Best Picture: Non-English Language
THE WINNER: Wild Strawberries
- The Seventh Seal
- Nights of Cabiria (original winner)
- Pyaasa
- Throne of Blood
- Kanal
Best Picture: English Language
THE WINNER: Paths of Glory
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Twelve Angry Men (original nominee)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (original winner)
- Peyton Place (original nominee)
- Witness for the Prosecution (original nominee)
Best Actor
THE WINNER: Victor Sjostrom (Wild Strawberries)
- Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai) (original winner)
- Charles Laughton (Witness for the Prosecution) (original nominee)
- Van Heflin (3:10 to Yuma)
- Burt Lancaster (Sweet Smell of Success)
- Toshiro Mifune (Throne of Blood)
Best Actress
THE WINNER: Giulietta Masina (Nights of Cabiria)
- Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) (original winner)
- Isuzu Yamada (Throne of Blood)
- Nargis (Mother India)
- Cyd Charisse (Silk Stockings)
Best Supporting Actor
THE WINNER: Tony Curtis (Sweet Smell of Success)
- Nial McGinnis (Night of the Demon)
- Gunnar Bjornstrand (The Seventh Seal)
- Sessue Hayakawa (The Bridge on the River Kwai) (original nominee)
- Lee J. Cobb (Twelve Angry Men)
Best Supporting Actress
THE WINNER: Ingrid Thulin (Wild Strawberries)
- Karuna Bannerjee (Aparajito)
- Hope Lange (Peyton Place) (original nominee)
- Felicia Farr (3:10 to Yuma)
- Bibi Andersson (Wild Strawberries)
Best Director
THE WINNER: Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal)
- Akira Kurosawa (Throne of Blood)
- Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries)
- Federico Fellini (Nights of Cabiria)
- Stanley Kubrick (Paths of Glory)
Best Screenplay
THE WINNER: Richard Matheson (The Incredible Shrinking Man)
- Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries)
- Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman (Sweet Smell of Success)
- Reginald Rose (Twelve Angry Men) (original nominee)
- Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiani, Tullio Pinelli (Nights of Cabiria)
Best Cinematography
THE WINNER: Sergei Uresevsky (The Cranes are Flying)
- James Wong Howe (Sweet Smell of Success)
- Asakazu Nakai (Throne of Blood)
- Gunnar Fischer (The Seventh Seal)
- Gunnar Fischer (Wild Strawberries)
- Jerzy Lipman (Kanal)
Best Original Score
THE WINNER: Elmer Bernstein (Sweet Smell of Success)
- Franz Waxman (Peyton Place)
- Nino Rota (Nights of Cabiria)
- Malcolm Arnold (The Bridge on the River Kwai) (original winner)
- Ravi Shankar (Aparajito)
- Moisej Vainberg (The Cranes are Flying)
