1940
sigurvegari: Rebecca

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
The Letter
The Grapes of Wrath
All this, and Heaven too
The Great Dictator 8,25/10
Kitty Foyle
The Long Viyage Home
The Philadelphia Story
Our Town
Foreign Corrstspended

1941
sigurvegari: How Green was my Valley 6,5/10. Ég skil bara ekki hvaða akademían var að hugsa þetta ár. Citizen Kane fékk aðeins 1 verðlaun og þau voru fyrir myndatöku :[

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
Citizen Kane 9/10
Blossoms in the Dust
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
Hold Back the Down
Sergeant York
The Little Foxes
One Foot in Heaven
Here comes Mr. Jordan

1942
sigurvegari: Mrs. Miniver

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
Yankee Doodly Dandy
Kings Row
Wake Island
The Pride of the Yankees
Forty-Ninth Parallel
The Talk of the Town
Random Harvest
The Pied Piper
The Magnificent Ambersons


1943
sigurvegari: Casablanca 9,75/10

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
Watch on the Rine
Madame Curie
Heaven can Wait
The Ox-Bow Incident
The More on the Merrier
The Song of Bernadette
The Human Comedy
In wich we Serve
For Whom the Bells Tolls

1944
sigurvegari: Going my Way

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
Gaslight
Wilson
Since you went away
Double Idemnity

1945
sigurvegari: The Lost Weekend

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
Spellbound
The Bell´s of St. Mary´s
Anchors Aweigh
Milfred Pierce

1946
sigurvegari: The Best years of our Lives

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
The Razor´s Edge
Henry V
It´s a Wonderful Life
The Yearling

1947
sigurvegari: Gentlemen´s Agreement

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
Miracle on 34th Street 7,5/10
Great Expections
Crossfire
The Bishop´s Wife

1948
sigurvegari: Hamlet 7,25/10

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
The Sanke Pit
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes

1949
sigurvegari: All the King´s Men

aðrar sem tilnefndar voru:
The Heiress
Twelve´o clock High
Battleground
A Letter to 3 Wifes