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Oscars 1945 Winners & Nominees

The 17th Academy Awards (1945) took place on March 15, 1945. Going My Way won Best Motion Picture and 6 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 17 categories is below.

All 17 categories Most wins
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17
nominations
32
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6
winners
9
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Best Motion Picture
Going My Way
Headline winners

Oscars 1945: The Winners

Going My Way won Best Motion Picture against 2 other nominees. Leo McCarey (Best Director), Bing Crosby (Best Actor) and Ingrid Bergman (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Going My Way (1944) movie poster Best Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture

Going My Way

1944 · Drama, Comedy, Music · $2.22K worldwide

7 wins from 10 nominations at the 17th Academy Awards (1945)

  • Best Actor
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Director
  • Best Music (Song)
  • Best Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
  • Best Writing (Screenplay)

A spirited young priest, Charles O'Malley, arrives in a tough Manhattan neighborhood and quickly wins over the community with his infectious enthusiasm and surprising talent for golf. Determined to bring joy and harmony, he connects with the local youth and, facing challenges from a more traditional priest, establishes an uplifting boys choir. Through music and genuine connection, Father O'Malley finds common ground and revitalizes the neighborhood.

About Going My Way
Scoreboard

Oscars 1945: Which Films Won the Most

Going My Way won 7 awards from 10 nominations. 2 films won at least once, while Double Indemnity went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Going My Way (1944) movie poster
    Going My Way 7 / 10
    1944 · Drama, Comedy · 7 wins from 10 nominations
  2. Gaslight (1944) movie poster
    Gaslight 2 / 7
    1944 · Drama, Mystery · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  3. Double Indemnity (1944) movie poster
    Double Indemnity 0 / 7
    1944 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 7 nominations
  4. Meet Me in St. Louis (1945) movie poster
    Meet Me in St. Louis 0 / 4
    1945 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  5. Lifeboat (1944) movie poster
    Lifeboat 0 / 3
    1944 · Drama, War · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  6. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) movie poster
    The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 0 / 1
    1944 · Comedy, Romance · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 17 Oscars 1945 Categories: Winners & Nominees

17 categories and 32 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

17 categories · 32 nominations

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Oscars 1945 Best Supporting Actress

Official name: Actress in a Supporting Role

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1945 Best Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

Official name: Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

2 nominees

Oscars 1945 Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Official name: Art Direction (Black-and-White)

1 nominee

Oscars 1945 Best Cinematography (Color)

Official name: Cinematography (Color)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1945 Best Film Editing

Official name: Film Editing

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1945 Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Official name: Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1945 Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Official name: Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1945 Best Sound Recording

Official name: Sound Recording

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1945 Winners

Drama led with 31 nominations across 5 films and won 9. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 9 wins · 31 nominations · 29%
  2. Comedy 7 wins · 15 nominations · 47%
  3. Music 7 wins · 14 nominations · 50%
  4. Mystery 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  5. Thriller 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  6. Crime 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  7. Film-Noir 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  8. Romance 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
  9. War 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  10. Family 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
1945 season

How the Rest of the 1945 Awards Season Voted

The other ceremony of 1945, with the winner of its top prize. Going My Way also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1945 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 1945: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 17th Academy Awards (1945), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Motion Picture at the 17th Academy Awards (1945)?

Going My Way (1944) won Best Motion Picture. The other nominees were Double Indemnity and Gaslight.

About Going My Way

Which film won the most awards at the 17th Academy Awards (1945)?

Going My Way (1944) won the most: 7 awards from 10 nominations. Gaslight was next with 2 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 17th Academy Awards (1945)?

Going My Way (1944) led with 10 nominations and won 7 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 17th Academy Awards (1945)?

Best Director: Leo McCarey for Going My Way. Best Actor: Bing Crosby for Going My Way. Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman for Gaslight. Best Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald for Going My Way.

When was the 17th Academy Awards (1945)?

The 17th Academy Awards (1945) took place on March 15, 1945. The database has 17 categories and 32 nominations for it.