Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks, producer
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
Best Director
Winner
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Bruce Beresford— Tender Mercies
Ingmar Bergman— Fanny and Alexander
Mike Nichols— Silkwood
Peter Yates— The Dresser
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
Michael Caine— Educating Rita
Tom Conti— Reuben Reuben
Tom Courtenay— The Dresser
Albert Finney— The Dresser
Best Actress
Winner
Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
Jane Alexander— Testament
Meryl Streep— Silkwood
Julie Walters— Educating Rita
Debra Winger— Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Jack Nicholson
Terms of Endearment
Charles Durning— To Be or Not to Be
John Lithgow— Terms of Endearment
Sam Shepard— The Right Stuff
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Linda Hunt
The Year of Living Dangerously
Cher— Silkwood
Glenn Close— The Big Chill
Amy Irving— Yentl
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Horton Foote
Tender Mercies
Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek— The Big Chill
Ingmar Bergman— Fanny & Alexander
Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen— Silkwood
Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes— WarGames
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Harold Pinter— Betrayal
Ronald Harwood— The Dresser
Willy Russell— Educating Rita
Julius J. Epstein— Reuben, Reuben
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Bill Conti
The Right Stuff
Leonard Rosenman— Cross Creek
John Williams— Return of the Jedi
Michael Gore— Terms of Endearment
Jerry Goldsmith— Under Fire
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Yentl
Lalo Schifrin— The Sting II
Elmer Bernstein— Trading Places
Best Original Song
Winner
"Flashdance...What a Feeling" — Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, Keith Forsey
Flashdance
“Flashdance…What a Feeling” — Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara— Flashdance
“Maniac” — Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky— Flashdance
“Over You” — Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart— Tender Mercies
“Papa, Can You Hear Me?” — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman— Yentl
“The Way He Makes Me Feel” — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman— Yentl
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Sven Nykvist
Fanny and Alexander
Don Peterman— Flashdance
Caleb Deschanel— The Right Stuff
William A. Fraker— WarGames
Gordon Willis— Zelig
Best Film Editing
Winner
Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
The Right Stuff
Frank Morriss, Edward Abroms— Blue Thunder
Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery— Flashdance
Sam O’Steen— Silkwood
Richard Marks— Terms of Endearment
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Anna Asp
Fanny and Alexander
Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe, Michael Ford— Return of the Jedi
Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter Romero, Pat Pending, George R. Nelson— The Right Stuff
Polly Platt, Harold Michelson, Tom Pedigo, Anthony Mondello— Terms of Endearment
Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins, Tessa Davies— Yentl
Best Costume Design
Winner
Marik Vos
Fanny and Alexander
Joe I. Tompkins— Cross Creek
William Ware Theiss— Heart Like a Wheel
Anne-Marie Marchand— The Return of Martin Guerre
Santo Loquasto— Zelig
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
The Right Stuff
Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom, David Parker— Never Cry Wolf
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe— Return of the Jedi
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David R.B. MacMillan— The Right Stuff
Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell, Jim Alexander— Terms of Endearment
Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton— WarGames
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
Return of the Jedi
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Sundae in New York
Jimmy Picker
Burny Mattinson— Mickey's Christmas Carol
Eda Godel Hallinan— Sound of Sunshine — Sound of Rain
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Emile Ardolino — Jacques d'Amboise and kids
Richard Kotuk, Ara Chekmayan— Children of Darkness
Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson— First Contact
Emile Ardolino— He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’
Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen— The Profession of Arms
James Klein, Julia Reichert— Seeing Red
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Fanny and Alexander
Sweden — Ingmar Bergman
Carmen
Entre Nous
Fanny & Alexander
Job's Revolt
Le Bal