1944

1. Double Indemnity 2. To Have and Have Not 3. A Canterbury Tale 4. Meet Me in St. Louis 5. Laura 6. Lifeboat 7. Henry V 8. National Velvet 9. Murder, My Sweet 10. The Woman in the Window

11. Hail the Conquering Hero 12. Arsenic and Old Lace  13. The Children Are Watching Us 14. Ivan the Terrible: Part I 15. Ministry of Fear 16. Till We Meet Again 17. Gaslight 18. On Approval 19. Torment 20. Since You Went Away

1. Otto Preminger, Laura 2. Vincent Minnelli,  Meet Me in St. Louis 3. Billy Wilder,  Double Indemnity 4. Sergei M. Eisenstein, Ivan the Terrible: Part I 5. Howard Hawks, To Have and Have Not

6. Laurence Olivier, Henry V 7. Alfred Hitchcock,  Lifeboat 8. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell, A Caterbury Tale 9. Henry Hathaway, Wing and Pray 10. Clarence Brown, National Velvet

1. Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity 2. Laurence Olivier, Henry V 3. Humphrey Bogart, To Have and Have Not 4. Dick Powell,  Murder, My Sweet 5. Alexander Knox, None Shall Escape

6. Clive Brook, On Approval 7. Alexander Knox, Wilson  8. Edward G. Robinson,  The Woman in the Window 9. Nikolay Cherkasov,  Ivan the Terrible: Part I 10. William Bendix, The Hairy Ape

1. Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity 2. Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis 3. Elizabeth Taylor,  National Velvet 4. Lauren Bacall, To Have and Have Not 5. Ingrid Bergman,  Gaslight

6. Celia Johnson, This Happy Breed 7. Gene Tierney, Laura 8. Beatrice Lillie, On Approval 9. Kinuyo Tanaka, Army 10. Claudette Colbert, Since You Went Away

1. Edward G. Robinson, Double Indemnity 2. Clifton Webb, Laura 3. Hume Cronyn, The Seventh Cross 4. William Bendix, Lifeboat 5. Donald Crisp, National Velvet

6. Peter Lorre, Arsenic and Old Lace 7. Harry Davenport, Meet Me in St. Louis 8. Walter Slezak, Lifeboat 9. Sidney Greenstreet, The Mask of Dimitrios 10. Kevin O'Shea, Wing and Prayer

1. Tallulah Bankehead, Lifeboat 2. Anne Revere, National Velvet 3. Ethel Barrymore, None But the Lonely Heart 4. Jessica Tandy, The Seventh Cross 5. Marjorie Main, Meet Me in St. Louis

6. Josephine Hull, Arsenic and Old Lace 7. Claire Trevor, Murder, My Sweet 8. Kay Walsh, This Happy Breed 9. Olive Blakeney, Experiment Perilous 10. Mary Astor, Meet Me in St. Louis

1. Joseph LaShelle, Laura 2. George J. Folsey, Meet Me in St. Louis 3. Lucien Ballard, The Lodger 4. Robert Krasker, Henry V 5. Martin Bodin, Torment

6. Erwin Hillier, A Canterbury Tale 7. Eduard Tisse, Ivan the Terrible: Part I 8. John F. Seitz,  Double Indemnity 9. Leonard Smith, National Velvet 10. Joseph Ruttenberg, Gaslight

1941

1. The Lady Eve 2. Citizen Kane 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Sullivan's Travels 5. Dumbo 6. The Little Foxes 7. The Sea Wolf 8. Hellzapoppin’ 9. The Devil and Daniel Webster 10. The Flame of New Orleans

11. The 47 Ronin 12. Ball of Fire 13. Suspicion 14. Hold Back the Dawn 15. Here Comes Mr. Jordan 16. 49th Parallel 17. How Green Was My Valley 18. Ornamental Hairpin 19. Unfinished Business 20. The Strawberry Blonde

1. Orson Welles, Citizen Kane 2. John Huston, The Maltese Falcon 3. Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels 4. Kenji Mizoguchi, The 47 Ronin 5. William Dieterle, The Devil and Daniel Webster

6. Preston Sturges, The Lady Eve 7. René Clair, The Flame of New Orleans 8. John Ford, How Green Was My Valley 9. William Wyler, The Little Foxes 10. Alfred Hitchcock, Suspicion

1. Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon 2. Edward G. Robinson, The Sea Wolf 3. Joel McCrea, Sullivan's Travels 4. William Powell, Sullivan's Travels 5. William Powell, Citizen Kane

6. Orson Welles, The Devil and Miss Jones 7. Charles Coburn, Ball of Fire 8. Gary Cooper, Love Crazy 9. Cary Grant, Suspicion 10. Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra

1. Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve 2. Joan Fontaine, Suspicion 3. Bette Davis, The Little Foxes 4. Margaret Sullavan, Back Street 5. Joan Crawford, A Woman's Face

6. Viviane Romance, Blind Venus 7. Irene Dunne, Penny Serenade 8. Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire 9. Marlene Dietrich,  The Flame of New Orleans 10. Olivia de Havilland, Hold Back the Dawn

1. Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon 2. Van Heflin, Johnny Eager 3. Herbert Marshall, The Little Foxes 4. Peter Lorre, The Maltese Falcon 5. Walter Huston, The Devil and Daniel Webster

6. Laird Cregar, I Wake Up Screaming 7. Edward Arnold, The Devil and Daniel Webster 8. Joseph Cotten, Citizen Kane 9. Conrad Veidt, A Woman's Face 10. Félix Bressart, Blossoms in the Dust

1. Patricia Collinge, The Little Foxes 2. Mary Astor, The Maltese Falcon 3. Veronica Lake, Sullivan's Travels 4. Theresa Harris, The Flame of New Orleans 5. Beulah Bondi, Penny Serenade

6. Ingrid Bergman, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 7. Rita Hayworth, The Strawberry Blonde 8. Marjorie Rambeau, Tobacco Road 9. Mary Astor, The Great Lie 10. Teresa Wright, The Little Foxes

1. Gregg Toland, Citizen Kane 2. Sol Polito, The Sea Wolf 3. Joseph August, The Devil and Daniel Webster 4. Gregg Toland, The Little Foxes 5. Arthur C. Miller, How Green Was My Valley

6. Leo Tover, Hold Back the Dawn 7. Ernest Palmer & Ray Rennahan, Blood and Sand 8. Rudolph Maté, The New Flame of New Orleans 9. Arthur C. Miller,  Tobacco Road 10. Rudolph Maté, The Hamilton Lady