Movies Of The Year Awards: 1955

Best Picture:

The End: Kiss Me Deadly
Oscar: Marty

Best Director:

The End: Charles Laughton, Night Of The Hunter
Oscar: Delbert Mann, Marty

Actor:

The End: James Dean, Rebel Without A Cause and East Of Eden
Oscar: Ernest Borgnine, Marty

Actress:

The End: Machiko Kyo, Yang Kwei-fei
Oscar: Anna Magnani, The Rose Tatoo

Supporting Actor:

The End: Preben Lerdorff Rye, Ordet
Oscar: Jack Lemmon, Mr. Roberts

Supporting Actress:

The End: Lillian Gish, Night Of The Hunter
Oscar: Jo Van Fleet, East Of Eden

Original Screenplay:

The End: Orson Welles, Mr. Arkadin
Oscar: William Ludwig and Sonya Levein, Interrupted Melody

Adapted Screenplay:

The End: AI Bezzerides, Kiss Me Deadly
Oscar: Paddy Chayevsky, Marty

Black And White Cinematography:

The End: Stanley Cortez, Night Of The Hunter
Oscar: James Wong Howe, The Rose Tatoo

Color Cinematography:

The End: Christian Matras, Lola Montes
Oscar: Robert Burks, To Catch A Thief

Black And White Art Direction:

The End: Kiss Me Deadly
Oscar: The Rose Tatoo

Color Art Direction:

The End: Yang Kwei-fei
Oscar: Picnic

Black And White Costume Design:

The End: Ordet
Oscar: I'll Cry Tomorrow

Color Costume Design:

The End: Yang Kwei-fei
Oscar: Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing

Sound:

The End: Kiss Me Deadly
Oscar: Oklahoma!

Film Editing:

The End: Michael Luciano, Kiss Me Deadly
Oscar: Charles Nelson, Picnic

Original Score:

The End: Walter Schumann, Night Of The Hunter
Oscar: Alfred Newman, Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing

Soundtrack:

The End: It's Always Fair Weather
Oscar: Oklahoma!

Non-Oscar Categories:

Foreign-Language Film:

Ordet

Breakthrough Performance:

Stanley Kubrick, Killer's Kiss

Villain:

Robert Mitchum, Night Of The Hunter