*** indicates winner
| Film | Nominee/Recipient |
|---|---|
| Atlantic City | Denis Heroux, John Kemeny |
| ***Chariots of Fire | David Puttnam |
| On Golden Pond | Bruce Gilbert |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Frank Marshall |
| Reds | Warren Beatty |
| Film | Nominee/Recipient |
|---|---|
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle |
| Chariots of Fire | Hugh Hudson |
| On Golden Pond | Mark Rydell |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg |
| ***Reds | Warren Beatty |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| Warren Beatty | Reds |
| ***Henry Fonda | On Golden Pond |
| Burt Lancaster | Atlantic City |
| Dudley Moore | Arthur |
| Paul Newman | Absence of Malice |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| ***Katherine Hepburn | On Golden Pond |
| Diane Keaton | Reds |
| Marsha Mason | Only When I Laugh |
| Susan Sarandon | Atlantic City |
| Meryl Streep | The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| James Coco | Only When I Laugh |
| ***John Gielgud | Arthur |
| Ian Holm | Chariots of Fire |
| Jack Nicholson | Reds |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | Ragtime |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| Melinda Dillon | Absence of Malice |
| Jane Fonda | On Golden Pond |
| Joan Hackett | Only When I Laugh |
| Elizabeth McGovern | Ragtime |
| ***Maureen Stapleton | Reds |
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