Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
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- George Stevens – Giant
- Michael Anderson – Around the World in Eighty Days
- Walter Lang – The King and I
- King Vidor – War and Peace
- William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Yul Brynner – The King and I
- James Dean – Giant
- Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life
- Rock Hudson – Giant
- Laurence Olivier – Richard III
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- Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
- Carroll Baker – Baby Doll
- Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker
- Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed
- Deborah Kerr – The King and I
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Anthony Quinn – Lust for Life
- Don Murray – Bus Stop
- Anthony Perkins – Friendly Persuasion
- Mickey Rooney – The Bold and the Brave
- Robert Stack – Written on the Wind
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- Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind
- Mildred Dunnock – Baby Doll
- Eileen Heckart – The Bad Seed
- Mercedes McCambridge – Giant
- Patty McCormack – The Bad Seed
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Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Le Ballon rouge – Albert Lamorisse
- The Bold and the Brave – Robert Lewin
- Julie – Andrew L. Stone
- La Strada – Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli
- The Ladykillers – William Rose
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- Around the World in Eighty Days – James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman
- Baby Doll – Tennessee Williams
- Friendly Persuasion – Michael Wilson
- Giant – Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol
- Lust for Life – Norman Corwin
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Best Story |
Best Foreign Language Film |
- The Brave One – Dalton Trumbo
- The Eddy Duchin Story – Leo Katcher
- High Society – Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman
- The Proud and the Beautiful – Jean-Paul Sartre
- Umberto D. – Cesare Zavattini
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- La Strada (Italy)
- The Burmese Harp (Japan)
- The Captain from Köpenick (Germany)
- Gervaise (France)
- Qivitoq (Denmark)
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Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Silent World
- The Naked Eye
- Where Mountains Float
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- The True Story of the Civil War
- A City Decides
- The Dark Wave
- The House Without a Name
- Man in Space
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Crashing the Water Barrier
- I Never Forget a Face
- Time Stood Still
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- The Bespoke Overcoat
- Cow Dog
- The Dark Wave
- Samoa
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Best Animated Short Film |
- Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
- Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
- The Jay Walker
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Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- Around the World in Eighty Days – Victor Young
- Anastasia – Alfred Newman
- Between Heaven and Hell – Hugo Friedhofer
- Giant – Dimitri Tiomkin
- The Rainmaker – Alex North
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- The King and I – Alfred Newman and Ken Darby
- The Best Things in Life Are Free – Lionel Newman
- The Eddy Duchin Story – Morris Stoloff and George Duning
- High Society – Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
- Meet Me in Las Vegas – George Stoll and Johnny Green
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Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
- "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
- "Julie" from Julie – Music by Leith Stevens; Lyric by Tom Adair
- "True Love" from High Society – Music and Lyric by Cole Porter
- "Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind – Music by Victor Young; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
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- The King and I – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
- The Brave One – Buddy Myers, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- The Eddy Duchin Story – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- Friendly Persuasion – Gordon R. Glennan and Gordon Sawyer, Westrex Sound Services, Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- The Ten Commandments – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
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Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- Somebody Up There Likes Me – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
- The Proud and Profane – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy
- Seven Samurai – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Takashi Matsuyama
- The Solid Gold Cadillac – Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage
- Teenage Rebel – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
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- The King and I – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
- Around the World in Eighty Days – Art Direction: James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
- Giant – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
- Lust for Life – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters and Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
- The Ten Commandments – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Somebody Up There Likes Me – Joseph Ruttenberg
- Baby Doll – Boris Kaufman
- The Bad Seed – Harold Rosson
- The Harder They Fall – Burnett Guffey
- Stagecoach to Fury – Walter Strenge
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- Around the World in Eighty Days – Lionel Lindon
- The Eddy Duchin Story – Harry Stradling
- The King and I – Leon Shamroy
- The Ten Commandments – Loyal Griggs
- War and Peace – Jack Cardiff
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Best Costume Design, Black and White |
Best Costume Design, Color |
- The Solid Gold Cadillac – Jean Louis
- The Power and the Prize – Helen Rose
- The Proud and Profane – Edith Head
- Seven Samurai – Kohei Ezaki
- Teenage Rebel – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
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- The King and I – Irene Sharaff
- Around the World in Eighty Days – Miles White
- Giant – Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best
- The Ten Commandments – Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg
- War and Peace – Marie De Matteis
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- Around the World in Eighty Days – Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax
- The Brave One – Merrill G. White
- Giant – William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan
- Somebody Up There Likes Me – Albert Akst
- The Ten Commandments – Anne Bauchens
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- The Ten Commandments – John Fulton
- Forbidden Planet – A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller
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