Outstanding Production

• Cimarron
• East Lynne
• The Front Page
• Skippy
• Trader Horn

Best Actor

• Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul
• Jackie Cooper, Skippy
• Richard Dix, Cimarron
• Fredric March, The Royal Family of Broadway
• Adolphe Menjou, The Front Page

Best Actress

• Marlene Dietrich, Morocco
• Marie Dressler, Min and Bill
• Irene Dunne, Cimarron
• Ann Harding, Holiday
• Norma Shearer, A Free Soul

Directing

• Clarence Brown, A Free Soul
• Lewis Milestone, The Front Page
• Wesley Ruggles, Cimarron
• Norman Taurog, Skippy
• Josef Von Sternberg, Morocco

Writing

• Adaptation
  • Howard Estabrook, Cimarron
  • Francis Faragoh and Robert N. Lee, Little Caesar
  • Horace Jackson, Holiday
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz, Skippy
  • Seton Miller and Fred Niblo, Jr., The Criminal Code
• Original Story
  • John Bright and Kubec Glasmon, The Public Enemy
  • Rowland Brown, The Doorway to Hell
  • Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart, Laughter
  • Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson, Smart Money
  • John Monk Saunders, The Dawn Patrol

Cinematography

• Edward Cronjager, Cimarron
• Floyd Crosby, Tabu
• Lee Garmes, Morocco
• Charles Lang, The Right to Love
• Barney ,Chick, McGill - Svengali

Art Direction

• Richard Day, Whoopee!
• Hans Dreier, Morocco
• Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras, Just Imagine
• Anton Grot, Svengali
• Max Ree, Cimmaron

Sound Recording

• MGM Studio Sound Department
• Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
• Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound

Facts:

• Winners Announced: 1931 Oscars were held on November 10, 1931
• Held at: the Sala D'Oro in the Biltmore Hotel
• Host: Lawrence Grant
• Eligibility Year: 1930/1931