Best Picture: English Language
THE WINNER: The Searchers
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- The Killing
- Written on the Wind
- The Wrong Man
Best Picture: Non-English Language
THE WINNER: A Man Escaped
- Early Spring
- The Burmese Harp (original nominee)
- Street of Shame
- The Mystery of Picasso
Best Actor
THE WINNER: John Wayne (The Searchers)
- Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life) (original nominee)
- Danny Kaye (The Court Jester)
- Yul Brynner (The King and I) (original winner)
- Henry Fonda (The Wrong Man)
- Gregory Peck (Moby Dick)
Best Actress
THE WINNER: Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia) (original winner)
- Deborah Kerr (The King and I) (original nominee)
- Vera Miles (The Wrong Man)
- Carroll Baker (Baby Doll) (original nominee)
- Doris Day (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
- Chikage Awashima (Early Spring)
Best Supporting Actor
THE WINNER: Elisha Cook, Jr. (The Killing)
- Cantinflas (Around the World in 80 Days)
- Robert Stack (Written on the Wind) (original nominee)
- Anthony Quinn (Lust for Life) (original winner)
- Jeffrey Hunter (The Searchers)
Best Supporting Actress
THE WINNER: Dorothy Malone (Written on the Wind) (original winner)
- Marie Windsor (The Killing)
- Machiko Kyo (Street of Shame)
- Helen Hayes (Anastasia)
- Mercedes McCambridge (Giant) (original nominee)
- Keiko Kishi (Early Spring)
- Brenda Da Banzie (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Best Director
THE WINNER: Robert Bresson (A Man Escaped)
- Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
- John Ford (The Searchers)
- Stanley Kubrick (The Killing)
- Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind)
- Yasujiro Ozu (Early Spring)
Best Screenplay
THE WINNER: Jim Thompson, Stanley Kubrick (The Killing)
- Daniel Mainwaring (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
- Frank S. Nugent (The Searchers)
- Robert Bresson (A Man Escaped)
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama (The Court Jester)
Best Cinematography
THE WINNER: Winton C. Hoch (The Searchers)
- Russell Metty (Written on the Wind)
- Russell Harlan, Freddie Young (Lust for Life)
- Leonce-Henry Burel (A Man Escaped)
- Lucien Ballard (The Killing)
- Minoru Yokoyama (The Burmese Harp)
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
THE WINNER: Victor Young (Around the World in Eighty Days) (original winner)
- Frank Skinner, Victor Young (Written on the Wind)
- Miklos Rozsa (Lust for Life)
- Akira Ifukube (The Burmese Harp)
- Bernard Herrmann (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
- Bebe Barron, Louis Barron (Forbidden Planet)
Best Film Editing
WINNER: George Tomasini (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
- Jack Murray (The Searchers)
- Betty Steinberg (The Killing)
- Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax (Around the World in Eighty Days)
Best Art-Direction
WINNER: Irving Block, Mentor Huebner, Cedric Gibbons, Arthur Lonergan, Arthur Lonergan (Forbidden Planet)
- Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer (The Ten Commandments)
- Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox (The King and I)
- Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason (Lust for Life)
- James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross Dowd (Around the World in Eighty Days)
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Irene Sharaff (The King and I)
- Miles White (Around the World in Eighty Days)
- Edith Head, Ralph Jester; John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg (The Ten Commandments)
Best Song
WINNER: Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) from “The Man Who Knew Too Much”; written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (original winner)
- Now You Has Jazz from “High Society”; written by Cole Porter
- Written On The Wind from “Written On The Wind”; Victor Young (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) (original nominee)
- The Girl Can’t Help It from “The Girl Can’t Help It”, written by Bobby Troup
- True Love from “High Society”, written by Cole Porter (original nominee)
Best Short
WINNER: Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper (UPA/Pete Burness)
- Popeye For President (Paramount/Seymour Kneitel)
- Deduce, You Say (Warner Bros./Chuck Jones)
