1954 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

66 films were recognised at the 1954 Academy Awards, across 26 categories. 16 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was From Here to Eternity, with 8 awards, ahead of Roman Holiday with 3. The categories below run from Actor, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Actor

Stalag 17(1953)
William Holden
Winner
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Montgomery Clift
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Burt Lancaster
Julius Caesar(1953)
Marlon Brando
The Robe(1953)
Richard Burton

Actor in a Supporting Role

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Frank Sinatra
Winner
Roman Holiday(1953)
Eddie Albert
Shane(1953)
Brandon De Wilde
Shane(1953)
Jack Palance
Stalag 17(1953)
Robert Strauss

Actress

Roman Holiday(1953)
Audrey Hepburn
Winner
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Deborah Kerr
Lili(1953)
Leslie Caron
Mogambo(1953)
Ava Gardner
The Moon Is Blue(1953)
Maggie McNamara

Actress in a Supporting Role

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Donna Reed
Winner
Hondo(1953)
Geraldine Page
Mogambo(1953)
Grace Kelly
Pickup on South Street(1953)
Thelma Ritter
Torch Song(1953)
Marjorie Rambeau

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Julius Caesar(1953)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Winner
Martin Luther(1953)
Art Direction: Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz
Roman Holiday(1953)
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler
The President's Lady(1953)
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox
Titanic(1953)
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart Reiss

Art Direction (Color)

The Robe(1953)
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Winner
Knights of the Round Table(1953)
Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
Lili(1953)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
The Story of Three Loves(1953)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore
Young Bess(1953)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

Best Picture

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Buddy Adler, Producer
Winner
Julius Caesar(1953)
John Houseman, Producer
Roman Holiday(1953)
William Wyler, Producer
Shane(1953)
George Stevens, Producer
The Robe(1953)
Frank Ross, Producer

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Burnett Guffey
Winner
Julius Caesar(1953)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Martin Luther(1953)
Joseph C. Brun
Roman Holiday(1953)
Frank Planer, Henri Alekan
The Four Poster(1952)
Hal Mohr

Cinematography (Color)

Shane(1953)
Loyal Griggs
Winner
All the Brothers Were Valiant(1953)
George Folsey
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953)
Edward Cronjager
Lili(1953)
Robert Planck
The Robe(1953)
Leon Shamroy

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Roman Holiday(1953)
Edith Head
Winner
Dream Wife(1953)
Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Jean Louis
The Actress(1953)
Walter Plunkett
The President's Lady(1953)
Charles LeMaire, Renie

Costume Design (Color)

The Robe(1953)
Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
Winner
Call Me Madam(1953)
Irene Sharaff
How to Marry a Millionaire(1953)
Charles LeMaire, Travilla
The Band Wagon(1953)
Mary Ann Nyberg
Young Bess(1953)
Walter Plunkett

Directing

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Fred Zinnemann
Winner
Lili(1953)
Charles Walters
Roman Holiday(1953)
William Wyler
Shane(1953)
George Stevens
Stalag 17(1953)
Billy Wilder

Documentary (Short Subject)

The Alaskan Eskimo(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
Operation Blue Jay(1953)
United States Army Signal Corps
The Living City(1953)
John Barnes, Producer
The Word(1953)
John Healy and John Adams, Producers
They Planted a Stone(1953)
James Carr, Producer

Film Editing

From Here to Eternity(1953)
William Lyon
Winner
Crazylegs(1953)
Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
Roman Holiday(1953)
Robert Swink
The Moon Is Blue(1953)
Otto Ludwig
The War of the Worlds(1953)
Everett Douglas

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Call Me Madam(1953)
Alfred Newman
Winner
Calamity Jane(1953)
Ray Heindorf
Kiss Me Kate(1953)
Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.(1953)
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
The Band Wagon(1953)
Adolph Deutsch

Music (Song)

Calamity Jane(1953)
Secret Love in "Calamity Jane" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Winner
Miss Sadie Thompson(1953)
Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues) in "Miss Sadie Thompson" Music by Lester Lee; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Small Town Girl(1953)
My Flaming Heart in "Small Town Girl" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Leo Robin
The Caddy(1953)
That's Amore in "The Caddy" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
The Moon Is Blue(1953)
The Moon Is Blue in "The Moon Is Blue" Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyrics by Sylvia Fine

Short Subject (Cartoon)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
Christopher Crumpet(1953)
Stephen Bosustow, Producer
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z(1954)
Edward Selzer, Producer
Rugged Bear(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
The Tell-Tale Heart(1953)
Stephen Bosustow, Producer

Short Subject (One-reel)

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor(1953)
Johnny Green, Producer
Winner
Christ Among the Primitives(1953)
Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi, Producer
Herring Hunt(1953)
National Film Board of Canada
Joy of Living: The Art of Renoir(1952)
Boris Vermont, Producer
Wee Water Wonders(1953)
Jack Eaton, Producer

Short Subject (Two-reel)

Bear Country(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
Ben and Me(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
Return to Glennascaul(1952)
Dublin Gate Theatre Productions
Vesuvius Express(1953)
Otto Lang, Producer
Winter Paradise(1953)
Cedric Francis, Producer

Sound Recording

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Winner
Calamity Jane(1953)
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
Knights of the Round Table(1953)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director
The Mississippi Gambler(1953)
Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
The War of the Worlds(1953)
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director

Writing (Screenplay)

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Daniel Taradash
Winner
Lili(1953)
Helen Deutsch
Roman Holiday(1953)
Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Shane(1953)
A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
The Cruel Sea(1953)
Eric Ambler

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

Titanic(1953)
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen
Winner
Take the High Ground!(1953)
Millard Kaufman
The Band Wagon(1953)
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
The Desert Rats(1953)
Richard Murphy
The Naked Spur(1953)
Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Lili(1953)
Bronislau Kaper
Winner
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Morris Stoloff, George Duning
Julius Caesar(1953)
Miklos Rozsa
This Is Cinerama(1952)
Louis Forbes

Writing (Motion Picture Story)

Roman Holiday(1953)
Dalton Trumbo
Winner
Above and Beyond(1952)
Beirne Lay, Jr.
Little Fugitive(1953)
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
The Captain's Paradise(1953)
Alec Coppel

Documentary (Feature)

The Living Desert(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
A Queen Is Crowned(1953)
Castleton Knight, Producer
The Conquest of Everest(1953)
John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp, Producers

Special Effects

The War of the Worlds(1953)
Paramount Studio
Winner