1940 Academy Awards – Best Picture Winner
![Gone with the Wind null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gone-with-the-wind-victor-fleming-george-cukor-sam-wood-image.jpg)
Gone with the Wind
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A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
1940 Academy Awards – Best Picture Nominees
![Dark Victory null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dark-victory-edmund-goulding-image.jpg)
Dark Victory
![Goodbye, Mr. Chips null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/goodbye-mr.-chips-sam-wood-sidney-franklin-image.jpg)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
![Love Affair null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/love-affair-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
Love Affair
![Mr. Smith Goes to Washington null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mr.-smith-goes-to-washington-frank-capra-image.jpg)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
![Ninotchka null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ninotchka-ernst-lubitsch-image.jpg)
Ninotchka
![Of Mice and Men null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/of-mice-and-men-lewis-milestone-image.jpg)
Of Mice and Men
![Stagecoach null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stagecoach-john-ford-image.jpg)
Stagecoach
![The Wizard of Oz null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-wizard-of-oz-victor-fleming-george-cukor-mervyn-leroy-norman-taurog-richard-thorpe-king-vidor-image.jpg)
The Wizard of Oz
![Wuthering Heights null](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wuthering-heights-william-wyler-image.jpg)