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Best Picture |
| Atlantic City | Chariots of Fire | On Golden Pond | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Reds |
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Best Actor |
| Absence of Malice | Arthur | Atlantic City | On Golden Pond | Reds |
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| Paul Newman | Dudley Moore | Burt Lancaster | Henry Fonda | Warren Beatty |
Best Actress |
| Atlantic City | The French Lieutenant's Woman | On Golden Pond | Only When I Laugh | Reds |
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| Susan Sarandon | Meryl Streep | Katharine Hepburn | Marsha Mason | Diane Keaton |
Best Supporting Actor |
| Arthur | Chariots of Fire | Only When I Laugh | Ragtime | Reds |
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| John Gielgud | Ian Holm | James Coco | Howard E. Rollins Jr. | Jack Nicholson |
Best Supporting Actress |
| Absence of Malice | On Golden Pond | Only When I Laugh | Ragtime | Reds |
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| Melinda Dillon | Jane Fonda | Joan Hackett | Elizabeth McGovern | Maureen Stapleton |
Best Director |
| Atlantic City | Chariots of Fire | On Golden Pond | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Reds |
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| Louis Malle | Hugh Hudson | Mark Rydell | Steven Spielberg | Warren Beatty |
Best Original Screenplay |
| Absence of Malice | Arthur | Atlantic City | Chariots of Fire | Reds |
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| Kurt Luedtke | Steve Gordon | John Guare | Colin Welland | Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | On Golden Pond | Pennies from Heaven | Prince of the City | Ragtime |
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| Harold Pinter | Ernest Thompson | Dennis Potter | Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet | Michael Weller |
Best Cinematography |
| Excalibur | On Golden Pond | Ragtime | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Reds |
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| Alex Thomson | Billy Williams | Miroslav Ondrícek | Douglas Slocombe | Vittorio Storaro |
Best Art Direction |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | Heaven's Gate | Ragtime | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Reds |
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| Assheton Gorton, Ann Mollo | Tambi Larsen, James L. Berkey | John Graysmark, Patrizia von Brandenstein, Tony Reading, George DeTitta Sr., George DeTitta Jr., Peter Howitt | Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford | Richard Sylbert, Michael Seirton |
Best Costume Design |
| Chariots of Fire | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Pennies from Heaven | Ragtime | Reds |
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| Milena Canonero | Tom Rand | Bob Mackie | Anna Hill Johnstone | Shirley Russell |
Best Sound |
| On Golden Pond | Outland | Pennies from Heaven | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Reds |
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| Richard Portman, David M. Ronne | John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., Robert Thirlwell, Robin Gregory | Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton Jr. | Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman | Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman, Simon Kaye |
Best Editing |
| Chariots of Fire | The French Lieutenant's Woman | On Golden Pond | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Reds |
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| Terry Rawlings | John Bloom | Robert L. Wolfe | Michael Kahn | Dede Allen, Craig McKay |
Best Visual Effects |
| Dragonslayer | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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| Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson | Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston |
Best Makeup |
| An American Werewolf in London | Heartbeeps |
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| Rick Baker | Stan Winston |
Best Original Song |
| Arthur | Endless Love | For Your Eyes Only | The Great Muppet Caper | Ragtime |
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| Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | Endless Love | For Your Eyes Only | The First Time It Happens | One More Hour |
Best Original Score |
| Chariots of Fire | Dragonslayer | On Golden Pond | Ragtime | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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| Vangelis | Alex North | Dave Grusin | Randy Newman | John Williams |
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