Oscar winners 1940 – 1949
| Year | Best Picture | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | All the King’s Men | Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives | Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress | Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Men |
| 1948 | Hamlet | John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Laurence Olivier, Hamlet | Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda |
| 1947 | Gentleman’s Agreement | Elia Kazan, Gentleman’s Agreement | Ronald Colman, A Double Life | Loretta Young, The Farmer’s Daughter |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives | Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives | Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend | Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend | Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend | Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Leo McCarey, Going My Way | Bing Crosby, Going My Way | Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight |
| 1943 | Casablanca | Michael Curtiz, Casablanca | Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine | Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver | James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy | Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | John Ford, How Green Was My Valley | Gary Cooper, Sergeant York | Joan Fontaine, Suspicion |
| 1940 | Rebecca | John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath | James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story | Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle |
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