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

UN Award

Special Award