Best Picture
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Gandhi	Missing	Tootsie	The Verdict

Best Actor
Gandhi	Missing	My Favorite Year	Tootsie	The Verdict
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
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
Charles Durning	Louis Gossett Jr.	James Mason	Robert Preston	John Lithgow

Best Supporting Actress
Frances	Tootsie	Tootsie	Victor / Victoria	The World According to Garp
Kim Stanley	Teri Garr	Jessica Lange	Lesley Ann Warren	Glenn Close

Best Director
Das Boot	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Gandhi	Tootsie	The Verdict
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
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
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
Jost Vacano	Allen Daviau	Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor	Néstor Almendros	Owen Roizman

Best Art Direction
Annie	Blade Runner	Gandhi	La Traviata	Victor / Victoria
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
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
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
Hannes Nikel	Carol Littleton	John Bloom	Peter Zinner	Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp

Best Sound Editing
Das Boot	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Poltergeist
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
Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer	Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth Smith	Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson

Best Makeup
Gandhi	Quest for Fire
Tom Smith	Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke

Best Original Song
Best Friends	An Officer and a Gentleman	Rocky III	Tootsie	Yes, Giorgio
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
John Williams	Ravi Shankar, George Fenton	Jack Nitzsche	Jerry Goldsmith	Marvin Hamlisch

Best Adaptation Score
Annie	One From the Heart	Victor / Victoria
Ralph Burns	Tom Waits	Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse