*** indicates winner
| Film | Nominee/Recipient |
|---|---|
| ***Amadeus | Saul Zaentz |
| The Killing Fields | David Puttnam |
| A Passage to India | John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin |
| Places in the Heart | Arlene Donovan |
| A Soldier's Story | Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer |
| Film | Nominee/Recipient |
|---|---|
| ***Amadeus | Milos Forman |
| Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen |
| The Killing Fields | Roland Joffé |
| A Passage to India | David Lean |
| Places in the Heart | Robert Benton |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| ***F. Murray Abraham | Amadeus |
| Jeff Bridges | Starman |
| Albert Finney | Under the Volcano |
| Tom Hulce | Amadeus |
| Sam Waterston | The Killing Fields |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| Judy Davis | A Passage to India |
| ***Sally Field | Places in the Heart |
| Jessica Lange | Country |
| Vanessa Redgrave | The Bostonians |
| Sissy Spacek | The River |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story |
| John Malkovich | Places in the Heart |
| Noriyuki Pat Morita | The Karate Kid |
| ***Haing S. Ngor | The Killing Fields |
| Ralph Richardson | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
| Nominee/Recipient | Film |
|---|---|
| ***Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage to India |
| Glenn Close | The Natural |
| Lindsay Crouse | Places in the Heart |
| Christine Lahti | Swing Shift |
| Geraldine Page | The Pope of Greenwich Village |
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