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Library of Congress's National Film Registry: Library of Congress's National Film Registry

1940

Picture:
      Oscar winner "REBECCA"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
"All This, and Heaven Too"
"Foreign Correspondent"
"The Grapes of Wrath"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"The Great Dictator"  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Kitty Foyle"
"The Letter"
"The Long Voyage Home"
"Our Town"
"The Philadelphia Story"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Actor:
      Oscar winner JAMES STEWART for "The Philadelphia Story"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Charles Chaplin for "The Great Dictator"  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Henry Fonda for "The Grapes of Wrath"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Raymond Massey for "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
Laurence Olivier for "Rebecca"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Actress:
      Oscar winner GINGER ROGERS for "Kitty Foyle"
Bette Davis for "The Letter"
Joan Fontaine for "Rebecca"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Katharine Hepburn for "The Philadelphia Story"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Martha Scott for "Our Town"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner WALTER BRENNAN for "The Westerner"
Albert Basserman for "Foreign Correspondent"
William Gargan for "They Knew What They Wanted"
Jack Oakie for "The Great Dictator"  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
James Stephenson for "The Letter"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner JANE DARWELL for "The Grapes of Wrath"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Judith Anderson for "Rebecca"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Ruth Hussey for "The Philadelphia Story"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Barbara O'Neil for "All This, and Heaven Too"
Marjorie Rambeau for "Primrose Path"
Director:
      Oscar winner JOHN FORD for "The Grapes of Wrath"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
George Cukor for "The Philadelphia Story"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Alfred Hitchcock for "Rebecca"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Sam Wood for "Kitty Foyle"
William Wyler for "The Letter"

1941

Picture:
      Oscar winner "HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Blossoms in the Dust"
"Citizen Kane"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
"Hold Back the Dawn"
"The Little Foxes"
"The Maltese Falcon"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
"One Foot in Heaven"
"Sergeant York"
"Suspicion"
Actor:
      Oscar winner GARY COOPER for "Sergeant York"
Cary Grant for "Penny Serenade"
Walter Huston for "All That Money Can Buy"
Robert Montgomery for "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Actress:
      Oscar winner JOAN FONTAINE for "Suspicion"
Bette Davis for "The Little Foxes"
Olivia de Havilland for "Hold Back the Dawn"
Greer Garson for "Blossoms in the Dust"
Barbara Stanwyck for "Ball of Fire"  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner DONALD CRISP for "How Green Was My Valley"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Walter Brennan for "Sergeant York"
Charles Coburn for "The Devil and Miss Jones"
James Gleason for "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
Sydney Greenstreet for "The Maltese Falcon"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner MARY ASTOR for "The Great Lie"
Sara Allgood for "How Green Was My Valley"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Patricia Collinge for "The Little Foxes"
Teresa Wright for "The Little Foxes"
Margaret Wycherly for "Sergeant York"
Director:
      Oscar winner JOHN FORD for "How Green Was My Valley"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Alexander Hall for "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
Howard Hawks for "Sergeant York"
Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
William Wyler for "The Little Foxes"

1942

Picture:
      Oscar winner "MRS. MINIVER"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"The Invaders"
"Kings Row"
"The Magnificent Ambersons"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"The Pied Piper"
"The Pride of the Yankees"
"Random Harvest"
"The Talk of the Town"
"Wake Island"
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Actor:
      Oscar winner JAMES CAGNEY for "Yankee Doodle Dandy"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Ronald Colman for "Random Harvest"
Gary Cooper for "The Pride of the Yankees"
Walter Pidgeon for "Mrs. Miniver"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Monty Woolley for "The Pied Piper"
Actress:
      Oscar winner GREER GARSON for "Mrs. Miniver"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Bette Davis for "Now, Voyager"  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Katharine Hepburn for "Woman of the Year"  AFI's List of the Funniest Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Rosalind Russell for "My Sister Eileen"
Teresa Wright for "The Pride of the Yankees"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner VAN HEFLIN for "Johnny Eager"
William Bendix for "Wake Island"
Walter Huston for "Yankee Doodle Dandy"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Frank Morgan for "Tortilla Flat"
Henry Travers for "Mrs. Miniver"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner TERESA WRIGHT for "Mrs. Miniver"
Gladys Cooper for "Now, Voyager"  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Agnes Moorehead for "The Magnificent Ambersons"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Susan Peters for "Random Harvest"  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Dame May Whitty for "Mrs. Miniver"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Director:
      Oscar winner WILLIAM WYLER for "Mrs. Miniver"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Michael Curtiz for "Yankee Doodle Dandy"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
John Farrow for "Wake Island"
Mervyn LeRoy for "Random Harvest"  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century
Sam Wood for "Kings Row"

1943

Picture:
      Oscar winner "CASABLANCA"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Heaven Can Wait"
"The Human Comedy"
"In Which We Serve"
"Madame Curie"
"The More the Merrier"
"The Ox-Bow Incident"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"The Song of Bernadette"
"Watch on the Rhine"
Actor:
      Oscar winner PAUL LUKAS for "Watch on the Rhine"
Humphrey Bogart for "Casablanca"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Gary Cooper for "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Walter Pidgeon for "Madame Curie"
Mickey Rooney for "The Human Comedy"
Actress:
      Oscar winner JENNIFER JONES for "The Song of Bernadette"
Jean Arthur for "The More the Merrier"
Ingrid Bergman for "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Joan Fontaine for "The Constant Nymph"
Greer Garson for "Madame Curie"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner CHARLES COBURN for "The More the Merrier"
Charles Bickford for "The Song of Bernadette"
J. Carrol Naish for "Sahara"
Claude Rains for "Casablanca"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Akim Tamiroff for "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner KATINA PAXINOU for "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Gladys Cooper for "The Song of Bernadette"
Paulette Goddard for "So Proudly We Hail"
Anne Revere for "The Song of Bernadette"
Lucile Watson for "Watch on the Rhine"
Director:
      Oscar winner MICHAEL CURTIZ for "Casablanca"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Clarence Brown for "The Human Comedy"
Henry King for "The Song of Bernadette"
Ernst Lubitsch for "Heaven Can Wait"
George Stevens for "The More the Merrier"

1944

Picture:
      Oscar winner "GOING MY WAY"
"Double Indemnity"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Gaslight"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
"Since You Went Away"
"Wilson"
Actor:
      Oscar winner BING CROSBY for "Going My Way"
Charles Boyer for "Gaslight"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Barry Fitzgerald for "Going My Way"
Cary Grant for "None But the Lonely Heart"
Alexander Knox for "Wilson"
Actress:
      Oscar winner INGRID BERGMAN for "Gaslight"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Claudette Colbert for "Since You Went Away"
Bette Davis for "Mr. Skeffington"
Greer Garson for "Mrs. Parkington"
Barbara Stanwyck for "Double Indemnity"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner BARRY FITZGERALD for "Going My Way"
Hume Cronyn for "The Seventh Cross"
Claude Rains for "Mr. Skeffington"
Clifton Webb for "Laura"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Monty Woolley for "Since You Went Away"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner ETHEL BARRYMORE for "None But the Lonely Heart"
Jennifer Jones for "Since You Went Away"
Angela Lansbury for "Gaslight"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Aline MacMahon for "Dragon Seed"
Agnes Moorehead for "Mrs. Parkington"
Director:
      Oscar winner LEO MCCAREY for "Going My Way"
Alfred Hitchcock for "Lifeboat"
Henry King for "Wilson"
Otto Preminger for "Laura"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Billy Wilder for "Double Indemnity"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry

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1945

Picture:
      Oscar winner "THE LOST WEEKEND"
"Anchors Aweigh"
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
"Mildred Pierce"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Spellbound"
Actor:
      Oscar winner RAY MILLAND for "The Lost Weekend"
Bing Crosby for "The Bells of St. Mary's"
Gene Kelly for "Anchors Aweigh"
Gregory Peck for "The Keys of the Kingdom"
Cornel Wilde for "A Song to Remember"
Actress:
      Oscar winner JOAN CRAWFORD for "Mildred Pierce"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Ingrid Bergman for "The Bells of St. Mary's"
Greer Garson for "The Valley of Decision"
Jennifer Jones for "Love Letters"
Gene Tierney for "Leave Her to Heaven"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner JAMES DUNN for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Michael Chekhov for "Spellbound"
John Dall for "The Corn Is Green"
Robert Mitchum for "The Story of G.I. Joe"
J. Carrol Naish for "A Medal for Benny"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner ANNE REVERE for "National Velvet"
Eve Arden for "Mildred Pierce"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Ann Blyth for "Mildred Pierce"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Angela Lansbury for "The Picture of Dorian Gray"  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Joan Lorring for "The Corn Is Green"
Director:
      Oscar winner BILLY WILDER for "The Lost Weekend"
Clarence Brown for "National Velvet"
Alfred Hitchcock for "Spellbound"
Leo McCarey for "The Bells of St. Mary's"
Jean Renoir for "The Southerner"

1946

Picture:
      Oscar winner "THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Henry V"
"It's A Wonderful Life"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"The Razor's Edge"
"The Yearling"
Actor:
      Oscar winner FREDRIC MARCH for "The Best Years of Our Lives"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Laurence Olivier for "Henry V"
Larry Parks for "The Jolson Story"
Gregory Peck for "The Yearling"
James Stewart for "It's A Wonderful Life"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Actress:
      Oscar winner OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND for "To Each His Own"
Celia Johnson for "Brief Encounter"
Jennifer Jones for "Duel in the Sun"
Rosalind Russell for "Sister Kenny"
Jane Wyman for "The Yearling"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner HAROLD RUSSELL for "The Best Years of Our Lives"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Charles Coburn for "The Green Years"
William Demarest for "The Jolson Story"
Claude Rains for "Notorious"  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films
Clifton Webb for "The Razor's Edge"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner ANNE BAXTER for "The Razor's Edge"
Ethel Barrymore for "The Spiral Staircase"
Lillian Gish for "Duel in the Sun"
Flora Robson for "Saratoga Trunk"
Gale Sondergaard for "Anna and the King of Siam"
Director:
      Oscar winner WILLIAM WYLER for "The Best Years of Our Lives"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Clarence Brown for "The Yearling"
Frank Capra for "It's A Wonderful Life"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of the Passion Films of the 20th Century  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
David Lean for "Brief Encounter"
Robert Siodmak for "The Killers"

1947

Picture:
      Oscar winner "GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT"
"The Bishop's Wife"
"Crossfire"
"Great Expectations"
"Miracle on 34th Street"
Actor:
      Oscar winner RONALD COLMAN for "A Double Life"
John Garfield for "Body and Soul"
Gregory Peck for "Gentleman's Agreement"
William Powell for "Life With Father"
Michael Redgrave for "Mourning Becomes Electra"
Actress:
      Oscar winner LORETTA YOUNG for "The Farmer's Daughter"
Joan Crawford for "Possessed"
Susan Hayward for "Smash Up - The Story of a Woman"
Dorothy McGuire for "Gentleman's Agreement"
Rosalind Russell for "Mourning Becomes Electra"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner EDMUND GWENN for "Miracle on 34th Street"
Charles Bickford for "The Farmer's Daughter"
Thomas Gomez for "Ride the Pink Horse"
Robert Ryan for "Crossfire"
Richard Widmark for "Kiss of Death"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner CELESTE HOLM for "Gentleman's Agreement"
Ethel Barrymore for "The Paradine Case"
Gloria Grahame for "Crossfire"
Marjorie Main for "The Egg and I"
Anne Revere for "Gentleman's Agreement"
Director:
      Oscar winner ELIA KAZAN for "Gentleman's Agreement"
George Cukor for "A Double Life"
Edward Dmytryk for "Crossfire"
Henry Koster for "The Bishop's Wife"
David Lean for "Great Expectations"

1948

Picture:
      Oscar winner "HAMLET"
"Johnny Belinda"
"The Red Shoes"
"The Snake Pit"
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Actor:
      Oscar winner LAURENCE OLIVIER for "Hamlet"
Lew Ayres for "Johnny Belinda"
Montgomery Clift for "The Search"
Dan Dailey for "When My Baby Smiles at Me"
Clifton Webb for "Sitting Pretty"
Actress:
      Oscar winner JANE WYMAN for "Johnny Belinda"
Ingrid Bergman for "Joan of Arc"
Olivia de Havilland for "The Snake Pit"
Irene Dunne for "I Remember Mama"
Barbara Stanwyck for "Sorry, Wrong Number"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner WALTER HUSTON for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Charles Bickford for "Johnny Belinda"
Jose Ferrer for "Joan of Arc"
Oscar Homolka for "I Remember Mama"
Cecil Kellaway for "The Luck of the Irish"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner CLAIRE TREVOR for "Key Largo"
Barbara Bel Geddes for "I Remember Mama"
Ellen Corby for "I Remember Mama"
Agnes Moorehead for "Johnny Belinda"
Jean Simmons for "Hamlet"
Director:
      Oscar winner JOHN HUSTON for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"  AFI's List of the Best Films of the 20th Century  AFI's List of Thrilling Films  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Anatole Litvak for "The Snake Pit"
Jean Negulesco for "Johnny Belinda"
Laurence Olivier for "Hamlet"
Fred Zinnemann for "The Search"

1949

Picture:
      Oscar winner "ALL THE KING'S MEN"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"Battleground"
"The Heiress"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
"A Letter to Three Wives"
"Twelve O'Clock High"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Actor:
      Oscar winner BRODERICK CRAWFORD for "All the King's Men"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Kirk Douglas for "Champion"
Gregory Peck for "Twelve O'Clock High"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Richard Todd for "The Hasty Heart"
John Wayne for "Sands of Iwo Jima"
Actress:
      Oscar winner OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND for "The Heiress"
Jeanne Crain for "Pinky"
Susan Hayward for "My Foolish Heart"
Deborah Kerr for "Edward, My Son"
Loretta Young for "Come to the Stable"
Supporting Actor:
      Oscar winner DEAN JAGGER for "Twelve O'Clock High"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
John Ireland for "All the King's Men"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Arthur Kennedy for "Champion"
Ralph Richardson for "The Heiress"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
James Whitmore for "Battleground"
Supporting Actress:
      Oscar winner MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE for "All the King's Men"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Ethel Barrymore for "Pinky"
Celeste Holm for "Come to the Stable"
Elsa Lanchester for "Come to the Stable"
Ethel Waters for "Pinky"
Director:
      Oscar winner JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ for "A Letter to Three Wives"
Carol Reed for "The Fallen Idol"
Robert Rossen for "All the King's Men"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry
William A. Wellman for "Battleground"
William Wyler for "The Heiress"  Library of Congress's National Film Registry

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