1946 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

85 films were recognised at the 1946 Academy Awards, across 25 categories. 21 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The Lost Weekend, with 4 awards, ahead of National Velvet with 2. The categories below run from Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture), Music (Song) and Music (Scoring of a Musical 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)

Spellbound(1945)
Miklos Rozsa
Winner
A Song to Remember(1945)
Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff
Brewster's Millions(1945)
Lou Forbes
Captain Kidd(1945)
Werner Janssen
Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)
Morton Scott, Dale Butts
G.I. Honeymoon(1945)
Edward J. Kay
Guest in the House(1944)
Werner Janssen
Guest Wife(1945)
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Love Letters(1945)
Victor Young
Objective, Burma!(1945)
Franz Waxman
Paris Underground(1945)
Alexander Tansman
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Robert Emmett Dolan
The Enchanted Cottage(1945)
Roy Webb
The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)
Alfred Newman
The Lost Weekend(1945)
Miklos Rozsa
The Man Who Walked Alone(1945)
Karl Hajos
The Southerner(1945)
Werner Janssen
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
G. I. Joe
The Valley of Decision(1945)
Herbert Stothart
The Woman in the Window(1944)
Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
This Love of Ours(1945)
H. J. Salter

Music (Song)

State Fair(1945)
It Might As Well Be Spring in "State Fair" Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Winner
Anchors Aweigh(1945)
I Fall In Love Too Easily in "Anchors Aweigh" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Belle of the Yukon(1944)
Sleighride In July in "Belle of the Yukon" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Can't Help Singing(1944)
More And More in "Can't Help Singing" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
Earl Carroll Vanities(1945)
Endlessly in "Earl Carroll Vanities" Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
Here Come the Waves(1944)
Accentuate The Positive in "Here Come the Waves" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Love Letters(1945)
Love Letters in "Love Letters" Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Eddie Heyman
San Antonio(1945)
Some Sunday Morning in "San Antonio" Music by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Sing Your Way Home(1945)
I'll Buy That Dream in "Sing Your Way Home" Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Aren't You Glad You're You? in "The Bells of St. Mary's" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
Linda in "G. I. Joe" Music and Lyrics by Ann Ronell
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
G. I. Joe
Tonight and Every Night(1945)
Anywhere in "Tonight and Every Night" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Why Girls Leave Home(1945)
The Cat And The Canary in "Why Girls Leave Home" Music by Jay Livingston; Lyrics by Ray Evans
Wonder Man(1945)
So In Love in "Wonder Man" Music by David Rose; Lyrics by Leo Robin

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Anchors Aweigh(1945)
Georgie Stoll
Winner
Belle of the Yukon(1944)
Arthur Lange
Can't Help Singing(1944)
Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter
Hitchhike to Happiness(1945)
Morton Scott
Incendiary Blonde(1945)
Robert Emmett Dolan
Rhapsody in Blue(1945)
Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
State Fair(1945)
Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
Sunbonnet Sue(1945)
Edward J. Kay
The Three Caballeros(1944)
Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
Tonight and Every Night(1945)
Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
Why Girls Leave Home(1945)
Walter Greene
Wonder Man(1945)
Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes

Sound Recording

The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Winner
3 Is a Family(1944)
RCA Sound, W. V. Wolfe, Sound Director
A Song to Remember(1945)
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)
Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Lady on a Train(1945)
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Rhapsody in Blue(1945)
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
The Southerner(1945)
General Service, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
The Three Caballeros(1944)
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
The Unseen(1945)
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
They Were Expendable(1945)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Wonder Man(1945)
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director

Short Subject (Cartoon)

Quiet Please!(1945)
Frederick Quimby, Producer
Winner
Donald's Crime(1945)
Walt Disney, Producer
Jasper and the Beanstalk(1945)
George Pal, Producer
Life with Feathers(1945)
Eddie Selzer, Producer
Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life(1945)
Paul Terry, Producer
Rippling Romance(1945)
Screen Gems
The Poet & Peasant(1945)
Walter Lantz, Producer

Actor in a Supporting Role

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn(1945)
James Dunn
Winner
A Medal for Benny(1945)
J. Carrol Naish
Spellbound(1945)
Michael Chekhov
The Corn Is Green(1945)
John Dall
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
Robert Mitchum
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
G. I. Joe

Short Subject (One-reel)

Stairway to Light(1945)
Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
Winner
Along the Rainbow Trail(1946)
Edmund Reek, Producer
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary(1945)
Ralph Staub, Producer
Story of a Dog(1945)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
White Rhapsody(1945)
Grantland Rice, Producer
Your National Gallery(1945)
Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead, Producers

Writing (Screenplay)

The Lost Weekend(1945)
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Winner
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn(1945)
Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Ranald MacDougall
Pride of the Marines(1945)
Albert Maltz
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
G. I. Joe

Actor

The Lost Weekend(1945)
Ray Milland
Winner
A Song to Remember(1945)
Cornel Wilde
Anchors Aweigh(1945)
Gene Kelly
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Bing Crosby
The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)
Gregory Peck

Actress

Mildred Pierce(1945)
Joan Crawford
Winner
Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
Gene Tierney
Love Letters(1945)
Jennifer Jones
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Ingrid Bergman
The Valley of Decision(1945)
Greer Garson

Actress in a Supporting Role

National Velvet(1944)
Anne Revere
Winner
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Eve Arden
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Ann Blyth
The Corn Is Green(1945)
Joan Lorring
The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)
Angela Lansbury

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Blood on the Sun(1945)
Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields
Winner
Experiment Perilous(1944)
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
Love Letters(1945)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)
Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar

Art Direction (Color)

Frenchman's Creek(1944)
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
Winner
A Thousand and One Nights(1945)
Art Direction: Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Frank Tuttle
Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
National Velvet(1944)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths
San Antonio(1945)
Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy

Best Picture

The Lost Weekend(1945)
Paramount
Winner
Anchors Aweigh(1945)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Warner Bros.
Spellbound(1945)
Selznick International Pictures
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Rainbow Productions

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)
Harry Stradling
Winner
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Ernest Haller
Spellbound(1945)
George Barnes
The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)
Arthur Miller
The Lost Weekend(1945)
John F. Seitz

Cinematography (Color)

Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
Leon Shamroy
Winner
A Song to Remember(1945)
Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey
Anchors Aweigh(1945)
Robert Planck, Charles Boyle
National Velvet(1944)
Leonard Smith
The Spanish Main(1945)
George Barnes

Directing

The Lost Weekend(1945)
Billy Wilder
Winner
National Velvet(1944)
Clarence Brown
Spellbound(1945)
Alfred Hitchcock
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Leo McCarey
The Southerner(1945)
Jean Renoir

Film Editing

National Velvet(1944)
Robert J. Kern
Winner
A Song to Remember(1945)
Charles Nelson
Objective, Burma!(1945)
George Amy
The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)
Harry Marker
The Lost Weekend(1945)
Doane Harrison

Special Effects

Wonder Man(1945)
Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Arthur W. Johns
Winner
A Thousand and One Nights(1945)
Photographic Effects by Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects by Ray Bomba
Captain Eddie(1945)
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen, Sol Halprin; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, Harry Leonard
Spellbound(1945)
Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove
They Were Expendable(1945)
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

The House on 92nd Street(1945)
Charles G. Booth
Winner
A Medal for Benny(1945)
John Steinbeck, Jack Wagner
A Song to Remember(1945)
Ernst Marischka
Objective, Burma!(1945)
Alvah Bessie
The Affairs of Susan(1945)
Thomas Monroe, Laszlo Gorog

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Marie-Louise(1944)
Richard Schweizer
Winner
Dillinger(1945)
Philip Yordan
Music for Millions(1944)
Myles Connolly
Salty O'Rourke(1945)
Milton Holmes
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?(1945)
Harry Kurnitz

Short Subject (Two-reel)

Star in the Night(1945)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Winner
A Gun in His Hand(1945)
Chester Franklin, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round(1945)
Jules White, Producer
The Little Witch(1945)
George Templeton, Producer

Documentary (Short Subject)

Hitler Lives(1945)
Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Winner
Library of Congress(1945)
United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
To the Shores of Iwo Jima(1945)
United States Marine Corps

Documentary (Feature)

The True Glory(1945)
The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
Winner
The Last Bomb(1945)
United States Army Air Force

Special Award

The House I Live In(1945)
Special Award
Winner