| Best Motion Picture | Best Director |
| William Wyler – Ben-Hur*George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank*Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story*Jack Clayton – Room at the Top*Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur as Judah Ben-Hur*Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top as Joe Lampton*Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot as Jerry/"Daphne"*Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man as Dr. Sam Abelman*James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler | Simone Signoret – Room at the Top as Alice Aisgill*Doris Day – Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow*Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story as Sister Luke*Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer as Violet Venable*Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim*Arthur O'Connell – Anatomy of a Murder as Parnell McCarthy*George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder as Claude Dancer*Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians as Chester A. "Chet" Gwynn*Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank as Albert Dussell | Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella van Daan*Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top as Elspeth*Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life as Sarah Jane*Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life as Annie Johnson*Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk as Alma |
| Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
| Pillow Talk – Story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin*The 400 Blows – François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy*North by Northwest – Ernest Lehman*Operation Petticoat – Story by Paul King, Joseph J. Stone; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin*Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman | Room at the Top – Neil Paterson based on the novel by John Braine*Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes based on the novel by Robert Traver*Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg based on by Lew Wallace*The Nun's Story – Robert Anderson based on the novel by Kathryn Hulme*Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond based on a story by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary Feature |
| Black Orpheus *The Bridge *The Great War *Paw *The Village on the River | Serengeti Shall Not Die*The Race for Space |
| Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Subject |
| Glass *Donald in Mathmagic Land*From Generation to Generation | The Golden Fish – Jacques Cousteau*Between the Tides – Ian Ferguson*Mysteries of the Deep – Walt Disney*The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film – Peter Sellers*Skyscraper – Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke |
| Best Short Subjects – Cartoons | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Moonbird *Mexicali Shmoes*Noah's Ark*The Violinist | Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa*The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman*The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman*On the Beach – Ernest Gold*Pillow Talk – Frank De Vol |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Best Song |
| Porgy and Bess – André Previn and Ken Darby*The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens*Li'l Abner – Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley*Say One for Me – Lionel Newman*Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns | "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn*"The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn*"The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies – Music and Lyrics by Sylvia Fine*"The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David*"Strange Are The Ways of Love" from The Young Land – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington |
| Best Sound | Best Art Direction, Black-and-White |
| Ben-Hur – Franklin Milton*Journey to the Center of the Earth – Carlton W. Faulkner*Libel – A. W. Watkins*The Nun's Story – George Groves*Porgy and Bess – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes | The Diary of Anne Frank – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss*Career – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams*The Last Angry Man – Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan*Some Like It Hot – Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle*Suddenly, Last Summer – Art Direction: Oliver Messel and William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scott Slimon |
| Best Art Direction, Color | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Ben-Hur – Art Direction: William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt*The Big Fisherman – Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron*Journey to the Center of the Earth – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Joseph Kish*North by Northwest – Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, and Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy*Pillow Talk – Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel ; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt | The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor*Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt*Career – Joseph LaShelle*Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang*The Young Philadelphians – Harry Stradling, Sr. |
| Best Cinematography, Color | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White |
| Ben-Hur – Robert Surtees*The Big Fisherman – Lee Garmes*The Five Pennies – Daniel L. Fapp*The Nun's Story – Franz Planer*Porgy and Bess – Leon Shamroy | Some Like It Hot – Orry-Kelly*Career – Edith Head*The Diary of Anne Frank – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills*The Gazebo – Helen Rose*The Young Philadelphians – Howard Shoup |
| Best Costume Design, Color | Best Film Editing |
| Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden*The Best of Everything – Adele Palmer*The Big Fisherman – Renié*The Five Pennies – Edith Head*Porgy and Bess – Irene Sharaff | Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning*Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler*North by Northwest – George Tomasini*The Nun's Story – Walter Thompson*On the Beach – Frederic Knudtson |
| Best Special Effects | - |
| Ben-Hur – Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Milo B. Lory*Journey to the Center of the Earth – Visual Effects by L. B. Abbott and James B. Gordon; Audible Effects by Carl Faulkner | - |
