1959 (32nd Annual Awards)
Nomination Statistics by Film

Listed below are statistics for the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1959. In the chart, the term “Top Six” refers to the number of nominations or wins in the top six award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Directing). The symbol appears next to those films that ultimately won at least one award. Click on the name of a film in the list to display more information about that film. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nomination statistics for that year.

		Nominations				Wins
Film Title		Top Six		Total		Top Six		Total
Anatomy of a Murder		4		7		0		0
Ben-Hur		4		12		4		11
The Best of Everything		0		2		0		0
Between the Tides		0		1		0		0
The Big Fisherman		0		3		0		0
Black Orpheus		0		1		0		1
The Bridge		0		1		0		0
Career		0		3		0		0
The Diary of Anne Frank		4		8		1		3
Donald in Mathmagic Land		0		1		0		0
The Five Pennies		0		4		0		0
The 400 Blows		0		1		0		0
From Generation to Generation		0		1		0		0
The Gazebo		0		1		0		0
Glass		0		1		0		1
The Golden Fish		0		1		0		1
The Great War		0		1		0		0
The Hanging Tree		0		1		0		0
A Hole in the Head		0		1		0		1
Imitation of Life		2		2		0		0
Journey to the Center of the Earth		0		3		0		0
The Last Angry Man		1		2		0		0
Li’l Abner		0		1		0		0
Libel!		0		1		0		0
Mexicali Shmoes		0		1		0		0
Moonbird		0		1		0		1
Mysteries of the Deep		0		1		0		0
Noah’s Ark		0		1		0		0
North by Northwest		0		3		0		0
The Nun’s Story		3		8		0		0
On the Beach		0		2		0		0
Operation Petticoat		0		1		0		0
Paw		0		1		0		0
Pillow Talk		2		5		0		1
Porgy and Bess		0		4		0		1
The Race for Space		0		1		0		0
Room at the Top		5		6		1		2
The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film		0		1		0		0
Say One for Me		0		1		0		0
Serengeti Shall Not Die		0		1		0		1
Skyscraper		0		1		0		0
Sleeping Beauty		0		1		0		0
Some Like It Hot		2		6		0		1
Suddenly, Last Summer		2		3		0		0
The Village on the River		0		1		0		0
The Violinist		0		1		0		0
Wild Stawberries		0		1		0		0
The Young Land		0		1		0		0
The Young Philadelphians		1		3		0		0
Winning Films: 12		30		116		6		25
Total Films: 49