| Best Picture |
Best Director |
- Amadeus
- The Killing Fields
- A Passage to India
- Places in the Heart
- A Soldier's Story
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- Milos Forman – Amadeus
- Woody Allen – Broadway Danny Rose
- Robert Benton – Places in the Heart
- Roland Joffe – The Killing Fields
- David Lean – A Passage to India
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus
- Jeff Bridges – Starman
- Albert Finney – Under the Volcano
- Tom Hulce – Amadeus
- Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields
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- Sally Field – Places in the Heart
- Judy Davis – A Passage to India
- Jessica Lange – Country
- Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians
- Sissy Spacek – The River
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields
- Adolph Caesar – A Soldier's Story
- John Malkovich – Places in the Heart
- Noriyuki Pat Morita – The Karate Kid
- Ralph Richardson – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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- Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India
- Glenn Close – The Natural
- Lindsay Crouse – Places in the Heart
- Christine Lahti – Swing Shift
- Geraldine Page – The Pope of Greenwich Village
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Places in the Heart – Robert Benton
- Beverly Hills Cop – Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
- Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen
- The North – Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas
- Splash – Brian Grazer, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman
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- Amadeus – Peter Shaffer
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – P.H. Vazak and Michael Austin
- The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson
- A Passage to India – David Lean
- A Soldier's Story – Charles Fuller
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
- Dangerous Moves (Switzerland)
- Beyond the Walls (Israel)
- Camila (Argentina)
- Double Feature (Spain)
- Wartime Romance (USSR)
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Times of Harvey Milk – Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen
- High Schools – Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss
- In the Name of the People – Alex W. Drehsler and Frank Christopher
- Marlene – Karel Dirka and Zev Braun
- Streetwise – Cheryl McCall
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- The Stone Carvers – Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner
- The Children of Soong Ching Ling – Gary Bush and Paul T.K. Lin
- Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing – Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer
- The Garden of Eden – Lawrence R. Hott and Roger M. Sherman
- Recollections of Pavlovsk – Irina Kalinina
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| Best Live Action Short |
Best Animated Short |
- Up – Mike Hoover
- The Painted Door – Michael MacMillan and Janice L. Platt
- Tales of Meeting and Parting – Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter
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- Charade – Jon Minnis
- Doctor De Soto – Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn
- Paradise – Ishu Patel
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| Best Original Score |
Best Original Song Score |
- A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – John Williams
- The Natural – Randy Newman
- The River – John Williams
- Under the Volcano – Alex North
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- Purple Rain – Prince
- The Muppets Take Manhattan – Jeff Moss
- Songwriter – Kris Kristofferson
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| Best Original Song |
Best Sound Mixing |
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red – Music and Lyric by Stevie Wonder
- "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" from Against All Odds - Music and Lyric by Phil Collins
- "Footloose" from Footloose – Music and Lyric by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford
- "Let's Hear It for the Boy" from Footloose – Music and Lyric by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow
- "Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters – Music and Lyric by Ray Parker, Jr.
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- Amadeus – Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Chris Newman
- Dune - Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell and Nelson Stoll
- 2010 – Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos Delarios and Gene Cantamessa
- A Passage to India – Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and John W. Mitchell
- The River –Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman and David M. Ronne
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| Best Art Direction |
Best Cinematography |
- Amadeus – Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Set Decoration: Karel Černý
- 2010 – Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
- The Cotton Club – Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George Gaines and Les Bloom
- The Natural – Art Direction: Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami and Speed Hopkins; Set Decoration: Bruce Weintraub
- A Passage to India – Art Direction: John Box; Set Decoration: Leslie Tomkins and Hugh Scaife
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- The Killing Fields – Chris Menges
- Amadeus – Miroslav Ondricek
- The Natural – Caleb Deschanel
- A Passage to India – Ernest Day
- The River – Vilmos Zsigmond
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| Best Makeup |
Best Costume Design |
- Amadeus – Dick Smith and Paul LeBlanc
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Rick Baker and Paul Engelen
- 2010 - Michael Westmore
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- Amadeus – Theodor Pistek
- 2010 – Patricia Norris
- The Bostonians – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
- A Passage to India – Judy Moorcroft
- Places in the Heart – Ann Roth
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- The Killing Fields – Jim Clark
- Amadeus – Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler
- The Cotton Club – Barry Malkin and Robert Q. Lovett
- A Passage to India – David Lean
- Romancing the Stone – Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss
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- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs
- 2010 – Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson and Mark Stetson
- Ghostbusters – Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo and Chuck Gasper
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