Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Rain Man
Mark Johnson, producer — Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise cross-country road trip drama
Acting
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man — his second Oscar; portrayal of an autistic savant became iconic
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Jodie Foster
The Accused — her first Oscar; played a rape survivor who fights for justice
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Kevin Kline
A Fish Called Wanda — as the hilarious, dim-witted Otto
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Big— Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Bull Durham— Ron Shelton
Running on Empty— Naomi Foner
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Accidental Tourist— Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
Little Dorrit— Christine Edzard
Craft & Technical
Best Foreign Language Film
Hanussen— Hungary
The Music Teacher— Belgium
Salaam Bombay!— India
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Marcel Ophuls — about the Nazi war criminal known as the "Butcher of Lyon"
Let's Get Lost— Bruce Weber
Who Killed Vincent Chin?— Renee Tajima, Christine Choy
Best Original Score
Dangerous Liaisons— George Fenton
Rain Man— Hans Zimmer
Gorillas in the Mist— Maurice Jarre
Best Original Song
Winner
"Let the River Run"
Working Girl — Carly Simon
"Two Hearts"— Buster, Phil Collins
"Calling You"— Bagdad Cafe
Best Cinematography
Tequila Sunrise— Conrad Hall
Rain Man— John Seale
Best Film Editing
Die Hard— Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link
Mississippi Burning— Gerry Hambling
Best Art Direction
Rain Man— Ida Random; Linda DeScenna
Who Framed Roger Rabbit— Elliot Scott; Peter Howitt
Best Costume Design
Coming to America— Deborah Nadoolman
Tucker: The Man and His Dream— Milena Canonero
Best Makeup
Coming to America— Rick Baker, Edouard Henriques
Scrooged— Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs
Die Hard— Richard Edlund et al.
Willow— Dennis Muren et al.
Best Sound Mixing
Die Hard— Don Bassman et al.
Gorillas in the Mist— Andy Nelson et al.
Best Sound Editing
Die Hard— Stephen H. Flick
Willow— Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns