18. udeľovanie cien sa konalo 7.03.1946 v Graumanovom čínskom divadle (Grauman’s Chinese Theater) v Los Angeles
Hostiteľ a moderátor: James Stewart & Bob Hope
(V zátvorkách sú uvedené české distribučné názvy, prípadne i slovenské názvy, pokiaľ sa odlišujú v preklade od českých názvov)

Outstanding Picture

* The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend) - Paramount
Anchors Aweigh - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie) - Rainbow Productions
Mildred Pierce - (Mildred Pierceová) - Warner Bros.
Spellbound - (Rozdvojená duše) - Selznick International Pictures

Directing

* Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend)
Leo McCarey - The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie)
Clarence Brown - National Velvet - (O Velkou cenu)
Jean Renoir - The Southerner
Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound - (Rozdvojená duše)

Actor

* Ray Milland {“Don Birnam”} - The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend)
Bing Crosby {“Páter O'Malley”} - The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie)
Gene Kelly {“Joseph Brady”} - Anchors Aweigh
Gregory Peck {“Páter Francis Chisholm”} - The Keys of the Kingdom
Cornel Wilde {“Frederick Chopin”} - A Song to Remember

Actress

* Joan Crawford {“Mildred Pierceová”} - Mildred Pierce - (Mildred Pierceová)
Ingrid Bergman {“Sestra Benedict”} - The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie)
Greer Garson {“Mary Rafferty”} - The Valley of Decision
Jennifer Jones {“Singleton”} - Love Letters - (Milostné dopisy)
Gene Tierney {“Ellen Berent”} - Leave Her to Heaven - (Smrtelný hřích)

Actor in a supporting role

* James Dunn {“Johnny Nolan”} - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - (V Brooklynu roste strom)
Michael Chekhov {“Dr. Alex Brulov”} - Spellbound - (Rozdvojená duše)
John Dall {“Morgan Evans”} - The Corn Is Green
Robert Mitchum {“Poručík Walker”} - Story of G. I. Joe
J. Carrol Naish {“Charlie Martini”} - A Medal for Benny

Actress in a supporting role

* Anne Revere {“Pani Brownová”} - National Velvet - (O Velkou cenu)
Eve Arden {“Ida”} - Mildred Pierce - (Mildred Pierceová)
Ann Blyth {“Veda Pierceová”} - Mildred Pierce - (Mildred Pierceová)
Angela Lansbury {“Sibyl Vane”} - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Joan Lorring {“Bessie Watty”} - The Corn Is Green

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* Marie-Louise - (Marie Luisa) - Richard Schweizer
Dillinger - Philip Yordan
Music for Millions - Myles Connolly
Salty O'Rourke - Milton Holmes
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? - Harry Kurnitz

Writing (Screenplay)

* The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend) - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Story of G. I. Joe - Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson
Mildred Pierce - (Mildred Pierceová) - Ranald MacDougall
Pride of the Marines - Albert Maltz
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - (V Brooklynu roste strom) - Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

* The House on 92nd Street - (Dům na 92. ulici) - Charles G. Booth
The Affairs of Susan - Thomas Monroe, Laszlo Gorog
A Medal for Benny - John Steinbeck, Jack Wagner
Objective, Burma! - (Operace Burma) - Alvah Bessie
A Song to Remember - Ernst Marischka

Music - (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

* Spellbound - (Rozdvojená duše) - Miklos Rozsa
The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie) - Robert Emmett Dolan
Brewster's Millions - Lou Forbes
Captain Kidd – Werner Janssen The Enchanted Cottage - Roy Webb
Flame of Barbary Coast - Morton Scott, Dale Butts
G. I. Honeymoon - Edward J. Kay
The Story G. I. Joe - Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
Guest in the House - Werner Janssen
Guest Wife - (Půjčená žena) - Daniele Amfitheatrof
The Keys of the Kingdom - Alfred Newman
The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend) - Miklos Rozsa
Love Letters - (Milostné dopisy) - Victor Young
The Man Who Walked Alone - Karl Hajos
Objective, Burma! - (Operace Burma) - Franz Waxman
Paris Underground - Alexander Tansman
A Song to Remember - Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff
The Southerner - Werner Janssen
This Love of Ours - H. J. Salter
The Valley of Decision - Herbert Stothart
The Woman in the Window - (Žena za výlohou) - Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer

Music - (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

* Anchors Aweigh - Georgie Stoll
Belle of the Yukon - Arthur Lange
Can't Help Singing - Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter
Hitchhike to Happiness - Morton Scott
Incendiary Blonde - Robert Emmett Dolan
Rhapsody in Blue - (Rapsodie v modrém) - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
State Fair - Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
Sunbonnet Sue - (Newyorské předměstí) - Edward J. Kay
The Three Caballeros - Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
Tonight and Every Night - Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
Why Girls Leave Home - Walter Greene
Wonder Man - (Zázračný muž) - Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes

Music - Song

* “It Might As Well Be Spring” z filmu State Fair - Hudba Richard Rodgers; Texty Oscar Hammerstein II
“Accentuate the Positive” z filmu Here Come the Waves - Hudba Harold Arlen; Texty Johnny Mercer
“Anywhere” z filmu Tonight and Every Night - Hudba Jule Styne; Texty Sammy Cahn
“Aren't You Glad You're You?” z filmu The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie) - Hudba James Van Heusen; Texty Johnny Burke
“The Cat and the Canary” z filmu Why Girls Leave Home - Hudba Jay Livingston; Texty Ray Evans
“Endlessly” z filmu Earl Carroll Vanities - Hudba Walter Kent; Texty Kim Gannon
“I Fall in Love Too Easily” z filmu Anchors Aweigh - Hudba Jule Styne; Texty Sammy Cahn
“I'll Buy That Dream” z filmu Sing Your Way Home - Hudba Allie Wrubel; Texty Herb Magidson
“Linda” z filmu The Story of G. I. Joe - Hudba a texty Ann Ronell
“Love Letters” z filmu Love Letters - Hudba Victor Young; Texty Eddie Heyman
“More and More” z filmu Can't Help Singing - Hudba Jerome Kern; Texty E. Y. Harburg
“Sleighride in July” z filmu Belle of the Yukon - Hudba James Van Heusen; Texty Johnny Burke
“So in Love” z filmu Wonder Man - (Zázračný muž) - Hudba David Rose; Texty Leo Robin
“Some Sunday Morning” z filmu San Antonio - Hudba Ray Heindorf a M. K. Jerome; Texty Ted Koehler

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

* The Picture of Dorian Gray - Harry Stradling
The Keys of the Kingdom - Arthur Miller
The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend) - John F. Seitz
Mildred Pierce - (Mildred Pierceová) - Ernest Haller
Spellbound - (Rozdvojená duše) - George Barnes

Cinematography (Color)

* Leave Her to Heaven - (Smrtelný hřích) - Leon Shamroy
Anchors Aweigh - Robert Planck, Charles Boyle
National Velvet - (O Velkou cenu) - Leonard Smith
A Song to Remember - Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey
The Spanish Main - George Barnes

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

* Blood on the Sun - (Krev na slunci) - Výprava: Wiard Ihnen; Dekorácie: A. Roland Fields
Experiment Perilous - Výprava: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Dekorácie: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
The Keys of the Kingdom - Výprava: James Basevi, William Darling; Dekorácie: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
Love Letters - Výprava: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Dekorácie: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Výprava: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Dekorácie: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar

Art Direction (Color)
* Frenchman's Creek - Výprava: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Dekorácie: Sam Comer
Leave Her to Heaven - (Smrtelný hřích) - Výprava: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Dekorácie: Thomas Little
National Velvet - (O Velkou cenu) - Výprava: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Dekorácie: Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths
San Antonio - Výprava: Ted Smith; Dekorácie: Jack McConaghy
A Thousand and One Nights - Výprava: Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad; Dekorácie: Frank Tuttle

Sound Recording - (Zvukové štúdio a riaditeľ zvukového štúdia)

* The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie) - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn
Flame of Barbary Coast - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg
Lady on a Train - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown
Leave Her to Heaven - (Smrtelný hřích) - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton
Rhapsody in Blue - (Rapsodie v modrém) - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson
A Song to Remember - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary
The Southerner - General Service, Jack Whitney
They Were Expendable - (Byli obětováni) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer
The Three Caballeros - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield
Three Is a Family - RCA Sound, W. V. Wolfe
The Unseen - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder
Wonder Man - (Zázračný muž) - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer

Film Editing

* National Velvet - (O Velkou cenu) - Robert J. Kern
The Bells of St. Mary's - (Zvony od svaté Marie) - Harry Marker The Lost Weekend - (Ztracený víkend) - Doane Harrison Objective, Burma! - (Operace Burma) - George Amy A Song to Remember - Charles Nelson

Special Effects

* Wonder Man - (Zázračný muž) - Obrazové efekty John Fulton; Zvukové efekty Arthur W. Johns
Captain Eddie - Obrazové efekty Fred Sersen, Sol Halprin; Zvukové efekty Roger Heman, Harry Leonard
Spellbound - (Rozdvojená duše) - Obrazové efekty Jack Cosgrove
They Were Expendable - (Byli obětováni) - Obrazové efekty A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald; Zvukové efekty Michael Steinore
A Thousand and One Nights - Obrazové efekty Lawrence W. Butler; Zvukové efekty Ray Bomba

Documentary (Feature)

* The True Glory - (Nehynoucí sláva) - The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
The Last Bomb - United States Army Air Force

Documentary (Short Subject)

* Hitler Lives? - producent Gordon Hollingshead
Library of Congress - United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
To the Shores of Iwo Jima - United States Marine Corps

Short subject (Cartoon)

* Quiet Please! - (Klid, prosím) - producent Frederick Quimby
Donald's Crime - producent Walt Disney
Jasper and the Beanstalk - producent George Pal
Life with Feathers - producent Eddie Selzer
Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life - producent Paul Terry
The Poet and Peasant - producent Walter Lantz
Rippling Romance - Screen Gems

Short subject (One-reel)

* Stairway to Light - producent Herbert Moulton, Vedúci výroby; Jerry Bresler
Along the Rainbow Trail - producent Edmund Reek
Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary - producent Ralph Staub
Story of a Dog - producent Gordon Hollingshead
White Rhapsody - producent Grantland Rice
Your National Gallery - producenti Joseph O'Brien & Thomas Mead

Short subject (Two-reel)

* Star in the Night - Gordon Hollingshead
A Gun in His Hand - producent Chester Franklin, Vedúci výroby; Jerry Bresler
The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round - producent Jules White
The Little Witch - producent George Templeton

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Neudelená.

Special Award

* Peggy Ann Garner (vynikajúca detská herečka roku 1945.)
* Walter Wanger (za jeho prínos Akadémii, v čele ktorej stál šesť rokov ako prezident.)
* The House I Live In (krátky film producentov Franka Rossa a Mervyna LeRoya; režiséra Mervyna LeRoya; scenáristu Alberta Maltza; s piesňou “The House I Live In,” s hudbou Earla Robinsona a textami Lewisa Allana; v hlavnej úlohe Frank Sinatra; realizovaného filmovým štúdiom RKO Radio.)
* Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg a hudobné štúdio Republic Studio (za vybudovanie hudobného sálu, ktorý splňuje kvalitné podmienky pre nahrávanie, a kombinuje prvky akustiky a konštrukcie.)

V tomto zozname nie sú zohľadnené krátke filmy.