9e British Academy Film Awards
De 9e British Academy Film Awards of BAFTA Awards werden uitgereikt in 1956 voor de films uit 1955.

Winnaars en genomineerden

Beste 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

Beste Britse Film
 Richard III 
The Colditz Story
The Dam Busters
The Ladykillers
The Night My Number Came Up
The Prisoner
Simba

Beste Buitenlandse Acteur
 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

Beste Britse Acteur
 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

Beste Britse Actrice
 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

Beste Buitenlandse Actrice
 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

Beste Britse Script
 The Ladykillers - William Rose 
Doctor at Sea - Nicholas Phipps en Jack Davies
Simba - John Baines
The Night my Number Came Up - R.C. Sherriff
The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Rattigan
Touch and Go - William Rose
The Prisoner - Bridget Boland
The Dambusters - R.C. Sherriff
The Constant Husband - Sidney Gilliat en Val Valentine

Beste Geanimeerde Film
 Blinkity Blank
Animal Farm
The Lady and the Tramp
Magoo Express
Down a Long Way
Fudget's Budget

Beste Documentaire The Vanishing Prairie
Gold
Miner's Window
Rival World

Special Award
 The Bespoke Overcoat
Mr Mensah Builds a House
The Steps of Age

VN Award Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko)
Bad Day at Black Rock
Escapade
Simba

Meestbelovende Nieuwkomer in een Film
'  Paul Scofield in That LadyJo Van Fleet in East of Eden''

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