Rich Picks
19371939

Awards & Top Films

1938

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1938 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Top 10 Films of 1938

No top 10 rankings recorded for 1938.

Film

Live-Action Feature

The Citadel
Producer: Victor Saville
OscarNBR
You Can't Take It with You
Producer: Frank Capra
Oscar
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck and Harry Joe Brown
Oscar
Boys Town
Producer: John W. Considine Jr.
Oscar
Four Daughters
Producers: Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke, and First National
Oscar
Grand Illusion
Producers: Frank Rollmer, Albert Pinkovitch, and World Pictures
Oscar
Jezebel
Producers: Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke
Oscar
Pygmalion
Producer: Gabriel Pascal
Oscar
Test Pilot
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Oscar
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Producers: Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke
Oscar

Directing & Editing

Directing

Frank Capra
You Can't Take It with You
Oscar
Michael Curtiz
Angels with Dirty Faces
Oscar
Norman Taurog
Boys Town
Oscar
Michael Curtiz
Four Daughters
Oscar
King Vidor
The Citadel
Oscar

Editing

Ralph Dawson
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Oscar
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Oscar
Barbara McLean
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Oscar
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
Oscar
Tom Held
Test Pilot
Oscar
Tom Held
The Great Waltz
Oscar
Gene Havlick
You Can't Take It with You
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Spencer Tracy
Boys Town
Oscar
Charles Boyer
Algiers
Oscar
James Cagney
Angels with Dirty Faces
Oscar
Leslie Howard
Pygmalion
Oscar
Robert Donat
The Citadel
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Bette Davis
Jezebel
Oscar
Norma Shearer
Marie Antoinette
Oscar
Wendy Hiller
Pygmalion
Oscar
Margaret Sullavan
Three Comrades
Oscar
Fay Bainter
White Banners
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

Walter Brennan
Kentucky
Oscar
Gene Lockhart
Algiers
Oscar
John Garfield
Four Daughters
Oscar
Basil Rathbone
If I Were King
Oscar
Robert Morley
Marie Antoinette
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Fay Bainter
Jezebel
Oscar
Billie Burke
Merrily We Live
Oscar
Beulah Bondi
Of Human Hearts
Oscar
Miliza Korjus
The Great Waltz
Oscar
Spring Byington
You Can't Take It with You
Oscar

Visual

Cinematography

Joseph Ruttenberg
The Great Waltz
Oscar
James Wong Howe
Algiers
Oscar
Ernest Miller and Harry J. Wild
Army Girl
Oscar
Ernest Haller
Jezebel
Oscar
Joseph Valentine
Mad About Music
Oscar
Norbert Brodine
Merrily We Live
Oscar
Peverell Marley
Suez
Oscar
Victor Milner
The Buccaneer
Oscar
Leon Shamroy
The Young in Heart
Oscar
Robert De Grasse
Vivacious Lady
Oscar
Joseph Walker
You Can't Take It with You
Oscar

Art Direction

Carl Jules Weyl
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Production design: Carl Jules Weyl
Oscar
Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Production design: Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven
Oscar
Alexander Toluboff
Algiers
Production design: Alexander Toluboff
Oscar
Van Nest Polglase
Carefree
Production design: Van Nest Polglase
Oscar
Lionel Banks and Stephen Goosson
Holiday
Production design: Lionel Banks and Stephen Goosson
Oscar
John B. Goodman and Hans Dreier
If I Were King
Production design: John B. Goodman and Hans Dreier
Oscar
Jack Otterson
Mad About Music
Production design: Jack Otterson
Oscar
Cedric Gibbons
Marie Antoinette
Production design: Cedric Gibbons
Oscar
Charles D. Hall
Merrily We Live
Production design: Charles D. Hall
Oscar
Lyle R. Wheeler
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Production design: Lyle R. Wheeler
Oscar
Richard Day
The Goldwyn Follies
Production design: Richard Day
Oscar