| Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox - All About Eve
- S. Sylvan Simon for Columbia Pictures - Born Yesterday
- Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Father of the Bride
- Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - King Solomon's Mines
- Charles Brackett for Paramount Pictures - Sunset Boulevard
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- Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve
- George Cukor – Born Yesterday
- John Huston – The Asphalt Jungle
- Carol Reed – The Third Man
- Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
- Louis Calhern – The Magnificent Yankee
- William Holden – Sunset Boulevard
- James Stewart – Harvey
- Spencer Tracy – Father of the Bride
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- Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
- Anne Baxter – All About Eve
- Bette Davis – All About Eve
- Eleanor Parker – Caged
- Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- George Sanders – All About Eve
- Jeff Chandler – Broken Arrow
- Edmund Gwenn – Mister 880
- Sam Jaffe – The Asphalt Jungle
- Erich von Stroheim – Sunset Boulevard
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- Josephine Hull – Harvey
- Hope Emerson – Caged
- Celeste Holm – All About Eve
- Nancy Olson – Sunset Boulevard
- Thelma Ritter – All About Eve
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| Best Screenplay |
Best Story and Screenplay |
- All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- The Asphalt Jungle – Ben Maddow and John Huston
- Born Yesterday – Albert Mannheimer
- Broken Arrow – Albert Maltz
- Father of the Bride – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
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- Sunset Boulevard – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman, Jr.
- Adam's Rib – Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
- Caged – Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld
- The Men – Carl Foreman
- No Way Out – Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels
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| Best Story |
Best Animated Short Film |
- Panic in the Streets – Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt
- Bitter Rice – Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani
- The Gunfighter – William Bowers and André de Toth
- Mystery Street – Leonard Spigelgass
- When Willie Comes Marching Home – Sy Gomberg
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- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- Jerry's Cousin
- Trouble Indemnity
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
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- Why Korea?
- The Fight: Science Against Cancer
- The Stairs
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| Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Grandad of Races – Gordon Hollingshead
- Blaze Busters – Robert Youngson
- Wrong Way Butch – Pete Smith
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- In Beaver Valley
- Grandma Moses
- My Country 'Tis of Thee
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| Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman
- All About Eve – Alfred Newman
- The Flame and the Arrow – Max Steiner
- No Sad Songs for Me – George Duning
- Samson and Delilah – Victor Young
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- Annie Get Your Gun – Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens
- Cinderella – Oliver Wallace and Paul J. Smith
- I'll Get By – Lionel Newman
- Three Little Words – André Previn
- The West Point Story – Ray Heindorf
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| Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U.S.A. – Music and Lyric by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
- "Be My Love" from The Toast of New Orleans – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from Cinderella – Music and Lyric by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
- "Mule Train" from Singing Guns – Music and Lyric by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
- "Wilhelmina" from Wabash Avenue – Music by Josef Myrow; Lyric by Mack Gordon
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- All About Eve – Thomas T. Moulton, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
- Cinderella – C. O. Slyfield, Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
- Louisa – Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio Sound Department
- Our Very Own – Gordon Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- Trio – Cyril Crowhurst, Pinewood Studio Sound Dept.
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| Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- Sunset Boulevard – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
- All About Eve – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott
- The Red Danube – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt
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- Samson and Delilah – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
- Annie Get Your Gun – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle
- Destination Moon – Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley
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| Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- The Third Man – Robert Krasker
- All About Eve – Milton R. Krasner
- The Asphalt Jungle – Harold Rosson
- The Furies – Victor Milner
- Sunset Boulevard – John F. Seitz
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- King Solomon's Mines – Robert L. Surtees
- Annie Get Your Gun – Charles Rosher
- Broken Arrow – Ernest Palmer
- The Flame and the Arrow – Ernest Haller
- Samson and Delilah – George Barnes
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| Best Costume Design, Black and White |
Best Costume Design, Color |
- All About Eve – Edith Head and Charles LeMaire
- Born Yesterday – Jean Louis
- The Magnificent Yankee – Walter Plunkett
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- Samson and Delilah – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling
- The Black Rose – Michael Whittaker
- That Forsyte Woman – Walter Plunkett and Valles
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- King Solomon's Mines – Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig
- All About Eve – Barbara McLean
- Annie Get Your Gun – James E. Newcom
- Sunset Boulevard – Arthur Schmidt and Doane Harrison
- The Third Man – Oswald Hafenrichter
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- Destination Moon – George Pal Productions and Eagle Lion Classics
- Samson and Delilah – Cecil B. DeMille Productions and Paramount
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