‘The Wizard of Oz’:
5 Oscar nominations; 2 wins
Posted: September 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). “The Wizard of Oz” received 5 Academy Award nominations and won 2. Below are the nominees and respective winners. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Outstanding Production/Best Picture) — lost to Gone with the Wind (Selznick International Pictures)
WON: Harold Arlen (music), E.Y. Harburg (lyrics) (Best Original Song) (Over the Rainbow)
WON: Herbert Stothart (Best Original Score)
Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning (Best Art Direction) — lost to Gone with the Wind (Lyle Wheeler)
A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound) (Best Effects, Special Effects) — lost to The Rains Came (Fred Sersen, E.H. Hansen)
