Best Picture: English Language
THE WINNER: The Night of the Hunter
- Rebel Without a Cause
- All That Heaven Allows
- Marty (original winner)
- East of Eden
Best Picture: Non-English Language
THE WINNER: Pather Panchali
- Ordet
- Les Diaboliques
- Smiles of a Summer Night
- Rififi
Best Actor
THE WINNER: Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter)
- James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause)
- James Dean (East of Eden) (original nominee)
- Ernest Borgnine (Marty) (original winner)
- Laurence Olivier (Richard III) (original nominee)
- Jean Servais (Rififi)
Best Actress
THE WINNER: Jane Wyman (All That Heaven Allows)
- Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo)
- Simone Signoret (Les Diaboliques)
- Karuna Bannerjee (Pather Panchali)
- Vera Clouzot (Les Diaboliques)
- Grace Kelly (To Catch a Thief)
Best Supporting Actor
THE WINNER: Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause) (original nominee)
- Richard Conte (The Big Combo)
- Arthur O’Connell (Picnic) (original nominee)
- Jack Lemmon (Mister Roberts) (original winner)
- Akim Tamiroff (Mr. Arkadin)
- Kanu Bannerjee (Pather Panchali)
Best Supporting Actress
THE WINNER: Natalie Wood (Rebel Without a Cause)
- Lillian Gish (The Night of the Hunter)
- Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden) (original winner)
- Rosalind Russell (Picnic)
- Harriet Andersson (Smiles of a Summer Night)
- Gloria Grahame (Oklahoma!)
- Jessie Royce Landis (To Catch a Thief)
- Julie Harris (East of Eden)
- Shirley MacLaine (The Trouble With Harry)
Best Director
THE WINNER: Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali)
Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Cause)
Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows)
Charles Laughton (The Night of the Hunter)
Carl Theodor Dreyer (Ordet)
Best Screenplay
THE WINNER: Paddy Chayefsky (Marty) (original winner)
- Ingmar Bergman (Smiles of a Summer Night)
- Nicholas Ray, Irvin Shulman, Stewart Stern (Rebel Without a Cause)
- James Agee (The Night of the Hunter)
- Luis Buñuel, Eduardo Ugarte, Rodolfo Usigli (The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz)
Best Cinematography
THE WINNER: Stanley Cortez (The Night of the Hunter)
- John Alton (The Big Combo)
- Robert Burks (The Trouble With Harry)
- Russell Metty (All That Heaven Allows)
- Robert Burks (To Catch a Thief) (original color winner)
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
THE WINNER: Ravi Shankar (Pather Panchali)
- Bernard Herrmann (The Trouble With Harry)
- George Duning (Picnic) (original nominee)
- Elmer Bernstein (The Man With the Golden Arm) (original nominee)
- Frank Skinner (All That Heaven Allows)
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Madeleine Gug (Les Diaboliques)
WINNER: Robert Golden (Night of the Hunter)
- George Tomasini (To Catch a Thief)
- Michael Luciano (Kiss Me Deadly)
Best Art Direction
WINNER: Hilyard Brown, Alfred E. Spencer (The Night of the Hunter)
- Hal Pereira, J. McMillan Johnson, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams (To Catch a Thief)
- Léon Barsacq (Les Diaboliques)
- Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel (art direction), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron (sets) (This Island Earth)
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Edith Head (To Catch a Thief)
- Charles Le Maire, Mary Wills (Virgin Queen)
- Mago (Smiles of a Summer Night)
Best Song
WINNER: Michigan Rag from “One Froggy Evening”; Michael Maltese, Chuck Jones and Milt Franklyn
- Something’s Gotta Give from “Daddy Long Legs”; Johnny Mercer (original nominee)
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing from “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”; Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) (original winner)
- Manzil ki chaah mein from “Devdas”; Sachin Dev Burman (music), Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics)
- Unchained Melody from “Unchained”; Alex North (music), Hy Zaret (lyrics) (original nominee)
Best Short
WINNER: One Froggy Evening (Warner Bros./Chuck Jones)
- Speedy Gonzales (Warner Bros./Friz Freleng)
- Nuit et brouillard a.k.a. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais)
- Beanstalk Bunny (Warner Bros./Chuck Jones)
- The Legend of Rockabye Point (Lantz/Tex Avery)
