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1944 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerCasablancaMichael CurtizA cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.Amazon1944 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesHeaven Can WaitErnst LubitschAmazonThe Human ComedyClarence BrownAmazonThe More the MerrierGeorge StevensAmazonThe Song of BernadetteHenry KingAmazon

1943 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerMrs. MiniverWilliam WylerA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.Amazon1943 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesKings RowSam WoodAmazonRandom HarvestMervyn LeRoyAmazonWake IslandJohn FarrowAmazonYankee Doodle DandyMichael CurtizAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerHow Green Was My ValleyJohn FordAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.Amazon1942 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesCitizen KaneOrson WellesAmazonHere Comes Mr. JordanAlexander HallAmazonSergeant YorkHoward HawksAmazonThe Little FoxesWilliam WylerAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe Grapes of WrathJohn FordA poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesKitty FoyleSam WoodAmazonRebeccaAlfred HitchcockAmazonThe LetterWilliam WylerAmazonThe Philadelphia StoryGeorge CukorAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerGone with the WindVictor FlemingA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesGoodbye, Mr. ChipsSam WoodAmazonMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonFrank CapraAmazonStagecoachJohn FordAmazonWuthering HeightsWilliam WylerAmazon

1939 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerYou Can't Take It with YouFrank CapraA man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesAngels with Dirty FacesMichael CurtizAmazonBoys TownNorman TaurogAmazonFour DaughtersMichael CurtizAmazonThe CitadelKing VidorAmazon

1938 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe Awful TruthLeo McCareyUnfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.Amazon1938 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesA Star Is BornWilliam A. WellmanAmazonStage DoorGregory La CavaAmazonThe Good EarthSidney FranklinAmazonThe Life of Emile ZolaWilliam DieterleAmazon

1937 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerMr. Deeds Goes to TownFrank CapraA simple, small town man inherits a massive fortune, making him the target for scammers and publicity-seekers. Overwhelmed by the turn his life has taken, and awoken to another use for his new-found fortune, he makes a momentous decision.Amazon1937 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesDodsworthWilliam WylerAmazonMy Man GodfreyGregory La CavaAmazonSan FranciscoW.S. Van DykeAmazonThe Great ZiegfeldRobert Z. LeonardAmazon

1936 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerThe InformerJohn FordIn 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.Amazon1936 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesCaptain BloodMichael CurtizAmazonMutiny on the BountyFrank LloydAmazonThe Lives of a Bengal LancerHenry HathawayAmazon

1935 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerIt Happened One NightFrank CapraA spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story.Amazon1935 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesOne Night of LoveVictor SchertzingerAmazonThe Thin ManW.S. Van DykeAmazon