The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Casablanca (Warner Bros.) |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount) |
| Heaven Can Wait (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| The Human Comedy (MGM) |
| In Which We Serve (Two Cities; United Artists) |
| Madame Curie (MGM) |
| The More the Merrier (Columbia) |
| The Ox-Bow Incident (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| The Song of Bernadette (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Watch on the Rhine (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Actor | Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca |
| Gary Cooper, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine |
| Walter Pidgeon, Madame Curie |
| Mickey Rooney, The Human Comedy |
| Best Actress | Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier |
| Ingrid Bergman, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Joan Fontaine, The Constant Nymph |
| Greer Garson, Madame Curie |
| Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette |
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 Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette Archive Photos |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role | Charles Bickford, The Song of Bernadette |
| Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier |
| J. Carrol Naish, Sahara |
| Claude Rains, Casablanca |
| Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Gladys Cooper, The Song of Bernadette |
| Paulette Goddard, So Proudly We Hail! |
| Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Anne Revere, The Song of Bernadette |
| Lucile Watson, Watch on the Rhine |
| Directing | Clarence Brown, The Human Comedy |
| Michael Curtiz, Casablanca |
| Henry King, The Song of Bernadette |
| Ernst Lubitsch, Heaven Can Wait |
| George Stevens, The More the Merrier |
| Writing | | Original Motion Picture Story | Steve Fisher, Destination Tokyo | | Guy Gilpatric, Action in the North Atlantic | | Gordon McDonell, Shadow of a Doubt | | Frank Ross and Robert Russell, The More the Merrier | | William Saroyan, The Human Comedy | | Original Screenplay | Noel Coward, In Which We Serve | | Lillian Hellman, The North Star | | Norman Krasna, Princess O'Rourke | | Dudley Nichols, Air Force | | Allan Scott, So Proudly We Hail! | | Screenplay | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, Casablanca | | Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross and Robert Russell, The More the Merrier | | Dashiell Hammett, Watch on the Rhine | | Nunnally Johnson, Holy Matrimony | | George Seaton, The Song of Bernadette |
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| Cinematography | | Black-and-White | Arthur Edeson, Casablanca | | Tony Gaudio, Corvette K-225 | | James Wong Howe, The North Star | | James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer and Charles Marshall, Air Force | | Charles Lang, So Proudly We Hail! | | Rudolph Maté, Sahara | | Arthur Miller, The Song of Bernadette | | Joseph Ruttenberg, Madame Curie | | John Seitz, Five Graves to Cairo | | Harry Stradling, The Human Comedy | | Color | Charles G. Clarke and Allen Davey, Hello, Frisco, Hello | | Edward Cronjager, Heaven Can Wait | | George Folsey, Thousands Cheer | | Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene, Phantom of the Opera | | Ray Rennahan, For Whom the Bell Tolls | | Leonard Smith, Lassie Come Home |
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| Art Direction | | Black-and-White | James Basevi and William Darling, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, The Song of Bernadette | | Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark, art direction; Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller, interior decoration, Flight for Freedom | | Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte, art direction; Bertram Granger, interior decoration, Five Graves to Cairo | | Perry Ferguson, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The North Star | | Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, interior decoration, Madame Curie | | Carl Weyl, art direction; George J. Hopkins interior decoration, Mission to Moscow | | Color | James Basevi and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, The Gang's All Here | | Hans Dreier and Haldane Douglas, art direction; Bertram Granger, interior decoration, For Whom the Bell Tolls | | Cedric Gibbons and Daniel Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jacques Mersereau, interior decoration, Thousands Cheer | | Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, Phantom of the Opera | | John Hughes and Lt. John Koenig, art direction; George J. Hopkins, interior decoration, This Is the Army |
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| Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Sahara |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., Madame Curie |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Riding High |
| RCA Sound, So This Is Washington |
| Republic Studio Sound Dept., In Old Oklahoma |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., This Land Is Mine |
| Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., The North Star |
| Sound Service, Inc., Hangmen Also Die |
| Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Song of Bernadette |
| Universal Studio Sound Dept., Phantom of the Opera |
| Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Saludos Amigos |
| Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., This Is the Army |
| Music | | Song | “Black Magic,” Star Spangled Rhythm, Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics | | “A Change of Heart,” Hit Parade of 1943, Jule Styne, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics | | “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe,” Cabin in the Sky, Harold Arlen, music; E. Y. Harburg, lyrics | | “My Shining Hour,” The Sky's the Limit, Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, music | | “Saludos Amigos,” Saludos Amigos, Charles Wolcott, music; Ned Washington, lyrics | | “Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There,” Hers to Hold, Jimmy McHugh, music; Herb Magidson, lyrics | | “They're Either Too Young or Too Old,” Thank Your Lucky Stars, Arthur Schwartz, music; Frank Loesser, lyrics | | “We Mustn't Say Goodbye,” Stage Door Canteen, James Monaco, music; Al Dubin, lyrics | | “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To,” Something to Shout About, Cole Porter, music and lyrics | | “You'll Never Know,” Hello, Frisco, Hello, Harry Warren, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics | | Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | C. Bakaleinikoff and Roy Webb, The Fallen Sparrow | | Philip Boutelje, Hi Diddle Diddle | | Gerard Carbonara, The Kansan | | Aaron Copland, The North Star | | Hanns Eisler, Hangmen Also Die | | Louis Gruenberg and Morris Stoloff, Commandos Strike at Dawn | | Leigh Harline, Johnny Come Lately | | Arthur Lange, Lady of Burlesque | | Alfred Newman, The Song of Bernadette | | Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver G. Wallace, Victory Through Air Power | | Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner, The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | | Walter Scharf, In Old Oklahoma | | Max Steiner, Casablanca | | Herbert Stothart, Madame Curie | | Dimitri Tiomkin, The Moon and Sixpence | | Victor Young, For Whom the Bell Tolls | | Scoring of a Musical Picture | Robert Emmett Dolan, Star Spangled Rhythm | | Leigh Harline, The Sky's the Limit | | Ray Heindorf, This Is the Army | | Alfred Newman, Coney Island | | Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott, Saludos Amigos | | Frederic E. Rich, Stage Door Canteen | | Walter Scharf, Hit Parade of 1943 | | Morris Stoloff, Something to Shout About | | Herbert Stothart, Thousands Cheer | | Edward Ward, Phantom of the Opera |
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| Film Editing | George Amy, Air Force |
| Doane Harrison, Five Graves to Cairo |
| Owen Marks, Casablanca |
| Barbara McLean, The Song of Bernadette |
| Sherman Todd and John Link, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Special Effects | Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; George Dutton, sound, So Proudly We Hail! |
| A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus, photography; Michael Steinore, sound, Stand By for Action |
| Hans Koenekamp and Rex Wimpy, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, Air Force |
| Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman, sound, Crash Dive |
| Clarence Slifer and R. O. Binger, photography; Thomas T. Moulton, sound, The North Star |
| Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Stewart and Roy Granville, sound, Bombardier |
| Short Subjects | | Cartoon | The Dizzy Acrobat (Woody Woodpecker Series) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal) | | The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions; Paramount) | | Greetings, Bait! (Merrie Melodies Series) (Leon Schlesinger, producer; Warner Bros.) | | Imagination (Color Rhapsodies Series) (Dave Fleischer, producer; Columbia) | | Reason and Emotion (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) | | Yankee Doodle Mouse (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM) | | One-Reel | Amphibious Fighters (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Grantland Rice, producer; Paramount) | | Cavalcade of Dance With Veloz and Yolanda (Melody Master Bands Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) | | Champions Carry On (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Reviews Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Hollywood in Uniform (Screen Snapshots Series) (Ralph Staub, producer; Columbia) | | Seeing Hands (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) | | Two-Reel | Heavenly Music (Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, producers; MGM) | | Letter to a Hero (This Is America Series) (Frederic Ullman, Jr., producer; RKO Radio) | | Mardi Gras (Musical Parade Series) (Walter MacEwen, producer; Paramount) | | Women at War (Technicolor Special Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | Children of Mars (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio) | | December 7th (U.S. Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau; U.S. Navy) | | Plan for Destruction (MGM) | | Swedes in America (U.S. War Information Office Overseas Motion Picture Bureau) | | To the People of the United States (Walter Wanger; U.S. Public Health Service) | | Tomorrow We Fly (U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics) | | Youth in Crisis (March of Time Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Feature | Baptism of Fire (Fighting Men's Series) (U.S. Army) | | The Battle of Russia (Special Service Division of the U.S. War Department; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Desert Victory (British Ministry of Information; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Report From the Aleutians (Combat Film Series) (U.S. Army Pictorial Service) | | War Department Report (Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau) | | The following titles were originally announced as Feature nominees, but they did not appear on the final ballot. | | For God and Country (U.S. Army Pictorial Service) | | Silent Village (British Ministry of Information; Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs) | | We've Come a Long Way (Negro Marches On, Inc.) |
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| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Hal B. Wallis |
| Special Award | To George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons |
