1955

Best Picture

Rebel Without A Cause
-East of Eden
-The Night of the Hunter
-Rififi
-To Catch A Thief

Best Director

"Once you been up there you know you've been someplace."
Nicholas Ray for Rebel Without A Cause
-Elia Kazan for East of Eden
-Charles Laughton for The Night of the Hunter
-Jules Dassin for Rafifi
-David Lean for Summertime

Best Actor

"Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man."
James Dean as Cal Trask in East of Eden
-Robert Mitchum as Rev. Harry Powell in The Night of the Hunter
-Laurence Olivier as Richard III in Richard III
-Alec Guinness as Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers
-Ernest Borgnine as Marty in Marty

Best Actress

"I've never caught a jewel thief before. It's stimulating."
Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens in To Catch A Thief
-Susan Hayward as Lillian Roth in I'll Cry Tomorrow
-Simone Signoret as Nicole Horner in Les Diaboliques
-Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch
-Katherine Hepburn as Jane Hudson in Summertime

Best Supporting Actor

"What does he know about man alone?"
Sal Mineo as Plato in Rebel Without A Cause
-Jack Lemmon as Ens. Frank Pulver in Mister Roberts
-Raymond Massey as Adam Trask in East of Eden
-Peter Sellers as Harry/Mr. Robinson in The Ladykillers
-Joe Mantell as Angie in Marty

Best Supporting Actress

"...he tried to hold me, he tried to tie me down! Nobody holds me!"
Jo Van Fleet as Kate in East of Eden
-Maxine Cooper as Velda in Kiss Me Deadly
-Katie Johnson as The Old Lady in The Ladykillers
-Shelley Winters as Willa Harper in The Night of the Hunter
-Natalie Wood as Judy in Rebel Without a Cause

Best Screenplay

"There are things you do hate, Lord. Perfume-smellin' things, lacy things, things with curly hair."
The Night of the Hunter
-All that Heaven Allows
-Rebel Without A Cause
-East of Eden
-Bad Day at Black Rock
-Kiss Me, Deadly