Academy Awards
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | February 29, 1940 | Outstanding Production | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated | [116] |
| Best Art Direction | Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Score | Herbert Stothart | Won | |||
| Best Original Song | "Over the Rainbow" Music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg | Won | |||
| Best Special Effects | A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer | Nominated | |||
| Academy Juvenile Award | Judy Garland For her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. (She was jointly awarded for her performances in Babes in Arms and The Wizard of Oz). | Honorary |
American Film Institute lists
The American Film Institute (AFI) has compiled various lists which include this film or its elements.
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – No. 6
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – No. 43
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:
- Wicked Witch of the West – No. 4 Villain
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
- "Over the Rainbow" – No. 1
- "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" – No. 82
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
- "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (Dorothy Gale) – No. 4
- "There's no place like home." (Dorothy) – No. 23
- "I'll get you, my pretty – and your little dog, too!" (Wicked Witch of the West) – No. 99
- AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – No. 3
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – No. 26
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – No. 10
- AFI's 10 Top 10 – No. 1 Fantasy film[117]
Other honors
- 1989: The film was one of the inaugural group of 25 films added to the National Film Registry list.[9][118]
- 1999: Rolling Stone's 100 Maverick Movies – No. 20.[119]
- 1999: Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Films – No. 32.[120]
- 2000: The Village Voice's 100 Best Films of the 20th Century – No. 14.[121]
- 2002: Nominated - 1939 Palme d'Or
- 2002: Sight & Sound's Greatest Film Poll of Directors – No. 41.[122]
- 2005: Total Film's 100 Greatest Films – No. 83.[123]
- 2005: The British Film Institute ranked it second on its list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14, after Spirited Away.
- 2006: The film placed 86th on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.[124]
- 2007: It topped Total Film's 23 Weirdest Films.[125]
- 2007: The film was listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.[126]
- 2007: The Observer ranked the film's songs and music at the top of its list of 50 greatest film soundtracks.[127]
- 2020: The British Film Institute changed its list to "50 films to see by age 15 – Updated"[128] calling Oz "The most wonderful of musicals"
- 2022: The film was ranked 2nd in Variety's inaugural list of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.[12]
- 2023: The film was ranked 5th in Parade's list of The 100 Best Movies of All Time.[129]
- 2023: The film was ranked 4th in Comic Book Resources' list of The Best Movies of All Time.[130]
- 2024: The film was ranked 7th on IndieWire's list of The 63 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.[131]
