Academy Awards
31st edition
- April 6, 1959
- United States
United StatesThe 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi, which won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight set by Gone with the Wind and tied by From Here to Eternity and On the Waterfront.
Awards
Statistics
Most Awarded
2 or more wins- Gigi 9
- The Defiant Ones 2
- Separate Tables 2
Most Nominated
3 or more nominations- The Defiant Ones 9
- Gigi 9
- Separate Tables 7
- Auntie Mame 6
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 6
- I Want to Live! 6
- Some Came Running 5
- A Certain Smile 3
- The Old Man and the Sea 3
- South Pacific 3
- The Young Lions 3
Most Unluckiest
wins / nominations- The Defiant Ones 2 / 9
- Auntie Mame 0 / 6
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 0 / 6
- Separate Tables 2 / 7
- I Want to Live! 1 / 6
- Some Came Running 0 / 5
- A Certain Smile 0 / 3
- The Young Lions 0 / 3
- The Old Man and the Sea 1 / 3
- South Pacific 1 / 3
Only one nomination
- Ama Girls
- Antarctic Crossing
- Arms and the Man
- Big Deal on Madonna Street
- The Bolshoi Ballet
- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Buccaneer
- Cowboy
- Damn Yankees
- Desire Under the Elms
- Employees Only
- The Goddess
- Grand Canyon
- The Hidden World
- The Horse's Mouth
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- The Kiss
- Knighty Knight Bugs
- The Living Stone
- Lonelyhearts
- Mardi Gras
- Marjorie Morningstar
- Mon Oncle
- Overture
- Paul Bunyan
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Revenge
- The Sheepman
- Sidney's Family Tree
- Snows of Aorangi
- T Is for Tumbleweed
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die
- Tom Thumb
- Torpedo Run
- The Year Long Road
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