8th British Academy Film Awards

The 8th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1955, honored the best films of 1954.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Le Salaire de la peur

• The Caine Mutiny
• Carrington V.C.
• The Divided Heart
• Doctor in the House
• Executive Suite
• For Better, For Worse
• Hobson's Choice
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• Jigokumon
• The Maggie
• The Moon is Blue
• On the Waterfront
• Pane, amore e fantasia
• The Purple Plain
• Rear Window
• Riot in Cell Block 11
• Robinson Crusoe
• Romeo and Juliet
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Best British Film

Hobson's Choice

• Carrington V.C.
• The Divided Heart
• Doctor in the House
• For Better, For Worse
• The Maggie
• The Purple Plain
• Romeo and Juliet

Best Foreign Actor

Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront

• José Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny
• Fredric March in Executive Suite
• James Stewart in The Glenn Miller Story
• Neville Brand in Riot in Cell Block 11

Best British Actor

Kenneth More in Doctor in the House

• David Niven in Carrington V.C.
• John Mills in Hobson's Choice
• Robert Donat in Lease of Life
• Maurice Denham in The Purple Plain
• Donald Wolfit in Svengali

Best British Actress

Yvonne Mitchell in The Divided Heart

• Margaret Leighton in Carrington V.C.
• Noelle Middleton in Carrington V.C.
• Brenda De Banzie in Hobson's Choice
• Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina

Best Foreign Actress

Cornell Borchers in The Divided Heart

• Judy Holliday in Phffft!
• Shirley Booth in About Mrs. Leslie
• Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder
• Gina Lollobrigida in Pane, amore e fantasia

Best British Screenplay

The Young Lovers - George Tabori and Robin Estridge

• The Divided Heart - Jack Whittingham
• Doctor in the House - Nicholas Phipps
• Hobson's Choice - David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne
• The Maggie - William Rose
• Monsieur Ripois - Hugh Mills and René Clément
• The Purple Plain - Eric Ambler
• Romeo and Juliet - Renato Castellani

Best Documentary Film

The Great Adventure (Det Stora Ädventyret)

Most Promising Newcomer To Film

David Kossoff in The Young Lovers

• Maggie McNamara in The Moon Is Blue
• Eva Marie Saint in On The Waterfront

Best Animated Film

• Arie Prerie
  • The Unicorn in the Garden (nominee)

UN Award

The Divided Heart

Special Award

A Time Out of War