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1940 Academy Award for Best Picture Nominees By Reference
List of the nominees/people nominated for the award, honor or distinction of Academy Award for Best Picture in the year 1940; incl. the award winner. Alphabetical, sortable by column.
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Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature, Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama, Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy, Razzie Award for Worst Picture, Academy Award for Best Picture, Razzie Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel More2003, 2004, 2006, 2002, 1946, 1940, 2007, 1943, 1999, 1937, 2001, 1931, 1983, 1990, 1947, 2008, 1998, 1949, 1982, 1950, 1948, 1944, 1942, 1941, 1938 MoreIce Age, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Devil Wears Prada, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Razor's Edge, The Grapes of Wrath, Big Momma's House 2, The Simpsons Movie, Ice Age: The Meltdown, The Song of Bernadette, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, In Old Chicago, Titan A.E., East Lynne, Two of a Kind, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The Thin Red Line, Gentleman's Agreement, The Happening, Alien: Resurrection, Twelve O'Clock High, The Pirate Movie, Road to Perdition, All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives, The Snake Pit, Miracle on 34th Street, Wilson, The Ox-Bow Incident, Heaven Can Wait, The Pied Piper, How Green Was My Valley, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Moulin Rouge!, Horton Hears a Who!, Anastasia, Freddy Got Fingered, Glitter, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Planet of the Apes More - 2
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Directors Guild of America-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Academy Award for Best Picture, Primetime Emmy Award For Best Male Personality Continuing Performance More1960, 1958, 1954, 1944, 1973, 1951, 1941, 1957, 1940, 1945, 1956, 1959Vertigo, Dial M for Murder, Lifeboat, Rear Window, Frenzy, Strangers on a Train, Suspicion, Psycho, Rebecca, Spellbound, The Trouble with Harry, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much More - 3
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role, BAFTA Award for Best Film More1947, 1940, 1952Monsieur Verdoux, The Great Dictator, Limelight - 4
Darryl F. Zanuck
Academy Award for Best Picture, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film More1946, 1940, 1935, 1937, 1963, 1947, 1949, 1962, 1950, 1944, 1941, 1938, 1934, 1933, 1929 MoreThe Razor's Edge, The Grapes of Wrath, Les Misérables, In Old Chicago, The Longest Day, Gentleman's Agreement, Twelve O'Clock High, The Chapman Report, All About Eve, Wilson, How Green Was My Valley, Alexander's Ragtime Band, The House of Rothschild, 42nd Street, Disraeli More - 5
David Hempstead
Academy Award for Best Picture1940Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman -
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David Lewis
Academy Award for Best Picture1939, 1940Dark Victory, All This and Heaven Too - 7
David O. Selznick
Academy Award for Best Picture1940, 1945, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1939, 1935, 1934Rebecca, Spellbound, A Tale of Two Cities, A Star Is Born, Since You Went Away, Gone with the Wind, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, Viva Villa! More - 8 Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film1935, 1938, 1932, 1943, 1940, 1964, 1941, 1955, 1931, 1970, 1965, 1969, 1942, 1934, 1953, 1957, 1972 MoreCaptain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Watch on the Rhine, All This and Heaven Too, Becket, The Maltese Falcon, The Rose Tattoo, Sergeant York, The Letter, Four Daughters, Five Star Final, Anne of the Thousand Days, Casablanca, Kings Row, Flirtation Walk, Come Back, Little Sheba, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Rainmaker, Mary, Queen of Scots More
- 9 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film, Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Award for Best Picture More1975, 1957, 1973, 1958, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1940Clarence Darrow, 12 Angry Men, The Red Pony, Gideon's Trumpet, Gideon's Trumpet, On Golden Pond, The Grapes of Wrath More
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Jack Warner
Academy Award for Best Picture1958, 1940, 1964, 1934, 1942, 1929Auntie Mame, All This and Heaven Too, My Fair Lady, Flirtation Walk, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Disraeli More - 11
John Ford
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Academy Award for Best Picture More1955, 1952, 1953, 1941, 1939, 1959, 1940, 1935, 1956Mister Roberts, The Quiet Man, The Sun Shines Bright, How Green Was My Valley, Stagecoach, The Horse Soldiers, The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Gray Line, The Informer, The Long Voyage Home, Mogambo, The Searchers More - 12
John Huston
BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film, Razzie Award for Worst Director More1952, 1953, 1965, 1988, 1951, 1940, 1975, 1950, 1985, 1963, 1974, 1949, 1986, 1956, 1962, 1941, 1964, 1961, 1948, 1957, 1982 MoreThe African Queen, Moulin Rouge, The Night of the Iguana, The Dead, The Asphalt Jungle, The Magic Bullet, The Man Who Would Be King, The Red Badge of Courage, Prizzi's Honor, The Cardinal, Chinatown, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Moby Dick, Freud: The Secret Passion, Sergeant York, The Maltese Falcon, The Misfits, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Annie More - 13
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Academy Award for Best Director, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay More1951, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1931, 1950, 1948, 1964, 1952, 1940, 1972, 1954All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives, Julius Caesar, Guys and Dolls, Skippy, Cleopatra, 5 Fingers, The Philadelphia Story, Sleuth, The Barefoot Contessa, No Way Out More - 14 BAFTA Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Academy Award for Best Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film, Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role, Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, BAFTA Award for Best British Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Razzie Award for Worst Actor, Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie, Academy Award for Best Director More1948, 1955, 1946, 1970, 1974, 1973, 1958, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1952, 1962, 1969, 1982, 1957, 1939, 1940, 1960, 1965, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1978, 1987, 1956, 1959, 1961 MoreHamlet, Richard III, Henry V, David Copperfield, The Merchant of Venice, Sleuth, The Prince and the Showgirl, Love Among the Ruins, The Jazz Singer, Carrie, Term of Trial, Oh! What a Lovely War, Inchon, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, The Entertainer, Othello, Marathon Man, King Lear, Long Day's Journey Into Night , The Boys from Brazil, The Moon and Sixpence, Brideshead Revisited, A Little Romance, Lost Empires, The Devil's Disciple, Spartacus More
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Academy Award for Best Picture, Razzie Award for Worst Picture, Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy More1936, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1993, 1982, 1983, 1944, 1930, 2004, 1931, 1995, 1932, 1938, 1934, 1937, 1998, 1942, 1943, 1981, 1929, 1949, 1985, 1946, 1940, 1986, 1980, 1950, 1945, 2007, 2003 MoreSan Francisco, Naughty Marietta, The Wizard of Oz, Mutiny on the Bounty, Blossoms in the Dust, Ninotchka, Broadway Melody of 1936, Body of Evidence, The Great Ziegfeld, Inchon, Hercules, Gaslight, The Divorcee, Osama, Trader Horn, Showgirls, Smilin' Through, The Citadel, Libeled Lady, The Big House, The Thin Man, The Good Earth, Romeo and Juliet, Live Flesh, Random Harvest, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Madame Curie, Test Pilot, Tarzan, the Ape Man, Mrs. Miniver, Boys Town, A Tale of Two Cities, The Champ, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, The Broadway Melody, Captains Courageous, Battleground, Rocky IV, Grand Hotel, The Yearling, The Philadelphia Story, Gone with the Wind, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, Viva Villa!, Shanghai Surprise, The Formula, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, King Solomon's Mines, Father of the Bride, Anchors Aweigh, The Human Comedy, Pygmalion, Lars and the Real Girl, Igby Goes Down More -
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Nunnally Johnson
Academy Award for Best Picture, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay More1940, 1956, 1942, 1943The Grapes of Wrath, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Pied Piper, Holy Matrimony More - 17
RKO Pictures
Academy Award for Best Picture1937, 1940, 1933, 1945, 1935, 1946, 1941, 1934, 1947, 1931, 1942, 1939Stage Door, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman, Little Women, The Bells of St. Mary's, Top Hat, It's a Wonderful Life, Alice Adams, Suspicion, The Informer, The Gay Divorcee, The Bishop's Wife, Cimarron, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, Crossfire, The Little Foxes, Love Affair, The Pride of the Yankees More - 18
Sam Wood
Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture1942, 1940, 1943, 1939Kings Row, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Goodbye, Mr. Chips More - 19
Sol Lesser
Academy Award for Best Picture1940Our Town - 20
United Artists
Razzie Award for Worst Picture, Academy Award for Best Picture, Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film, Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama More1981, 1946, 1980, 1939, 1993, 2003, 1940, 1935, 1982, 1983, 1936, 1995, 1937, 1931, 1943, 1933, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1945, 2002, 1985, 1944, 2005 MoreHeaven's Gate, Henry V, Cruising, Stagecoach, Body of Evidence, Bowling for Columbine, Foreign Correspondent, Rebecca, Les Misérables, Inchon, Hercules, Dodsworth, Showgirls, Dead End, Arrowsmith, In Which We Serve, Our Town, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Racket, Alibi, The Front Page, Windows, The House of Rothschild, Tarzan, the Ape Man, Spellbound, No Man's Land, The Great Dictator, Wuthering Heights, A Star Is Born, Of Mice and Men, Rocky IV, Since You Went Away, The Formula, The Long Voyage Home, The Racket, Hotel Rwanda More - 21
Walter Wanger
Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film1963, 1939, 1940, 1964Cleopatra, Stagecoach, Foreign Correspondent - 22 Academy Award for Best Picture, Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy, Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature, Razzie Award for Worst Picture, Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama, Razzie Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel More1939, 1936, 1935, 1999, 2006, 1991, 1938, 1937, 1932, 2004, 1945, 1943, 1940, 1997, 1986, 1948, 1941, 1995, 1987, 1998, 2005, 1994, 2001, 2000, 1933, 2007, 1942, 1934, 1929, 2009 MoreDark Victory, Anthony Adverse, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Captain Blood, You've Got Mail, Happy Feet, Nothing But Trouble, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Life of Emile Zola, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Catwoman, Mildred Pierce, Watch on the Rhine, All This and Heaven Too, Batman & Robin, Cobra, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Lady in the Water, The Last Samurai, The Maltese Falcon, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Who's That Girl?, Under the Cherry Moon, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, L.A. Confidential, Sergeant York, Johnny Belinda, House of Wax, The Specialist, The Letter, The Polar Express, Four Daughters, Driven, On Deadly Ground, The Story of Louis Pasteur, Mystic River, Casablanca, The Iron Giant, Battlefield Earth, 42nd Street, 300, Corpse Bride, A Mighty Wind, Kings Row, Wild Wild West, The Departed, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Here Comes the Navy, Disraeli, The Informant!, The Phantom of the Opera More
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William Wyler
BAFTA Award for Best Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Golden Globe for Best Film Promoting International Understanding More1952, 1959, 1968, 1951, 1961, 1953, 1946, 1949, 1962, 1957, 1939, 1936, 1940, 1956, 1966, 1965, 1958, 1969, 1942, 1947, 1941, 1960 MoreCarrie, Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, Detective Story, The Children's Hour, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress, Friendly Persuasion, Wuthering Heights, Dodsworth, The Letter, The Collector, The Big Country, Mrs. Miniver, The Little Foxes More
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