Seventh Heaven was one of the first films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production"), in 1927. The film was written by H.H. Caldwell (titles), Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker (titles), and Austin Strong (play), and directed by Frank Borzage.

The movie is a romance starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Borzage won for Best Director, and Glazer won for Best Writing, Adaptation.

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.