List of American films of 1942
Title Director Genre Notes
The Battle of Midway John Ford Propaganda Academy Award
December 7th : The Movie John Ford , Gregg Toland Propaganda film Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
The News Parade of the Year 1942 Eugene W. Castle Short documentary
Prelude to War Frank Capra Documentary The first of Capra 's Why We Fight film series
Sex Hygiene Otto Brower , John Ford Docudrama
We Are the Marines Louis de Rochemont War documentary 20th Century Fox
Documentaries
A list of American films released in 1942. Bob Hope hosted the 15th Academy Awards ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was MGM's Mrs. Miniver. The other nine nominated pictures were 49th Parallel; Kings Row; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Pied Piper; The Pride of the Yankees; Random Harvest; The Talk of the Town; Wake Island; and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Casablanca was released in 1942, but won its three Oscars in 1944.