| Best Motion Picture | Best Director |
| William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives*David Lean – Brief Encounter*Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life*Robert Siodmak – The Killers*Clarence Brown – The Yearling |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives as Platoon Sergeant Al Stephenson*Laurence Olivier – Henry V as King Henry V of England*Larry Parks – The Jolson Story as Al Jolson*Gregory Peck – The Yearling as Ezra "Penny" Baxter*James Stewart – It's a Wonderful Life as George Bailey | Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own as Miss Josephine "Jody" Norris*Celia Johnson – Brief Encounter as Laura Jesson*Jennifer Jones – Duel in the Sun as Pearl Chavez*Rosalind Russell – Sister Kenny as Elizabeth Kenny*Jane Wyman – The Yearling as Ora Baxter |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Harold Russell – The Best Years of Our Lives as Petty Officer 2nd Class Homer Parrish*Charles Coburn – The Green Years as Alexander Gow*William Demarest – The Jolson Story as Steve Martin*Claude Rains – Notorious as Alexander Sebastian*Clifton Webb – The Razor's Edge as Elliott Templeton | Anne Baxter – The Razor's Edge as Sophie MacDonald*Ethel Barrymore – The Spiral Staircase as Mrs Warren*Lillian Gish – Duel in the Sun as Laura Belle McCanles*Flora Robson – Saratoga Trunk as Angelique Buiton*Gale Sondergaard – Anna and the King of Siam as Lady Thiang |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Screenplay |
| The Seventh Veil – Muriel Box and Sydney Box *The Blue Dahlia – Raymond Chandler *Children of Paradise – Jacques Prévert *Notorious – Ben Hecht*Road to Utopia – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank | The Best Years of Our Lives – Robert E. Sherwood from Glory For Me by MacKinlay Kantor*Anna and the King of Siam – Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings from Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon*Brief Encounter – Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame from Still Life by Noël Coward*The Killers – Anthony Veiller from "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway*Rome, Open City – Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini from a story by Sergio Amidei and Alberto Consiglio |
| Best Motion Picture Story | Best Documentary Short Subject |
| Vacation From Marriage – Clemence Dane*The Dark Mirror – Vladimir Pozner*The Strange Love of Martha Ivers – Jack Patrick*The Stranger – Victor Trivas*To Each His Own – Charles Brackett | Seeds of Destiny*Atomic Power*Life at the Zoo*Paramount News Issue #37*Traffic with the Devil |
| Best Short Subject – Cartoons | Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel |
| The Cat Concerto – Fred Quimby*John Henry and the Inky-Poo – George Pal*Musical Moments from Chopin – Walter Lantz*Squatter's Rights – Walt Disney*Walky Talky Hawky – Edward Selzer | Facing Your Danger – Gordon Hollingshead*Dive-Hi Champs – Jack Eaton*Golden Horses – Edmund Reek*Smart as a Fox – Gordon Hollingshead*Sure Cures – Pete Smith |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| A Boy and His Dog – Gordon Hollingshead*College Queen – George B. Templeton*Hiss and Yell – Jules White*The Luckiest Guy in the World – Jerry Bresler | The Best Years of Our Lives – Hugo Friedhofer*Anna and the King of Siam – Bernard Herrmann*Henry V – William Walton*Humoresque – Franz Waxman*The Killers – Miklós Rózsa |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Best Original Song |
| The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff*Blue Skies – Robert Emmett Dolan*Centennial Summer – Alfred Newman*The Harvey Girls – Lennie Hayton*Night and Day – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner | "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer*"All Through the Day" from Centennial Summer – Music by Jerome Kern ; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II*"I Can't Begin to Tell You" from The Dolly Sisters – Music by James V. Monaco ; Lyrics by Mack Gordon*"Ole Buttermilk Sky" from Canyon Passage – Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Jack Brooks*"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" from Blue Skies – Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin |
| Best Sound Recording | Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White |
| The Jolson Story – John P. Livadary*The Best Years of Our Lives – Gordon E. Sawyer*It's a Wonderful Life – John O. Aalberg | Anna and the King of Siam – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and William S. Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes*Kitty – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer*The Razor's Edge – Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan H. Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox |
| Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| The Yearling – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis*Caesar and Cleopatra – Art Direction and Interior Decoration: John Bryan*Henry V – Art Direction and Interior Decoration: Paul Sheriff and Carmen Dillon | Anna and the King of Siam – Arthur Miller*The Green Years – George J. Folsey |
| Best Cinematography, Color | Best Film Editing |
| The Yearling – Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling*The Jolson Story – Joseph Walker | The Best Years of Our Lives – Daniel Mandell*It's a Wonderful Life – William Hornbeck*The Jolson Story – William Lyon*The Killers – Arthur Hilton*The Yearling – Harold F. Kress |
| Best Special Effects | - |
| Blithe Spirit – Tom Howard*A Stolen Life – William C. McGann; Special Audible Effects: Nathan Levinson | - |
