Lost Oscar Nominated Films

Nominations

2nd Academy Awards
Best Cinematography for Ernest Palmer

Status

Only photographs and conceptual sketches remain. Actress Mary Duncan accidentally threw, what is presumed to be, the final copy of the film into the ocean. The search still continues.

Nominations

3rd Academy Awards
Best Sound, Recording for John E. Tribby

Status

Not much is known about this film, other than it is presumed to be lost. Reviews of the film were scathing, which may explain why no prints are believed to have survived.

Nominations

2nd Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lewis Stone
Best Director for Ernst Lubitsch
Best Art Direction for Hans Dreier
Best Writing, Achievement for Hanns Kräly (Winner)

Status

Bits and pieces of this film have survived, but the film as a whole has not been found. The trailer, and a single reel have been found. This is the only nominee for Best Picture that is presumed lost, and is one of the most, if not the most, sought after lost film.

Nominations

3rd Academy Awards
Best Sound, Recording for George Groves

Status

Believed to be lost. However the film's soundtrack, in its entirety, did survive.

Nominations

1st Academy Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role for Emil Jannings (shared with The Last Command) (Winner)

Status

Considered to be lost. Only a poor quality 2 second clip has survived, which can be seen in the 1940 documentary, Cavalcade of the Academy Awards. This is the only Academy Award winning performance that has been lost.