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15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)
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Golden Globes 1958 Winners & Nominees

The 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958) took place on February 22, 1958. The Bridge on the River Kwai won Best Film – Drama and 2 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 9 categories is below.

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Best Film – Drama
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Headline winners

Golden Globes 1958: The Winners

The Bridge on the River Kwai won Best Film – Drama against 2 other nominees. David Lean (Best Director), Alec Guinness (Best Actor – Drama) and Joanne Woodward (Best Actress – Drama) took the main individual prizes.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) movie poster Best Film – Drama

Best Film – Drama

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 · Adventure, Drama, War · $27.2M worldwide

3 wins from 4 nominations at the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)

  • Best Actor – Drama
  • Best Director

During World War II, Allied prisoners of war are forced by their Japanese captors to build a bridge across the River Kwai in Burma. A British colonel, obsessed with maintaining discipline and completing the project as a testament to British engineering, clashes with American officers who plot to sabotage the structure. The conflict escalates into a tense battle of wills with far-reaching consequences for both sides.

About The Bridge on the River Kwai
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1958: Which Films Won the Most

The Bridge on the River Kwai won 3 awards from 4 nominations. 3 films won at least once, while 12 Angry Men went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) movie poster
    The Bridge on the River Kwai 3 / 4
    1957 · Adventure, Drama · 3 wins from 4 nominations
  2. Witness for the Prosecution (1958) movie poster
    Witness for the Prosecution 1 / 5
    1958 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 5 nominations
  3. The Three Faces of Eve (1957) movie poster
    The Three Faces of Eve 1 / 1
    1957 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. 12 Angry Men (1957) movie poster
    12 Angry Men 0 / 4
    1957 · Drama, Crime · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  5. Love in the Afternoon (1957) movie poster
    Love in the Afternoon 0 / 3
    1957 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  6. Peyton Place (1957) movie poster
    Peyton Place 0 / 2
    1957 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 9 Golden Globes 1958 Categories: Winners & Nominees

9 categories and 19 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

9 categories · 19 nominations

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Golden Globes 1958 Best Film – Comedy or Musical

Official name: Best Film - Comedy or Musical

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1958 Best Actress – Comedy or Musical

Official name: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1958 Best Film – Drama Marathon

All 3 Best Film – Drama nominees at the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958), back to back: 6 hours 13 minutes.

Total running time 6h 13m 6 hours 13 minutes All 3 films
Longest
The Bridge on the River Kwai 2h 41m
Shortest
12 Angry Men 1h 36m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1958 Winners

Drama led with 19 nominations across 6 films and won 5. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 5 wins · 19 nominations · 26%
  2. Crime 1 win · 14 nominations · 7%
  3. Mystery 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
  4. Thriller 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  5. Romance 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
  6. Adventure 3 wins · 4 nominations · 75%
  7. War 3 wins · 4 nominations · 75%
  8. Comedy 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
1958 season

How the Rest of the 1958 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1958, with the winner of each top prize. The Bridge on the River Kwai also won the top prize at 2 of them.

All 1958 awards
Earlier years

Previous Golden Globes Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Golden Globes page has every year back to 1944.

Every Golden Globes ceremony

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Golden Globes 1958: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Film – Drama at the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)?

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) won Best Film – Drama. The other nominees were 12 Angry Men and Witness for the Prosecution.

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Which film won the most awards at the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)?

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) won the most: 3 awards from 4 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)?

Witness for the Prosecution (1958) led with 5 nominations and won one of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)?

Best Director: David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai. Best Actor – Drama: Alec Guinness for The Bridge on the River Kwai. Best Actress – Drama: Joanne Woodward for The Three Faces of Eve. Best Supporting Actress: Elsa Lanchester for Witness for the Prosecution.

When was the 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958)?

The 15th Golden Globe Awards (1958) took place on February 22, 1958. The database has 9 categories and 19 nominations for it.