Best Film
Adam’s Rib – Dir.: George Cukor; Scr.: Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin
Beyond the Forest – Dir.: King Vidor; Scr.: Lenore J. Coffee
The Heiress – Dir.: William Wyler; Scr.: Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz
Here’s to the Young Lady / Ojôsan kanpai – Dir.: Keisuke Kinoshita; Scr.: Kaneto Shindô
House of Strangers – Dir.: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Scr.: Philip Yordan
I Was a Male War Bride – Dir.: Howard Hawks; Scr.: Charles Lederer, Hagar Wilde & Leonard Spiegelglass
Kind Hearts and Coronets – Dir.: Robert Hamer; Scr.: Robert Hamer & John Dighton
On the Town – Dir.: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly; Scr.: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
The Passionate Friends – Dir.: David Lean; Scr.: Eric Ambler
Passport to Pimlico – Dir.: Henry Cornelius; Scr.: T.E.B. Clarke
A Run for Your Money – Dir.: Charles Frend; Scr.: Richard Hughes, Charles Frend & Leslie Norman
The Set-Up – Dir.: Robert Wise; Scr.: Art Cohn
Whisky Galore – Dir.: Alexander Mackendrick; Scr.: Compton Mackenzie & Angus Macphail
White Heat – Dir.: Raoul Walsh; Scr.: Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts
Best Actress
Bette Davis – Beyond the Forest
Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress
Setsuko Hara – Here’s to the Young Lady
Katharine Hepburn – Adam’s Rib
Moira Lister – A Run for Your Money
Anna Magnani – Volcano / Vulcano
Ann Sheridan – I Was a Male War Bride
Ann Todd – The Passionate Friends
Loretta Young – Come to the Stable
Best Actor
James Cagney – White Heat
Gary Cooper – The Fountainhead
Cary Grant – I Was a Male War Bride
Donald Houston – A Run for Your Money
Claude Rains – The Passionate Friends
Edward G. Robinson – House of Strangers
Robert Ryan – The Set-Up
Shûji Sano – Here’s to the Young Lady
Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart
Spencer Tracy – Adam’s Rib
Best Supporting Actress
Hermione Baddeley – Passport to Pimlico
Fusako Fujima – Here’s to the Young Lady
Betty Garrett – On the Town
Joyce Grenfell – A Run for Your Money
Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son
Mercedes McCambridge – All the King’s Men
Ann Miller – On the Town
Esther Minciotti – House of Strangers
Margaret Rutherford – Passport to Pimlico
Audrey Totter – Tension
Margaret Wycherly – White Heat
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Ewell – Adam’s Rib
Thomas Gomez – Come to the Stable
Alec Guinness – Kind Hearts and Coronets
Alec Guinness – A Run for Your Money
James Mason – The Reckless Moment
Ramon Novarro – We Were Strangers
Edmond O’Brien – White Heat
Basil Radford – Whisky Galore
Ralph Richardson – The Heiress
Best Cinematography
Battleground – Paul C. Vogel
Beyond the Forest – Robert Burks
Black Magic – Ubaldo Arata & Anchise Brizzi
The Heiress – Leo Tover
Madame Bovary – Robert Planck
On the Town – Harold Rosson
The Passionate Friends – Guy Green
Pinky – Joseph P. MacDonald
The Third Man – Robert Krasker
Under Capricorn – Jack Cardiff
Best Original Score
Here’s to the Young Lady – Chûji Kinoshita
My Foolish Heart – Victor Young
The Third Man – Anton Karas
Whisky Galore – Ernest Irving