Manhattan – Woody Allen

• Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola
• The China Syndrome – James Bridges
• The Deer Hunter – Michael Cimino

Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now

• John Schlesinger – Yanks
• Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
• Woody Allen – Manhattan

Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell

• Martin Sheen – Apocalypse Now as Benjamin Willard
• Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter as Michael Vronsky
• Woody Allen – Manhattan as Isaac Davis

Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells

• Diane Keaton – Manhattan as Mary Wilkie
• Maggie Smith – California Suite as Diana Barrie
• Meryl Streep – The Deer Hunter as Linda

Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as William Kilgore

• Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter as Nikanor Chevotarevich
• Denholm Elliott – Saint Jack as William Leigh
• John Hurt – Alien as Kane

Rachel Roberts – Yanks as Clarrie Moreton

• Lisa Eichhorn – The Europeans as Gertrude
• Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan as Tracy
• Meryl Streep – Manhattan as Jill Davis

Manhattan – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman

• The China Syndrome – Mike Gray, T. S. Cook and James Bridges
• The Deer Hunter – Deric Washburn
• Yanks – Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein

The Deer Hunter – Vilmos Zsigmond

• Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro
• Manhattan – Gordon Willis
• Yanks – Dick Bush

Yanks – Shirley Ann Russell

• Agatha – Shirley Ann Russell
• Alien – John Mollo
• The Europeans – Judy Moorcroft

The Deer Hunter – Peter Zinner

• Alien – Terry Rawlings
• Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman
• Manhattan – Susan E. Morse

Days of Heaven – Ennio Morricone

• Alien – Jerry Goldsmith
• Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
• Yanks – Richard Rodney Bennett

Alien – Michael Seymour

• Apocalypse Now – Dean Tavoularis
• The Europeans – Jeremiah Rusconi
• Yanks – Brian Morris

Alien – Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe

• Apocalypse Now – Nat Boxer, Richard Cirincione and Walter Murch
• The Deer Hunter – Darin Knight, Jim Klinger and Richard Portman
• Manhattan – James Sabat, Dan Sable and Jack Higgins

Dennis Christopher – Breaking Away as Dave Stohler

• Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly
• Ray Winstone – That Summer! as Steve Brodie
• Sigourney Weaver – Alien as Ellen Ripley

The Tree of Wooden Clogs – Ermanno Olmi

Butch Minds the Baby – Peter Webb

• Dilemma – Clive Mitchell
• Dream Doll – Bob Godfrey
• Mr. Pascal – Alison de Vere