| Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Ben-Hur
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Room at the Top
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- The Nun's Story
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- William Wyler – Ben-Hur
- Jack Clayton – Room at the Top
- Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot
- George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank
- Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
- James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
- Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top
- Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot
- Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man
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- Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
- Doris Day – Pillow Talk
- Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer
- Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer
- Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur
- Arthur O'Connell – Anatomy of a Murder
- George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder
- Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank
- Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians
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- Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank
- Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top
- Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life
- Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life
- Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Pillow Talk – Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
- North by Northwest – Ernest Lehman
- The 400 Blows – François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy
- Operation Petticoat – Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
- Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman
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- Room at the Top – Neil Paterson
- Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes
- Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg
- Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
- The Nun's Story – Robert Anderson
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
- Black Orpheus (France)
- The Bridge (Germany)
- The Village on the River (Netherlands)
- The Great War (Italy)
- Paw (Denmark)
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
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- Glas
- Donald in Mathmagic Land
- From Generation to Generation
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| Best Live Action Short |
Best Animated Short |
- The Golden Fish - Jacques Cousteau
- Between the Tides - Ian Ferguson
- Mysteries of the Deep - Walt Disney
- The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film - Peter Sellers
- Skyscraper - Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke
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- Moonbird
- Mexicali Shmoes
- Noah's Ark
- The Violinist
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| Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
- On the Beach – Ernest Gold
- Pillow Talk – Frank DeVol
- The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman
- The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman
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- Porgy and Bess – André Previn and Ken Darby
- L'il Abner – Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley
- Say One for Me – Lionel Newman
- Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns
- The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens
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| Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies – Music and Lyric by Sylvia Fine
- "The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyric by Mack David
- "Strange Are The Ways of Love" from The Young Land – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
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- Ben-Hur – Franklin Milton, MGM Studio Sound Department
- Journey to the Center of the Earth – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
- Libel – A. W. Watkins, MGM London Studio Sound Department
- Porgy and Bess – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Todd-AO Sound Department
- The Nun's Story – George Groves, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
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| Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- The Diary of Anne Frank – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
- Career – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Arthur Krams
- Some Like It Hot – Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
- Suddenly, Last Summer – Art Direction: Oliver Messel and William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon
- The Last Angry Man – Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
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- Ben-Hur – Art Direction: William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
- Journey to the Center of the Earth – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler; Set Decoration: Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal
- North by Northwest – Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy
- Pillow Talk – Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt
- The Big Fisherman – Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
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| Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor
- Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt
- Career – Joseph LaShelle
- Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang, Jr.
- The Young Philadelphians – Harry Stradling, Sr.
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- Ben-Hur – Robert L. Surtees
- Porgy and Bess – Leon Shamroy
- The Big Fisherman – Lee Garmes
- The Five Pennies – Daniel L. Fapp
- The Nun's Story – Franz Planer
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| Best Costume Design, Black and White |
Best Costume Design, Color |
- Some Like It Hot – Orry-Kelly
- Career – Edith Head
- The Diary of Anne Frank – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
- The Gazebo – Helen Rose
- The Young Philadelphians – Howard Shoup
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- Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden
- Porgy and Bess – Irene Sharaff
- The Best of Everything – Adele Palmer
- The Big Fisherman – Renie
- The Five Pennies – Edith Head
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
- Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler
- North by Northwest – George Tomasini
- On the Beach – Frederic Knudtson
- The Nun's Story – Walter Thompson
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- Ben-Hur – A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald and Milo Lory
- Journey to the Center of the Earth – L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon and Carl Faulkner
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