8th British Academy Film Awards

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Caine Mutiny
• Carrington V.C.
• The Divided Heart
• Doctor in the House
• Executive Suite
• For Better, For Worse
• Hobson's Choice
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• Jigokumon
• The Maggie
• The Moon is Blue
• On the Waterfront
• Pane, amore e fantasia
• The Purple Plain
• Rear Window
• Riot in Cell Block 11
• Robinson Crusoe
• Romeo and Juliet
• ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''

Best British Film

• Carrington V.C.
• The Divided Heart
• Doctor in the House
• For Better, For Worse
• The Maggie
• The Purple Plain
• ''Romeo and Juliet''

Best Foreign Actor

• José Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny
• Fredric March in Executive Suite
• James Stewart in The Glenn Miller Story
• Neville Brand in ''Riot in Cell Block 11''

Best British Actor

• David Niven in Carrington V.C.
• John Mills in Hobson's Choice
• Robert Donat in Lease of Life
• Maurice Denham in The Purple Plain
• Donald Wolfit in ''Svengali''

Best British Actress

• Margaret Leighton in Carrington V.C.
• Noelle Middleton in Carrington V.C.
• Brenda De Banzie in Hobson's Choice
• Audrey Hepburn in ''Sabrina''

Best Foreign Actress

• Judy Holliday in Phffft!
• Shirley Booth in About Mrs. Leslie
• Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder
• Gina Lollobrigida in ''Pane, amore e fantasia''

Best British Screenplay

• The Divided Heart - Jack Whittingham
• Doctor in the House - Nicholas Phipps
• Hobson's Choice - David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne
• The Maggie - William Rose
• Monsieur Ripois - Hugh Mills and René Clément
• The Purple Plain - Eric Ambler
• Romeo and Juliet - Renato Castellani

Best Documentary Film

Most Promising Newcomer To Film

• Maggie McNamara in The Moon Is Blue
• Eva Marie Saint in ''On The Waterfront''

Best Animated Film

• ''The Unicorn in the Garden''

UN Award

Special Award

• The Living Desert
• The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci
• Axel Petersen
• The Origin of Coal
• ''Powered Flight: The Story of the Century''