The Oscars for the year 1960
Winners are shown in red
Best Picture
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Otto Preminger
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Sam Zimbalist
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - George Stevens Jr.
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Henry Blanke
* Room at the Top (1959) - John Woolf (I); James Woolf
Best Actor in a Leading Role
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - James Stewart
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Charlton Heston
* Last Angry Man, The (1959) - Paul Muni
* Room at the Top (1959) - Laurence Harvey
* Some Like It Hot (1959) - Jack Lemmon
Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Audrey Hepburn
* Pillow Talk (1959) - Doris Day
* Room at the Top (1959) - Simone Signoret
* Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) - Katharine Hepburn
* Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) - Elizabeth Taylor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Arthur O'Connell
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - George C. Scott
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Hugh Griffith
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - Ed Wynn
* Young Philadelphians, The (1959) - Robert Vaughn
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - Shelley Winters
* Imitation of Life (1959) - Susan Kohner
* Imitation of Life (1959) - Juanita Moore
* Pillow Talk (1959) - Thelma Ritter
* Room at the Top (1959) - Hermione Baddeley
Best Director
* Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - George Stevens
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Fred Zinnemann
* Room at the Top (1959) - Jack Clayton
* Some Like It Hot (1959) - Billy Wilder
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
* North by Northwest (1959) - Ernest Lehman
* Operation Petticoat (1959) - Paul King (I); Joseph Stone (I); Stanley Shapiro; Maurice Richlin
* Pillow Talk (1959) - Russell Rouse; Clarence Greene; Stanley Shapiro; Maurice Richlin
* Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) - Francois Truffaut; Marcel Moussy
* Smultronstallet (1957) - Ingmar Bergman
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Wendell Mayes
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Karl Tunberg
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Robert Anderson (VII)
* Room at the Top (1959) - Neil Paterson (I)
* Some Like It Hot (1959) - Billy Wilder; I.A.L. Diamond
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Sam Leavitt
* Career (1959) - Joseph LaShelle
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - William C. Mellor
* Some Like It Hot (1959) - Charles Lang (I)
* Young Philadelphians, The (1959) - Harry Stradling Sr.
Best Cinematography, Color
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Robert Surtees
* Big Fisherman, The (1959) - Lee Garmes
* Five Pennies, The (1959) - Daniel L. Fapp
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Franz Planer
* Porgy and Bess (1959) - Leon Shamroy
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
* Ben-Hur (1959) - William A. Horning; Edward C. Carfagno; Hugh Hunt
* Big Fisherman, The (1959) - John DeCuir; Julia Heron
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Franz Bachelin; Herman A. Blumenthal; Walter M. Scott; Joseph Kish
* North by Northwest (1959) - William A. Horning; Robert F. Boyle; Merrill Pye; Henry Grace; Frank R. McKelvy
* Pillow Talk (1959) - Richard H. Riedel; Russell A. Gausman; Ruby R. Levitt
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
* Career (1959) - Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler; Sam Comer; Arthur Krams
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - Lyle R. Wheeler; George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott; Stuart A. Reiss
* Last Angry Man, The (1959) - Carl Anderson (I); William Kiernan
* Some Like It Hot (1959) - Ted Haworth; Edward G. Boyle
* Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) - Oliver Messel; William Kellner; Scott Slimon
Best Costume Design, Color
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Elizabeth Haffenden
* Best of Everything, The (1959) - Adele Palmer
* Big Fisherman, The (1959) - ReniŽ
* Five Pennies, The (1959) - Edith Head
* Porgy and Bess (1959) - Irene Sharaff
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
* Career (1959) - Edith Head
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - Charles Le Maire; Mary Wills (I)
* Gazebo, The (1959) - Helen Rose
* Some Like It Hot (1959) - Orry-Kelly
* Young Philadelphians, The (1959) - Howard Shoup (I)
Best Sound
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Franklin Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD)
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - Carl Faulkner (I) (20th Century-Fox SSD)
* Libel (1959) - A.W. Watkins (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Sound Department)
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - George Groves (I) (Warner Bros. SSD)
* Porgy and Bess (1959) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD); Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD)
Best Film Editing
* Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Louis R. Loeffler
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Ralph E. Winters; John D. Dunning
* North by Northwest (1959) - George Tomasini
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Walter Thompson (I)
* On the Beach (1959) - Frederic Knudtson (I)
Best Effects, Special Effects
* Ben-Hur (1959) - A. Arnold Gillespie (visual); Robert MacDonald (III) (visual); Milo B. Lory (audible)
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - L.B. Abbott (visual); James B. Gordon (II) (visual); Carl Faulkner (I) (audible)
Best Music, Song
* Best of Everything, The (1959) - Alfred Newman (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
- For the song "The Best of Everything"
* Five Pennies, The (1959) - Sylvia Fine
- For the song "The Five Pennies"
* Hanging Tree, The (1959) - Jerry Livingston (music); Mack David (lyrics)
- For the song "The Hanging Tree"
* Hole in the Head, A (1959) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
- For the song "High Hopes"
* Young Land, The (1959) - Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
- For the song "Strange Are the Ways of Love"
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
* Ben-Hur (1959) - Miklos Rozsa
* Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) - Alfred Newman
* Nun's Story, The (1959) - Franz Waxman
* On the Beach (1959) - Ernest Gold
* Pillow Talk (1959) - Frank De Vol
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
* Five Pennies, The (1959) - Leith Stevens
* Li'l Abner (1959) - Nelson Riddle; Joseph J. Lilley
* Porgy and Bess (1959) - Andre Previn; Ken Darby
* Say One for Me (1959) - Lionel Newman
* Sleeping Beauty (1959) - George Bruns
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
* Mexicali Shmoes (1959) - John Burton (II)
* Moonbird (1959) - John Hubley
* Noah's Ark (1959) - Walt Disney
* Violinist, The (1959) - Ernest Pintoff
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
* Between the Tides (1959) - Ian Ferguson (I)
* Histoire d'un poisson rouge (1959) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
* Mysteries of the Deep (1959) - Walt Disney
* Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, The (1959) - Peter Sellers
* Skyscraper (1959) - Shirley Clarke (I); Willard Van Dyke; Irving Jacoby
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
* Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959) - Walt Disney
* From Generation to Generation (1959) - Edward F. Cullen
* Glas (1958) - Bert Haanstra
Best Documentary, Features
* Race for Space, The (1959) - David L. Wolper
* Serengeti darf nicht sterben (1959) - Bernhard Grzimek
Best Foreign Language Film
* Brucke, Die (1959) - Germany
* Dorp aan de rivier (1958) - Netherlands
* Grande guerra, La (1959) - Italy
* Orfeu Negro (1959) - France
* Paw (1959) - Denmark
Honorary Award
* Lee De Forest
- For his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.
* Buster Keaton
- For his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* Bob Hope