Rich Picks
19541956

Awards & Top Films

1955

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1955 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1955

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East of EdenNo award data
2
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Guys and DollsNo award data
3
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The Rose TattooNo award data
4
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Blood AlleyNo award data
5
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Dangerous CurvesNo award data
6
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Eyes of ChildrenNo award data
7
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Hit The DeckNo award data
8
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I'll Cry TomorrowNo award data
9
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Love Is A Many-Splendored ThingNo award data
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MartyNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

Marty
Producer: Harold Hecht
OscarNBRBAFTA
Carmen Jones
GlobeBAFTA
Guys and Dolls
GlobeBAFTA
Richard III
BAFTA
Picnic
Producer: Fred Kohlmar
OscarNBRBAFTA
Bad Day at Black Rock
NBRBAFTA
East of Eden
NBRBAFTA
Mister Roberts
Producer: Leland Hayward
OscarNBR
Summertime
NBRBAFTA
The Rose Tattoo
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
OscarNBR
A Man Called Peter
NBR
La Strada
BAFTA
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Producer: Buddy Adler
Oscar
Not as a Stranger
NBR
Seven Samurai
BAFTA
Simba
BAFTA
The African Lion
NBR
The Colditz Story
BAFTA
The Dam Busters
BAFTA
The Ladykillers
BAFTA
The Night My Number Came Up
BAFTA
The Prisoner
BAFTA

International Feature

Dangerous Curves
Globe
Eyes of Children
Producer: Yoshirô Kawazu
Globe
Ordet
Producer: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Globe
Sons, Mothers And A General
Producer: Laslo Benedek
Globe
Stella
Producer: Michael Cacoyannis
Globe
The Prisoner
NBR

Animated Feature

Blinkity Blank
BAFTA
Animal Farm
BAFTA
Down a Long Way
BAFTA
Fudget's Budget
BAFTA
Lady and the Tramp
BAFTA
Magoo Express
BAFTA

Documentary

Foothold in Antarctica
BAFTA
Generator 4
BAFTA
The Silent World (Le Monde Du Silence)
BAFTA
Under the Same Sky
BAFTA

Directing & Editing

Directing

Delbert Mann
Marty
OscarDGA
Joshua Logan
Picnic
OscarGlobeDGA
William Wyler
The Desperate Hours
NBR
John Sturges
Bad Day at Black Rock
OscarDGA
Elia Kazan
East of Eden
OscarDGA
Henry Koster
A Man Called Peter
DGA
Richard Brooks
Blackboard Jungle
DGA
Charles Vidor
Love Me or Leave Me
DGA
David Lean
Summertime
Oscar
Mark Robson
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
DGA
John Ford
The Long Gray Line
DGA
Daniel Mann
The Rose Tattoo
DGA
Billy Wilder
The Seven Year Itch
DGA

Editing

William Lyon and Charles Nelson
Picnic
Oscar
Ferris Webster
Blackboard Jungle
Oscar
Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler
Oklahoma!
Oscar
Alma Macrorie
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Oscar
Warren Low
The Rose Tattoo
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Ernest Borgnine
Marty
OscarGlobeNBR
Spencer Tracy
Bad Day at Black Rock
Oscar
James Dean
East of Eden
Oscar
James Cagney
Love Me or Leave Me
Oscar
Frank Sinatra
The Man with the Golden Arm
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Anna Magnani
The Rose Tattoo
OscarNBR
Susan Hayward
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Oscar
Eleanor Parker
Interrupted Melody
Oscar
Jennifer Jones
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Oscar
Katharine Hepburn
Summertime
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

Jack Lemmon
Mister Roberts
Oscar
Charles Bickford
Not as a Stranger
NBR
Joe Mantell
Marty
Oscar
Arthur O'Connell
Picnic
Oscar
Sal Mineo
Rebel Without a Cause
Oscar
Arthur Kennedy
Trial
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Marjorie Rambeau
A Man Called Peter
NBR
The View From Pompey's Head
NBR
Jo Van Fleet
East of Eden
Oscar
Betsy Blair
Marty
Oscar
Peggy Lee
Pete Kelly's Blues
Oscar
Natalie Wood
Rebel Without a Cause
Oscar
Marisa Pavan
The Rose Tattoo
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Sonya Levien and William Ludwig
Interrupted Melody
Oscar
Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart
Love Me or Leave Me
WGA
Paddy Chayefsky
Marty
WGA
Joshua Logan and Frank S. Nugent
Mister Roberts
WGA
Adolph Green and Betty Comden
It's Always Fair Weather
OscarWGA
Millard Kaufman
Bad Day at Black Rock
WGA
Richard Brooks
Blackboard Jungle
WGA
Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron
Daddy Long Legs
WGA
Paul Osborn
East of Eden
WGA
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Guys and Dolls
WGA
Henri Marquet and Jacques Tati
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Oscar
Sonya Levien and William Ludwig
Oklahoma!
WGA
George Axelrod
Phffft!
WGA
Daniel Taradash
Picnic
WGA
Emmet Lavery and Milton Sperling
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Oscar
Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson
The Seven Little Foys
Oscar
Billy Wilder and George Axelrod
The Seven Year Itch
WGA
Julius J. Epstein
The Tender Trap
WGA
John Michael Hayes
To Catch a Thief
WGA

Screenplay (Adapted)

Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart
Love Me or Leave Me
WGA
Paddy Chayefsky
Marty
WGA
Joshua Logan and Frank S. Nugent
Mister Roberts
WGA
Millard Kaufman
Bad Day at Black Rock
WGA
Richard Brooks
Blackboard Jungle
WGA
Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron
Daddy Long Legs
WGA
Paul Osborn
East of Eden
WGA
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Guys and Dolls
WGA
Adolph Green and Betty Comden
It's Always Fair Weather
WGA
Sonya Levien and William Ludwig
Oklahoma!
WGA
George Axelrod
Phffft!
WGA
Daniel Taradash
Picnic
WGA
Billy Wilder and George Axelrod
The Seven Year Itch
WGA
Julius J. Epstein
The Tender Trap
WGA
John Michael Hayes
To Catch a Thief
WGA

Visual

Cinematography

James Wong Howe
The Rose Tattoo
Oscar
Harold Lipstein
A Man Called Peter
Oscar
Russell Harlan
Blackboard Jungle
Oscar
Harry Stradling
Guys and Dolls
Oscar
Arthur Arling
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Oscar
Leon Shamroy
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Oscar
Joseph LaShelle
Marty
Oscar
Robert Surtees
Oklahoma!
Oscar
Charles Lang
Queen Bee
Oscar

Art Direction

Set Decoration: Robert Priestley, Art Direction: William Flannery, and Jo Mielziner
Picnic
Production design: Set Decoration: Robert Priestley, Art Direction: William Flannery, and Jo Mielziner
Oscar
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams
The Rose Tattoo
Production design: Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Henry Grace
Blackboard Jungle
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Henry Grace
Oscar
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox, John DeCuir, and Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
Daddy Longlegs
Production design: Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox, John DeCuir, and Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
Oscar
Joseph C. Wright, Art Direction: Oliver Smith, and Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Guys and Dolls
Production design: Joseph C. Wright, Art Direction: Oliver Smith, and Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hugh Hunt, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Malcolm Brown
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Production design: Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hugh Hunt, Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, and Malcolm Brown
Oscar
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, George Davis, and Jack Stubbs
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Production design: Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, George Davis, and Jack Stubbs
Oscar
Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Walter M. Simonds, and Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Marty
Production design: Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Walter M. Simonds, and Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Oscar
Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright and Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
The Man with the Golden Arm
Production design: Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright and Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
Oscar

Costuming

Helen Rose
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Oscar
Charles LeMaire
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Oscar
Irene Sharaff
Guys and Dolls
Oscar
Helen Rose
Interrupted Melody
Oscar
Jean Louis
Queen Bee
Oscar
Beatrice Dawson
The Pickwick Papers
Oscar
Edith Head
The Rose Tattoo
Oscar
Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
The Virgin Queen
Oscar
Tadaoto Kainosho
Ugetsu
Oscar

Effects

Paramount Studio
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Oscar
10th Tony Awards
10th Tony Awards
Oscar
13th Golden Globe Awards
13th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
7th Primetime Emmy Awards
7th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
8th Primetime Emmy Awards
8th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
9th British Academy Film Awards
9th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
Conductor the Academy Awards orchestra
André Previn
Oscar
Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani
Oscar
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Oscar
Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Oscar
Dean Martin ("(Love Is) The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap)
Dean Martin ("(Love Is) The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap)
Oscar
Eddie Fisher ("Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)
Eddie Fisher ("Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)
Oscar
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
Oscar
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker
Oscar
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Oscar
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint
Oscar
Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis
Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis
Oscar
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
Oscar
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Oscar
James Cagney
James Cagney
Oscar
Jane Powell ("I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me)
Jane Powell ("I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me)
Oscar
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones
Oscar
Jerry Lewis (Presenter: Best Film Editing and Best Actress)
Jerry Lewis (Presenter: Best Film Editing and Best Actress)
Oscar
Marisa Pavan, Arthur O'Connell and Jo Van Fleet
Marisa Pavan, Arthur O'Connell and Jo Van Fleet
Oscar
Marlon Brando (Presenter: Best Actress—reading from a film clip shot in Manila)
Marlon Brando (Presenter: Best Actress—reading from a film clip shot in Manila)
Oscar
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
Oscar
Maurice Chevalier ("Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs)
Maurice Chevalier ("Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs)
Oscar
Mel Ferrer and Claire Trevor (Presenter: Scientific and Technical Awards)
Mel Ferrer and Claire Trevor (Presenter: Scientific and Technical Awards)
Oscar
Peggy Lee and Jack Lemmon
Peggy Lee and Jack Lemmon
Oscar
Sal Mineo
Sal Mineo
Oscar
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
Oscar
Ltd. and Associated British Picture Corporation
The Dam Busters
Oscar
20th Century-Fox Studio
The Rains of Ranchipur
Oscar