| Best Motion Picture | Best Director |
| Delbert Mann – Marty* John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock* Elia Kazan – East of Eden* Joshua Logan – Picnic* David Lean – Summertime |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ernest Borgnine – Marty as Marty Piletti* James Cagney – Love Me or Leave Me as Martin Snyder* James Dean – East of Eden as Caleb Trask* Frank Sinatra – The Man with the Golden Arm as Frankie "Dealer" Machine* Spencer Tracy – Bad Day at Black Rock as John J. Macreedy | Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo as Serafina Delle Rose* Susan Hayward – I'll Cry Tomorrow as Lillian Roth* Katharine Hepburn – Summertime as Jane Hudson* Jennifer Jones – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Dr. Han Suyin* Eleanor Parker – Interrupted Melody as Marjorie Lawrence |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts as Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver* Arthur Kennedy – Trial as Bernard Castle* Joe Mantell – Marty as Angie* Sal Mineo – Rebel Without a Cause as John "Plato" Crawford* Arthur O'Connell – Picnic as Howard Bevans | Jo Van Fleet – East of Eden as Cathy Ames/Kate Trask* Betsy Blair – Marty as Clara* Peggy Lee – Pete Kelly's Blues as Rose Hopkins* Marisa Pavan – The Rose Tattoo as Rosa Delle Rose* Natalie Wood – Rebel Without a Cause as Judy |
| Best Screenplay | Best Story and Screenplay |
| Marty – Paddy Chayefsky from Marty by Paddy Chayefsky* Bad Day at Black Rock – Millard Kaufman from "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin* Blackboard Jungle – Richard Brooks from Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter* East of Eden – Paul Osborn from East of Eden by John Steinbeck* Love Me or Leave Me – Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart | Interrupted Melody – William Ludwig and Sonya Levien* The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell – Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery* It's Always Fair Weather – Betty Comden and Adolph Green* Mr. Hulot's Holiday – Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet* The Seven Little Foys – Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose |
| Best Motion Picture Story | Best Short Subject – Cartoons |
| Love Me or Leave Me – Daniel Fuchs* The Private War of Major Benson – Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher* Rebel Without a Cause – Nicholas Ray* The Sheep Has Five Legs – Jean Marsan, Henri Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, and Raoul Ploquin* Strategic Air Command – Beirne Lay Jr. | Speedy Gonzales* Good Will to Men* The Legend of Rockabye Point* No Hunting |
| Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short Subject |
| Helen Keller in Her Story* Heartbreak Ridge | Men Against the Arctic – Walt Disney* The Battle of Gettysburg* The Face of Lincoln |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel | Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel |
| Survival City – Edmund Reek* 3rd Ave. El – Carson Davidson* Gadgets Galore – Robert Youngson* Three Kisses – Justin Herman | The Face of Lincoln* 24-Hour Alert* The Battle of Gettysburg* On the Twelfth Day* Switzerland |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Alfred Newman* Battle Cry – Max Steiner* The Man with the Golden Arm – Elmer Bernstein* Picnic – George Duning* The Rose Tattoo – Alex North | Oklahoma! – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch* Daddy Long Legs – Alfred Newman* Guys and Dolls – Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge* It's Always Fair Weather – André Previn* Love Me or Leave Me – Percy Faith and Georgie Stoll |
| Best Song | Best Sound Recording |
| "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster* "I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn* "Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs – Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer* "The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn* "Unchained Melody" from Unchained – Music by Alex North; Lyrics by Hy Zaret | Oklahoma! – Fred Hynes* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Carlton W. Faulkner* Love Me or Leave Me – Wesley C. Miller* Mister Roberts – William A. Mueller* Not as a Stranger – Watson Jones |
| Best Art Direction, Black-and-White | Best Art Direction, Color |
| The Rose Tattoo – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams* Blackboard Jungle – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace* I'll Cry Tomorrow – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt* The Man with the Golden Arm – Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera* Marty – Art Direction: Ted Haworth and Walter M. Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley | Picnic – Art Direction: William Flannery and Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley* Daddy Long Legs – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox* Guys and Dolls – Art Direction: Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs* To Catch a Thief – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Best Cinematography, Color |
| The Rose Tattoo – James Wong Howe* Blackboard Jungle – Russell Harlan* I'll Cry Tomorrow – Arthur Arling* Marty – Joseph LaShelle* Queen Bee – Charles Lang | To Catch a Thief – Robert Burks* Guys and Dolls – Harry Stradling* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Leon Shamroy* A Man Called Peter – Harold Lipstein* Oklahoma! – Robert Surtees |
| Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Best Costume Design, Color |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow – Helen Rose* The Pickwick Papers – Beatrice Dawson* Queen Bee – Jean Louis* The Rose Tattoo – Edith Head* Ugetsu – Tadaoto Kainosho | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Charles LeMaire* Guys and Dolls – Irene Sharaff* Interrupted Melody – Helen Rose* To Catch a Thief – Edith Head* The Virgin Queen – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills |
| Best Film Editing | Best Special Effects |
| Picnic – Charles Nelson and William Lyon'* Blackboard Jungle – Ferris Webster* The Bridges at Toko-Ri – Alma Macrorie* Oklahoma! – Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler* The Rose Tattoo – Warren Low | The Bridges at Toko-Ri* The Dam Busters* The Rains of Ranchipur'' |
