Outstanding Motion Picture
- The Invaders
- Kings Row
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Mrs. Miniver
- The Pied Piper
- The Pride of the Yankees
- Random Harvest
- The Talk of the Town
- Wake Island
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Actor
- James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Ronald Colman, Random Harvest
- Gary Cooper, The Pride of the Yankees
- Walter Pidgeon, Mrs. Miniver
- Monty Woolley, The Pied Piper
Best Actress
- Bette Davis, Now, Voyager
- Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
- Katharine Hepburn, Woman of the Year
- Rosalind Russell, My Sister Eileen
- Teresa Wright, The Pride of the Yankees
Actor in a Supporting Role
- William Bendix, Wake Island
- Van Heflin, Johnny Eager
- Walter Huston, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Frank Morgan, Tortilla Flat
- Henry Travers, Mrs. Miniver
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Gladys Cooper, Now, Voyager
- Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons
- Susan Peters, Random Harvest
- Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver
- Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver
Directing
- Michael Curtiz, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- John Farrow, Wake Island
- Mervyn LeRoy, Random Harvest
- Sam Wood, Kings Row
- William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver
Writing
- Original Motion Picture Story
- Irving Berlin, Holiday Inn
- Robert Buckner, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Paul Gallico, The Pride of the Yankees
- Sidney Harmon, The Talk of the Town
- Emeric Pressburger, The Invaders
- Original Screenplay
- W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, Wake Island
- Frank Butler and Don Hartman, Road to Morocco
- Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner, Jr., Woman of the Year
- George Oppenheimer, The War Against Mrs. Hadley
- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- Screenplay
- Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger, The Invaders
- Sidney Buchman and Irwin Shaw, The Talk of the Town
- George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis, Mrs. Miniver
- George Froeschel, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis, Random Harvest
- Herman J. Mankiewicz and Jo Swerling, The Pride of the Yankees
Cinematography
- Black-and-White
- Charles Clarke, Moontide
- Stanley Cortez, The Magnificent Ambersons
- Edward Cronjager, The Pied Piper
- James Wong Howe, Kings Row
- Rudolph Maté, The Pride of the Yankees
- John Mescall, Take a Letter, Darling
- Arthur Miller, This Above All
- Joseph Ruttenberg, Mrs. Miniver
- Leon Shamroy, Ten Gentlemen From West Point
- Ted Tetzlaff, The Talk of the Town
- Color
- Edward Cronjager and William V. Skall, To the Shores of Tripoli
- W. Howard Greene, Jungle Book
- Milton Krasner, William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene, Arabian Knights
- Victor Milner and William V. Skall, Reap the Wild Wind
- Sol Polito, Captains of the Clouds
- Leon Shamroy, The Black Swan
Art Direction
- Black-and-White
- Lionel Banks and Rudolph Sternad, art direction; Fay Babcock, interior decoration, The Talk of the Town
- Ralph Berger, art direction; Emile Kuri, interior decoration, Silver Queen
- Albert S. D'Agostino, art direction; Al Fields and Darrell Silvera, interior decoration, The Magnificent Ambersons
- Richard Day and Joseph Wright, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, This Above All
- Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer, interior decoration, Take a Letter, Darling
- Perry Ferguson, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The Pride of the Yankees
- Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jack Moore, interior decoration, Random Harvest
- John B. Goodman and Jack Otterson, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Boris Leven, art direction and interior decoration, The Shanghai Gesture
- Max Parker and Mark-Lee Kirk, art direction; Casey Roberts, interior decoration, George Washington Slept Here
- Edward R. Robinson, interior decoration, The Spoilers
- Color
- Richard Day and Joseph Wright, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, My Gal Sal
- Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson, art direction; George Sawley, interior decoration, Reap the Wild Wind
- Alexander Golitzen and Jack Otterson, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, Arabian Nights
- Vincent Korda, art direction; Julia Heron, interior decoration, Jungle Book
- Ted Smith, art direction; Casey Roberts, interior decoration, Captains of the Clouds
Sound Recording
- Columbia Studio Sound Dept., You Were Never Lovelier
- MGM Studio Sound Dept., Mrs. Miniver
- Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Road to Morocco
- RCA Sound, The Gold Rush
- Republic Studio Sound Dept., Flying Tigers
- RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Once Upon a Honeymoon
- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., The Pride of the Yankees
- Sound Service, Inc., Friendly Enemies
- Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., This Above All
- Universal Studio Sound Dept., Arabian Nights
- Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Bambi
- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Yankee Doodle Dandy
Music
- Song
- "Always in My Heart", Always in My Heart, Ernesto Lecuona, music; Kim Gannon, lyrics
- "Dearly Beloved", You Were Never Lovelier, Jerome Kern, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
- "How About You?", Babes on Broadway, Burton Lane, music; Ralph Freed, lyrics
- "It Seems I Heard That Song Before", Youth on Parade, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
- "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", Orchestra Wives, Harry Warren, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics
- "Love Is a Song", Bambi, Frank Churchill, music; Larry Morey, lyrics
- "Pennies for Peppino", Flying With Music, Edward Ward, music; Chet Forrest and Bob Wright, lyrics
- "Pig Foot Pete", Hellzapoppin', Gene de Paul, music; Don Raye, lyrics (This song was declared ineligible because it does not appear in Hellzapoppin'. The song did appear in the 1941 film Keep 'Em Flying.)
- "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise", The Mayor of 44th Street, Harry Revel, music; Mort Greene, lyrics
- "White Christmas", Holiday Inn, Irving Berlin, music and lyrics
- Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb, Bambi
- Richard Hageman, The Shanghai Gesture
- Leigh Harline, The Pride of the Yankees
- Werner Heymann, To Be or Not to Be
- Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff, The Talk of the Town
- Edward Kay, Klondike Fury
- Alfred Newman, The Black Swan
- Miklos Rozsa, Jungle Book
- Frank Skinner, Arabian Nights
- Max Steiner, Now, Voyager
- Herbert Stothart, Random Harvest
- Max Terr, The Gold Rush
- Dimitri Tiomkin, The Corsican Brothers
- Roy Webb, I Married a Witch
- Roy Webb, Joan of Paris
- Victor Young, Flying Tigers
- Victor Young, Silver Queen
- Victor Young, Take a Letter, Darling
- Scoring of a Musical Picture
- Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll, For Me and My Gal
- Robert Emmett Dolan, Holiday Inn
- Leigh Harline, You Were Never Lovelier
- Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Alfred Newman, My Gal Sal
- Charles Previn and Hans Salter, It Started With Eve
- Walter Scharf, Johnny Doughboy
- Edward Ward, Flying With Music
Film Editing
- George Amy, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Harold F. Kress, Mrs. Miniver
- Daniel Mandell, The Pride of the Yankees
- Otto Meyer, The Talk of the Town
- Walter Thompson, This Above All
Special Effects
- Lawrence Butler, photography; William H. Wilmarth, sound, Jungle Book
- Jack Cosgrove and Ray Binger, photography; Thomas T. Moulton, sound, The Pride of the Yankees
- Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and William L. Pereira, photography; Louis Mesenkop, sound, Reap the Wild Wind
- John Fulton, photography; Bernard B. Brown, sound, Invisible Agent
- A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe, photography; Douglas Shearer, sound, Mrs. Miniver
- Byron Haskin, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, Desperate Journey
- Howard Lydecker, photography; Daniel J. Bloomberg, sound, Flying Tigers
- Ronald Neame, photography; C. C. Stevens, sound, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman and George Leverett, sound, The Black Swan
- Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Stewart, sound, The Navy Comes Through
Short Subjects
- Cartoon
- All Out for "V" (Terrytoons Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox)
- Blitz Wolf (MGM)
- Der Fuehrer's Face (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
- Juke Box Jamboree (Swing Symphony Series) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal)
- Pigs in a Polka (Blue Ribbon Series) (Leon Schlesinger, producer; Warner Bros.)
- Tulips Shall Grow (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions, Paramount)
- One-Reel
- Desert Wonderland (Magic Carpet Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox)
- Marines in the Making (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
- Speaking of Animals and Their Families (Speaking of Animals Series) (Paramount)
- United States Marine Band (Melody Master Bands Series) (Warner Bros.)
- Two-Reel
- Beyond the Line of Duty (Broadway Brevities Series) (U.S. War Department; Warner Bros.)
- Don't Talk (Crime Doesn't Pay Series) (MGM)
- Private Smith of the U.S.A. (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio)
Documentary
- Africa, Prelude to Victory (March of Time; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- The Battle of Midway (U.S. Navy; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- Combat Report (U.S. Army Signal Corps)
- Conquer by the Clock (America Speaks Series) (U.S. War Information Office; RKO Path)
- The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (Walt Disney, producer; Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs)
- Henry Browne, Farmer (U.S. Department of Agriculture; Republic)
- High Over the Borders (National Film Board of Canada)
- High Stakes in the East (Netherlands Information Bureau; *Netherlands Information Bureau/Service)
- Inside Fighting China (World in Action Series) (National Film Board of Canada; United Artists)
- It's Everybody's War (U.S. War Information Office; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- Kokoda Front Line! (Australian News and Information Bureau)
- Listen to Britain (British Ministry of Information)
- Little Belgium (Belgian Ministry of Information)
- Little Isles of Freedom (Broadway Brevities Series) (Victor *Stoloff and Edgar Loew, producers; Warner Bros.)
- Moscow Strikes Back (Artkino; Republic)
- Mr. Blabbermouth! (U.S. War Information Office; MGM)
- Mr. Gardenia Jones (U.S. War Information Office; MGM)
- The New Spirit (Walt Disney, producer; U.S. Treasury Department)
- Prelude to War (U.S. Army Special Services)
- The Price of Victory (U.S. War Information Office; Paramount)
- A Ship Is Born (U.S. Merchant Marine; Warner Bros.)
- Twenty-One Miles (British Ministry of Information)
- We Refuse to Die (U.S. War Information Office; Paramount)
- White Eagle (Concanen Films)
- Winning Your Wings (U.S. Army Air Force; Warner Bros.)
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Special Awards
- To Charles Boyer for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood motion picture industry
- To Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve
- To MGM for its achievement in representing the American way of life in the production of the Andy Hardy series of films
Facts:
- Winners Announced: March 4, 1943
- Held at: Cocoanut Grove, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California
- Host: Bob Hope
- Eligibility Year: 1942