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1940 (13th Annual Awards)
Nomination Statistics by Film

Listed below are statistics for the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1940. In the chart, the term “Top Six” refers to the number of nominations or wins in the top six award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Directing). TheWinner marker symbol appears next to those films that ultimately won at least one award. Click on the name of a film in the list to display more information about that film. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nomination statistics for that year.

  Nominations  Wins
Film Title Top Six Total Top Six Total
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
 1 2 0 0
All This, and Heaven Too
 2 3 0 0
Angels over Broadway
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerArise, My Love
 0 4 0 1
Arizona
 0 2 0 0
Behind the News
 0 1 0 0
Bitter Sweet
 0 2 0 0
The Blue Bird
 0 2 0 0
Boom Town
 0 2 0 0
The Boys from Syracuse
 0 2 0 0
Captain Caution
 0 1 0 0
Comrade X
 0 1 0 0
The Dark Command
 0 2 0 0
Dr. Cyclops
 0 1 0 0
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
 0 1 0 0
Down Argentine Way
 0 3 0 0
Edison, the Man
 0 1 0 0
Eyes of the Navy
 0 1 0 0
The Fight for Life
 0 1 0 0
Foreign Correspondent
 2 6 0 0
Winner markerThe Grapes of Wrath
 4 7 2 2
The Great Dictator
 3 5 0 0
Winner markerThe Great McGinty
 0 1 0 1
Hit Parade of 1941
 0 2 0 0
The House of the Seven Gables
 0 1 0 0
The Howards of Virginia
 0 2 0 0
The Invisible Man Returns
 0 1 0 0
Irene
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerKitty Foyle
 3 5 1 1
The Letter
 4 7 0 0
Lillian Russell
 0 1 0 0
London Can Take It
 0 1 0 0
The Long Voyage Home
 1 6 0 0
The Mark of Zorro
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerThe Milky Way
 0 1 0 1
More About Nostradamus
 0 1 0 0
Music in My Heart
 0 1 0 0
My Favorite Wife
 0 3 0 0
My Son, My Son!
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerNorth West Mounted Police
 0 5 0 1
Northwest Passage
 0 1 0 0
One Million B.C.
 0 2 0 0
Our Town
 2 6 0 0
Winner markerThe Philadelphia Story
 5 6 1 2
Winner markerPinocchio
 0 2 0 2
Winner markerPride and Prejudice
 0 1 0 1
Primrose Path
 1 1 0 0
Puss Gets the Boot
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerQuicker ’n a Wink
 0 1 0 1
Winner markerRebecca
 5 11 1 2
Rhythm on the River
 0 1 0 0
The Sea Hawk
 0 4 0 0
Second Chorus
 0 2 0 0
Service with the Colors
 0 1 0 0
Siege
 0 1 0 0
Spring Parade
 0 4 0 0
Winner markerStrike Up the Band
 0 3 0 1
Swiss Family Robinson
 0 1 0 0
Winner markerTeddy, the Rough Rider
 0 1 0 1
They Knew What They Wanted
 1 1 0 0
Winner markerThe Thief of Bagdad
 0 4 0 3
Winner markerTin Pan Alley
 0 1 0 1
Too Many Husbands
 0 1 0 0
Typhoon
 0 1 0 0
Waterloo Bridge
 0 2 0 0
Winner markerThe Westerner
 1 3 1 1
A Wild Hare
 0 1 0 0
Women in War
 0 1 0 0
You’ll Find Out
 0 1 0 0
Winning Films: 16 35 158 6 22
Total Films: 69