Outstanding Production

• Arrowsmith
• Bad Girl
• The Champ
• Five Star Final
• Grand Hotel
• One Hour With You
• Shanghai Express
• The Smiling Lieutenant

Best Actor

• Wallace Beery, The Champ (tie)
• Alfred Lunt, The Guardsman
• Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (tie)

Best Actress

• Marie Dressler, Emma
• Lynn Fontanne, The Guardsman
• Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Directing

• Frank Borzage, Bad Girl
• King Vidor, The Champ
• Josef Von Sternberg, Shanghai Express

Writing

• Adaptation
  • Edwin Burke, Bad Girl
  • Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • Sidney Howard, Arrowsmith
• Original Story
  • Lucien Hubbard, The Star Witness
  • Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, Lady and Gent
  • Frances Marion, The Champ
  • Adela Rogers St. Johns, What Price Hollywood?

Cinematography

• Lee Garmes, Shanghai Express
• Ray June, Arrowsmith
• Karl Struss, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Art Direction

• Richard Day, Arrowsmith
• Lazare Meerson, À Nous la Liberté
• Gordon Wiles, Transatlantic

Sound Recording

• MGM Studio Sound Dept.
• Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept.
• Warner Bros. - First National Studio Sound Dept.

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Flowers and Trees (Silly Symphony Series)
  • It's Got Me Again
  • Mickey's Orphans (Mickey Mouse Series)
• Comedy
  • The Loud Mouth
  • The Music Box (Laurel and Hardy Series)
  • Scratch-As-Catch-Can (Headliner Series)
  • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (Masquers Comedies Series) (This film was originally announced as a nominee, but before the final voting, it was disqualified and replaced by Scratch-As-Catch-Can.)
• Novelty
  • Screen Souvenirs
  • Swing High (Sports Champion Series)
  • Wrestling Swordfish (Cannibals of the Deep Series)

Special Award

• To Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse

Facts:

• Winners Announced: 1932 Oscars were held on November 18, 1932
• Held at: Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel
• Host: Conrad Nagel
• Eligibility Year: August 1, 1931 - July 31, 1932