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Best Picture:

	Atlantic City
	Runner-up: Reds

Best Director:

	Warren Beatty - Reds
	Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan - Body Heat

Best Actor:

	Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
	Runner-up: Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond

Best Actress:

	Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman
	Runner-up: Diane Keaton - Reds

Best Supporting Actor:

	John Gielgud - Arthur
	Runner-up: Jack Nicholson - Reds

Best Supporting Actress:

	Maureen Stapleton - Reds
	Runner-up: Melinda Dillon - Absence of Malice

Best Screenplay:

	John Guare - Atlantic City
	Runner-up: Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths - Reds

Best Cinematography:

	Vittorio Storaro - Reds
	Runner-up: Freddie Francis - The French Lieutenant's Woman

Best Music Score:

	Randy Newman - Ragtime
	Runner-up: Vangelis - Chariots of Fire

Best Foreign Film:

	Pixote (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco) • Brazil
	Runner-up: Chariots of Fire • UK

Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:

R. Bruce Elder - The Art of Worldly Wisdom

New Generation Award:

John Guare

Career Achievement Award:

Barbara Stanwyck

Special Citation:

Kevin Brownlow - Napoléon