)
Claude Rains
Since You Went Away(1944)
Monty Woolley
The Seventh Cross(1944)
Hume Cronyn

Actress

Gaslight(1944)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
Barbara Stanwyck
Mr. Skeffington(1944)
Bette Davis
Mrs. Parkington(1944)
Greer Garson
Since You Went Away(1944)
Claudette Colbert

Actress in a Supporting Role

None But the Lonely Heart(1944)
Ethel Barrymore
Winner
Dragon Seed(1944)
Aline MacMahon
Gaslight(1944)
Angela Lansbury
Mrs. Parkington(1944)
Agnes Moorehead
Since You Went Away(1944)
Jennifer Jones

Best Picture

Going My Way(1944)
Paramount
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
Paramount
Gaslight(1944)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Since You Went Away(1944)
Selznick International Pictures
Wilson(1944)
20th Century-Fox

Directing

Going My Way(1944)
Leo McCarey
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
Billy Wilder
Laura(1944)
Otto Preminger
Lifeboat(1944)
Alfred Hitchcock
Wilson(1944)
Henry King

Film Editing

Wilson(1944)
Barbara McLean
Winner
Going My Way(1944)
Leroy Stone
Janie(1944)
Owen Marks
None But the Lonely Heart(1944)
Roland Gross
Since You Went Away(1944)
Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom

Short Subject (One-reel)

Who's Who in Animal Land(1944)
Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
Winner
Blue-Grass Gentlemen(1944)
Edmund Reek, Producer
Jammin' the Blues(1944)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Movie Pests(1944)
Pete Smith, Producer
Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures(1944)
Ralph Staub, Producer

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

Going My Way(1944)
Leo McCarey
Winner
A Guy Named Joe(1943)
Chandler Sprague, David Boehm
Lifeboat(1944)
John Steinbeck
None Shall Escape(1944)
Alfred Neumann, Joseph Than
The Sullivans(1944)
Edward Doherty, Jules Schermer

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Wilson(1944)
Lamar Trotti
Winner
Hail the Conquering Hero(1944)
Preston Sturges
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek(1943)
Preston Sturges
Two Girls and a Sailor(1944)
Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman
Wing and a Prayer(1944)
Jerome Cady

Writing (Screenplay)

Going My Way(1944)
Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
Gaslight(1944)
John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
Laura(1944)
Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe

Documentary (Short Subject)

With the Marines at Tarawa(1944)
United States Marine Corps
Winner
Hymn of the Nations (Arturo Toscanini)(1944)
United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
Hymn of the Nations (Arturo Toscanini)(1944)
Arturo Toscanini
New Americans(1944)
RKO Radio

Short Subject (Two-reel)

I Won't Play(1944)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Winner
Bombalera(1944)
Louis Harris, Producer
Main Street Today(1944)
Jerry Bresler, Producer; Herbert Moulton, Associate Producer

Documentary (Feature)

The Fighting Lady(1944)
United States Navy
Winner
Resisting Enemy Interrogation(1944)
United States Army Air Force