| Best Picture |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
Missing |
Tootsie |
The Verdict |
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Best Actor |
| Gandhi |
Missing |
My Favorite Year |
Tootsie |
The Verdict |
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| Ben Kingsley |
Jack Lemmon |
Peter O'Toole |
Dustin Hoffman |
Paul Newman |
Best Actress |
| Frances |
Missing |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
Sophie's Choice |
Victor / Victoria |
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| Jessica Lange |
Sissy Spacek |
Debra Winger |
Meryl Streep |
Julie Andrews |
Best Supporting Actor |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
The Verdict |
Victor / Victoria |
The World According to Garp |
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| Charles Durning |
Louis Gossett Jr. |
James Mason |
Robert Preston |
John Lithgow |
Best Supporting Actress |
| Frances |
Tootsie |
Tootsie |
Victor / Victoria |
The World According to Garp |
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| Kim Stanley |
Teri Garr |
Jessica Lange |
Lesley Ann Warren |
Glenn Close |
Best Director |
| Das Boot |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
Tootsie |
The Verdict |
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| Wolfgang Petersen |
Steven Spielberg |
Richard Attenborough |
Sydney Pollack |
Sidney Lumet |
Best Original Screenplay |
| Diner |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
Tootsie |
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| Barry Levinson |
Melissa Mathison |
John Briley |
Douglas Day Stewart |
Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Das Boot |
Missing |
Sophie's Choice |
The Verdict |
Victor / Victoria |
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| Wolfgang Petersen |
Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart |
Alan J. Pakula |
David Mamet |
Blake Edwards |
Best Cinematography |
| Das Boot |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
Sophie's Choice |
Tootsie |
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| Jost Vacano |
Allen Daviau |
Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor |
Néstor Almendros |
Owen Roizman |
Best Art Direction |
| Annie |
Blade Runner |
Gandhi |
La Traviata |
Victor / Victoria |
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| Dale Hennesy, Marvin March |
Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder, Linda DeScenna |
Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton |
Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Quaranta |
Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, Harry Cordwell |
Best Costume Design |
| Gandhi |
La Traviata |
Sophie's Choice |
Tron |
Victor / Victoria |
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| John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya |
Piero Tosi |
Albert Wolsky |
Eloise Jensson, Rosanna Norton |
Patricia Norris |
Best Sound |
| Das Boot |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
Tootsie |
Tron |
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| Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le Mare |
Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene S. Cantamessa |
Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye |
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz |
Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, James LaRue |
Best Editing |
| Das Boot |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
Tootsie |
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| Hannes Nikel |
Carol Littleton |
John Bloom |
Peter Zinner |
Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp |
Best Sound Editing |
| Das Boot |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Poltergeist |
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| Mike Le Mare |
Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt |
Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson |
Best Visual Effects |
| Blade Runner |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Poltergeist |
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| Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer |
Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth Smith |
Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson |
Best Makeup |
| Gandhi |
Quest for Fire |
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| Tom Smith |
Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke |
Best Original Song |
| Best Friends |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
Rocky III |
Tootsie |
Yes, Giorgio |
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| How Do You Keep the Music Playing? |
Up Where We Belong |
Eye of the Tiger |
It Might Be You |
If We Were In Love |
Best Original Score |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Gandhi |
An Officer and a Gentleman |
Poltergeist |
Sophie's Choice |
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| John Williams |
Ravi Shankar, George Fenton |
Jack Nitzsche |
Jerry Goldsmith |
Marvin Hamlisch |
Best Adaptation Score |
| Annie |
One From the Heart |
Victor / Victoria |
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| Ralph Burns |
Tom Waits |
Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse |
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