| Best Motion Picture | Best Director |
| Billy Wilder – The Lost Weekend*Leo McCarey – The Bells of St. Mary's*Clarence Brown – National Velvet*Jean Renoir – The Southerner*Alfred Hitchcock – Spellbound |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ray Milland – The Lost Weekend as Don Birnam*Bing Crosby – The Bells of St. Mary's as Father Chuck O'Malley*Gene Kelly – Anchors Aweigh as Joseph "Joe" Brady*Gregory Peck – The Keys of the Kingdom as Father Francis Chisholm*Cornel Wilde – A Song to Remember as Frédéric Chopin | Joan Crawford – Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce Beragon*Ingrid Bergman – The Bells of St. Mary's as Sister Mary Benedict*Greer Garson – The Valley of Decision as Mary Rafferty*Jennifer Jones – Love Letters as Singleton/Victoria Morland*Gene Tierney – Leave Her to Heaven as Ellen Berent Harland |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| James Dunn – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Johnny Nolan*Michael Chekhov – Spellbound as Dr Alexander "Alex" Brulov*John Dall – The Corn Is Green as Morgan Evans*Robert Mitchum – The Story of G.I. Joe as Lt/Cpt. Bill Walker*J. Carrol Naish – A Medal for Benny as Charley Martin | Anne Revere – National Velvet as Mrs Araminty Brown*Eve Arden – Mildred Pierce as Ida Corwin*Ann Blyth – Mildred Pierce as Veda Pierce Forrester*Angela Lansbury – The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sibyl Vane*Joan Lorring – The Corn Is Green as Bessie Watty |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Screenplay |
| Marie-Louise – Richard Schweizer*Dillinger – Philip Yordan*Music for Millions – Myles Connolly*Salty O'Rourke – Milton Holmes*What Next, Corporal Hargrove? – Harry Kurnitz | The Lost Weekend – Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder from The Lost Weekend by Charles R. Jackson*Mildred Pierce – Ranald MacDougall from Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain*Pride of the Marines – Albert Maltz from Al Schmid, Marine by Roger Butterfield*The Story of G.I. Joe – Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore and Philip Stevenson from Brave Men and Here Is Your War by Ernie Pyle*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Frank Davis and Tess Slesinger from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith |
| Best Motion Picture Story | Best Short Subject – Cartoons |
| The House on 92nd Street – Charles G. Booth*The Affairs of Susan – László Görög and Thomas Monroe*A Medal for Benny – John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner*Objective, Burma! – Alvah Bessie*A Song to Remember – Ernst Marischka | Quiet Please!*Donald's Crime*Jasper and the Beanstalk *Life with Feathers*Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life*The Poet and Peasant*Rippling Romance |
| Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short Subject |
| The True Glory*The Last Bomb | Hitler Lives*Library of Congress*To the Shores of Iwo Jima |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel | Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel |
| Stairway to Light – Herbert Moulton and Jerry Bresler*Along the Rainbow Trail – Edmund Reek*Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary – Ralph Staub*Story of a Dog – Gordon Hollingshead*White Rhapsody – Grantland Rice*Your National Gallery – Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead | Star in the Night – Gordon Hollingshead*A Gun in His Hand – Chester Franklin*The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round – Jules White*The Little Witch – George Templeton |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture |
| Spellbound – Miklós Rózsa*The Bells of St. Mary's – Robert Emmett Dolan*Brewster's Millions – Lou Forbes*Captain Kidd – Werner Janssen*The Enchanted Cottage – Roy Webb*Flame of Barbary Coast – Dale Butts and Morton Scott*G. I. Honeymoon – Edward J. Kay*Guest in the House – Werner Janssen*Guest Wife – Daniele Amfitheatrof*The Keys of the Kingdom – Alfred Newman*The Lost Weekend – Miklós Rózsa*Love Letters – Victor Young*The Man Who Walked Alone – Karl Hajos*Objective, Burma! – Franz Waxman*Paris Underground – Alexandre Tansman*A Song to Remember – Miklós Rózsa and Morris Stoloff*The Southerner – Werner Janssen*The Story of G.I. Joe – Louis Applebaum and Ann Ronell*This Love of Ours – H. J. Salter*The Valley of Decision – Herbert Stothart*The Woman in the Window – Hugo Friedhofer and Arthur Lange | Anchors Aweigh – Georgie Stoll*Belle of the Yukon – Arthur Lange*Can't Help Singing – Jerome Kern and H. J. Salter*Hitchhike to Happiness – Morton Scott*Incendiary Blonde – Robert Emmett Dolan*Rhapsody in Blue – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner*State Fair – Charles Henderson and Alfred Newman*Sunbonnet Sue – Edward J. Kay*The Three Caballeros – Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott*Tonight and Every Night – Marlin Skiles and Morris Stoloff*Why Girls Leave Home – Walter Greene*Wonder Man – Lou Forbes and Ray Heindorf |
| Best Original Song | Best Sound Recording |
| "It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II*"Accentuate the Positive" from Here Come the Waves – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer*"Anywhere" from Tonight and Every Night – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn*"Aren't You Glad You're You" from The Bells of St. Mary's – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke*"The Cat and the Canary" from Why Girls Leave Home – Music by Jay Livingston; Lyrics by Ray Evans*"Endlessly" from Earl Carroll Vanities – Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon*"I Fall in Love Too Easily" from Anchors Aweigh – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn*"I'll Buy That Dream" from Sing Your Way Home – Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Herb Magidson*"Linda" from The Story of G.I. Joe – Music and Lyrics by Ann Ronell*"Love Letters" from Love Letters – Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Edward Heyman*"More and More" from Can't Help Singing – Music by Jerome Kern ; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg*"Sleighride in July" from Belle of the Yukon – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke*"So in Love" from Wonder Man – Music by David Rose; Lyrics by Leo Robin*"Some Sunday Morning" from San Antonio – Music by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler | The Bells of St. Mary's – Stephen Dunn*Flame of Barbary Coast – Daniel J. Bloomberg*Lady on a Train – Bernard B. Brown*Leave Her to Heaven – Thomas T. Moulton*Rhapsody in Blue – Nathan Levinson*A Song to Remember – John P. Livadary*The Southerner – Jack Whitney*They Were Expendable – Douglas Shearer*The Three Caballeros – C. O. Slyfield*Three Is a Family – W. V. Wolfe*The Unseen – Loren L. Ryder*Wonder Man – Gordon E. Sawyer |
| Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White | Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color |
| Blood on the Sun – Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields*Experiment Perilous – Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Claude E. Carpenter*The Keys of the Kingdom – Art Direction: James Basevi and William S. Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes*Love Letters – Art Decoration: Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer*The Picture of Dorian Gray – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar and Hugh Hunt | Frenchman's Creek – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer*Leave Her to Heaven – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little*National Velvet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Mildred Griffiths*San Antonio – Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy*A Thousand and One Nights – Art Direction: Stephen Goosson and Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Frank Tuttle |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Best Cinematography, Color |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray – Harry Stradling*The Keys of the Kingdom – Arthur C. Miller*The Lost Weekend – John F. Seitz*Mildred Pierce – Ernest Haller*Spellbound – George Barnes | Leave Her to Heaven – Leon Shamroy*Anchors Aweigh – Robert Planck and Charles P. Boyle*National Velvet – Leonard Smith*A Song to Remember – Tony Gaudio and Allen M. Davey *The Spanish Main – George Barnes |
| Best Film Editing | Best Special Effects |
| National Velvet – Robert J. Kern*The Bells of St. Mary's – Harry Marker*The Lost Weekend – Doane Harrison*Objective, Burma! – George Amy*A Song to Remember – Charles Nelson | Wonder Man – Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton; Sound Effects: Arthur Johns*Captain Eddie – Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen and Sol Halperin; Sound Effects: Roger Heman Sr. and Harry M. Leonard*Spellbound – Photographic Effects: Jack Cosgrove*They Were Expendable – Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and R. A. MacDonald; Sound Effects: Michael Steinore*A Thousand and One Nights – Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects: Ray Bomba |
