Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Rebecca - David O. Selznick, United Artists
- Best Director: John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath
- Best Actor: James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
- Best Actress: Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan - The Westerner
- Best Supporting Actress: Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
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