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All 1959 Film Awards

List of winners and nominees for all of the major movie awards from 1959!

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

Cannes Film Festival – Grand Prize of the Jury

Stars

Konrad Wolf

Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or

Black Orpheus

Marcel Camus

DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Gigi

Vincente Minnelli

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Auntie Mame

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Gigi

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Defiant Ones

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

L’eau vive

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Rosemary

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

The Year Long Road

National Board of Review – Best Film

The Nun’s Story

New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Film

Ben-Hur

New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Foreign Language Film

The 400 Blows

Academy Awards – Best Picture

Gigi

Arthur Freed

Academy Awards – International Feature Film

Mon oncle

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Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film

Il generale Della Rovere

Roberto Rossellini

Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film

The Great War

Mario Monicelli

Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize

The Magician

Ingmar Bergman