| Best Picture |
| The Color Purple |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Out of Africa |
Prizzi's Honor |
Witness |
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Best Actor |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Murphy's Romance |
Prizzi's Honor |
Runaway Train |
Witness |
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| William Hurt |
James Garner |
Jack Nicholson |
Jon Voight |
Harrison Ford |
Best Actress |
| Agnes of God |
The Color Purple |
Out of Africa |
Sweet Dreams |
The Trip To Bountiful |
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| Anne Bancroft |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Meryl Streep |
Jessica Lange |
Geraldine Page |
Best Supporting Actor |
| Cocoon |
Jagged Edge |
Out of Africa |
Prizzi's Honor |
Runaway Train |
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| Don Ameche |
Robert Loggia |
Klaus Maria Brandauer |
William Hickey |
Eric Roberts |
Best Supporting Actress |
| Agnes of God |
The Color Purple |
The Color Purple |
Prizzi's Honor |
Twice in a Lifetime |
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| Meg Tilly |
Oprah Winfrey |
Margaret Avery |
Anjelica Huston |
Amy Madigan |
Best Director |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Out of Africa |
Prizzi's Honor |
Ran |
Witness |
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| Hector Babenco |
Sydney Pollack |
John Huston |
Akira Kurosawa |
Peter Weir |
Best Original Screenplay |
| Back to the Future |
Brazil |
The Official Story |
The Purple Rose of Cairo |
Witness |
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Robert Zemeckis,
Bob Gale |
Terry Gilliam,
Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown |
Luis Puenzo, Aída Bortnik |
Woody Allen |
William Kelley,
Pamela Wallace,
Earl W. Wallace |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
| The Color Purple |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Out of Africa |
Prizzi's Honor |
The Trip To Bountiful |
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| Menno Meyjes |
Leonard Schrader |
Kurt Luedtke |
Richard Condon,
Janet Roach |
Horton Foote |
Best Cinematography |
| The Color Purple |
Murphy's Romance |
Out of Africa |
Ran |
Witness |
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| Allen Daviau |
William A. Fraker |
David Watkin |
Takao Saitô,
Masaharu Ueda,
Asakazu Nakai |
John Seale |
Best Art Direction |
| Brazil |
The Color Purple |
Out of Africa |
Ran |
Witness |
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| Norman Garwood, Maggie Gray |
J. Michael Riva, Bo Welch, Linda DeScenna |
Stephen B. Grimes, Josie MacAvin |
Yoshirô Muraki, Shinobu Muraki |
Stan Jolley, John H. Anderson |
Best Costume Design |
| The Color Purple |
The Journey of Natty Gann |
Out of Africa |
Prizzi's Honor |
Ran |
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| Aggie Guerard Rodgers |
Albert Wolsky |
Milena Canonero |
Donfeld |
Emi Wada |
Best Sound |
| Back to the Future |
A Chorus Line |
Ladyhawke |
Out of Africa |
Silverado |
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| Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan |
Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Christopher Newman |
Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper |
Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford |
Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, David M. Ronne |
Best Sound Editing |
| Back to the Future |
Ladyhawke |
Rambo: First Blood Part II |
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Charles L. Campbell,
Robert R. Rutledge |
Robert G. Henderson,
Alan Robert Murray |
Fred J. Brown |
Best Visual Effects |
| Cocoon |
Return to Oz |
Young Sherlock Holmes |
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Ken Ralston,
Ralph McQuarrie,
Scott Farrar,
David Berry |
Will Vinton,
Ian Wingrove,
Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd |
Dennis Muren,
Kit West,
John Ellis,
Dave Allen |
Best Makeup |
| The Color Purple |
Mask |
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins |
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| Ken Chase |
Michael Westmore,
Zoltan Elek |
Carl Fullerton |
Best Original Song |
| Back to the Future |
A Chorus Line |
The Color Purple |
White Nights |
White Nights |
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| The Power of Love |
Surprise, Surprise |
Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) |
Separate Lives
(Love Theme from
White Nights) |
Say You, Say Me |
Best Original Score |
| Agnes of God |
The Color Purple |
Out of Africa |
Silverado |
Witness |
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| Georges Delerue |
Quincy Jones,
Jeremy Lubbock,
Rod Temperton,
Caiphus Semenya,
Andraé Crouch,
Chris Boardman,
Jorge Calandrelli,
Joel Rosenbaum,
Fred Steiner,
Jack Hayes,
Jerry Hey,
Randy Kerber |
John Barry |
Bruce Broughton |
Maurice Jarre |
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