| İyi Film | Best Director |
- Gandhi - Richard Attenborough, producer
 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers
- Missing - Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis, producers
- Tootsie - Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards, producers
- The Verdict - David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck, producers
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| | - Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
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| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
- Gandhi - John Briley
| - Missing - Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart based on the book The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice by Thomas Hauser
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| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Original Song |
| | - "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman - Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyric by Will Jennings
- "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III - Music and Lyric by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan
- "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends - Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman
- "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio - Music by John Williams; Lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman
- "It Might Be You" from Tootsie - Music by Dave Grusin; Lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman
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| Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short Subject |
- Just Another Missing Kid - John Zaritsky
- After the Axe - Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas
- Ben's Mill - John Karol and Michel Chalufour
- In Our Water - Meg Switzgable
- A Portrait of Giselle - Joseph Wishy
| - If You Love This Planet - Edward Le Lorrain and Terre Nash
- Gods of Metal - Robert Richter
- The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America - Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann
- To Live or Let Die - Freida Lee Mock
- Traveling Hopefully - John G. Avildsen
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| Best Live Action Short Film | Best Animated Short Film |
- A Shocking Accident - Christine Oestreicher
- Ballet Robotique - Bob Rogers
- The Silence - Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson
- Split Cherry Tree - Jan Saunders
- Sredni Vashtar - Andrew Birkin
| - Tango - Zbigniew Rybczyński
- The Great Cognito - Will Vinton
- The Snowman - John Coates
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| Best Original Score | Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score |
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| Best Sound Effects Editing | Best Sound |
| | - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, and Gene Cantamessa
- Das Boot - Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, and Mike Le Mare
- Gandhi - Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, and Simon Kaye
- Tootsie - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, and Les Lazarowitz
- Tron - Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, and James LaRue
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| Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
- Quest for Fire - Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke
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| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
- Gandhi - Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton
- Annie - Art Direction: Dale Hennesy (posthumous nomination); Set Decoration: Marvin March
- Blade Runner - Art Direction: Lawrence G. Paull and David Snyder; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
- La Traviata - Art Direction: Franco Zeffirelli; Set Decoration: Gianni Quaranta
- Victor/Victoria - Art Direction: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, and William Craig Smith; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell
| - Gandhi - Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor
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| Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
- Gandhi - John Bloom
| - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith
- Blade Runner - Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, and David Dryer
- Poltergeist - Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, and Bruce Nicholson
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