The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.
| Best Motion Picture | Double Indemnity (Paramount) |
| Gaslight (MGM) |
| Going My Way (Paramount) |
| Since You Went Away (Selznick International Pictures; United Artists) |
| Wilson (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Best Actor | Charles Boyer, Gaslight |
| Bing Crosby, Going My Way |
| Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way |
| Cary Grant, None but the Lonely Heart |
| Alexander Knox, Wilson |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight |
| Claudette Colbert, Since You Went Away |
| Bette Davis, Mr. Skeffington |
| Greer Garson, Mrs. Parkington |
| Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity |
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 Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight Archive Photos |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role | Hume Cronyn, The Seventh Cross |
| Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way |
| Claude Rains, Mr. Skeffington |
| Clifton Webb, Laura |
| Monty Woolley, Since You Went Away |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Ethel Barrymore, None but the Lonely Heart |
| Jennifer Jones, Since You Went Away |
| Angela Lansbury, Gaslight |
| Aline MacMahon, Dragon Seed |
| Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington |
| Directing | Alfred Hitchcock, Lifeboat |
| Henry King, Wilson |
| Leo McCarey, Going My Way |
| Otto Preminger, Laura |
| Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity |
| Writing | | Original Motion Picture Story | David Boehm and Chandler Sprague, A Guy Named Joe | | Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer, The Sullivans | | Leo McCarey, Going My Way | | Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than, None Shall Escape | | John Steinbeck, Lifeboat | | Original Screenplay | Jerome Cady, Wing and a Prayer | | Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman, Two Girls and a Sailor | | Preston Sturges, Hail the Conquering Hero | | Preston Sturges, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | | Lamar Trotti, Wilson | | Screenplay | John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten, Gaslight | | Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finkelhoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis | | Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, Going My Way | | Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity | | Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt, Laura |
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| Cinematography | | Black-and-White | Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes, Since You Went Away | | George Folsey, The White Cliffs of Dover | | Charles Lang, The Uninvited | | Joseph LaShelle, Laura | | Lionel Lindon, Going My Way | | Glen MacWilliams, Lifeboat | | Joseph Ruttenberg, Gaslight | | John Seitz, Double Indemnity | | Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | | Sidney Wagner, Dragon Seed | | Color | Edward Cronjager, Home in Indiana | | George Folsey, Meet Me in St. Louis | | Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey, Cover Girl | | Ray Rennahan, Lady in the Dark | | Charles Rosher, Kismet | | Leon Shamroy, Wilson |
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| Art Direction | | Black-and-White | Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher, art direction; Joseph Kish, interior decoration, Address Unknown | | Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark, art direction; Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter, interior decoration, Step Lively | | Hans Dreier and Robert Usher, art direction; Sam Comer, interior decoration, No Time for Love | | Perry Ferguson, art direction; Julia Heron, interior decoration, Casanova Brown | | Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky, interior decoration, Gaslight | | John J. Hughes, art direction; Fred MacLean, interior decoration, The Adventures of Mark Twain | | Mark-Lee Kirk, art direction; Victor A. Gangelin, interior decoration, Since You Went Away | | Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, Laura | | Color | Lionel Banks and Cary Odell, art direction; Fay Babcock, interior decoration, Cover Girl | | Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois, art direction; Ray Moyer, interior decoration, Lady in the Dark | | Ernst Fegte, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The Princess and the Pirate | | Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle, interior decoration, Kismet | | John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, The Climax | | Wiard Ihnen, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, Wilson | | Charles Novi, art direction; Jack McConaghy, interior decoration, The Desert Song |
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| Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Cover Girl |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., Kismet |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Double Indemnity |
| RCA Sound, Voice in the Wind |
| Republic Studio Sound Dept., Brazil |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Music in Manhattan |
| Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Casanova Brown |
| Sound Service Inc., It Happened Tomorrow |
| Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Wilson |
| Universal Studio Sound Dept., His Butler's Sister |
| Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Hollywood Canteen |
| Music | | Song | “I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night,” Higher and Higher, Jimmy McHugh, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics | | “I'll Walk Alone,” Follow the Boys, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics | | “I'm Making Believe,” Sweet and Lowdown, James V. Monaco, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics | | “Long Ago and Far Away,” Cover Girl, Jerome Kern, music; Ira Gershwin, lyrics | | “Now I Know,” Up in Arms, Harold Arlen, music; Ted Koehler, lyrics | | “Remember Me to Carolina,” Minstrel Man, Harry Revel, music; Paul Webster, lyrics | | “Rio de Janeiro,” Brazil, Ary Barroso, music; Ned Washington, lyrics | | “Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams,” Lady, Let's Dance, Lew Pollack, music; Charles Newman, lyrics | | “Sweet Dreams Sweetheart,” Hollywood Canteen, M. K. Jerome, music; Ted Koehler, lyrics | | “Swinging on a Star,” Going My Way, James Van Heusen, music; Johnny Burke, lyrics | | “Too Much in Love,” Song of the Open Road, Walter Kent, music; Kim Gannon, lyrics | | “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis, Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, music and lyrics | | Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | C. Bakaleinikoff and Hanns Eisler, None but the Lonely Heart | | Karl Hajos, Summer Storm | | Franke Harling, Three Russian Girls | | Arthur Lange, Casanova Brown | | Michel Michelet and Edward Paul, The Hairy Ape | | Michel Michelet, Voice in the Wind | | Alfred Newman, Wilson | | Edward Paul, Up in Mabel's Room | | Frederic E. Rich, Jack London | | David Rose, The Princess and the Pirate | | Miklos Rozsa, Double Indemnity | | Miklos Rozsa, Woman of the Town | | H. J. Salter, Christmas Holiday | | Walter Scharf and Roy Webb, The Fighting Seabees | | Max Steiner, The Adventures of Mark Twain | | Max Steiner, Since You Went Away | | Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch, Address Unknown | | Robert Stolz, It Happened Tomorrow | | Herbert Stothart, Kismet | | Dimitri Tiomkin, The Bridge of San Luis Rey | | Scoring of a Musical Picture | C. Bakaleinikoff, Higher and Higher | | Robert Emmett Dolan, Lady in the Dark | | Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff, Cover Girl | | Leo Erdody and Ferde Grofé, Minstrel Man | | Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf, Up in Arms | | Ray Heindorf, Hollywood Canteen | | Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill, Knickerbocker Holiday | | Edward Kay, Lady, Let's Dance | | Mahlon Merrick, Sensations of 1945 | | Alfred Newman, Irish Eyes Are Smiling | | Charles Previn, Song of the Open Road | | H. J. Salter, The Merry Monahans | | Walter Scharf, Brazil | | Georgie Stoll, Meet Me in St. Louis |
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| Film Editing | Roland Gross, None but the Lonely Heart |
| Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom, Since You Went Away |
| Owen Marks, Janie |
| Barbara McLean, Wilson |
| Leroy Stone, Going My Way |
| Special Effects | David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright, photography; Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick, sound, Secret Command |
| John R. Cosgrove, photography; Arthur Johns, sound, Since You Went Away |
| Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, The Adventures of Mark Twain |
| Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; George Dutton, sound, The Story of Dr. Wassell |
| A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe, photography; Douglas Shearer, sound, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman, sound, Wilson |
| Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Steward and Roy Granville, sound, Days of Glory |
| Short Subjects | | Cartoon | And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions; Paramount) | | Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Series) (Screen Gems; Columbia) | | Fish Fry (Cartunes) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal) | | How to Play Football (Goofy Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) | | Mouse Trouble (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM) | | My Boy Johnny (Terrytoons Series) (Paul Terry, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Swooner Crooner (Looney Tunes Series) (Warner Bros.) | | One-Reel | Blue Grass Gentlemen (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Review Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Jammin' the Blues (Melody Master Bands Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) | | Movie Pests (Pete Smith's Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) | | Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures (Screen Snapshots Series) (Ralph Staub, producer; Columbia) | | Who's Who in Animal Land (Speaking of Animals Series) (Jerry Fairbanks, producer; Paramount) | | Two-Reel | Bombalera (Musical Parade Series) (Louis Harris, producer; Paramount) | | I Won't Play (Featurette Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) | | Main Street Today (Jerry Bresler, producer; MGM) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | Arturo Toscanini (U.S. War Information Office Overseas Motion Picture Bureau) | | New Americans (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio) | | With the Marines at Tarawa (U.S. Marine Corps) | | Feature | The Fighting Lady (U.S. Navy; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Resisting Enemy Interrogation (U.S. Army Air Force) |
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| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Special Awards | To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944 |
| To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy (a life membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) |
