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Best Picture |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | Missing | Tootsie | The Verdict |
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Best Actor |
| Gandhi | Missing | My Favorite Year | Tootsie | The Verdict |
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| Ben Kingsley | Jack Lemmon | Peter O'Toole | Dustin Hoffman | Paul Newman |
Best Actress |
| Frances | Missing | An Officer and a Gentleman | Sophie's Choice | Victor / Victoria |
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| Jessica Lange | Sissy Spacek | Debra Winger | Meryl Streep | Julie Andrews |
Best Supporting Actor |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | An Officer and a Gentleman | The Verdict | Victor / Victoria | The World According to Garp |
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| Charles Durning | Louis Gossett Jr. | James Mason | Robert Preston | John Lithgow |
Best Supporting Actress |
| Frances | Tootsie | Tootsie | Victor / Victoria | The World According to Garp |
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| Kim Stanley | Teri Garr | Jessica Lange | Lesley Ann Warren | Glenn Close |
Best Director |
| Das Boot | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | Tootsie | The Verdict |
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| Wolfgang Petersen | Steven Spielberg | Richard Attenborough | Sydney Pollack | Sidney Lumet |
Best Original Screenplay |
| Diner | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | An Officer and a Gentleman | Tootsie |
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| Barry Levinson | Melissa Mathison | John Briley | Douglas Day Stewart | Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Das Boot | Missing | Sophie's Choice | The Verdict | Victor / Victoria |
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| Wolfgang Petersen | Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart | Alan J. Pakula | David Mamet | Blake Edwards |
Best Cinematography |
| Das Boot | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | Sophie's Choice | Tootsie |
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| Jost Vacano | Allen Daviau | Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor | Néstor Almendros | Owen Roizman |
Best Art Direction |
| Annie | Blade Runner | Gandhi | La Traviata | Victor / Victoria |
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| Dale Hennesy, Marvin March | Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder, Linda DeScenna | Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton | Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Quaranta | Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, Harry Cordwell |
Best Costume Design |
| Gandhi | La Traviata | Sophie's Choice | Tron | Victor / Victoria |
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| John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya | Piero Tosi | Albert Wolsky | Eloise Jensson, Rosanna Norton | Patricia Norris |
Best Sound |
| Das Boot | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | Tootsie | Tron |
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| Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le Mare | Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene S. Cantamessa | Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye | Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz | Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, James LaRue |
Best Editing |
| Das Boot | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | An Officer and a Gentleman | Tootsie |
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| Hannes Nikel | Carol Littleton | John Bloom | Peter Zinner | Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp |
Best Sound Editing |
| Das Boot | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Poltergeist |
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| Mike Le Mare | Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt | Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson |
Best Visual Effects |
| Blade Runner | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Poltergeist |
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| Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer | Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth Smith | Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson |
Best Makeup |
| Gandhi | Quest for Fire |
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| Tom Smith | Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke |
Best Original Song |
| Best Friends | An Officer and a Gentleman | Rocky III | Tootsie | Yes, Giorgio |
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| How Do You Keep the Music Playing? | Up Where We Belong | Eye of the Tiger | It Might Be You | If We Were In Love |
Best Original Score |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Gandhi | An Officer and a Gentleman | Poltergeist | Sophie's Choice |
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| John Williams | Ravi Shankar, George Fenton | Jack Nitzsche | Jerry Goldsmith | Marvin Hamlisch |
Best Adaptation Score |
| Annie | One From the Heart | Victor / Victoria |
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| Ralph Burns | Tom Waits | Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse |
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