12th British Academy Film Awards (1959)

Best British Film

Room at the Top
Ice Cold in Alex
Indiscreet
Orders to Kill
Desert Patrol

Best Animated Film

The Little Island
The Juggler of Our Lady
Le merle

Best Documentary

Glas
The Forerunner
Jabulani Afrika
L.S. Lowry
Secrets of the Reef
Wonders of Chicago

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Orders to Kill - Paul Massie
Kanal - Teresa Izewska
Nowhere to Go - Maggie Smith
Room at the Top - Mary Peach
Sayonara - Red Buttons
Damn Yankees! - Gwen Verdon

UN Award

The Defiant Ones
People Like Maria
The Unknown Soldier

Best British Actor

The Key - Trevor Howard
Harry Black and the Tiger - IS Johar
Ice Cold in Alex - Anthony Quayle
Room at the Top - Laurence Harvey
Room at the Top - Donald Wolfit
Desert Patrol - Michael Craig
tom thumb - Terry-Thomas

Best Foreign Actor

The Defiant Ones - Sidney Poitier
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Paul Newman
The Defiant Ones - Tony Curtis
The Enemy Below - Curd Jürgens
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - Curd Jürgens
The Last Hurrah - Spencer Tracy
The Sheepman - Glenn Ford
Wild Strawberries - Victor Sjostrom
Witness for the Prosecution - Charles Laughton
The Young Lions - Marlon Brando

Best British Actress

Orders to Kill - Irene Worth
Carve Her Name with Pride - Virginia McKenna
Room at the Top - Hermione Baddeley

Best Foreign Actress

Room at the Top - Simone Signoret
Nights of Cabiria - Giulietta Masina
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Elizabeth Taylor
The Cranes are Flying - Tatyana Samoylova
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - Ingrid Bergman
No Down Payment - Joanne Woodward
Aparajito - Karuna Bannerjee
Wild Is the Wind - Anna Magnani

Best British Screenplay

Orders to Kill - Paul Dehn

Special Award

The Children's Film Foundation

Best Film From Any Source

Room at the Top
Nights of Cabiria
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Cranes are Flying
The Defiant Ones
Ice Cold in Alex
Indiscreet
No Down Payment
Orders to Kill
Desert Patrol
The Sheepman
Aparajito
Wild Strawberries
The Young Lions