The Oscars for the year 1950
Winners are shown in red
Best Picture
* All the King's Men (1949) - Robert Rossen
* Battleground (1949) - Dore Schary
* Heiress, The (1949) - William Wyler
* Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) - Sol C. Siegel
* Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Darryl F. Zanuck
Best Actor in a Leading Role
* All the King's Men (1949) - Broderick Crawford
* Champion (1949) - Kirk Douglas
* Hasty Heart, The (1949) - Richard Todd (I)
* Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - John Wayne
* Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Gregory Peck
Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Loretta Young
* Edward, My Son (1949) - Deborah Kerr
* Heiress, The (1949) - Olivia de Havilland
* My Foolish Heart (1949) - Susan Hayward
* Pinky (1949) - Jeanne Crain
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* All the King's Men (1949) - John Ireland
* Battleground (1949) - James Whitmore
* Champion (1949) - Arthur Kennedy (I)
* Heiress, The (1949) - Ralph Richardson
* Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Dean Jagger
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* All the King's Men (1949) - Mercedes McCambridge
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Celeste Holm
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Elsa Lanchester
* Pinky (1949) - Ethel Barrymore
* Pinky (1949) - Ethel Waters
Best Director
* All the King's Men (1949) - Robert Rossen
* Battleground (1949) - William A. Wellman
* Fallen Idol, The (1948) - Carol Reed
* Heiress, The (1949) - William Wyler
* Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
* Battleground (1949) - Robert Pirosh
* Jolson Sings Again (1949) - Sidney Buchman
* Paisˆ (1946) - Alfred Hayes; Federico Fellini; Sergio Amidei; Marcello Pagliero; Roberto Rossellini
* Passport to Pimlico (1949) - T.E.B. Clarke
* Quiet One, The (1949) - Helen Levitt; Janice Loeb; Sidney Meyers
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Clare Boothe Luce
* It Happens Every Spring (1949) - Shirley W. Smith; Valentine Davies
* Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - Harry Brown (I)
* Stratton Story, The (1949) - Douglas Morrow
* White Heat (1949) - Virginia Kellogg
Best Writing, Screenplay
* All the King's Men (1949) - Robert Rossen
* Champion (1949) - Carl Foreman
* Fallen Idol, The (1948) - Graham Greene (I)
* Ladri di biciclette (1948) - Cesare Zavattini
* Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
* Battleground (1949) - Paul Vogel
* Champion (1949) - Franz Planer
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Joseph LaShelle
* Heiress, The (1949) - Leo Tover
* Prince of Foxes (1949) - Leon Shamroy
Best Cinematography, Color
* Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949) - Harry Stradling Sr.
* Jolson Sings Again (1949) - William E. Snyder
* Little Women (1949) - Robert H. Planck; Charles Edgar Schoenbaum
* Sand (1949) - Charles G. Clarke (I)
* She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) - Winton C. Hoch
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
* Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Edward Carrere; Lyle B. Reifsnider
* Little Women (1949) - Cedric Gibbons; Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis; Jack D. Moore
* Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) - Jim Morahan (I); William Kellner; Michael Relph
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little; Paul S. Fox
* Heiress, The (1949) - John Meehan (III); Harry Horner; Emile Kuri
* Madame Bovary (1949) - Cedric Gibbons; Jack Martin Smith; Edwin B. Willis; Richard Pefferle
Best Costume Design, Color
* Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Leah Rhodes; Travilla; Marjorie Best
* Mother Is a Freshman (1949) - Kay Nelson
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
* Heiress, The (1949) - Edith Head; Gile Steele
* Prince of Foxes (1949) - Vittorio Nino Novarese
Best Sound, Recording
* Once More, My Darling (1949) - Universal-International Sound Dept.
* Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - Republic Sound Dept.
* Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - 20th Century-Fox Sound Dept.
Best Film Editing
* All the King's Men (1949) - Robert Parrish (I); Al Clark (I)
* Battleground (1949) - John D. Dunning
* Champion (1949) - Harry W. Gerstad (II)
* Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) - Richard L. Van Enger
* Window, The (1949) - Frederic Knudtson (I)
Best Effects, Special Effects
* Mighty Joe Young (1949) - Merian C. Cooper; Ernest B. Schoedsack
* Tulsa (1949) - Walter Wanger; Stuart Heisler
Best Music, Song
* Come to the Stable (1949) - Alfred Newman (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
- For the song "Through a Long and Sleepless Night"
* It's a Great Feeling (1949) - Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
- For the song "It's a Great Feeling"
* My Foolish Heart (1949) - Victor Young (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
- For the song "My Foolish Heart"
* Neptune's Daughter (1949) - Frank Loesser
- For the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
* So Dear to My Heart (1949) - Eliot Daniel (music); Larry Morey (lyrics)
- For the song "Lavender Blue"
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
* Beyond the Forest (1949) - Max Steiner
* Champion (1949) - Dimitri Tiomkin
* Heiress, The (1949) - Aaron Copland
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
* Jolson Sings Again (1949) - Morris Stoloff; George Duning
* Look for the Silver Lining (1949) - Ray Heindorf
* On the Town (1949) - Roger Edens; Lennie Hayton
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
* For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) - Edward Selzer
* Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949) - Fred Quimby
* Magic Fluke (1949) - Stephen Bosustow
* Toy Tinkers (1949) - Walt Disney
Best Short Subject, Two-reel
* Boy and the Eagle (1949) - William Lasky (I)
* Chase of Death (1949) - Irving Allen
* Grass Is Always Greener, The (1949) - Gordon Hollingshead
* Snow Carnival (1949) - Gordon Hollingshead
* Van Gogh (1948) - Gaston Diehl; Robert Hessens
Best Short Subject, One-reel
* Aquatic House Party (1949) - Jack Eaton
* Roller Derby Girl (1949) - Justin Herman
* So You Think You're Not Guilty (1949) - Gordon Hollingshead
* Spills and Chills (1949) - Walton C. Ament
* Water Trix (1949) - Pete Smith (I)
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
* 1848 (1949) - French Cinema General Cooperative
* Chance to Live, A (1949) - Richard De Rochemont
* Rising Tide, The (1949) - St. Francis-Xavier University Nova Scotia
* So Much for So Little (1949) - Edward Selzer
Best Documentary, Features
* Daybreak in Udi (1949) - Crown Film Unit
* Kenji Comes Home (1949) - Paul F. Heard
Honorary Award
* Fred Astaire
- For his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical pictures.
* Cecil B. DeMille
- Distinguished motion picture pioneer for 37 years of brilliant showmanship.
* Jean Hersholt
- For distinguished service to the motion picture industry.
* Ladri di biciclette (1948)
- Italy. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.
Juvenile Award
* Bobby Driscoll
- For the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949.
Academy Award of Merit
* Eastman Kodak Co.
- For the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film.