11. udeľovanie cien sa konalo 23.02.1939 v hoteli Biltmore v Los Angeles
Prvýkrát nemalo odovzdávanie cien svojho hostiteľa.
(V zátvorkách sú uvedené české distribučné názvy, prípadne i slovenské názvy, pokiaľ sa odlišujú v preklade od českých názvov)

Outstanding Picture

* You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě) - Columbia
The Adventures of Robin Hood - (Dobrodružství Robina Hooda) - Warner Bros.-First National
Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Alexandrův ragtime band) - 20th Century-Fox
Boys Town - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Citadel - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Four Daughters - Warner Bros.-First National
Grand Illusion - (Veľká ilúzia) - Realization D'Art Cinematographique
Jezebel - (Jezábel) - Warner Bros.
Pygmalion - (Pygmalion) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Test Pilot - (Pilot č. 7) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Directing

* Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě)
Michael Curtiz - Angels with Dirty Faces - (Hříšní andělé)
Norman Taurog - Boys Town
King Vidor - The Citadel
Michael Curtiz - Four Daughters

Actor

* Spencer Tracy {“Páter Flanagan”} - Boys Town
Charles Boyer {“Pepe Le Moko”} - Algiers - (Alžír)
James Cagney {“Rocky Sullivan”} - Angels with Dirty Faces - (Hříšní andělé)
Robert Donat {“Andrew Mason”} - The Citadel
Leslie Howard {“Profesor Henry Higgins”} - Pygmalion - (Pygmalion)

Actress

* Bette Davis {“Julie Morrison”} - Jezebel - (Jezábel)
Fay Bainter {“Hannah”} - White Banners
Wendy Hiller {“Eliza Doolittle”} - Pygmalion - (Pygmalion)
Norma Shearer {“Marie Antoinette”} - Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan {“Pat Hollmann”} - Three Comrades

Actor in a supporting role

* Walter Brennan {“Peter Goodwin”} - Kentucky
John Garfield {“Mickey Borden”} - Four Daughters
Gene Lockhart {“Regis”} - Algiers - (Alžír)
Robert Morley {“Kráľ Ľudovít XVI”} - Marie Antoinette
Basil Rathbone {“Ľudovít XI”}– If I Were King

Actress in a supporting role

* Fay Bainter {“Belle Massey”} - Jezebel - (Jezábel)
Beulah Bondi {“Mary Wilkins”} - Of Human Hearts
Billie Burke {“Emily Kilbourne”} - Merrily We Live
Spring Byington {“Penny Sycamore”} - You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě)
Miliza Korjus {“Carla Donner”} - The Great Waltz

Writing (Screenplay)

* Pygmalion - (Pygmalion) - George Bernard Shaw; Adaptácia W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple
Boys Town - John Meehan, Dore Schary
The Citadel - Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, Elizabeth Hill
Four Daughters - Julius J. Epstein, Lenore Coffee
You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě) - Robert Riskin

Writing (Original Story)

* Boys Town - Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin
Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Alexandrův ragtime band) - Irving Berlin
Angels with Dirty Faces - (Hříšní andělé) - Rowland Brown
Blockade - John Howard Lawson
Mad about Music - Marcella Burke, Frederick Kohner
Test Pilot - (Pilot č. 7) - Frank Wead

Music - (Original Score)
* The Adventures of Robin Hood - (Dobrodružství Robina Hooda) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Army Girl – Victor Young
Block-Heads - (Dubové palice) - Marvin Hatley
Blockade - Werner Janssen
Breaking the Ice - Victor Young
The Cowboy and the Lady - Alfred Newman
If I Were King - (Kdybych byl králem) - Richard Hageman
Marie Antoinette - Herbert Stothart
Pacific Liner - Russell Bennett
Suez - (Suez) - Louis Silvers
The Young in Heart - (Láska a mládí) - Franz Waxman

Music - (Scoring)
* Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Alexandrův ragtime band) - Alfred Newman
Carefree - Vzdušné zámky - Victor Baravalle
Girls' School - Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone
The Goldwyn Follies - Alfred Newman
Jezebel - (Jezábel) - Max Steiner
Mad about Music - Charles Previn, Frank Skinner
Storm over Bengal - (Bouře nad Bengálskem) - Cy Feuer
Sweethearts - Herbert Stothart
There Goes My Heart - Marvin Hatley
Tropic Holiday - Boris Morros
The Young in Heart - (Láska a mládí) - Franz Waxman

Music - Song

* “Thanks for the Memory” z filmu The Big Broadcast of 1938 - Hudba Ralph Rainger; Texty Leo Robin
“Always and Always” z filmu Mannequin - (Manekýnka) - Hudba Edward Ward; Texty Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
“Change Partners” z filmu Carefree - (Vzdušné zámky) - Hudba a texty Irving Berlin
“The Cowboy and the Lady” z filmu The Cowboy and the Lady - Hudba Lionel Newman; Texty Arthur Quenzer
“Dust” z filmu Under Western Stars - Hudba a texty Johnny Marvin
“Jeepers Creepers” z filmu Going Places - Hudba Harry Warren; Texty Johnny Mercer
“Merrily We Live” z filmu Merrily We Live - Hudba Phil Charig; Texty Arthur Quenzer
“A Mist over the Moon” z filmu The Lady Objects - Hudba Ben Oakland; Texty Oscar Hammerstein II
“My Own” z filmu That Certain Age - Hudba Jimmy McHugh; Texty Harold Adamson
“Now It Can Be Told” z filmu Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Alexandrův ragtime band) - Hudba a texty Irving Berlin

Cinematography

* The Great Waltz – Joseph Ruttenberg
Algiers - (Alžír) - James Wong Howe
Army Girl - Ernest Miller, Harry Wild
The Buccaneer - (Bukanýr) - Victor Milner
Jezebel - (Jezábel) - Ernest Haller
Mad about Music - Joseph Valentine
Merrily We Live - Norbert Brodine
Suez - (Suez) - Peverell Marley
Vivacious Lady - Robert de Grasse
You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě) - Joseph Walker
The Young in Heart - (Láska a mládí) - Leon Shamroy

Art Direction

* The Adventures of Robin Hood - (Dobrodružství Robina Hooda) - Carl J. Weyl
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Lyle Wheeler
Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Alexandrův ragtime band) - Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven
Algiers - (Alžír) - Alexander Toluboff
Carefree - (Vzdušné zámky) - Van Nest Polglase
The Goldwyn Follies - Richard Day
Holiday - Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks
If I Were King - (Kdybych byl králem) - Hans Dreier, John Goodman
Mad about Music - Jack Otterson
Marie Antoinette - Cedric Gibbons
Merrily We Live - Charles D. Hall

Sound Recording - (Zvukové štúdio a riaditeľ zvukového štúdia)

* The Cowboy and the Lady - United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton
Army Girl - Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens
Four Daughters - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson
If I Were King - (Kdybych byl králem) - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder
Merrily We Live - Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse
Suez - (Suez) - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Edmund H. Hansen
Sweethearts - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer
That Certain Age - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown
Vivacious Lady - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg
You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě) - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary

Film Editing

* The Adventures of Robin Hood - (Dobrodružství Robina Hooda) - Ralph Dawson
Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Alexandrův ragtime band) - Barbara McLean
The Great Waltz - Tom Held
Test Pilot - (Pilot č. 7) - Tom Held
You Can't Take It with You - (Vždyť jsme jen jednou na světě) - Gene Havlick

Short subject (Cartoon)

* Ferdinand the Bull - (Býk Ferdinand) - producent Walt Disney
Brave Little Tailor - (Statečný krejčík) - producent Walt Disney
Good Scouts - producent Walt Disney
Hunky and Spunky - Paramount
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood - producent Walt Disney

Short subject (One-reel)

* That Mothers Might Live - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Great Heart - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Timber Toppers - 20th Century-Fox

Short subject (Two-reel)

* Declaration of Independence - Warner Bros.
Swingtime in the Movies - Warner Bros.
They're Always Caught - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Hal B. Wallis
[Následujúci zoznam producentov obsahuje mená tých, ktorí boli na cenu I. G. Thalberga navrhnutí. Bolo to prvý a posledný krát, kedy Akadémia podobný zoznam zverejnila.]
Samuel Goldwyn
Joe Pasternak
David O. Selznick
Hunt Stromberg
Walter Wanger
Darryl F. Zanuck

Special Award

* Deanna Durbin a Mickey Rooney (za ich filmové mladistvé výkony, ktoré perzofinikujú ducha mládeže.)
* Harry M. Warner (za posilnenie národného cítenia v krátkych filmoch.)
* Walt Disney (za Snehulienku a sedem trpaslíkov.)
* Oliver Marsh a Allen Davey (za farebnú kameru k filmu Sweethearts, produkcie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.)
* J. Arthur Ball (za jeho prínos v podobe farebnej kamery.)
* Gordon Jennings (za špeciálne efekty k filmu Spawn of the North, produkcie Paramount. Cenu získali aj asistenti Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts a Art Smith). Farciot Edouart (za diapozitívy. Cenu získal aj asistent Loyal Griggs). Loren Ryder (za zvukové efekty. Cenu získali aj asistenti Harry Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop a Walter Oberst.)

V tomto zozname nie sú zohľadnené krátke filmy.