Oscar Nominations and Winners (1956)
Best Picture
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Friendly Persuasion
- Giant
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
Best Director
- Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days)
- Walter Lang (The King and I)
- George Stevens (Giant)
- King Vidor (War and Peace)
- William Wyler (Friendly Persuasion)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Yul Brynner (The King and I)
- James Dean (Giant)
- Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life)
- Rock Hudson (Giant)
- Sir Laurence Olivier (Richard III)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Don Murray (Bus Stop)
- Anthony Perkins (Friendly Persuasion)
- Anthony Quinn (Lust for Life)
- Mickey Rooney (The Bold and the Brave)
- Robert Stack (Written on the Wind)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Carroll Baker (Baby Doll)
- Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia)
- Katharine Hepburn (The Rainmaker)
- Nancy Kelly (The Bad Seed)
- Deborah Kerr (The King and I)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Mildred Dunnock (Baby Doll)
- Eileen Heckart (The Bad Seed)
- Mercedes McCambridge (Giant)
- Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed)
- Dorothy Malone (Written on the Wind)
Best Story
- The Eddy Duchin Story (Leo Katcher)
- The Brave One (Dalton Trumbo)
- The Proud and the Beautiful (Jean Paul Sartre)
- Umberto D. (Cesare Zavattini)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Around the World in 80 Days (James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman)
- Baby Doll (Tennessee Williams)
- Giant (Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat)
- Lust for Life (Norman Corwin)
Best Original Screenplay
- The Bold and the Brave (Robert Lewin)
- Julie (Andrew L. Stone)
- La Strada (Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli)
- The Lady Killers (William Rose)
- The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse)
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Captain of Kopenick (West Germany)
- Gervaise (France)
- Harp of Burma (Japan)
- Qivitoq (Denmark)
- La Strada (Italy)
Art Direction - Black and White
- The Magnificent Seven
- The Proud and the Profane
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Teenage Rebel
Art Direction - Color
- Lust for Life
- Giant
- The Ten Commandments
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The King and I
Cinematography - Black and White
- Baby Doll
- The Bad Seed
- The Harder They Fall
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Stagecoach to Fury
Cinematography - Color
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
- War and Peace
Costume Design - Black and White
- The Magnificent Seven
- The Power and the Prize
- The Proud and the Profane
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- Teenage Rebel
Costume Design - Color
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Giant
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
- War and Peace
Documentary Feature
- The Naked Eye
- The Silent World
- Where Mountains Float
Documentary Short Subject
- A City Decides
- The Dark Wave
- The House Without a Name
- Man in Space
- The True Story of the Civil War
Film Editing
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The Brave One
- Giant
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- The Ten Commandments
Original Score For Drama or Comedy
- Anastasia (Alfred Newman)
- Around the World in 80 Days (Victor Young)
- Between Heaven and Hell (Hugo Friedhofer)
- Giant (Dimitri Tiomkin)
- The Rainmaker (Alex North)
Original Score For Musical
- The Best Things in Life Are Free (Lionel Newman)
- The Eddy Duchin Story (Morris Stoloff and George Duning)
- High Society (Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin)
- The King and I (Alfred Newman and Ken Darby)
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (George Stoll and Johnny Green)
Original Song
- Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" (Friendly Persuasion) Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
- "Julie" (Julie) Music by Leith Stevens. Lyrics by Tom Adair.
- "True Love" (High Society) Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter.
- "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Ser�, Ser�)" (The Man Who Knew Too Much) Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
- "Written on the Wind" (Written on the Wind) Music by Victor Young. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
Animated Short Film (Cartoons)
- Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
- The Jay Walker
- Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Live Action Short Film - One Reel
- Crashing the Water Barrier
- I Never Forget a Face
- Time Stood Still
Live Action Short Film - Two Reels
- The Bespoke Overcoat
- Cow Dog
- The Dark Wave
- Samoa
Sound
- The Brave One
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Friendly Persuasion
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
Special Effects
- Forbidden Planet
- The Ten Commandments