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Best Film
The Last Emperor - Jeremy Thomas and Bernardo Bertolucci
Au revoir les enfants - Louis Malle
Babette's Feast - Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel
A Fish Called Wanda - Michael Shamberg and Charles Crichton
Best Direction
Louis Malle - Au revoir les enfants
Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
Charles Crichton - A Fish Called Wanda
Gabriel Axel - Babette's Feast
Best Actor in a Leading Role
John Cleese - A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach
Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda as Otto West
Michael Douglas - Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher
Robin Williams - Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Maggie Smith - The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Judith Hearne
Cher - Moonstruck as Loretta Castorini
Jamie Lee Curtis - A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz
Stéphane Audran - Babette's Feast as Babette Hersant
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Michael Palin - A Fish Called Wanda as Ken Pile
David Suchet - A World Apart as Muller
Joss Ackland - White Mischief as Jock Delves Broughton
Peter O'Toole - The Last Emperor as Reginald Johnston
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Judi Dench - A Handful of Dust as Mrs. Beaver
Anne Archer - Fatal Attraction as Beth Rogerson Gallagher
Maria Aitken - A Fish Called Wanda as Wendy Leach
Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck as Rose Castorini
Best Original Screenplay
A World Apart - Shawn Slovo
Au revoir les enfants - Louis Malle
A Fish Called Wanda - John Cleese
Moonstruck - John Patrick Shanley
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman
Babette's Feast - Gabriel Axel
Empire of the Sun - Tom Stoppard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman
Best Editing
Fatal Attraction - Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger
A Fish Called Wanda - John Jympson
The Last Emperor - Gabriella Cristiani
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Arthur Schmidt
Best Cinematography
Empire of the Sun - Allen Daviau
Babette's Feast - Henning Kristiansen
The Last Emperor - Vittorio Storaro
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Dean Cundey
Best Production Design
Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Dean Tavoularis
Empire of the Sun - Norman Reynolds
The Last Emperor - Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Elliot Scott
Best Costume Design
The Last Emperor - James Acheson
The Dressmaker - Judy Moorcroft
Empire of the Sun - Bob Ringwood
White Mischief - Marit Allen
Best Makeup and Hair
The Last Emperor - Fabrizio Sforza
Beetlejuice - Steve La Porte, Ve Neill and Robert Short
A Handful of Dust - Sally Sutton
RoboCop - Carla Palmer
Best Special Visual Effects
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston and Edward Jones
Beetlejuice - Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Robert Short and Ted Rea
The Last Emperor - Giannetto De Rossi and Fabrizio Martinelli
RoboCop - Rob Bottin, Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran and Rocco Gioffre
Best Original Music
Empire of the Sun - John Williams
Bird - Lennie Niehaus
The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su
Moonstruck - Dick Hyman
Best Sound
Empire of the Sun - Charles L. Campbell, Colin Charles, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe
Bird - Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson, Willie D. Burton and Les Fresholtz
Good Morning, Vietnam - Bill Phillips, Clive Winter and Terry Porter
The Last Emperor - Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe and Les Wiggins
Best Film Not in the English Language
Babette's Feast - Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel
Au revoir les enfants - Louis Malle
Dark Eyes - Silvia D'Amico Bendico, Carlo Cucchi and Nikita Mikhalkov
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman
Best Documentary
This Week: Death on the Rock - Chris Oxley
The Duty Men: East Enders - Paul Hamann
In from the Cold: A Portrait of Richard Burton - Tony Palmer
Viewpoint Special: The Men Who Killed Kennedy - Nigel Turner
Best Short Film
Defence Counsel Sedov - Evgeny Tsymbal
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History - Mark Lewis
The Unkindest Cut - Jim Shields
Water's Edge - Suri Krishnamma
Best Short Animation
The Hill Farm - Mark Baker
Clothes Animation - Osbert Parker
Daddie's Little Piece of Dresden China - Karen Watson
Rarg - Tony Collingwood