Skip to content
Back to Movies
The Grapes of Wrath poster

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

John Ford

1940·Passed·United StatesUnited States
Award tierGold
Metascore

An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Cast

Henry Fonda·Jane Darwell·John Carradine·Charley Grapewin

Languages

United KingdomEnglish

Major Awards

4 wins · 2 nominations

Wins (4)

Best Director

Academy Awards, USA (1941)

Best Director

Other

National Board of Review, USA (1940)

Best Film

New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1940)

Best Director

New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1940)

Best Film

Nominations (2)

Best Picture

Academy Awards, USA (1941)

Best Picture

Best Actor

Academy Awards, USA (1941)

Best Actor in a Leading Role