Academy Award untuk Film Terbaik
Pemenang dan nominasi > 1940-an

| Tahun | Film | Nomine |
| --- | --- | --- |
1940 (ke-13): 
| 1940 (ke-13) | Rebecca | Selznick International Pictures |
| 1940 (ke-13) | All This, and Heaven Too | Warner Bros. |
| 1940 (ke-13) | Foreign Correspondent | Walter Wanger (rumah produksi) |
| 1940 (ke-13) | The Grapes of Wrath | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1940 (ke-13) | The Great Dictator | Charles Chaplin Productions |
| 1940 (ke-13) | Kitty Foyle | RKO Radio |
| 1940 (ke-13) | The Letter | Warner Bros. |
| 1940 (ke-13) | The Long Voyage Home | Argosy-Wanger |
| 1940 (ke-13) | Our Town | Sol Lesser (rumah produksi) |
| 1940 (ke-13) | The Philadelphia Story | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
1941 (ke-14): 
| 1941 (ke-14) | How Green Was My Valley | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1941 (ke-14) | Blossoms in the Dust | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 (ke-14) | Citizen Kane | Mercury |
| 1941 (ke-14) | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Columbia |
| 1941 (ke-14) | Hold Back the Dawn | Paramount |
| 1941 (ke-14) | The Little Foxes | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 1941 (ke-14) | The Maltese Falcon | Warner Bros. |
| 1941 (ke-14) | One Foot in Heaven | Warner Bros. |
| 1941 (ke-14) | Sergeant York | Warner Bros. |
| 1941 (ke-14) | Suspicion | RKO Radio |
1942 (ke-15): 
| 1942 (ke-15) | Mrs. Miniver | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1942 (ke-15) | The Invaders | Ortus |
| 1942 (ke-15) | Kings Row | Warner Bros. |
| 1942 (ke-15) | The Magnificent Ambersons | Mercury |
| 1942 (ke-15) | The Pied Piper | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1942 (ke-15) | The Pride of the Yankees | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 1942 (ke-15) | Random Harvest | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1942 (ke-15) | The Talk of the Town | Columbia |
| 1942 (ke-15) | Wake Island | Paramount |
| 1942 (ke-15) | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Warner Bros. |
1943 (ke-16): 
| 1943 (ke-16) | Casablanca | Warner Bros. |
| 1943 (ke-16) | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Paramount |
| 1943 (ke-16) | Heaven Can Wait | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1943 (ke-16) | The Human Comedy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1943 (ke-16) | In Which We Serve | Two Cities Films |
| 1943 (ke-16) | Madame Curie | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1943 (ke-16) | The More the Merrier | Columbia |
| 1943 (ke-16) | The Ox-Bow Incident | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1943 (ke-16) | The Song of Bernadette | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1943 (ke-16) | Watch on the Rhine | Warner Bros. |
1944 (ke-17)  : 
| 1944 (ke-17)   | Going My Way | Paramount |
| 1944 (ke-17)   | Double Indemnity | Paramount |
| 1944 (ke-17)   | Gaslight | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1944 (ke-17)   | Since You Went Away | Selznick International Pictures |
| 1944 (ke-17)   | Wilson | 20th Century-Fox |
1945 (ke-18): 
| 1945 (ke-18) | The Lost Weekend | Paramount |
| 1945 (ke-18) | Anchors Aweigh | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1945 (ke-18) | The Bells of St. Mary's | Rainbow Productions |
| 1945 (ke-18) | Mildred Pierce | Warner Bros. |
| 1945 (ke-18) | Spellbound | Selznick International Pictures |
1946 (ke-19): 
| 1946 (ke-19) | The Best Years of Our Lives | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 1946 (ke-19) | Henry V | Two Cities Films |
| 1946 (ke-19) | It's a Wonderful Life | Liberty Films |
| 1946 (ke-19) | The Razor's Edge | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1946 (ke-19) | The Yearling | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
1947 (ke-20): 
| 1947 (ke-20) | Gentleman's Agreement | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1947 (ke-20) | The Bishop's Wife | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 1947 (ke-20) | Crossfire | RKO Radio |
| 1947 (ke-20) | Great Expectations | J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild |
| 1947 (ke-20) | Miracle on 34th Street | 20th Century-Fox |
1948 (ke-21): 
| 1948 (ke-21) | Hamlet | J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films |
| 1948 (ke-21) | Johnny Belinda | Warner Bros. |
| 1948 (ke-21) | The Red Shoes | J. Arthur Rank-Archers |
| 1948 (ke-21) | The Snake Pit | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1948 (ke-21) | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Warner Bros. |
1949 (ke-22): 
| 1949 (ke-22) | All the King's Men | Robert Rossen Productions |
| 1949 (ke-22) | Battleground | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1949 (ke-22) | The Heiress | Paramount |
| 1949 (ke-22) | A Letter to Three Wives | 20th Century-Fox |
| 1949 (ke-22) | Twelve O'Clock High | 20th Century-Fox |