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Awards & Top Films

1941

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1941 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Top 10 Films of 1941

No top 10 rankings recorded for 1941.

Film

Live-Action Feature

Citizen Kane
Producer: Orson Welles
OscarNBR
How Green Was My Valley
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Oscar
Blossoms in the Dust
Producer: Irving Asher
Oscar
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Producer: Everett Riskin
Oscar
Hold Back the Dawn
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Oscar
One Foot in Heaven
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Oscar
Sergeant York
Producers: Hal B. Wallis and Jesse L. Lasky
Oscar
Suspicion
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Oscar
The Little Foxes
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Oscar
The Maltese Falcon
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Oscar

Directing & Editing

Directing

John Ford
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar
Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
Oscar
Alexander Hall
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Oscar
Howard Hawks
Sergeant York
Oscar
William Wyler
The Little Foxes
Oscar

Editing

William Holmes
Sergeant York
Oscar
Robert Wise
Citizen Kane
Oscar
Harold F. Kress
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oscar
James B. Clark
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar
Daniel Mandell
The Little Foxes
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Oscar
Walter Huston
All That Money Can Buy
Oscar
Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
Oscar
Robert Montgomery
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Oscar
Cary Grant
Penny Serenade
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Joan Fontaine
Suspicion
Oscar
Barbara Stanwyck
Ball of Fire
Oscar
Greer Garson
Blossoms in the Dust
Oscar
Olivia de Havilland
Hold Back the Dawn
Oscar
Bette Davis
The Little Foxes
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

Donald Crisp
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar
James Gleason
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Oscar
Walter Brennan
Sergeant York
Oscar
Charles Coburn
The Devil and Miss Jones
Oscar
Sydney Greenstreet
The Maltese Falcon
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Mary Astor
The Great Lie
Oscar
Sara Allgood
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar
Margaret Wycherly
Sergeant York
Oscar
Patricia Collinge
The Little Foxes
Oscar
Teresa Wright
The Little Foxes
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz
Citizen Kane
Oscar
John Huston, Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, and Howard Koch
Sergeant York
Oscar
Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Oscar
Norman Krasna
The Devil and Miss Jones
Oscar
Paul Jarrico
Tom, Dick and Harry
Oscar

Visual

Cinematography

Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan
Blood and Sand
Oscar
Arthur Miller
How Green Was My Valley
Oscar
Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, and William Snyder
Aloma of the South Seas
Oscar
William V. Skall and Leonard Smith
Billy the Kid
Oscar
W. Howard Greene and Karl Freund
Blossoms in the Dust
Oscar
Gregg Toland
Citizen Kane
Oscar
Bert Glennon
Dive Bomber
Oscar
Joseph Ruttenberg
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oscar
Joseph Walker
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Oscar
Leo Tover
Hold Back the Dawn
Oscar
Ray Rennahan and Harry Hallenberger
Louisiana Purchase
Oscar
Sol Polito
Sergeant York
Oscar
Edward Cronjager
Sun Valley Serenade
Oscar
Charles Lang
Sundown
Oscar
Rudolph Maté
That Hamilton Woman
Oscar
Karl Freund
The Chocolate Soldier
Oscar

Art Direction

Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Urie McCleary
Blossoms in the Dust
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Urie McCleary
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Nathan H. Juran
How Green Was My Valley
Production design: Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Nathan H. Juran
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Joseph C. Wright
Blood and Sand
Production design: Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Art Direction: Richard Day, and Joseph C. Wright
Oscar
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera, and Van Nest Polglase
Citizen Kane
Production design: Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera, and Van Nest Polglase
Oscar
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and Robert Usher
Hold Back the Dawn
Production design: Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and Robert Usher
Oscar
Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
Ladies in Retirement
Production design: Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
Oscar
Art Direction: Raoul Pene Du Bois and Interior Decoration: Stephen Seymour
Louisiana Purchase
Production design: Art Direction: Raoul Pene Du Bois and Interior Decoration: Stephen Seymour
Oscar
Art Direction: John Hughes and Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean
Sergeant York
Production design: Art Direction: John Hughes and Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean
Oscar
N/A
Sis Hopkins
Production design: N/A
Oscar
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
Sundown
Production design: Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Julia Heron and Art Direction: Vincent Korda
That Hamilton Woman
Production design: Interior Decoration: Julia Heron and Art Direction: Vincent Korda
Oscar
Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Jack Otterson, and Art Direction: Martin Obzina
The Flame of New Orleans
Production design: Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Jack Otterson, and Art Direction: Martin Obzina
Oscar
Art Direction: Stephen Goosson and Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
The Little Foxes
Production design: Art Direction: Stephen Goosson and Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Oscar
Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze and Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Son of Monte Cristo
Production design: Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze and Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Randall Duell
When Ladies Meet
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Randall Duell
Oscar

Effects

Gordon Jennings, Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop, and Photographic Effects Farciot Edouart
I Wanted Wings
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen and Sound Effects: Edmund H. Hansen
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Oscar
Gordon Jennings, Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart, and Sound Effects: Louis Mesenkop
Aloma of the South Seas
Oscar
Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson and Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin
Dive Bomber
Oscar
Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie and Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer
Flight Command
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Lawrence W. Butler and Sound Effects: William H. Wilmarth
That Hamilton Woman
Oscar
Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton and Sound Effects: John Hall
The Invisible Woman
Oscar
Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson and Photographic Effects: Byron Haskin
The Sea Wolf
Oscar
Photographic Effects: Roy Seawright and Sound Effects: Elmer Raguse
Topper Returns
Oscar
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Oscar