The Film-Lover's Check List: Academy Awards (1980-89)

Academy Awards (1980-89)

1980

Best Picture


	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
	The Elephant Man (1980)
	Ordinary People (1980) *
	Raging Bull (1980)
	Tess (1979)

Best Director


	The Elephant Man (1980) David Lynch
	Ordinary People (1980) Robert Redford *
	Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese
	The Stunt Man (1980) Richard Rush
	Tess (1979) Roman Polanski

Best Actor


	Raging Bull (1980) Robert De Niro *
	The Great Santini (1979) Robert Duvall
	The Elephant Man (1980) John Hurt
	Tribute (1980) Jack Lemmon
	The Stunt Man (1980) Peter O'Toole

Best Actress


	Resurrection (1980) Ellen Burstyn
	Private Benjamin (1980) Goldie Hawn
	Ordinary People (1980) Mary Tyler Moore
	Gloria (1980) Gena Rowlands
	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Sissy Spacek *

Best Supporting Actor


	Ordinary People (1980) Judd Hirsch
	Ordinary People (1980) Timothy Hutton *
	The Great Santini (1979) Michael O'Keefe
	Raging Bull (1980) Joe Pesci
	Melvin and Howard (1980) Jason Robards

Best Supporting Actress


	Private Benjamin (1980) Eileen Brennan
	Resurrection (1980) Eva Le Gallienne
	Raging Bull (1980) Cathy Moriarty
	Inside Moves (1980) Diana Scarwid
	Melvin and Howard (1980) Mary Steenburgen *

Best Original Screenplay


	Brubaker (1980)
	Fame (1980)
	Melvin and Howard (1980) *
	Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980)
	Private Benjamin (1980)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	Breaker Morant (1980)
	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
	The Elephant Man (1980)
	Ordinary People (1980) *
	The Stunt Man (1980)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Confidence (1980)
	Kagemusha (1980)
	The Last Metro (1980)
	Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1980)
	The Nest (1980)

Best Documentary Feature


	Agee (1980)
	The Day After Trinity (1981)
	From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China (1981)
	Front Line (1979)
	The Yellow Star (1980)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Don't Mess With Bill (1980)
	The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! (1980)
	It's the Same World (1981)
	Karl Hess: Toward Liberty (1980) *
	Luther Metke At 94 (1980)

Best Live Action Short


	The Dollar Bottom (1981) *
	Fall Line (1981)
	A Jury of Her Peers (1980)

Best Animated Short


	All Nothing (1980)
	The Fly (1980)
	History of the World In Three Minutes Flat (1980)

Cinematography


	The Blue Lagoon (1980)
	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
	The Formula (1980)
	Raging Bull (1980)
	Tess (1979) *

Film Editing


	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
	The Competition (1980)
	The Elephant Man (1980)
	Fame (1980)
	Raging Bull (1980) *

Music (Original Score)


	Altered States (1980)
	The Elephant Man (1980)
	The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
	Fame (1980) *
	Tess (1979)

Music (Original Song)


	Fame (1980) "Fame"
	Nine To Five (1980) "Nine to Five"
	Honeysuckle Rose (1980) "On the Road Again"
	Fame (1980) "Out Here On My Own"
	The Competition (1980) "People Alone"

Art Direction


	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
	The Elephant Man (1980)
	The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
	Kagemusha (1980)
	Tess (1979) *

Costume Design


	The Elephant Man (1980)
	My Brilliant Career (1979)
	Somewhere In Time (1980)
	Tess (1979) *
	When Time Ran Out... (1980)

Sound


	Altered States (1980)
	Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
	The Empire Strikes Back (1980) *
	Fame (1980)
	Raging Bull (1980)

Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)


	The Empire Strikes Back (1980) *

1981

Best Picture


	Atlantic City (1980)
	Chariots of Fire (1981) *
	On Golden Pond (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
	Reds (1981)

Best Director


	Atlantic City (1980) Louis Malle
	Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson
	On Golden Pond (1981) Mark Rydell
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Steven Spielberg
	Reds (1981) Warren Beatty *

Best Actor


	Reds (1981) Warren Beatty
	On Golden Pond (1981) Henry Fonda *
	Atlantic City (1980) Burt Lancaster
	Arthur (1981) Dudley Moore
	Absence of Malice (1981) Paul Newman

Best Actress


	On Golden Pond (1981) Katherine Hepburn *
	Reds (1981) Diane Keaton
	Only When I Laugh (1981) Marsha Mason
	Atlantic City (1980) Susan Sarandon
	The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor


	Only When I Laugh (1981) James Coco
	Arthur (1981) John Gielgud *
	Chariots of Fire (1981) Ian Holm
	Reds (1981) Jack Nicholson
	Ragtime (1981) Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Best Supporting Actress


	Absence of Malice (1981) Melinda Dillon
	On Golden Pond (1981) Jane Fonda
	Only When I Laugh (1981) Joan Hackett
	Ragtime (1981) Elizabeth McGovern
	Reds (1981) Maureen Stapleton *

Best Original Screenplay


	Absence of Malice (1981)
	Arthur (1981)
	Atlantic City (1980)
	Chariots of Fire (1981) *
	Reds (1981)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
	On Golden Pond (1981) *
	Pennies From Heaven (1981)
	Prince of the City (1981)
	Ragtime (1981)

Best Foreign Language Film


	The Boat Is Full (1981)
	Man of Iron (1981)
	Mephisto (1981)
	Muddy River (1981)
	Three Brothers (1981)

Best Documentary Feature


	Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey (1981)
	Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
	Eight Minutes To Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1981)
	El Salvador: Another Vietnam (1981)
	Genocide (1982)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Americas In Transition (1982)
	Close Harmony (1981) *
	Journey For Survival (1981)
	See What I Say (1981)
	Urge To Build (1981)

Best Live Action Short


	Couples and Robbers (1981)
	First Winter (1981)
	Violet (1981) *

Best Animated Short


	Crac (1981)
	The Creation (1981)
	The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981)

Cinematography


	Excalibur (1981)
	On Golden Pond (1981)
	Ragtime (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
	Reds (1981) *

Film Editing


	Chariots of Fire (1981)
	The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
	On Golden Pond (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) *
	Reds (1981)

Music (Original Score)


	Chariots of Fire (1981) *
	Dragonslayer (1981)
	On Golden Pond (1981)
	Ragtime (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Music (Original Song)


	Arthur (1981) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
	Endless Love (1981) "Endless Love"
	The Great Muppet Caper (1981) "The First Time It Happens"
	For Your Eyes Only (1981) "For Your Eyes Only"
	Ragtime (1981) "One More Hour"

Art Direction


	The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
	Heaven's Gate (1980)
	Ragtime (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) *
	Reds (1981)

Costume Design


	Chariots of Fire (1981) *
	The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
	Pennies From Heaven (1981)
	Ragtime (1981)
	Reds (1981)

Makeup


	An American Werewolf In London (1981) *
	Heartbeeps (1981)

Sound


	On Golden Pond (1981)
	Outland (1981)
	Pennies From Heaven (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) *
	Reds (1981)

Sound Effects Editing (Special Achievement Award)


	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) *

Visual Effects


	Dragonslayer (1981)
	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) *

1982

Best Picture


	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
	Gandhi (1982) *
	Missing (1982)
	Tootsie (1982)
	The Verdict (1982)

Best Director


	Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Steven Spielberg
	Gandhi (1982) Richard Attenborough *
	Tootsie (1982) Sydney Pollack
	The Verdict (1982) Sidney Lumet

Best Actor


	Tootsie (1982) Dustin Hoffman
	Gandhi (1982) Ben Kingsley *
	Missing (1982) Jack Lemmon
	The Verdict (1982) Paul Newman
	My Favorite Year (1982) Peter O'Toole

Best Actress


	Victor/Victoria (1982) Julie Andrews
	Frances (1982) Jessica Lange
	Missing (1982) Sissy Spacek
	Sophie's Choice (1982) Meryl Streep *
	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Debra Winger

Best Supporting Actor


	The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982) Charles Durning
	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Louis Gossett, Jr. *
	The World According To Garp (1982) John Lithgow
	The Verdict (1982) James Mason
	Victor/Victoria (1982) Robert Preston

Best Supporting Actress


	The World According To Garp (1982) Glenn Close
	Tootsie (1982) Teri Garr
	Tootsie (1982) Jessica Lange *
	Frances (1982) Kim Stanley
	Victor/Victoria (1982) Lesley Ann Warren

Best Original Screenplay


	Diner (1982)
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
	Gandhi (1982) *
	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
	Tootsie (1982)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	Das Boot (1981)
	Missing (1982) *
	Sophie's Choice (1982)
	The Verdict (1982)
	Victor/Victoria (1982)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Alsino and the Condor (1982)
	Coup De Torchon (1981)
	The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
	Private Life (1982)
	Volver a Empezar (1982)

Best Documentary Feature


	After the Axe (1981)
	Ben's Mill (1982)
	In Our Water (1982)
	The Fifth Estate: Just Another Missing Kid (1981)
	A Portrait of Giselle (1982)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Gods of Metal (1982)
	Dr. Helen Caldicott On Nuclear War. (1982) *
	The Klan: A Legacy of Hate In America (1982)
	To Live Or Let Die (1982)
	Traveling Hopefully (1982)

Best Live Action Short


	Ballet Robotique (1982)
	A Shocking Accident (1982) *
	The Silence (1982)
	Split Cherry Tree (1982)
	Sredni Vashtar (1981)

Best Animated Short


	The Great Cognito (1982)
	The Snowman (1982)
	Tango (1981)

Cinematography


	Das Boot (1981)
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
	Gandhi (1982) *
	Sophie's Choice (1982)
	Tootsie (1982)

Film Editing


	Das Boot (1981)
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
	Gandhi (1982) *
	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
	Tootsie (1982)

Music (Original Score)


	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) *
	Gandhi (1982)
	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
	Poltergeist (1982)
	Sophie's Choice (1982)

Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)


	Annie (1982)
	One From the Heart (1982)
	Victor/Victoria (1982) *

Music (Original Song)


	Rocky III (1982) "Eye of the Tiger"
	Best Friends (1982) "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
	Yes, Giorgio (1982) "If We Were In Love"
	Tootsie (1982) "It Might Be You"
	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) "Up Where We Belong" *

Art Direction


	Annie (1982)
	Blade Runner (1982)
	Gandhi (1982) *
	La Traviata (1983)
	Victor/Victoria (1982)

Costume Design


	Gandhi (1982) *
	Sophie's Choice (1982)
	La Traviata (1983)
	Tron (1982)
	The Verdict (1982)

Makeup


	Gandhi (1982)
	Quest For Fire (1981) *

Sound


	Das Boot (1981)
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) *
	Gandhi (1982)
	Tootsie (1982)
	Tron (1982)

Sound Effects Editing


	Das Boot (1981)
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) *
	Poltergeist (1982)

Visual Effects


	Blade Runner (1982)
	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) *
	Poltergeist (1982)

1983

Best Picture


	The Big Chill (1983)
	The Dresser (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983)
	Tender Mercies (1983)
	Terms of Endearment (1983) *

Best Director


	The Dresser (1983) Peter Yates
	Fanny and Alexander (1982) Ingmar Bergman
	Silkwood (1983) Mike Nichols
	Tender Mercies (1983) Bruce Beresford
	Terms of Endearment (1983) James L. Brooks *

Best Actor


	Educating Rita (1983) Michael Caine
	Reuben, Reuben (1983) Tom Conti
	The Dresser (1983) Tom Courtenay
	Tender Mercies (1983) Robert Duvall *
	The Dresser (1983) Albert Finney

Best Actress


	Testament (1983) Jane Alexander
	Terms of Endearment (1983) Shirley MacLaine *
	Silkwood (1983) Meryl Streep
	Educating Rita (1983) Julie Waters
	Terms of Endearment (1983) Debra Winger

Best Supporting Actor


	To Be Or Not To Be (1983) Charles Durning
	Terms of Endearment (1983) John Lithgow
	Terms of Endearment (1983) Jack Nicholson *
	The Right Stuff (1983) Sam Shepard
	Cross Creek (1983) Rip Torn

Best Supporting Actress


	Silkwood (1983) Cher
	The Big Chill (1983) Glenn Close
	The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) Linda Hunt *
	Yentl (1983) Amy Irving
	Cross Creek (1983) Alfre Woodard

Best Original Screenplay


	The Big Chill (1983)
	Fanny and Alexander (1982)
	Silkwood (1983)
	Tender Mercies (1983) *
	War Games (1983)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	Betrayal (1983)
	The Dresser (1983)
	Educating Rita (1983)
	Reuben, Reuben (1983)
	Terms of Endearment (1983) *

Best Foreign Language Film


	Carmen (1983)
	Entre Nous (1983)
	Fanny and Alexander (1982)
	The Revolt of Job (1983)
	Le Bal (1983)

Best Documentary Feature


	Children of Darkness (1983)
	First Contact (1982)
	He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
	The Profession of Arms (1983)
	Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (1983)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Flamenco At 5:15 (1983) *
	In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? (1984)
	Sewing Woman (1982)
	Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph (1983)
	You Are Free (1983)

Best Live Action Short


	Boys and Girls (1982) *
	Goodie-Two-Shoes (1984)
	Overnight Sensation (1984)

Best Animated Short


	Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
	Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983)
	Sundae In New York (1983)

Cinematography


	Fanny and Alexander (1982) *
	Return of the Jedi (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983)
	War Games (1983)
	Zelig (1983)

Film Editing


	Blue Thunder (1983)
	Flashdance (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983) *
	Silkwood (1983)
	Terms of Endearment (1983)

Music (Original Score)


	Cross Creek (1983)
	Return of the Jedi (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983) *
	Terms of Endearment (1983)
	Under Fire (1983)

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)


	The Sting II (1983)
	Trading Places (1983)
	Yentl (1983) *

Music (Original Song)


	Flashdance (1983) "Flashdance...What a Feeling" *
	Flashdance (1983) "Maniac"
	Tender Mercies (1983) "Over You"
	Yentl (1983) "Papa, Can You Hear Me?
	Yentl (1983) "The Way He Makes Me Feel"

Art Direction


	Fanny and Alexander (1982) *
	Return of the Jedi (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983)
	Terms of Endearment (1983)
	Yentl (1983)

Costume Design


	Cross Creek (1983)
	Fanny and Alexander (1982) *
	Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
	Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
	Zelig (1983)

Sound


	Never Cry Wolf (1983)
	Return of the Jedi (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983) *
	Terms of Endearment (1983)
	War Games (1983)

Sound Effects Editing


	Return of the Jedi (1983)
	The Right Stuff (1983) *

Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)


	Return of the Jedi (1983) *

1984

Best Picture


	Amadeus (1984) *
	The Killing Fields (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984)
	Places In the Heart (1984)
	A Soldier's Story (1984)

Best Director


	Amadeus (1984) Milos Forman *
	Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Woody Allen
	The Killing Fields (1984) Roland Joffe
	A Passage To India (1984) David Lean
	Places In the Heart (1984) Robert Benton

Best Actor


	Amadeus (1984) F. Murray Abraham *
	Starman (1984) Jeff Bridges
	Under the Volcano (1984) Albert Finney
	Amadeus (1984) Tom Hulce
	The Killing Fields (1984) Sam Waterston

Best Actress


	A Passage To India (1984) Judy Davis
	Places In the Heart (1984) Sally Field *
	Country (1984) Jessica Lange
	The Bostonians (1984) Vanessa Redgrave
	The River (1984) Sissy Spacek

Best Supporting Actor


	A Soldier's Story (1984) Adolph Caesar
	Places In the Heart (1984) John Malkovich
	The Karate Kid (1984) Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita
	The Killing Fields (1984) Haing S. Ngor *
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Ralph Richardson

Best Supporting Actress


	A Passage To India (1984) Peggy Ashcroft *
	The Natural (1984) Glenn Close
	Places In the Heart (1984) Lindsay Crouse
	Swing Shift (1984) Christine Lahti
	The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) Geraldine Page

Best Original Screenplay


	Amadeus (1984) *
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
	The Killing Fields (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984)
	A Soldier's Story (1984)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
	Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
	El Norte (1983)
	Places In the Heart (1984) *
	Splash (1984)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Beyond the Walls (1984)
	Camila (1984)
	Dangerous Moves (1984)
	Double Feature (1984)
	War-Time Romance (1983)

Best Documentary Feature


	High Schools (1983)
	In the Name of the People (1985)
	Marlene: An Astonishing Visit (1984)
	Streetwise (1984)
	The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	The Children of Soong Ching Ling (1984)
	Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas In Nursing (1984)
	The Garden of Eden (1984)
	Recollections of Pavlovsk (1984)
	The Stone Carvers (1984) *

Best Live Action Short


	The Painted Door (1984)
	Tales of Meeting and Parting (1985)
	Up (1984) *

Best Animated Short


	Charade (1984)
	Doctor DeSoto (1984)
	Paradise (1984)

Cinematography


	Amadeus (1984)
	The Killing Fields (1984) *
	The Natural (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984)
	The River (1984)

Film Editing


	Amadeus (1984)
	The Cotton Club (1984)
	The Killing Fields (1984) *
	A Passage To India (1984)
	Romancing the Stone (1984)

Music (Original Score)


	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
	The Natural (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984) *
	The River (1984)
	Under the Volcano (1984)

Music (Original Song Score)


	The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
	Purple Rain (1984) *
	Songwriter (1984)

Music (Original Song)


	Against All Odds (1984) "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
	Footloose (1984) "Footloose"
	Ghostbusters (1984) "Ghostbusters"
	The Woman In Red (1984) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" *
	Footloose (1984) "Let's Hear It for the Boy"

Art Direction


	Amadeus (1984) *
	The Cotton Club (1984)
	The Natural (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984)
	2010 (1984)

Costume Design


	Amadeus (1984) *
	The Bostonians (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984)
	Places In the Heart (1984)
	2010 (1984)

Makeup


	Amadeus (1984) *
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
	2010 (1984)

Sound


	Amadeus (1984) *
	Dune (1984)
	A Passage To India (1984)
	The River (1984)
	2010 (1984)

Sound Effects Editing (Special Achievement Award)


	The River (1984) *

Visual Effects


	Ghostbusters (1984)
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) *
	2010 (1984)

1985

Best Picture


	The Color Purple (1985)
	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985) *
	Prizzi's Honor (1985)
	Witness (1985)

Best Director


	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Hector Babenco
	Out of Africa (1985) Sydney Pollack *
	Prizzi's Honor (1985) John Huston
	Ran (1985) Akira Kurosawa
	Witness (1985) Peter Weir

Best Actor


	Witness (1985) Harrison Ford
	Murphy's Romance (1985) James Gardner
	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) William Hurt *
	Prizzi's Honor (1985) Jack Nicholson
	Runaway Train (1985) John Voight

Best Actress


	Agnes of God (1985) Anne Bancroft
	The Color Purple (1985) Whoopi Goldberg
	Sweet Dreams (1985) Jessica Lange
	The Trip To Bountiful (1985) Geraldine Page *
	Out of Africa (1985) Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor


	Cocoon (1985) Don Ameche *
	Out of Africa (1985) Klaus Maria Brandauer
	Prizzi's Honor (1985) William Hickey
	Jagged Edge (1985) Robert Loggia
	Runaway Train (1985) Eric Roberts

Best Supporting Actress


	The Color Purple (1985) Margaret Avery
	Prizzi's Honor (1985) Anjelica Huston *
	Twice In a Lifetime (1985) Amy Madigan
	Agnes of God (1985) Meg Tilly
	The Color Purple (1985) Oprah Winfrey

Best Original Screenplay


	Back To the Future (1985)
	Brazil (1985)
	The Official Story (1985)
	The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
	Witness (1985) *

Best Adapted Screenplay


	The Color Purple (1985)
	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985) *
	Prizzi's Honor (1985)
	The Trip To Bountiful (1985)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Angry Harvest (1985)
	Colonel Redl (1985)
	The Official Story (1985)
	Trois Hommes et un Couffin (1985)
	When Father Was Away On Business (1985)

Best Documentary Feature


	Broken Rainbow (1985)
	Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (1985)
	Soldiers In Hiding (1985)
	The Statue of Liberty (1985)
	Unfinished Business: The Japanese-American Internment Cases (1986)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	The Courage To Care (1985)
	Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date (1985)
	Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra (1984)
	Witness To War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985) *
	The Wizard of the Strings (1985)

Best Live Action Short


	Graffiti (1985)
	Molly's Pilgrim (1985) *
	Rainbow War (1985)

Best Animated Short


	Anna & Bella (1984)
	The Big Snit (1985)
	Second Class Mail (1985)

Cinematography


	The Color Purple (1985)
	Murphy's Romance (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985) *
	Ran (1985)
	Witness (1985)

Film Editing


	A Chorus Line (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985)
	Prizzi's Honor (1985)
	Runaway Train (1985)
	Witness (1985) *

Music (Original Score)


	Agnes of God (1985)
	The Color Purple (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985) *
	Silverado (1985)
	Witness (1985)

Music (Original Song)


	The Color Purple (1985) "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)"
	Back To the Future (1985) "The Power of Love"
	White Nights (1985) "Say You, Say Me" *
	White Nights (1985) "Separate Lives (Love Theme from 'White Nights')"
	A Chorus Line (1985) "Surprise, Surprise"

Art Direction


	Brazil (1985)
	The Color Purple (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985) *
	Ran (1985)
	Witness (1985)

Costume Design


	The Color Purple (1985)
	The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985)
	Prizzi's Honor (1985)
	Ran (1985) *

Makeup


	The Color Purple (1985)
	Mask (1985) *
	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Sound


	Back To the Future (1985)
	A Chorus Line (1985)
	Ladyhawke (1985)
	Out of Africa (1985) *
	Silverado (1985)

Sound Effects Editing


	Back To the Future (1985) *
	Ladyhawke (1985)
	Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Visual Effects


	Cocoon (1985) *
	Return To Oz (1985)
	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

1986

Best Picture


	Children of a Lesser God (1986)
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
	The Mission (1986)
	Platoon (1986) *
	A Room With a View (1986)

Best Director


	Blue Velvet (1986) David Lynch
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen
	The Mission (1986) Roland Joffe
	Platoon (1986) Oliver Stone *
	A Room With a View (1986) James Ivory

Best Actor


	'Round Midnight (1986) Dexter Gordon
	Mona Lisa (1986) Bob Hoskins
	Children of a Lesser God (1986) WIlliam Hurt
	The Color of Money (1986) Paul Newman *
	Salvador (1986) James Woods

Best Actress


	The Morning After (1986) Jane Fonda
	Children of a Lesser God (1986) Marlee Matlin *
	Crimes of the Heart (1986) Sissy Spacek
	Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Kathleen Turner
	Aliens (1986) Sigourney Weaver

Best Supporting Actor


	Platoon (1986) Tom Berenger
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Michael Caine *
	Platoon (1986) Willem Dafoe
	A Room With a View (1986) Denholm Elliott
	Hoosiers (1986) Dennis Hopper

Best Supporting Actress


	Crimes of the Heart (1986) Tess Harper
	Children of a Lesser God (1986) Piper Laurie
	The Color of Money (1986) Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
	A Room With a View (1986) Maggie Smith
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Dianne Wiest *

Best Original Screenplay


	Crocodile Dundee (1986)
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) *
	My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
	Platoon (1986)
	Salvador (1986)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	Children of a Lesser God (1986)
	The Color of Money (1986)
	Crimes of the Heart (1986)
	A Room With a View (1986) *
	Stand By Me (1986)

Best Foreign Language Film


	The Assault (1986)
	Betty Blue (1986)
	The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
	My Sweet Little Village (1985)
	'38 Home To the Realm (1986)

Best Documentary Feature


	Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
	Chile: When Will It End? (1986)
	Down and Out In America (1986)
	Isaac In America: A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer (1986)
	Witness To Apartheid (1986)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Debonair Dancers (1986)
	The Masters of Disaster (1986)
	Red Grooms: Sunflower In a Hothouse (1986)
	Sam (1986)
	Women - For America, For the World (1986) *

Best Live Action Short


	Exit (1985)
	Love Struck (1986)
	Precious Images (1986) *

Best Animated Short


	The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil (1986)
	A Greek Tragedy (1985)
	Luxo Jr. (1986)

Cinematography


	The Mission (1986) *
	Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
	Platoon (1986)
	A Room With a View (1986)
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Film Editing


	Aliens (1986)
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
	The Mission (1986)
	Platoon (1986) *
	Top Gun (1986)

Music (Original Score)


	Aliens (1986)
	Hoosiers (1986)
	The Mission (1986)
	'Round Midnight (1986) *
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Music (Original Song)


	The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) "Glory of Love"
	That's Life! (1986) "Life in a Looking Glass"
	Little Shop of Horrors (1986) "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
	An American Tail (1986) "Somewhere Out There"
	Top Gun (1986) "Take My Breath Away" *

Art Direction


	Aliens (1986)
	The Color of Money (1986)
	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
	The Mission (1986)
	A Room With a View (1986) *

Costume Design


	The Mission (1986)
	Otello (1986)
	Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
	Pirates (1986)
	A Room With a View (1986) *

Makeup


	The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
	The Fly (1986) *
	Legend (1985)

Sound


	Aliens (1986)
	Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
	Platoon (1986) *
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
	Top Gun (1986)

Sound Effects Editing


	Aliens (1986) *
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
	Top Gun (1986)

Visual Effects


	Aliens (1986) *
	Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
	Poltergeist II (1986)

1987

Best Picture


	Broadcast News (1987)
	Fatal Attraction (1987)
	Hope and Glory (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	Moonstruck (1987)

Best Director


	Fatal Attraction (1987) Adrian Lyne
	Hope and Glory (1987) John Boorman
	The Last Emperor (1987) Bernardo Bertolucci *
	Moonstruck (1987) Norman Jewison
	My Life As a Dog (1985) Lasse Hallstrom

Best Actor


	Wall Street (1987) Michael Douglas *
	Broadcast News (1987) William Hurt
	Dark Eyes (1987) Marcello Mastroianni
	Ironweed (1987) Jack Nicholson
	Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Robin Williams

Best Actress


	Moonstruck (1987) Cher *
	Fatal Attraction (1987) Glenn Close
	Broadcast News (1987) Holly Hunter
	Anna (1987) Sally Kirkland
	Ironweed (1987) Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor


	Broadcast News (1987) Albert Brooks
	The Untouchables (1987) Sean Connery *
	Street Smart (1987) Morgan Freeman
	Moonstruck (1987) Vincent Gardenia
	Cry Freedom (1987) Denzel Washington

Best Supporting Actress


	Gaby: A True Story (1987) Norma Aleandro
	Fatal Attraction (1987) Anne Archer
	Moonstruck (1987) Olympia Dukakis *
	Throw Momma From the Train (1987) Anne Ramsey
	The Whales of August (1987) Ann Southern

Best Original Screenplay


	Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
	Broadcast News (1987)
	Hope and Glory (1987)
	Moonstruck (1987) *
	Radio Days (1987)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	The Dead (1987)
	Fatal Attraction (1987)
	Full Metal Jacket (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	My Life As a Dog (1985)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
	Babette's Feast (1987)
	Course Completed (1987)
	The Family (1987)
	Pathfinder (1987)

Best Documentary Feature


	Eyes On the Prize II: Bridge To Freedom: 1965 (1987)
	Hellfire: A Journey From Hiroshima (1986)
	A Stitch For Time (1987)
	The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller (1987)
	In the Wee Wee Hours... (1987)
	Language Says It All (1987)
	Silver Into Gold (1987)
	Young At Heart (1987) *

Best Live Action Short


	Making Waves (1987)
	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987) *
	Shoeshine (1987)

Best Animated Short


	George and Rosemary (1987)
	The Man Who Planted Trees (1988)
	Your Face (1987)

Cinematography


	Broadcast News (1987)
	Empire of the Sun (1987)
	Hope and Glory (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	Matewan (1987)

Film Editing


	Broadcast News (1987)
	Empire of the Sun (1987)
	Fatal Attraction (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	Robocop (1987)

Music (Original Score)


	Cry Freedom (1987)
	Empire of the Sun (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	The Untouchables (1987)
	The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Music (Original Song)


	Cry Freedom (1987) "Cry Freedom"
	Dirty Dancing (1987) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" *
	Mannequin (1987) "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
	Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) "Shakedown"
	The Princess Bride (1987) "Storybook Love"

Art Direction


	Empire of the Sun (1987)
	Hope and Glory (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	Radio Days (1987)
	The Untouchables (1987)

Costume Design


	The Dead (1987)
	Empire of the Sun (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	Maurice (1987)
	The Untouchables (1987)

Makeup


	Happy New Year (1987)
	Harry and the Hendersons (1987) *

Sound


	Empire of the Sun (1987)
	The Last Emperor (1987) *
	Lethal Weapon (1987)
	Robocop (1987)
	The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Sound Effects Editing (Special Achievement Award


	Robocop (1987) *

Visual Effects


	Innerspace (1987) *
	Predator (1987)

1988

Best Picture


	The Accidental Tourist (1988)
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
	Mississippi Burning (1988)
	Rain Man (1988) *
	Working Girl (1988)

Best Director


	A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Charles Crichton
	The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Martin Scorsese
	Mississippi Burning (1988) Alan Parker
	Rain Man (1988) Barry Levinson *
	Working Girl (1988) Mike Nichols

Best Actor


	Mississippi Burning (1988) Gene Hackman
	Big (1988) Tom Hanks
	Rain Man (1988) Dustin Hoffman *
	Stand and Deliver (1988) Edward James Olmos
	Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Max Von Sydow

Best Actress


	Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Glenn Close
	The Accused (1988) Jodie Foster *
	Working Girl (1988) Melanie Griffith
	A Cry In the Dark (1988) Meryl Streep
	Gorillas In the Mist (1988) Sigourney Weaver

Best Supporting Actor


	Little Dorrit (1988) Alec Guinness
	A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Kevin Kline *
	Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) Martin Landau
	Running On Empty (1988) River Phoenix
	Married To the Mob (1988) Dean Stockwell

Best Supporting Actress


	Working Girl (1988) Joan Cusack
	The Accidental Tourist (1988) Geena Davis *
	Mississippi Burning (1988) Frances McDormand
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer
	Working Girl (1988) Sigourney Weaver

Best Original Screenplay


	Big (1988)
	Bull Durham (1988)
	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
	Rain Man (1988) *
	Running On Empty (1988)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	The Accidental Tourist (1988)
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988) *
	Gorillas In the Mist (1988)
	Little Dorrit (1988)
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Hanussen (1988)
	The Music Teacher (1988)
	Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
	Salaam Bombay! (1988)
	Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Best Documentary Feature


	The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude - An Afrikaner Speaks Out (1988)
	Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
	Let's Get Lost (1988)
	Promises To Keep (1988)
	Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	The Children's Storefront (1988)
	The American Experience: A Family Gathering (1989)
	Gang Cops (1988)
	Portrait of Imogen (1988)
	You Don't Have To Die (1988) *

Best Live Action Short


	The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) *
	Cadillac Dreams (1988)
	Gullah Tales (1988)

Best Animated Short


	The Cat Came Back (1988)
	Technological Threat (1988)
	Tin Toy (1988)

Cinematography


	Mississippi Burning (1988) *
	Rain Man (1988)
	Tequila Sunrise (1988)
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

Film Editing


	Die Hard (1988)
	Gorillas In the Mist (1988)
	Mississippi Burning (1988)
	Rain Man (1988)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) *

Music (Original Score)


	The Accidental Tourist (1988)
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
	Gorillas In the Mist (1988)
	The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) *
	Rain Man (1988)

Music (Original Song)


	Bagdad Cafe (1987) "Calling You"
	Working Girl (1988) "Let the River Run" *
	Two Hearts (1988) "Two Hearts"

Art Direction


	Beaches (1988)
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988) *
	Rain Man (1988)
	Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

Costume Design


	Coming To America (1988)
	Dangerous Liaisons (1988) *
	A Handful of Dust (1988)
	Sunset (1988)
	Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

Makeup


	Beetlejuice (1988) *
	Coming To America (1988)
	Scrooged (1988)

Sound


	Bird (1988) *
	Die Hard (1988)
	Gorillas In the Mist (1988)
	Mississippi Burning (1988)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

Sound Effects Editing


	Die Hard (1988)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) *
	Willow (1988)

Visual Effects


	Die Hard (1988)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) *
	Willow (1988)

1989

Best Picture


	Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
	Dead Poets Society (1989)
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) *
	Field of Dreams (1989)
	My Left Foot (1989)

Best Director


	Born On the Fourth of July (1989) Oliver Stone *
	Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen
	Dead Poets Society (1989) Peter Weir
	Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh
	My Left Foot (1989) Jim Sheridan

Best Actor


	Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh
	Born On the Fourth of July (1989) Tom Cruise
	My Left Foot (1989) Daniel Day Lewis *
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Morgan Freeman
	Dead Poets Society (1989) Robin Williams

Best Actress


	Camille Claudel (1988) Isabelle Adjani
	Shirley Valentine (1989) Pauline Collins
	Music Box (1989) Jessica Lange
	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) Michelle Pfeiffer
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Jessica Tandy *

Best Supporting Actor


	Do the Right Thing (1989) Danny Aiello
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Dan Aykroyd
	A Dry White Season (1989) Marlon Brando
	Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Martin Landau
	Glory (1989) Denzel Washington *

Best Supporting Actress


	My Left Foot (1989) Brenda Fricker *
	Enemies, a Love Story (1989) Anjelica Huston
	Enemies, a Love Story (1989) Lena Olin
	Steel Magnolias (1989) Julia Roberts
	Parenthood (1989) Dianne Wiest

Best Original Screenplay


	Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
	Dead Poets Society (1989) *
	Do the Right Thing (1989)
	Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
	When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Best Adapted Screenplay


	Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) *
	Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
	Field of Dreams (1989)
	My Left Foot (1989)

Best Foreign Language Film


	Camille Claudel (1988)
	Cinema Paradiso (1988)
	Jesus of Montreal (1989)
	Memories of a Marriage (1989)
	What Ever Happened To Santiago? (1989)

Best Documentary Feature


	Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
	Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989)
	Crack USA: County Under Siege (1989)
	For All Mankind (1989)
	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)

Best Documentary Short Subject


	Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 To 9 (1989)
	The Johnstown Flood (1989) *
	Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past To Ensure the Future (1989)

Best Live Action Short


	Amazon Diary (1989)
	The Child Eater (1989)
	Work Experience (1989) *

Best Animated Short


	Balance (1989)
	Korova (1989)
	The Hill Farm (1989)

Cinematography


	The Abyss (1989)
	Blaze (1989)
	Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
	Glory (1989) *

Film Editing


	The Bear (1988)
	Born On the Fourth of July (1989) *
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
	Glory (1989)

Music (Original Score)


	Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
	Field of Dreams (1989)
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
	The Little Mermaid (1989) *

Music (Original Song)


	Chances Are (1989) "After All"
	Shirley Valentine (1989) "The Girl WHo Used to Be Me"
	Parenthood (1989) "I Love to See You Smile"
	The Little Mermaid (1989) "Kiss the Girl"
	The Little Mermaid (1989) "Under the Sea" *

Art Direction


	The Abyss (1989)
	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
	Batman (1989) *
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
	Glory (1989)

Costume Design


	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
	Harlem Nights (1989)
	Henry V (1989) *
	Valmont (1989)

Makeup


	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
	Dad (1989)
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) *

Sound


	The Abyss (1989)
	Black Rain (1989)
	Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
	Glory (1989) *
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Sound Effects Editing


	Black Rain (1989)
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) *
	Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Visual Effects


	The Abyss (1989) *
	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
	Back To the Future, Part II (1989)