| Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox - Gentleman's Agreement
- Samuel Goldwyn for RKO Radio Pictures - The Bishop's Wife
- Adrian Scott for RKO Radio Pictures - Crossfire
- Ronald Neame for Universal Studios and General Film Distributors, Ltd. - Great Expectations
- William Perlberg for 20th Century Fox - Miracle on 34th Street
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- Elia Kazan – Gentleman's Agreement
- George Cukor – A Double Life
- Edward Dmytryk – Crossfire
- Henry Koster – The Bishop's Wife
- David Lean – Great Expectations
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Ronald Colman – A Double Life
- John Garfield – Body and Soul
- Gregory Peck – Gentleman's Agreement
- William Powell – Life With Father
- Michael Redgrave – Mourning Becomes Electra
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- Loretta Young – The Farmer's Daughter
- Joan Crawford – Possessed
- Susan Hayward – Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
- Dorothy McGuire – Gentleman's Agreement
- Rosalind Russell – Mourning Becomes Electra
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Edmund Gwenn – Miracle on 34th Street
- Charles Bickford – The Farmer's Daughter
- Thomas Gomez – Ride the Pink Horse
- Robert Ryan – Crossfire
- Richard Widmark – Kiss of Death
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- Celeste Holm – Gentleman's Agreement
- Ethel Barrymore – The Paradine Case
- Gloria Grahame – Crossfire
- Marjorie Main – The Egg and I
- Anne Revere – Gentleman's Agreement
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer – Sidney Sheldon
- Shoeshine – Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola and Cesare Zavattini
- Monsieur Verdoux – Charles Chaplin
- A Double Life – Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
- Body and Soul – Abraham Polonsky
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- Miracle on 34th Street – George Seaton
- Great Expectations – David Lean, Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Boomerang! – Richard Murphy
- Crossfire – John Paxton
- Gentleman's Agreement – Moss Hart
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| Best Story |
Best Animated Short Film |
- Miracle on 34th Street – Valentine Davies
- A Cage of Nightingales – Georges Chaperot and René Wheeler
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue – Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani
- Kiss of Death – Eleazar Lipsky
- Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman – Dorothy Parker and Frank Cavett
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- Tweetie Pie – Edward Selzer
- Chip an' Dale – Walt Disney
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse – Frederick Quimby
- Pluto's Blue Note – Walt Disney
- Tubby the Tuba – George Pal
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- Design for Death
- Journey Into Medicine
- The World Is Rich
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- First Steps
- Passport to Nowhere
- School in the Mailbox
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| Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Goodbye Miss Turlock – Herbert Moulton
- Brooklyn, U.S.A. – Thomas Mead
- Moon Rockets – Jerry Fairbanks
- Now You See It – Pete Smith
- So You Want to Be in Pictures – Gordon Hollingshead
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- Climbing the Matterhorn – Irving Allen
- Champagne for Two – Harry Grey
- Fight of the Wild Stallions – Thomas Mead
- Give Us the Earth – Herbert Morgan
- A Voice Is Born: The Story of Niklos Gafni – Ben Blake
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| Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- A Double Life – Miklos Rozsa
- The Bishop's Wife – Hugo Friedhofer
- Captain from Castile – Alfred Newman
- Forever Amber – David Raksin
- Life With Father – Max Steiner
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- Mother Wore Tights – Alfred Newman
- Song of the South – Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott
- Road to Rio – Robert Emmett Dolan
- Fiesta – Johnny Green
- My Wild Irish Rose – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner
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| Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South – Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyric by Ray Gilbert
- "A Gal in Calico" from The Time, the Place and the Girl – Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyric by Leo Robin
- "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" from The Perils of Pauline – Music and Lyric by Frank Loesser
- "Pass That Peace Pipe" from Good News – Music and Lyric by Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin and Roger Edens
- "You Do" from Mother Wore Tights – Music by Josef Myrow; Lyric by Mack Gordon
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- The Bishop's Wife – Gordon E. Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- Green Dolphin Street – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- T-Men – Jack R. Whitney, Sound Service, Inc.
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| Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- Great Expectations – Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton
- The Foxes of Harrow – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
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- Black Narcissus – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Alfred Junge
- Life With Father – Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
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| Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Great Expectations – Guy Green
- Green Dolphin Street – George Folsey
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir – Charles Lang, Jr.
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- Black Narcissus – Jack Cardiff
- Mother Wore Tights – Harry Jackson
- Life With Father – Peverell Marley and William V. Skall
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- Body and Soul – Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish
- The Bishop's Wife – Monica Collingwood
- Gentleman's Agreement – Harmon Jones
- Odd Man Out – Fergus McDonnell
- Green Dolphin Street – George White
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- Green Dolphin Street – A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer and Michael Steinore
- Unconquered – Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings, Wallace Kelley, Paul Lerpae and George Dutton
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