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Oscars 1958 Winners & Nominees

The 30th Academy Awards (1958) took place on March 26, 1958. The Bridge on the River Kwai won Best Motion Picture and 6 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 15 categories is below.

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Best Motion Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Headline winners

Oscars 1958: The Winners

The Bridge on the River Kwai won Best Motion Picture against 3 other nominees. David Lean (Best Director), Alec Guinness (Best Actor) and Joanne Woodward (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) movie poster Best Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture

The Bridge on the River Kwai

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

7 wins from 8 nominations at the 30th Academy Awards (1958)

  • Best Actor
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Director
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Music (Scoring)
  • Best Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

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

Oscars 1958: Which Films Won the Most

The Bridge on the River Kwai won 7 awards from 8 nominations. 2 films won at least once, while Peyton Place went home empty-handed from 9 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) movie poster
    The Bridge on the River Kwai 7 / 8
    1957 · Adventure, Drama · 7 wins from 8 nominations
  2. The Three Faces of Eve (1957) movie poster
    The Three Faces of Eve 1 / 1
    1957 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 1 nomination
  3. Peyton Place (1957) movie poster
    Peyton Place 0 / 9
    1957 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 9 nominations
  4. Witness for the Prosecution (1958) movie poster
    Witness for the Prosecution 0 / 6
    1958 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 6 nominations
  5. Funny Face (1957) movie poster
    Funny Face 0 / 4
    1957 · Comedy, Romance · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  6. An Affair to Remember (1957) movie poster
    An Affair to Remember 0 / 4
    1957 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  7. 12 Angry Men (1957) movie poster
    12 Angry Men 0 / 3
    1957 · Drama, Crime · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  8. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) movie poster
    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 0 / 2
    1957 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  9. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) movie poster
    Man of a Thousand Faces 0 / 1
    1957 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 15 Oscars 1958 Categories: Winners & Nominees

15 categories and 38 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.

15 categories · 38 nominations

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Oscars 1958 Best Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Official name: Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

2 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1958 Best Art Direction

Official name: Art Direction

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1958 Best Music (Song)

Official name: Music (Song)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1958 Winners

Drama led with 34 nominations across 8 films and won 8. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 8 wins · 34 nominations · 24%
  2. Crime 0 wins · 18 nominations · 0%
  3. Romance 0 wins · 17 nominations · 0%
  4. Mystery 1 win · 16 nominations · 6%
  5. Adventure 7 wins · 8 nominations · 88%
  6. War 7 wins · 8 nominations · 88%
  7. Thriller 0 wins · 6 nominations · 0%
  8. Comedy 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  9. Musical 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  10. Biography 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 Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 1958: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 30th Academy Awards (1958), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Motion Picture at the 30th Academy Awards (1958)?

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) won Best Motion Picture. The other nominees were Peyton Place, 12 Angry Men and Witness for the Prosecution.

About The Bridge on the River Kwai

Which film won the most awards at the 30th Academy Awards (1958)?

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) won the most: 7 awards from 8 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 30th Academy Awards (1958)?

Peyton Place (1957) led with 9 nominations and won none of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 30th Academy Awards (1958)?

Best Director: David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai. Best Actor: Alec Guinness for The Bridge on the River Kwai. Best Actress: Joanne Woodward for The Three Faces of Eve.

When was the 30th Academy Awards (1958)?

The 30th Academy Awards (1958) took place on March 26, 1958. The database has 15 categories and 38 nominations for it.