Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Ben-Hur - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Best Director: William Wyler - Ben-Hur
- Best Actor: Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
- Best Actress: Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
- Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur
- Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank
- Best Foreign Language Film: Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus, Brazil / France / Italy
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Ben-Hur
- Best Actor: Anthony Franciosa - Career
- Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture (tie): Some Like It Hot
- Best Picture (tie): Porgy and Bess
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
- Best Actress: Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot
- Other
- Best Director: William Wyler - Ben-Hur
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Il Generale della Rovere (General della Rovere), directed by Roberto Rosselini, Italy / France
- La grande guerra (The Great War), directed by Mario Monicelli, Italy / France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Les Cousins (The Cousins), directed by Claude Chabrol, France
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