| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Richard Attenborough – Gandhi*Wolfgang Petersen – Das Boot*Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*Sydney Pollack – Tootsie*Sidney Lumet – The Verdict |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ben Kingsley – Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi*Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels*Jack Lemmon – Missing as Edmund Horman*Paul Newman – The Verdict as Frank Galvin*Peter O'Toole – My Favorite Year as Alan Swann | Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski*Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria as Victoria Grant/Count Victor Grazinski*Jessica Lange – Frances as Frances Farmer*Sissy Spacek – Missing as Beth Horman*Debra Winger – An Officer and a Gentleman as Paula Pokrifki |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Louis Gossett Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley*Charles Durning – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as The Governor*John Lithgow – The World According to Garp as Roberta Muldoon*James Mason – The Verdict as Ed Concannon*Robert Preston – Victor/Victoria as Carol "Toddy" Todd | Jessica Lange – Tootsie as Julie Nichols*Glenn Close – The World According to Garp as Jenny Fields*Teri Garr – Tootsie as Sandra "Sandy" Lester*Kim Stanley – Frances as Lillian Van Ornum Farmer*Lesley Ann Warren – Victor/Victoria as Norma Cassidy |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
| Gandhi – John Briley*Diner – Barry Levinson*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison*An Officer and a Gentleman – Douglas Day Stewart*Tootsie – Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire | Missing – Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart based on the book The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice by Thomas Hauser*Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen based on the novel by Lothar G. Buchheim*Sophie's Choice – Alan J. Pakula based on the novel by William Styron*The Verdict – David Mamet based on the novel by Barry Reed*Victor/Victoria – Blake Edwards based on the film Viktor und Viktoria by Reinhold Schünzel |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Documentary Feature |
| Begin the Beguine *Alsino and the Condor *Clean Slate *Flight of the Eagle *Private Life | Just Another Missing Kid – John Zaritsky*After the Axe – Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas*Ben's Mill – John Karol and Michel Chalufour*In Our Water – Meg Switzgable*A Portrait of Giselle – Joseph Wishy |
| Best Documentary Short Subject | Best Live Action Short Film |
| If You Love This Planet – Edward Le Lorrain and Terre Nash*Gods of Metal – Robert Richter*' – Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann*To Live or Let Die – Freida Lee Mock*Traveling Hopefully – John G. Avildsen | A Shocking Accident – Christine Oestreicher*Ballet Robotique – Bob Rogers*The Silence – Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson*Split Cherry Tree – Jan Saunders*Sredni Vashtar – Andrew Birkin |
| Best Animated Short Film | Best Original Score |
| Tango – Zbigniew Rybczyński*The Great Cognito – Will Vinton*The Snowman – John Coates | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams*Gandhi – Ravi Shankar and George Fenton*An Officer and a Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche*Poltergeist – Jerry Goldsmith*Sophie's Choice – Marvin Hamlisch |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | Best Original Song |
| Victor/Victoria – Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse*Annie – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns*One from the Heart – Song Score by Tom Waits | "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman – Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Will Jennings*"Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III – Music and Lyrics by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan*"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman*"If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio – Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman*"It Might Be You" from Tootsie – Music by Dave Grusin; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | Best Sound |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt*Das Boot – Mike Le Mare*Poltergeist – Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard Anderson | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo and Gene Cantamessa*Das Boot – Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke and Mike Le Mare*Gandhi – Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates and Simon Kaye*Tootsie – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Les Lazarowitz*Tron – Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler and James LaRue |
| Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
| Quest for Fire – Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke*Gandhi – Tom Smith | Gandhi – John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya*La Traviata – Piero Tosi*Sophie's Choice – Albert Wolsky*Tron – Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton*Victor/Victoria – Patricia Norris |
| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
| Gandhi – Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton*Annie – Art Direction: Dale Hennesy ; Set Decoration: Marvin March*Blade Runner – Art Direction: Lawrence G. Paull and David Snyder; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna*La Traviata – Art Direction: Franco Zeffirelli; Set Decoration: Gianni Quaranta*Victor/Victoria – Art Direction: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson and William Craig Smith; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell | Gandhi – Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor*Das Boot – Jost Vacano*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau*Sophie's Choice – Néstor Almendros*Tootsie – Owen Roizman |
| Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
| Gandhi – John Bloom*Das Boot – Hannes Nikel*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Carol Littleton*An Officer and a Gentleman – Peter Zinner*Tootsie – Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith'*Blade Runner – Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer*Poltergeist'' – Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson |
