Oscar Nominations and Winners (1938)
Best Picture
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Boys Town
- The Citadel
- Four Daughters
- Grand Illusion
- Jezebel
- Pygmalion
- Test Pilot
- You Can't Take It With You
Best Director
- Frank Capra (You Can't Take It With You)
- Michael Curtiz (Angels With Dirty Faces)
- Michael Curtiz (Four Daughters)
- Norman Taurog (Boys Town)
- King Vidor (The Citadel)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Charles Boyer (Algiers)
- James Cagney (Angels With Dirty Faces)
- Robert Donat (The Citadel)
- Leslie Howard (Pygmalion)
- Spencer Tracy (Boys Town)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Walter Brennan (Kentucky)
- John Garfield (Four Daughters)
- Gene Lockhart (Algiers)
- Robert Morley (Marie Antoinette)
- Basil Rathbone (If I Were King)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Fay Bainter (White Banners)
- Bette Davis (Jezebel)
- Wendy Hiller (Pygmalion)
- Norma Shearer (Marie Antoinette)
- Margaret Sullavan (Three Comrades)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Fay Bainter (Jezebel)
- Beulah Bondi (Of Human Hearts)
- Billie Burke (Merrily We Live)
- Spring Byington (You Can't Take It With You)
- Miliza Korjus (The Great Waltz)
Best Original Story
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)
- Angels With Dirty Faces (Rowland Brown)
- Blockade (John Howard Lawson)
- Boys Town (Eleanore Griffin and Dore Schary)
- Mad About Music (Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner)
- Test Pilot (Frank Wead)
Best Screenplay
- Boys Town (John Meehan and Dore Schary)
- The Citadel (Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill and Frank Wead)
- Four Daughters (Lenore Coffee and Julius J. Epstein)
- Pygmalion (Writen by George Bernard Shaw. Adapted by Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis and W. P. Lipscomb.)
- You Can't Take It With You (Robert Riskin)
Art Direction
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Algiers
- Carefree
- The Goldwyn Follies
- Holiday
- If I Were King
- Mad About Music
- Marie Antoinette
- Merrily We Live
Cinematography
- Algiers
- Army Girl
- The Buccaneer
- The Great Waltz
- Jezebel
- Mad About Music
- Merrily We Live
- Suez
- Vivacious Lady
- You Can't Take It With You
- The Young in Heart
Film Editing
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- The Great Waltz
- Test Pilot
- You Can't Take It With You
Score
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (Alfred Newman)
- Carefree (Victor Baravalle)
- Girls' School (Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone)
- The Goldwyn Follies (Alfred Newman)
- Jezebel (Max Steiner)
- Mad About Music (Charles Previn and Frank Skinner)
- Storm Over Bengal (Cy Feuer)
- Sweethearts (Herbert Stothart)
- There Goes My Heart (Marvin Hatley)
- Tropic Holiday (Boris Morros)
- The Young in Heart (Franz Waxman)
Original Score
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- Army Girl (Victor Young)
- Block-Heads (Marvin Hatley)
- Blockade (Werner Janssen)
- Breaking the Ice (Victor Young)
- The Cowboy and the Lady (Alfred Newman)
- If I Were King (Richard Hageman)
- Marie Antoinette (Herbert Stothart)
- Pacific Liner (Russell Bennett)
- Suez (Louis Silvers)
- The Young in Heart (Franz Waxman)
Original Song
- "Always and Always" (Mannequin) Music by Edward Ward. Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright.
- "Change Partners" (Carefree) Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
- "The Cowboy and the Lady" (The Cowboy and the Lady) Music by Lionel Newman. Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer.
- "Dust" (Under Western Stars) Music and lyrics by Johnny Marvin.
- "Jeepers Creepers" (Going Places) Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
- "Merrily We Live" (Merrily We Live) Music by Phil Charig. Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer.
- "A Mist Over the Moon" (The Lady Objects) Music by Ben Oakland. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
- "My Own" (That Certain Age) Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Harold Adamson.
- "Now It Can Be Told" (Alexander's Ragtime Band) Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
- "Thanks for the Memory" (The Big Broadcast of 1938) Music by Ralph Rainger. Lyrics by Leo Robin.
Animated Short Film (Cartoons)
- Brave Little Tailor
- Ferdinand the Bull
- Good Scouts
- Hunky and Spunky
- Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Live Action Short Film - One Reel
- The Great Heart
- That Mothers Might Live
- Timber Toppers
Live Action Short Film - Two Reels
- Declaration of Independence
- Swingtime in the Movies
- They're Always Caught
Sound
- Army Girl
- The Cowboy and the Lady
- Four Daughters
- If I Were King
- Merrily We Live
- Suez
- Sweethearts
- That Certain Age
- Vivacious Lady
- You Can't Take It With You