| Leo McCarey – Going My Way*Billy Wilder – Double Indemnity*Otto Preminger – Laura*Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat *Henry King – Wilson |
| Bing Crosby – Going My Way as Father Chuck O'Malley*Charles Boyer – Gaslight as Gregory Anton/Sergius Bauer*Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way as Father Fitzgibbon*Cary Grant – None but the Lonely Heart as Ernie Mott*Alexander Knox – Wilson as Woodrow Wilson | Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight as Paula Alquist Anton*Claudette Colbert – Since You Went Away as Mrs Anne Hilton*Bette Davis – Mr. Skeffington as Frances Beatrice "Fanny" Trellis Skeffington*Greer Garson – Mrs. Parkington as Susie Parkington*Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity as Phyllis Dietrichson |
| Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way as Father Fitzgibbon*Hume Cronyn – The Seventh Cross as Paul Roeder*Claude Rains – Mr. Skeffington as Job Skeffington*Clifton Webb – Laura as Waldo Lydecker*Monty Woolley – Since You Went Away as Colonel William G. Smollett | Ethel Barrymore – None but the Lonely Heart as Ma Mott*Jennifer Jones – Since You Went Away as Jane Deborah Hilton*Angela Lansbury – Gaslight as Nancy Oliver*Aline MacMahon – Dragon Seed as Ling Tan's Wife*Agnes Moorehead – Mrs. Parkington as Baroness Aspasia Conti |
| Wilson – Lamar Trotti*Hail the Conquering Hero – Preston Sturges*The Miracle of Morgan's Creek – Preston Sturges*Two Girls and a Sailor – Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman*Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X – Jerome Cady | Going My Way – Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by Leo McCarey*Double Indemnity – Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder, based on Double Indemnity in Three of a Kind by James M. Cain*Gaslight – John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch, and John Van Druten, based on Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton*Laura – Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera Caspary*Meet Me in St. Louis – Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the novel by Sally Benson |
| Going My Way – Leo McCarey*A Guy Named Joe – David Boehm and Chandler Sprague*Lifeboat – John Steinbeck*None Shall Escape – Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than*The Sullivans – Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer | The Fighting Lady – United States Navy*Resisting Enemy Interrogation – United States Army Air Force |
| With the Marines at Tarawa – United States Marine Corps*Hymn of the Nations – United States Office of War Information, Overseas Motion Picture Bureau*New Americans – RKO Radio | Who's Who in Animal Land – Jerry Fairbanks*Blue Grass Gentlemen – Edmund Reek*Jammin' the Blues – Gordon Hollingshead*Movie Pests – Pete Smith*Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures – Ralph Staub |
| I Won't Play – Gordon Hollingshead*Bombalera – Louis Harris*Main Street Today – Jerry Bresler and Herbert Moulton | Mouse Trouble – Fred Quimby*And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street – George Pal*Dog, Cat and Canary – Raymond Katz*Fish Fry – Walter Lantz*How to Play Football – Walt Disney*My Boy, Johnny – Paul Terry*Swooner Crooner – Edward Selzer |
| Since You Went Away – Max Steiner*Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch*The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner*The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin*Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange*Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter*Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa*The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf and Roy Webb*The Hairy Ape – Edward Paul and Michel Michelet*It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz*Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich*Kismet – Herbert Stothart*None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff*The Princess and the Pirate – David Rose*Summer Storm – Karl Hajos*Three Russian Girls – Franke Harling*Up in Mabel's Room – Edward Paul*Voice in the Wind – Michel Michelet*Wilson – Alfred Newman*The Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa | Cover Girl – Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon*Brazil – Walter Scharf*Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff*Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf*Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman*Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill*Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan*Lady, Let's Dance – Edward Kay*Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll*The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter*Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofé and Leo Erdody*Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick*Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn*Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf and Louis Forbes |
| "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke*"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from Higher and Higher – Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson*"I'll Walk Alone" from Follow the Boys – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn*"I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Lowdown – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon*"Long Ago and Far Away" from Cover Girl – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin*"Now I Know" from Up in Arms – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler*"Remember Me to Carolina" from Minstrel Man – Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster*"Rio de Janeiro" from Brazil – Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington*"Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance – Music by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman*"Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from Hollywood Canteen – Music by M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler*"Too Much in Love" from Song of the Open Road – Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon*"The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis – Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin | Wilson – Edmund H. Hansen*Brazil – Daniel J. Bloomberg*Casanova Brown – Thomas T. Moulton*Cover Girl – John P. Livadary*Double Indemnity – Loren L. Ryder*His Butler's Sister – Bernard B. Brown*Hollywood Canteen – Nathan Levinson*It Happened Tomorrow – Jack Whitney*Kismet – Douglas Shearer*Music in Manhattan – Stephen Dunn*Voice in the Wind – W. M. Dalgleish |
Gaslight – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Paul Huldschinsky and Edwin B. Willis*Address Unknown – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish*The Adventures of Mark Twain – Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean*Casanova Brown – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron*Laura – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little*No Time for Love – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer*Since You Went Away – Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin*Step Lively – Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter*Song of the Open Road – N/A | Wilson – Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little*The Climax – Art Direction: John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb*Cover Girl – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock*The Desert Song – Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy*Kismet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle*Lady in the Dark – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene Du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer*The Princess and the Pirate – Art Direction: Ernst Fegté; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol |
| Laura – Joseph LaShelle*Double Indemnity – John F. Seitz*Dragon Seed – Sidney Wagner*Gaslight – Joseph Ruttenberg*Going My Way – Lionel Lindon*Lifeboat – Glen MacWilliams*Since You Went Away – Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes*Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Robert L. Surtees and Harold Rosson*The Uninvited – Charles Lang*The White Cliffs of Dover – George J. Folsey | Wilson – Leon Shamroy*Cover Girl – Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey*Home in Indiana – Edward Cronjager*Kismet – Charles Rosher*Lady in the Dark – Ray Rennahan*Meet Me in St. Louis – George J. Folsey |
| Wilson – Barbara McLean*Going My Way – Leroy Stone*Janie – Owen Marks*None but the Lonely Heart – Roland Gross*Since You Went Away – Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer*The Adventures of Mark Twain – Photographic Effects: Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson*Days of Glory – Photographic Effects: Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects: James G. Stewart and Roy Granville*Secret Command – Photographic Effects: David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright; Sound Effects: Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick*Since You Went Away – Photographic Effects: John R. Cosgrove; Sound Effects: Arthur Johns*The Story of Dr. Wassell – Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: George Dutton*Wilson – Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen; Sound Effects: Roger Heman Sr. |