Best Picture
Atlantic City	Chariots of Fire	On Golden Pond	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Reds

Best Actor
Absence of Malice	Arthur	Atlantic City	On Golden Pond	Reds
Paul Newman	Dudley Moore	Burt Lancaster	Henry Fonda	Warren Beatty

Best Actress
Atlantic City	The French Lieutenant's Woman	On Golden Pond	Only When I Laugh	Reds
Susan Sarandon	Meryl Streep	Katharine Hepburn	Marsha Mason	Diane Keaton

Best Supporting Actor
Arthur	Chariots of Fire	Only When I Laugh	Ragtime	Reds
John Gielgud	Ian Holm	James Coco	Howard E. Rollins Jr.	Jack Nicholson

Best Supporting Actress
Absence of Malice	On Golden Pond	Only When I Laugh	Ragtime	Reds
Melinda Dillon	Jane Fonda	Joan Hackett	Elizabeth McGovern	Maureen Stapleton

Best Director
Atlantic City	Chariots of Fire	On Golden Pond	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Reds
Louis Malle	Hugh Hudson	Mark Rydell	Steven Spielberg	Warren Beatty

Best Original Screenplay
Absence of Malice	Arthur	Atlantic City	Chariots of Fire	Reds
Kurt Luedtke	Steve Gordon	John Guare	Colin Welland	Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths

Best Adapted Screenplay
The French Lieutenant's Woman	On Golden Pond	Pennies from Heaven	Prince of the City	Ragtime
Harold Pinter	Ernest Thompson	Dennis Potter	Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet	Michael Weller

Best Cinematography
Excalibur	On Golden Pond	Ragtime	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Reds
Alex Thomson	Billy Williams	Miroslav Ondrícek	Douglas Slocombe	Vittorio Storaro

Best Art Direction
The French Lieutenant's Woman	Heaven's Gate	Ragtime	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Reds
Assheton Gorton, Ann Mollo	Tambi Larsen, James L. Berkey	John Graysmark, Patrizia von Brandenstein, Tony Reading, George DeTitta Sr., George DeTitta Jr., Peter Howitt	Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford	Richard Sylbert, Michael Seirton

Best Costume Design
Chariots of Fire	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Pennies from Heaven	Ragtime	Reds
Milena Canonero	Tom Rand	Bob Mackie	Anna Hill Johnstone	Shirley Russell

Best Sound
On Golden Pond	Outland	Pennies from Heaven	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Reds
Richard Portman, David M. Ronne	John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., Robert Thirlwell, Robin Gregory	Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton Jr.	Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman	Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman, Simon Kaye

Best Editing
Chariots of Fire	The French Lieutenant's Woman	On Golden Pond	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Reds
Terry Rawlings	John Bloom	Robert L. Wolfe	Michael Kahn	Dede Allen, Craig McKay

Best Visual Effects
Dragonslayer	Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston

Best Makeup
An American Werewolf in London	Heartbeeps
Rick Baker	Stan Winston

Best Original Song
Arthur	Endless Love	For Your Eyes Only	The Great Muppet Caper	Ragtime
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)	Endless Love	For Your Eyes Only	The First Time It Happens	One More Hour

Best Original Score
Chariots of Fire	Dragonslayer	On Golden Pond	Ragtime	Raiders of the Lost Ark
Vangelis	Alex North	Dave Grusin	Randy Newman	John Williams