Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Chariots of Fire
David Puttnam, producer
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
Best Director
Winner
Warren Beatty
Chariots of Fire — Reds
Louis Malle— Atlantic City
Hugh Hudson— Chariots of Fire
Mark Rydell— On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg— Raiders of the Lost Ark
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond
Warren Beatty— Reds
Burt Lancaster— Atlantic City
Dudley Moore— Arthur
Paul Newman— Absence of Malice
Best Actress
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond
Diane Keaton— Reds
Marsha Mason— Only When I Laugh
Susan Sarandon— Atlantic City
Meryl Streep— The French Lieutenant's Woman
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
John Gielgud
Arthur
James Coco— Only When I Laugh
Ian Holm— Chariots of Fire
Howard E. Rollins Jr.— Ragtime
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Maureen Stapleton
Reds
Melinda Dillon— Absence of Malice
Jane Fonda— On Golden Pond
Joan Hackett— Only When I Laugh
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Colin Welland
Chariots of Fire
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Ernest Thompson
On Golden Pond
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Victor Victoria
Best Original Song
Winner
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" — Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
Arthur
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Vittorio Storaro
Reds
Best Film Editing
Winner
Michael Kahn
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Costume Design
Winner
Milena Canonero
Chariots of Fire
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Crac!
Frederic Back, National Film Board of Canada
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Genocide
Arnold Schwartzman — Simon Wiesenthal Center
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Mephisto
Hungary — Istvan Szabo