The Killing Fields – David Puttnam

• The Dresser – Peter Yates
• Paris, Texas – Chris Sievernich and Anatole Dauman
• A Private Function – Mark Shivas

Wim Wenders – Paris, Texas

• Peter Yates – The Dresser
• Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields
• Sergio Leone – Once Upon a Time in America

Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran

• Albert Finney – The Dresser as Sir
• Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg
• Tom Courtenay – The Dresser as Norman

Maggie Smith – A Private Function as Joyce Chilvers

• Helen Mirren – Cal as Marcella
• Meryl Streep – Silkwood as Karen Silkwood
• Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment as Aurora Greenway

Denholm Elliott – A Private Function as Charles Swaby

• Ian Holm – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Capitaine Phillippe d'Arnot
• Michael Elphick – Gorky Park as Pasha
• Ralph Richardson – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as The 6th Earl of Greystoke

Liz Smith – A Private Function as Joyce's Mother

• Cher – Silkwood as Dusty Ellis
• Eileen Atkins – The Dresser as Madge
• Tuesday Weld – Once Upon a Time in America as Carol

Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen

• The Big Chill – Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek
• Comfort and Joy – Bill Forsyth
• A Private Function – Alan Bennett

The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson

• Another Country – Julian Mitchell
• The Dresser – Ronald Harwood
• Paris, Texas – Sam Shepard

The Killing Fields – Chris Menges

• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – John Alcott
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Douglas Slocombe
• Once Upon a Time in America – Tonino Delli Colli

Once Upon a Time in America – Gabriella Pescucci

• The Bostonians – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
• The Company of Wolves – Elizabeth Wailer
• Swann in Love – Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle

The Killing Fields – Jim Clark

• Another Country – Gerry Hambling
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Michael Kahn
• Under Fire – John Bloom and Mark Conte

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Paul Engelen, Peter Frampton, Rick Baker and Joan Hills

• The Company of Wolves – Jane Royle and Christopher Tucker
• The Dresser – Alan Boyle
• The Killing Fields – Tommie Manderson

Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone

• Carmen – Paco de Lucía
• The Killing Fields – Mike Oldfield
• Paris, Texas – Ry Cooder

"Ghostbusters" (Ghostbusters) – Ray Parker Jr.

• "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (The Woman in Red) – Stevie Wonder
• "No More Lonely Nights" (Give My Regards to Broad Street) – Paul McCartney
• "Together in Electric Dreams" (Electric Dreams) – Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey

The Killing Fields – Roy Walker

• The Company of Wolves – Anton Furst
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Stuart Craig
• Nineteen Eighty-Four – Allan Cameron

The Killing Fields – Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe

• Carmen – Carlos Faruolo, Alfonso Marcos and Antonio Illan
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Ivan Sharrock, Gordon McCallum, Les Wiggins and Roy Baker
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye and Laurel Ladevich

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister and Lorne Peterson

• The Company of Wolves – Christopher Tucker and Alan Whibley
• Ghostbusters – Richard Edlund
• The Killing Fields – Fred Cramer

Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran

• John Lynch – Cal as Cal
• Rupert Everett – Another Country as Guy Bennett
• Tim Roth – The Hit as Myron

Up – Michael Apted

• Afghanistan Reports: Allah Against the Sunships – Sandy Gall
• GI Brides – Lavinia Warner
• South Bank Show: Allan Bennett – David Hinton

Carmen – Emiliano Piedra and Carlos Saura

• The Return of Martin Guerre – Daniel Vigne
• A Sunday in the Country – Alain Sarde and Bertrand Tavernier
• Swann in Love – Margaret Menegoz and Volker Schlöndorff

Rupert and the Frog Song – Geoff Dunbar

• Danger Mouse – Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends – Britt Allcroft, David Mitton and Robert D. Cardona
• The Wind in the Willows – Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove

The Dress – Eva Sereny

• Killing Time – Chris O'Reilly
• Samson and Delilah – Mark Peploe