| Best Picture |
Best Director |
- Dances with Wolves
- Awakenings
- Ghost
- The Godfather Part III
- Goodfellas
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- Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves
- Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part III
- Stephen Frears – The Grifters
- Barbet Schroeder – Reversal of Fortune
- Martin Scorsese – Goodfellas
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune
- Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves
- Robert De Niro – Awakenings
- Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac
- Richard Harris – The Field
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- Kathy Bates – Misery
- Anjelica Huston – The Grifters
- Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman
- Meryl Streep – Postcards from the Edge
- Joanne Woodward – Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Joe Pesci – Goodfellas
- Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion
- Andy García – The Godfather Part III
- Graham Greene – Dances with Wolves
- Al Pacino – Dick Tracy
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- Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost
- Annette Bening – The Grifters
- Lorraine Bracco – Goodfellas
- Diane Ladd – Wild at Heart
- Mary McDonnell – Dances with Wolves
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Ghost – Bruce Joel Rubin
- Alice – Woody Allen
- Avalon – Barry Levinson
- Green Card – Peter Weir
- Metropolitan – Whit Stillman
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- Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake
- Awakenings – Steven Zaillian
- Goodfellas – Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
- The Grifters – Donald E. Westlake
- Reversal of Fortune – Nicholas Kazan
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
Best Film Editing |
- Journey of Hope (Switzerland)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
- Ju Dou (China)
- The Nasty Girl (Germany)
- Open Doors (Italy)
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- Dances with Wolves – Neil Travis
- Ghost – Walter Murch
- The Godfather Part III – Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman and Walter Murch
- Goodfellas – Thelma Schoonmaker
- The Hunt for Red October – Dennis Virkler and John Wright
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- American Dream – Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn
- Berkeley in the Sixties – Mark Kitchell
- Building Bombs – Mark Mori and Susan Robinson
- Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade – Judith Montell
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey – Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr
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- Days of Waiting – Steven Okazaki
- Burning Down Tomorrow – Kit Thomas
- Chimps: So Like Us – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
- Journey into Life – Derek Bromhall
- Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember – Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders
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| Best Live Action Short |
Best Animated Short |
- The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson
- Bronx Cheers – Raymond De Felitta and Matthew Gross
- Dear Rosie – Peter Cattaneo and Barnaby Thompson
- Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) – Bernard Joffa and Anthony E. Nicholas
- 12:01 PM – Hillary Ripps and Jonathan Heap
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- Creature Comforts – Nick Park
- A Grand Day Out – Nick Park
- Grasshoppers (Cavallette) – Bruno Bozzetto
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| Best Original Score |
Best Original Song |
- Dances with Wolves – John Barry
- Avalon – Randy Newman
- Ghost – Maurice Jarre
- Havana – David Grusin
- Home Alone – John Williams
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- "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy – Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim
- "Blaze of Glory" from Young Guns II – Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
- "I'm Checkin' Out" from Postcards from the Edge – Music and Lyric by Shel Silverstein
- "Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather Part III – Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis
- "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone – Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
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| Best Sound Editing |
Best Sound Mixing |
- The Hunt for Red October – Cecelia Hall and George Watters II
- Flatliners – Charles L. Campbell and Richard Franklin
- Total Recall – Stephen H. Flick
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- Dances With Wolves – Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams II
- Days Of Thunder – Charles M. Wilborn, Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline and Kevin O'Connell
- Dick Tracy – Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell and Doug Hemphill
- The Hunt for Red October – Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary and Don J. Bassman
- Total Recall – Nelson Stoll, Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios and Aaron Rochin
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| Best Art Direction |
Best Cinematography |
- Dick Tracy – Art Director: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
- Cyrano de Bergerac – Art Director: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
- Dances with Wolves – Art Director: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
- The Godfather Part III – Art Director: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- Hamlet – Art Director: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
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- Dances with Wolves – Dean Semler
- Avalon – Allen Daviau
- Dick Tracy – Vittorio Storaro
- The Godfather Part III – Gordon Willis
- Henry & June – Philippe Rousselot
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| Best Makeup |
Best Costume Design |
- Dick Tracy – John Caglione, Jr. and Doug Drexler
- Cyrano de Bergerac – Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne
- Edward Scissorhands – Ve Neill and Stan Winston
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- Cyrano de Bergerac – Franca Squarciapino
- Avalon – Gloria Gresham
- Dances with Wolves – Elsa Zamparelli
- Dick Tracy – Milena Canonero
- Hamlet – Maurizio Millenotti
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