| Best Picture |
Best Director |
- The Last Emperor – Jeremy Thomas
- Broadcast News – James L. Brooks
- Fatal Attraction – Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
- Hope and Glory – John Boorman
- Moonstruck – Norman Jewison
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- Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor
- John Boorman – Hope and Glory
- Lasse Hallström – My Life as a Dog
- Norman Jewison – Moonstruck
- Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Michael Douglas – Wall Street
- William Hurt – Broadcast News
- Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes
- Jack Nicholson – Ironweed
- Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
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- Cher – Moonstruck
- Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction
- Holly Hunter – Broadcast News
- Sally Kirkland – Anna
- Meryl Streep – Ironweed
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Sean Connery – The Untouchables
- Albert Brooks – Broadcast News
- Morgan Freeman – Street Smart
- Vincent Gardenia – Moonstruck
- Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom
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- Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck
- Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction
- Norma Aleandro – Gaby: A True Story
- Anne Ramsey – Throw Momma from the Train
- Ann Sothern – The Whales of August
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley
- Broadcast News – James L. Brooks
- Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle
- Hope and Glory – John Boorman
- Radio Days – Woody Allen
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- The Last Emperor – Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Dead – Tony Huston
- Fatal Attraction – James Dearden
- Full Metal Jacket – Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford
- My Life as a Dog – Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jonsson, Brasse Brannstrom and Per Berglund
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
Best Film Editing |
- Babette's Feast (Denmark)
- Au Revoir Les Enfants (France)
- Course Completed (Spain)
- The Family (Italy)
- Pathfinder (Norway)
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- The Last Emperor – Gabriella Cristiani
- Broadcast News – Richard Marks
- Empire of the Sun – Michael Kahn
- Fatal Attraction – Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger
- RoboCop – Frank J. Urioste
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table – Aviva Slesin
- Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965 – Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney
- Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima – John Junkerman and John W. Dower
- Radio Bikini – Robert Stone
- A Stitch for Time – Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo
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- Young at Heart – Sue Marx and Pamela Conn
- Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller – Deborah Dickson
- In the Wee Wee Hours... – Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir
- Language Says It All – Megan Williams
- Silver Into Gold – Lynn Mueller
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| Best Live Action Short |
Best Animated Short |
- Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall – Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel
- Making Waves – Ann Wingate
- Shoeshine – Robert A. Katz
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- The Man Who Planted Trees – Frédéric Back
- George and Rosemary – Eunice Macaulay
- Your Face – Bill Plympton
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| Best Original Score |
Best Original Song |
- The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su and Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Cry Freedom – George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
- Empire of the Sun – John Williams
- The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone
- The Witches of Eastwick – John Williams
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- "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing – Music by Frankie Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyric by Franke Previte
- "Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom – Music and Lyric by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin - Music and Lyric by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
- "Shakedown" from Beverly Hills Cop II – Music by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey; Lyric by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
- "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride – Music and Lyric by Willy DeVille
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| Best Sound Mixing |
Best Visual Effects |
- The Last Emperor – Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock
- Empire of the Sun – Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd and Tony Dawe
- Lethal Weapon – Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bill Nelson
- RoboCop – Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin and Robert Wald
- The Witches of Eastwick – Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom E. Dahl Art Rochester
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- Innerspace – Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth Winston
- Predator – Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston
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| Best Art Direction |
Best Cinematography |
- The Last Emperor – Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri
- Empire of the Sun – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell
- Hope and Glory – Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Joanne Woollard
- Radio Days – Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe, Leslie Bloom and George DeTitta, Jr.
- The Untouchables – Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein and William A. Elliott; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
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- The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro
- Broadcast News – Michael Ballhaus
- Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau
- Hope and Glory – Philippe Rousselot
- Matewan – Haskell Wexler
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| Best Makeup |
Best Costume Design |
- Harry and the Hendersons – Rick Baker
- Happy New Year – Bob Laden
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- The Last Emperor – James Acheson
- The Dead – Dorothy Jeakins
- Empire of the Sun – Bob Ringwood
- Maurice – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
- The Untouchables – Marilyn Vance-Straker
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