9th British Academy Film Awards

The 9th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1956, honoured the best films of 1955.

Best Film
 Richard III 
 * Bad Day at Black Rock
 * Carmen Jones
 * The Colditz Story
 * The Dam Busters
 * East of Eden
 * The Ladykillers
 * Marty
 * The Night My Number Came Up
 * The Prisoner
 * Seven Samurai
 * Simba
 * La Strada
 * Summertime

Best British Film
 Richard III 
 * The Colditz Story
 * The Dam Busters
 * The Ladykillers
 * The Night My Number Came Up
 * The Prisoner
 * Simba

Best Documentary
 Foothold in Antarctica 
 * Generator 4
 * The Silent World (Le Monde Du Silence)
 * Under the Same Sky

Best Foreign Actor
 Ernest Borgnine in Marty 
 * James Dean in East of Eden
 * Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts
 * Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger
 * Toshirō Mifune in Seven Samurai
 * Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai

Best British Actor
 Laurence Olivier in Richard III 
 * Alfie Bass in The Bespoke Overcoat
 * Kenneth More in The Deep Blue Sea
 * Michael Redgrave in The Night My Number Came Up
 * Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner
 * Alec Guinness in The Prisoner

Best British Actress
 Katie Johnson in The Ladykillers 
 * Margaret Lockwood in Cast a Dark Shadow
 * Deborah Kerr in The End of the Affair
 * Margaret Johnston in Touch and Go

Best Foreign Actress
 Betsy Blair in Marty 
 * Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones
 * Grace Kelly in The Country Girl
 * Julie Harris in I Am a Camera
 * Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
 * Judy Garland in A Star Is Born
 * Giulietta Masina in La Strada
 * Katharine Hepburn in Summertime

Best British Screenplay
 The Ladykillers - William Rose 

Best Animated Film
 Blinkity Blank
 * Lady and the Tramp