Films of 1958

(For optimum viewing, adjust the zoom level of your browser to 125%.)

Previous    Home    Next



Last Updated: 2/24/25
Total Films: 27
Note: The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware, I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the best for each category: picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary. This is based on the movies I've actually seen, and miniseries and telefilms are fair game. Each winner is named along with the next four ordered runner-ups (which may be less) and honorable mentions (if any). Any of these categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
Vertigo

2. The Big Country
3. Room at the Top
4. Carve Her Name with Pride
5. A Night to Remember
Honorable Mentions: Lonelyhearts


Best Actor
Orson Welles (The Long, Hot Summer)

2. James Stewart (Vertigo)
3. Montgomery Clift (Lonelyhearts)
4. Paul Newman (The Long, Hot Summer)
5. Laurence Harvey (Room at the Top)
Honorable Mentions: Clark Gable (Run Silent, Run Deep) and Gregory Peck (The Big Country)


Best Actress
Virginia McKenna (Carve Her Name with Pride)

2. Kim Novak (Vertigo)
3.
4.
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Supporting Actor
Robert Ryan (Lonelyhearts)

2. Charlton Heston (The Big Country)
3. Charles Bickford (The Big Country)
4. Burl Ives (The Big Country)
5. Chuck Connors (The Big Country)
Honorable Mentions: Alfonso Bedoya (The Big Country)


Best Supporting Actress
Simone Signoret (Room at the Top)

2. Maureen Stapleton (Lonelyhearts)
3. Gladys Cooper (Separate Tables)
4. Myrna Loy (Lonelyhearts)
5. Joanne Woodward (The Long, Hot Summer)
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Director
Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo)

2. William Wyler (The Big Country)
3. Jack Clayton (Room at the Top)
4. Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember)
5. Vincent J. Donehue (Lonelyhearts)
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Cinematography
Robert Burks (Vertigo)

2. Geoffrey Unsworth (A Night to Remember)
3. Freddie Francis (Room at the Top)
4. Franz Planer (The Big Country)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Editing
George Tomasini (Vertigo)

2. George Boemler (Run Silent, Run Deep)
3.
4.
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Adapted Screenplay
Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. (The Long, Hot Summer)

2. James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett, and Robert Wilder (The Big Country)
3. Neil Paterson (Room at the Top)
4. Dore Schary (Lonelyhearts)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Films Rated '10'
  1. Vertigo

  2. The Big Country

Films Rated '8'
  1. Room at the Top

  2. Carve Her Name with Pride

  3. A Night to Remember

  4. Lonelyhearts

  5. The Hunters

    6. RoomTop
  6. Run Silent, Run Deep

  7. Terror in a Texas Town

Films Rated '7'
  1. Thunder Road

  2. The Long, Hot Summer

Films Rated '6'
  1. The Lineup

  2. The Defiant Ones

Films Rated '5'
  1. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Films Rated '4'
  1. Separate Tables

  2. Bell, Book and Candle

  3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  4. King Creole

Films Rated '3'
  1. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

  2. Touch of Evil

  3. The Blob

Films Rated '2'
  1. The Young Lions

  2. Horror of Dracula

  3. Earth vs. the Spider

  4. War of the Colossal Beast

  5. Murder by Contract

Films Rated '1'
  1. Ivan Groznyy II: Boyarsky zagovor