“The Human Comedy” was nominated for
five Oscars, including Best Picture and Director for Clarence Brown, winning one award: Story (Original) for William Saroyan.

“Heaven Can Wait” was nominated
for three Oscars: Best Picture, Director for Ernst Lubitsch, and Color Cinematography for Edward Cronjager

In 1943, “For Whom the Bell Tolls” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with “Casablanca” (which won), “Heaven Can Wait,” “The Human Comedy,” “In Which We Serve,” “Madame Curie,” “The More the Merrier,” “The Ox-Bow Incident,” “The Song of Bernadette,” and “Watch on the Rhine.”

In 1980, for her role in “Private Benjamin,” Eileen Brennan competed for the Supporting Oscar with Mary Steenburgen (who won) in “Melvin and Howard,” Eva Le Galienne in “Resurrection,” Cathy Moriarty in “Raging Bull,” and Diana Scarwid in “Inside Moves.”

The WWII movie “Decision Before Dawn” was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture, but the surprise winner was Minnelli's musical “An American in Paris.”