The 31st Academy Awards | 1959
The complete list of Academy Awards nominees for 1959. We have had 23 different categories and 53 different movies nominated in this year of academy awards. Amongst all the movies, there were 13 distinct movies awarded. Gigi is the most-awarded movie of this year with 9 Oscars nominations and 9 awards. Gigi won this year's Best Picture.
- Categories
- 23
- Nominees
- 53
- Winners
- 13
1959 Oscars Recap
Here is a recap of all the 23 categories in 1959.
- Ama Girls
- Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- Gigi
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color
- Gigi
- Best Cinematography, Color
- Gigi
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White or Color
- Gigi
- Best Director
- Gigi
- Best Film Editing
- Gigi
- Best Music, Original Song
- Gigi
- Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
- Gigi
- Best Picture
- Gigi
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
- Grand Canyon
- Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
- I Want to Live!
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Knighty Knight Bugs
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons
- Mon oncle
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Separate Tables
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Separate Tables
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- South Pacific
- Best Sound
- The Big Country
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Defiant Ones
- Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- The Defiant Ones
- Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
- The Old Man and the Sea
- Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- Tom Thumb
- Best Effects, Special Effects
- White Wilderness
- Best Documentary, Features
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19588.0/10·97%+
- 19587.6/10·92%+
- 19586.9/10·80%
- 19587.6/10·92%+
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- 19587.9/10·100%
- 19587.3/10·79%
- 19587.1/10·86%
- 19586.7/10·27%
- 19587.6/10·92%+
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 19587.5/10·94%+
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19588.0/10·97%+
- 19587.9/10·93%+
- 19587.3/10·79%
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19587.6/10·92%+
- 19587.3/10·79%
- 19586.7/10·83%
- 19587.9/10·93%+
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19585.8/10
- 19587.9/10·93%+
- 19586.8/10·75%
- 19588.3/10·94%
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- 19587.6/10·92%+
- 19586.5/10
- 19587.5/10·94%+
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19587.2/10·71%
Best Cinematography, Color
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19587.9/10·93%+
- 19588.0/10·97%+
- 19586.8/10·82%
- 19586.9/10·80%
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White or Color
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19585.8/10
- 19586.8/10·75%
- 19587.3/10·79%
- 19586.5/10
Best Director
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19587.2/10·100%
- 19588.0/10·97%+
- 19587.5/10·94%+
- 19587.6/10·92%+
Best Documentary, Features
- 19585.3/10
- 19596.0/10
- 1958N/A/10
- 1958N/A/10
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- 19586.6/10
- 1958N/A/10
- 19587.6/10
- 1959N/A/10
- 19596.9/10
Best Effects, Special Effects
- 19586.5/10·100%
- 19586.5/10
Best Film Editing
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19587.9/10·93%+
- 19586.7/10·75%
- 19587.5/10·94%+
- 19587.6/10·92%+
Best Foreign Language Film
- 19587.7/10·93%
- 19586.2/10
- 19588.0/10·89%
- 19586.9/10
- 19586.9/10
Best Music, Original Song
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19585.8/10
- 19586.7/10·64%
- 19586.2/10
- 19587.3/10·79%
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- 19586.9/10·80%
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19587.9/10·100%
- 19587.2/10·71%
- 19585.3/10
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19587.1/10·78%
- 19585.5/10
- 19586.8/10·82%
- 19577.2/10
Best Picture
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19587.9/10·93%+
- 19588.0/10·97%+
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19587.6/10·92%+
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
- 19587.6/10
- 19587.0/10
- 19585.8/10
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
- 19587.1/10
- 19587.6/10
- 19586.6/10
- 1958N/A/10
- 19586.2/10
Best Sound
- 19586.8/10·82%
- 19587.6/10·80%
- 19587.5/10·94%+
- 19587.2/10·71%
- 19588.3/10·94%
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
- 19586.7/10·82%+
- 19588.0/10·97%+
- 19587.5/10·94%+
- 19587.4/10·65%+
- 19587.1/10·89%
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
- 19587.6/10·92%+
- 19586.7/10·64%
- 19587.1/10·86%
- 19586.7/10
- 19586.9/10