1959 Academy Awards – Best Picture Winner and Nominees

Gigi

Arthur Freed

Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.

Auntie Mame

Jack L. Warner

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Lawrence Weingarten

Separate Tables

Harold Hecht

The Defiant Ones

Stanley Kramer