Gandhi – Richard Attenborough

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
• Missing – Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis
• On Golden Pond – Bruce Gilbert

Richard Attenborough – Gandhi

• Costa-Gavras – Missing
• Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond
• Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Ben Kingsley – Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi

• Albert Finney – Shoot the Moon as George Dunlap
• Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer
• Jack Lemmon – Missing as Edmund Horman
• Warren Beatty – Reds as John Reed

Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer

• Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant
• Jennifer Kendal – 36 Chowringhee Lane as Violet Stoneham
• Sissy Spacek – Missing as Joyce Horman

Jack Nicholson – Reds as Eugene O'Neill

• Edward Fox – Gandhi as Reginald Dyer
• Frank Finlay – The Return of the Soldier as William Grey
• Roshan Seth – Gandhi as Jawaharlal Nehru

Maureen Stapleton – Reds as Emma Goldman
Rohini Hattangadi – Gandhi as Kasturba Gandhi

• Candice Bergen – Gandhi as Margaret Bourke-White
• Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer Wayne

Missing – Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison
• Gandhi – John Briley
• On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson

Blade Runner – Jordan Cronenweth

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau
• Gandhi – Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor
• Reds – Vittorio Storaro

Blade Runner – Charles Knode and Michael Kaplan

• The Draughtsman's Contract – Sue Blane
• Gandhi – John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya
• Reds – Shirley Ann Russell

Missing – Françoise Bonnot

• Blade Runner – Terry Rawlings
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Carol Littleton
• Gandhi – John Bloom

Quest for Fire – Sarah Monzani, Christopher Tucker and Michèle Burke

• Blade Runner – Marvin Westmore
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Robert Sidell
• Gandhi – Tom Smith

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams

• Blade Runner – Vangelis
• Gandhi – Ravi Shankar and George Fenton
• Missing – Vangelis

"Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd – The Wall) – Roger Waters

• "Eye of the Tiger" (Rocky III) – Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan
• "One More Hour" (Ragtime) – Randy Newman
• "Tomorrow" (Annie) – Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin

Blade Runner – Lawrence G. Paull

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – James D. Bissell
• Gandhi – Stuart Craig
• Reds – Richard Sylbert

Pink Floyd – The Wall – James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier

• Blade Runner – Peter Pennell, Bud Alper, Graham V. Hartstone and Gerry Humphreys
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Charles L. Campbell, Gene Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Don Digirolamo
• Gandhi – Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys and Robin O'Donoghue

Poltergeist – Richard Edlund

• Blade Runner – Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Dennis Muren and Carlo Rambaldi
• Tron – Richard Taylor and Harrison Ellenshaw

Burden of Dreams – Les Blank

• The Atomic Cafe – Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty
• Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography – Bonnie Sherr Klein
• The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! – Jim Brown

Christ Stopped at Eboli – Francesco Rosi

• Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen
• Diva – Jean-Jacques Beineix
• Fitzcarraldo – Werner Herzog

Dreamland Express – David Anderson

• Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice – Richard Taylor
• Sound Collector – Lynn Smith

The Privilege – Ian Knox

• Rating Notman – Carlo Gébler
• The Rocking Horse Winner – Robert Bierman
• A Shocking Accident – James Scott

Ben Kingsley – Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi

• Drew Barrymore – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Gertie
• Henry Thomas – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Elliott
• Kathleen Turner – Body Heat as Matty Tyler Walker