At the dawn of the sound era, Hollywood scrambled to cash in on the new technology and the potential that it brought with it. In 1929, the studio RKO Radio Pictures, RKO standing for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, was founded in response to the rise of sound. In the years following their founding, they quickly became a massive player in Hollywood, even standing as one of the Big Five studios in the Golden Era of Hollywood. It was seen as a beacon of creativity and grandiose filmmaking. But in 1959, following years of failures, the studio folded, before being reconstituted in 1978. These are the films produced or distributed by RKO that successfully scored Oscar nominations in its time.

Categories:
Best Sound
- Nominated: 1930 (The Case of Sergeant Grischa)
- Won: 1944 (This Land is Mine)
- Total: 28/4
Best Picture:
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Total: 18/2
Best Director
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1936 (The Informer)
- Total: 10/2
Best Actor
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1936 (The Informer)
- Total: 11/2
Best Actress
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1934 (Morning Glory)
- Total: 19/4
Best Adaptation
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Total: 7/4
Best Art Direction
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Total: 20/1
Best Cinematography
- Nominated: 1931 (Cimarron)
- Won: 1949 (Joan of Arc)
- Total: 16/2
Best Live-Action Short:
- Nominated: 1932 (Scratch-As-Catch-Can)
- Won: 1934 (So This Is Harris!)
- Total: 2/1
Best Story:
- Nominated: 1932 (What Price, Hollywood?)
- Total: 6/0
Best Original Song:
- Nominated: 1935 (Flying Down to Rio/The Gay Divorcee)
- Won: 1935 (The Gay Divorcee)
- Total: 24/4
Best Score:
- Nominated: 1935 (The Lost Patrol/The Gay Divorcee)
- Won: 1936 (The Informer)
- Total: 43/6
Best Film Editing:
- Nominated: 1936 (The Informer)
- Won: 1943 (The Pride of the Yankees)
- Total: 12/2
Best Dance Direction:
- Nominated: 1936 (She)
- Total: 3/0
Best Supporting Actress:
- Nominated: 1940 (Love Affair)
- Total: 11/0
Best Original Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1941 (My Favorite Wife)
- Won: 1942 (Citizen Kane)
- Total: 10/2
Best Supporting Actor:
- Nominated: 1941 (They Knew What They Wanted)
- Won: 1947 (The Best Years of Our Lives)
- Total: 13/1
Best Documentary Short:
- Nominated: 1941 (Norway in Revolt)
- Total: 1/0
Best Special Effects:
- Nominated: 1943 (The Pride of the Yankees)
- Won: 1946 (Wonder Man)
- Total: 6/2
Best Documentary Feature:
- Nominated: 1948 (Design for Death)
- Won: 1948 (Design for Death)
- Total: 3/3
Best Costume Design:
- Nominated: 1949 (Joan of Arc)
- Won: 1949 (Joan of Arc)
- Total: 3/1
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Nominated: 1952 (Rashomon)
- Won: 1952 (Rashomon)
- Total: 1/1