Massachusetts Academy Awards
| Movie | Nomination | Artist |
| Invictus (2010) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Matt Damon (Born in Cambridge) |
| A Certain Smile (1958) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| A Double Life (1948) | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Nomination) | Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) |
| A Free Soul (1931) | Best Director (Nomination) | Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) |
| A Midsummer Nights Dream (1936) | Best Film Editing (Winner) | Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) |
| A Star is Born (1955) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| A Star is Born (1938) | Best Director (Nomination) | William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) |
| A Star is Born (1938) | Best Writing, Original Story (Winner) | William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) |
| A Star is Born (1955) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Adams Rib (1951) | Best Writing, Story Screenplay (Nomination) | Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) |
| All About Eve (1951) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| All About Eve (1951) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| All That Jazz (1980) | Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (Winner) | Ralph Burns (Born in Newton) |
| All the Presidents Men (1977) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) |
| American History X (1999) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Edward Norton (Born in Boston) |
| An American in Paris (1952) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Anna and the King of Siam (1947) | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Winner) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Anna Christie (1930) | Best Director (Nomination) | Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) |
| Annie (1983) | Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (Nomination) | Ralph Burns (Born in Newton) |
| Anthony Adverse (1937) | Best Film Editing (Winner) | Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) |
| Apocalypse Now (1980) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) |
| Battleground (1950) | Best Director (Nomination) | William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) |
| Bonnie and Clyde (1968) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Estelle Parsons (Born in Marblehead) |
| Born on the Fourth of July (1990) | Best Cinematography (Nomination) | Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) |
| Brigadoon (1955) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Bright Victory (1952) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) |
| Cabaret (1973) | Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation (Winner) | Ralph Burns (Born in Newton) |
| Call Me Madam (1954) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Can-Can (1961) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Champion (1950) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) |
| Cleopatra (1964) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Come and Get It (1937) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) |
| Come to the Stable (1950) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Daddy Long Legs (1956) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Dangerous (1936) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Winner) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| Dark Victory (1940) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| David and Bathsheba (1952) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Days of Wine and Roses (1963) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| Desiree (1955) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Drums Along the Mohawk (1940) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Edna May Oliver (Born in Malden) |
| Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1982) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Boyd Estus (Massachusetts Producer Cinematographer) |
| Finding Nemo (2004) | Best Animated Feature (Winner) | Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) |
| Finding Nemo (2004) | Best Original Screenplay (Nomination) | Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) |
| Flower Drum Song (1962) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Fourteen Hours (1952) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Frida (2003) | Best Original Song (Nomination) | Julie Taymor (Born in Newton) |
| Gone with the Wind (1940) | Best Art Direction (Winner) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Good Will Hunting (1998) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Matt Damon (Born in Cambridge) |
| Good Will Hunting (1998) | Best Writing, Screenplay Directly for the Screen (Winner) | Matt Damon (Born in Cambridge) |
| Good Will Hunting (1998) | Best Writing, Screenplay Directly for the Screen (Winner) | Ben Affleck (Born in CA, Raised in Cambridge) |
| Guys and Dolls (1956) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Harvey (1951) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Josephine Hull (Born in Newtonville) |
| Hello, Dolly! (1970) | Best Costume Design (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Hers to Hold (1944) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) |
| Higher and Higher (1945) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) |
| Howards End (1993) | Best Music, Original Score (Nomination) | Richard Robbins (Born in South Weymouth) |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) |
| Inglourious Basterds (2010) | Best Achievement in Cinematography (Nomination) | Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) |
| Inside Daisy Clover (1966) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) |
| Jezebel (1939) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Winner) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| JFK (1992) | Best Cinematography (Winner) | Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) |
| Joe (1971) | Best Writing, Story & Screenplay* Based on Factual Material or Material Not Prev (Nomination) | Norman Wexler (Born in New Bedford) |
| Johnny Belinda (1949) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) |
| Johnny Belinda (1949) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Charles Bickford (Born in Cambridge) |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (1960) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Journey to the Outer Limits (1974) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Alexander Grasshoff (Born in Boston) |
| Kentucky (1939) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) |
| Kramer vs. Kramer (1980) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) |
| Laura (1945) | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Leave Her to Heaven (1946) | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1956) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Missing (1983) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| Mississippi Burning (1989) | Best Picture (Nomination) | Frederick Zollo (Born in Boston) |
| Mister Roberts (1956) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| Moonstruck (1988) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Olympia Dukakis (Born in Lowell) |
| Mr. Skeffington (1945) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| Mrs. Parkington (1945) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) |
| My Cousin Rachel (1953) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| National Velvet (1946) | Best Director (Nomination) | Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) |
| Now, Voyager (1943) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| Of Human Bondage (*write-in nomination) (1935) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| On the Rivera (1952) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Pat and Mike (1953) | Best Writing, Story & Screenplay (Nomination) | Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) |
| Peyton Place (1958) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) |
| Platoon (1987) | Best Cinematography (Nomination) | Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) |
| Porgy and Bess (1960) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Primal Fear (1997) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Edward Norton (Born in Boston) |
| Pulp Fiction (1995) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Uma Thurman (Born in Boston) |
| Rachel, Rachel (1969) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Estelle Parsons (Born in Marblehead) |
| Rebecca (1941) | Best Art Direction, Black & White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Roberta (1936) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) |
| Romance (1930) | Best Director (Nomination) | Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) |
| Rosemarys Baby (1969) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) |
| Save the Tiger (1974) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Winner) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| Sergeant York (1942) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) |
| Serpico (1974) | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Nomination) | Norman Wexler (Born in New Bedford) |
| Snow Falling on Cedars (2000) | Best Cinematography (Nomination) | Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) |
| Some Came Running (1959) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) |
| Some Like It Hot (1960) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1992) | Best Makeup (Nomination) | Ed French (Born in Boston) |
| State Fair (1946) | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Nomination) | Charles Henderson (Born in Boston) |
| Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1967) | Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (Nomination) | Al Ham (Born in Malden) |
| Teenage Rebel (1957) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Testament (1984) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) |
| That Certain Age (1939) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) |
| The Accidental Tourist (1989) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Geena Davis (Born in Wareham) |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939) | Best Film Editing (Winner) | Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1939) | Best Art Direction (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Apartment (1961) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2008) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Casey Affleck (Born in Falmouth) |
| The Aviator (2005) | Best Achievement in Cinematography (Winner) | Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) |
| The Bad Seed (1957) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Nancy Kelly (Born in Lowell) |
| The Battle of the Bulge.. The Brave Rifles (1966) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Laurence Mascott (Born in Andover) |
| The Brinks Job (1979) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) |
| The Cardinal (1964) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The China Syndrome (1980) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| The Departed (2007) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Mark Walhberg (Born in Dorchester) |
| The Diary of Anne Frank (1960) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Winner) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Farmers Daughter (1948) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Charles Bickford (Born in Cambridge) |
| The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2004) | Best Documentary, Features (Winner) | Michael Williams (Born in Andover) |
| The Foxes of Harrow (1948) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Godfather: Part II (1975) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Winner) | Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) |
| The Godfather: Part III (1991) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) |
| The Great Muppet Caper (1982) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Joe Raposo (Born in Fall River) |
| The Great White Hope (1971) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) |
| The High and the Mighty (1955) | Best Director (Nomination) | William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) |
| The High and the Mighty (1955) | Best Film Editing (Nomination) | Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) |
| The House on Telegraph Hill (1952) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Human Comedy (1944) | Best Director (Nomination) | Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) |
| The Killing Fields (1985) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Sam Waterson (Born in Cambridge) |
| The King and I (1957) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Winner) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The King and I (1957) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| The Letter (1941) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| The Little Foxes (1942) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| The Magnificent Ambersons (1943) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) |
| The Other Side of Midnight (1978) | Best Costume Design (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| The Patriot (1930) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Lewis Stone (Born in Worcester) |
| The Presidents Lady (1954) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Prisoner of Zenda (1938) | Best Art Direction (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Really Big Family (1967) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Alexander Grasshoff (Born in Boston) |
| The Remains of the Day (1994) | Best Music, Original Score (Nomination) | Richard Robbins (Born in South Weymouth) |
| The Robe (1954) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Winner) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1953) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| The Song of Bernadette (1944) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Charles Bickford (Born in Cambridge) |
| The Star (1953) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| The Taming of the Shrew (1968) | Best Costume Design (Nomination) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| The Westerner (1941) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) |
| The Yearling (1947) | Best Director (Nomination) | Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) |
| Thelma & Louise (1992) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Geena Davis (Born in Wareham) |
| Titanic (1953) (1954) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| Toy Story (1996) | Best Original Screenplay (Nomination) | Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) |
| Trial (1956) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) |
| Tribute (1981) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1989) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) |
| Unknown (1929) | Best Writing, Title Writing (Winner) | George Marion-Jr. (Born in Boston) |
| Victor Victoria (1983) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Robert Preston (Born in Newton Highlands) |
| Viva Zapata! (1953) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) |
| WALL-E (2008) (2009) | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Nomination) | Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) |
| WALL-E (2008) (2009) | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (Winner) | Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) |
| West Side Story (1962) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1963) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) |
| Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967) | Best Costume Design, Black & White (Winner) | Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) |
| Youll Find Out (1941) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) |
| Young Americans (1969) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Alexander Grasshoff (Born in Boston) |
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