Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks, producer
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
Best Director
Winner
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Bruce Beresford— Tender Mercies
Ingmar Bergman— Fanny and Alexander
Mike Nichols— Silkwood
Peter Yates— The Dresser
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
Michael Caine— Educating Rita
Tom Conti— Reuben Reuben
Tom Courtenay— The Dresser
Albert Finney— The Dresser
Best Actress
Winner
Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
Jane Alexander— Testament
Meryl Streep— Silkwood
Julie Walters— Educating Rita
Debra Winger— Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Jack Nicholson
Terms of Endearment
Charles Durning— To Be or Not to Be
John Lithgow— Terms of Endearment
Sam Shepard— The Right Stuff
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Linda Hunt
The Year of Living Dangerously
Cher— Silkwood
Glenn Close— The Big Chill
Amy Irving— Yentl
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Horton Foote
Tender Mercies
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Bill Conti
The Right Stuff
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Yentl
Best Original Song
Winner
"Flashdance...What a Feeling" — Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, Keith Forsey
Flashdance
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Sven Nykvist
Fanny and Alexander
Best Film Editing
Winner
Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
The Right Stuff
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Anna Asp
Fanny and Alexander
Best Costume Design
Winner
Marik Vos
Fanny and Alexander
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
The Right Stuff
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
Return of the Jedi
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Sundae in New York
Jimmy Picker
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Emile Ardolino — Jacques d'Amboise and kids
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Fanny and Alexander
Sweden — Ingmar Bergman