British Academy Film Awards 1961
The 14th British Academy Film Awards · Held in 1961 · 8 categories · everything in 1961
Best Film
- Winner The Apartment
- Nominee Black Orpheus
- Nominee Elmer Gantry
- Nominee Hiroshima mon amour
- Nominee Inherit the Wind
- Nominee L'Avventura
- Nominee La Dolce Vita
- Nominee Le testament d'Orphée
- Nominee Let's Make Love
- Nominee Never on Sunday
- Nominee Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee Shadows
- Nominee Spartacus
- Nominee The 400 Blows
- Nominee The Angry Silence
- Nominee The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Nominee Tunes of Glory
Outstanding British Film
- Winner Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee The Angry Silence
- Nominee The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Nominee Tunes of Glory
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- Winner Albert Finney · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee Jean-Pierre Léaud · The 400 Blows
Best British Actor
- Winner Peter Finch · The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Nominee Albert Finney · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee Richard Attenborough · The Angry Silence
- Nominee Laurence Olivier · The Entertainer
- Nominee John Fraser · The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Nominee John Mills · Tunes of Glory
- Nominee Alec Guinness · Tunes of Glory
Best British Actress
- Winner Rachel Roberts · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Nominee Hayley Mills · Pollyanna
- Nominee Wendy Hiller · Sons and Lovers
Best British Screenplay
- Winner The Angry Silence · Bryan Forbes
Best Foreign Actor
- Winner Jack Lemmon · The Apartment
- Nominee George Hamilton · Crime & Punishment, USA
- Nominee Burt Lancaster · Elmer Gantry
- Nominee Spencer Tracy · Inherit the Wind
- Nominee Fredric March · Inherit the Wind
- Nominee Yves Montand · Let's Make Love
Best Foreign Actress
- Winner Shirley MacLaine · The Apartment
- Nominee Jean Simmons · Elmer Gantry
- Nominee Emmanuelle Riva · Hiroshima mon amour
- Nominee Monica Vitti · L'Avventura
- Nominee Melina Mercouri · Never on Sunday
- Nominee Pier Angeli · The Angry Silence