British Academy Film Awards 1959
The 12th British Academy Film Awards · Held in 1959 · 7 categories · everything in 1959
Best Film
- Winner Room at the Top
- Nominee Aparajito
- Nominee Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Ice Cold in Alex
- Nominee Indiscreet
- Nominee Nights of Cabiria
- Nominee No Down Payment
- Nominee Orders to Kill
- Nominee Sea of Sand
- Nominee The Cranes Are Flying
- Nominee The Defiant Ones
- Nominee The Sheepman
- Nominee The Young Lions
- Nominee Wild Strawberries
Outstanding British Film
- Winner Room at the Top
- Nominee Ice Cold in Alex
- Nominee Indiscreet
- Nominee Orders to Kill
- Nominee Sea of Sand
Best British Actor
- Winner Trevor Howard · The Key
- Nominee I. S. Johar · Harry Black
- Nominee Anthony Quayle · Ice Cold in Alex
- Nominee Laurence Harvey · Room at the Top
- Nominee Donald Wolfit · Room at the Top
- Nominee Michael Craig · Sea of Sand
- Nominee Terry-Thomas · Tom Thumb
Best British Actress
- Winner Irene Worth · Orders to Kill
- Nominee Virginia McKenna · Carve Her Name with Pride
- Nominee Elizabeth Taylor · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Hermione Baddeley · Room at the Top
Best British Screenplay
- Winner Orders to Kill · Paul Dehn
Best Foreign Actor
- Winner Sidney Poitier · The Defiant Ones
- Nominee Paul Newman · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Tony Curtis · The Defiant Ones
- Nominee Curd Jürgens · The Enemy Below
- Nominee Curd Jürgens · The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Nominee Spencer Tracy · The Last Hurrah
- Nominee Glenn Ford · The Sheepman
- Nominee Marlon Brando · The Young Lions
- Nominee Victor Sjöström · Wild Strawberries
- Nominee Charles Laughton · Witness for the Prosecution
Best Foreign Actress
- Winner Simone Signoret · Room at the Top
- Nominee Karuna Banerjee · Aparajito
- Nominee Giulietta Masina · Nights of Cabiria
- Nominee Joanne Woodward · No Down Payment
- Nominee Tatiana Samoilova · The Cranes Are Flying
- Nominee Ingrid Bergman · The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Nominee Anna Magnani · Wild Is the Wind