And the Oscar should have gone to... 1955
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1. Picnic (1955)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg
Votes: 9,835
BEST MOTION PICTURE 01. Picnic · Fred Kohlmar 02. Marty · Harold Hecht 03. Love is a many-splendored thing · Buddy Adler 04. The rose tattoo · Hal B. Wallis 05. Mister Roberts · Leland Hayward
2. East of Eden (1955)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, Burl Ives
Votes: 48,811
BEST DIRECTING 01. Elia Kazan · East of Eden 02. John Sturges · Bad day at Black Rock 03. Joshua Logan · Picnic 04. David Lean · Summertime 05. Delbert Mann · Marty
3. East of Eden (1955)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, Burl Ives
Votes: 48,811
BEST ACTOR 01. James Dean · East of Eden 02. Spencer Tracy · Bad day at Black Rock 03. Frank Sinatra · The man with the golden arm 04. Ernest Borgnine · Marty 05. James Cagney · Love me or leave me
4. Summertime (1955)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin
Votes: 9,982
BEST ACTRESS 01. Katharine Hepburn · Summertime 02. Eleanor Parker · Interrupted melody 03. Susan Hayward · I'll cry tomorrow 04. Jennifer Jones · Love is a many-splendored thing 05. Anna Magnani · The rose tattoo
5. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus
Votes: 97,932
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 01. Sal Mineo · Rebel without a cause 02. Arthur O'Connell · Picnic 03. Arthur Kennedy · Trial 04. Jack Lemmon · Mister Roberts 05. Joe Mantell · Marty
6. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus
Votes: 97,932
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 01. Natalie Wood · Rebel without a cause 02. Betsy Blair · Marty 03. Jo van Fleet · East of Eden 04. Peggy Lee · Pete Kelly's blues 05. Marisa Pavan · The rose tattoo
7. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus
Votes: 97,932
BEST WRITING (Motion picture story) 01. Rebel without a cause · Nicholas Ray 02. Love me or leave me · Daniel Fuchs --- The private war of Major Benson · Joe Connelly · Bob Mosher The sheep has five legs · Jean Marsan · Henry Troyat · Jacques Perret · Henri Verneuil · Raoul Ploquin Strategic air command · Beirne Lay Jr.
8. East of Eden (1955)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, Burl Ives
Votes: 48,811
BEST WRITING (Screenplay) 01. East of Eden · Paul Osborn 02. Bad day at Black Rock · Millard Kaufman 03. Love me or leave me · Daniel Fuchs · Isobel Lennart 04. Marty · Paddy Chayefsky 05. Blackboard jungle · Richard Brooks
9. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax
Votes: 20,265
BEST WRITING (Story and screenplay) 01. Monsieur Hulot's holiday · Jacques Tati · Henri Marquet 02. Interrupted melody · William Ludwig · Sonya Levien 03. It's always fair weather · Betty Comden · Adolph Green --- The court-martial of Billy Mitchell · Milton Sperling · Emmet Lavery The seven little foys · Melville Shavelson · Jack Rose
10. To Catch a Thief (1955)
PG | 106 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams
Votes: 79,723 | Gross: $8.75M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) 01. To catch a thief · Robert Burks 02. Oklahoma! · Robert Surtees 03. Love is a many-splendored thing · Leon Shamroy 04. Guys and dolls · Harry Stradling --- A Man called Peter · Harold Lipstein
11. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes
Votes: 9,878
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (B/W) 01. Blackboard jungle · Russell Harlan 02. I'll cry tomorrow · Arthur E. Arling 03. Marty · Joseph Lashelle 04. The rose tatttoo · James Wong Howe 05. Queen bee · Charles Lang
12. I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Passed | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Susan Hayward stars as singer-actress Lillian Roth, whose rise to stardom was nearly destroyed by alcoholism.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 2,486
BEST ART DIRECTION (B/W) 01. I'll cry tomorrow · Cedric Gibbons · Malcolm Brown · Edwin B. Willis · Hugh B. Hunt 02. The man with the golden arm · Joseph C. Wright · Darrell Silvera 03. Blackboard jungle · Cedric Gibbons · Randall Duell · Edwin B. Willis · Henry Grace 04. The rose tattoo · Hal Pereira · Tambi Larsen · Sam Comer · Arthur Krams 05. Marty · Edward S. Haworth · Walter Simonds · Robert Priestley
13. Picnic (1955)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg
Votes: 9,835
BEST ART DIRECTION (Color) 01. Picnic · William Flannery · Jo Mielziner · Robert Priestley 02. To catch a thief · Hal Pereira · Joseph McMillan Johnson · Sam Comer · Arthur Krams 03. Love is a many-splendored thing · Lyle Wheeler · George W. Davis · Walter M. Scott · Jack Stubbs 04. Guys and dolls · Oliver Smith · Joseph C. Wright · Howard Bristol --- Daddy long legs · Lyle Wheeler · John Decuir · Walter M. Scott · Paul S. Fox
14. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.
Directors: Henry King, Otto Lang | Stars: William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom
Votes: 5,377
BEST MUSIC (Scoring of a dramatic or comedy picture) 01. Love is a many-splendored thing · Alfred Newman 02. The man with the golden arm · Elmer Bernstein 03. Picnic · George Duning 04. The rose tattoo · Alex North --- Battle cry · Max Steiner
15. Oklahoma! (1955)
G | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 14,065
BEST MUSIC (Scoring of a musical picture) 01. Oklahoma! · Robert Russell Bennett · Jay Blackton · Adolph Deutsch 02. Love me or leave me · Percy Faith · George Stoll 03. It's always fear weather · Andre Previn 04. Guys and dolls · Jay Blackton · Cyril J. Mockridge --- Daddy long legs · Alfred Newman
16. Unchained (1955)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A convict in a medium-security prison is torn between his need to finish his sentence and get back to his wife and family, and his desire to escape the confines of prison.
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, Barbara Hale, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan
Votes: 230
BEST MUSIC (Song) 01. Unchained · Unchained melody · Alex North · Hy Zaret 02. Love is a many-splendored thing · Love is a many-splendored thing · Sammy Fain · Paul Francis Webster 03. Love me or leave me · I'll never stop loving you · Nicholas Brodszky · Sammy Cahn 04. Daddy long legs · Something's gotta give · Johnny Mercer 05. The tender trap · (Love is) The tender trap · James Van Heusen · Sammy Cahn
17. Picnic (1955)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg
Votes: 9,835
BEST FILM EDITING 01. Picnic · Charles Nelson · William A. Lyon 02. Oklahoma! · Gene Ruggiero · George Boemler 03. Blackboard jungle · Ferris Webster 04. The bridges of Toko-Ri · Alma MacRorie 05. The rose tattoo · Warren Low
18. Oklahoma! (1955)
G | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 14,065
BEST SOUND RECORDING 01. Oklahoma! · Fred Hynes · Todd-Ao 02. Love me or leave me · Wesley C. Miller · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 03. Love is a many-splendored thing · Carl W. Waulkner · 20th Century Fox 04. Mister Roberts · William A. Mueller · Warner Bros. 05. Not as a stranger · Watson Jones · Radio Corporation of America
19. Ugetsu (1953)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito
Votes: 25,809 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (B/W) 01. Ugetsu · Tadaoto Kainoscho 02. I'll cry tomorrow · Helen Rose 03. Queen bee · Jean Louis 04. The rose tattoo · Edith Head --- The Pickwick papers · Beatrice Dawson
20. To Catch a Thief (1955)
PG | 106 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams
Votes: 79,723 | Gross: $8.75M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Color) 01. To catch a thief · Edith Head 02. Interrupted melody · Helen Rose 03. Love is a many-splendored thing · Charles LeMaire 04. Guys and dolls · Irene Sharaff --- The virgin queen · Charles LeMaire · Mary Wills
21. The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from the ruler of Ranchipur.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Caulfield
Votes: 1,153
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS 01. The rains of Ranchipur · 20th Century-Fox studio 02. The bridges of Toko-Ri · Paramount studio --- The dam busters · Associated British Picture corporation LTD
22. No Hunting (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
A cartoon that satirizes hunting to the extreme. Donald Duck is inspired by his grandpappy to go hunting in the woods. Once there, all the hunters are greeted by hot dog vendors, ambulances... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Peggy Connelly, Jack Hannah, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 481
BEST SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) 01. No hunting · Walt Disney 02. Good will to men · Fred Quimby · William Hanna · Joseph Barbera --- The legend of Rock-a-bye point · Walter Lantz Speedy Gonzales · Edward Selzer
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