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1984
1986
Awards & Top Films
1985
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1985 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1985
1
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Prizzi's Honor
No award data
2
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Out of Africa
No award data
3
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White Nights
No award data
4
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
No award data
5
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Runaway Train
No award data
6
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Agnes of God
No award data
7
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The Official Story
No award data
8
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Witness
No award data
9
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Back To The Future
No award data
10
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A View to a Kill
No award data
Film
Live-Action Feature
Prizzi's Honor
Producer:
John Foreman
Oscar
Globe
NBR
Amadeus
Producers:
Saul Zaentz
and
Miloš Forman
Oscar
BAFTA
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Producers:
Woody Allen
and
Robert Greenhut
Globe
BAFTA
After Hours
Spirit
Out of Africa
Producer:
Sydney Pollack
Oscar
A Passage to India
Producers:
David Lean
,
John Knatchbull
, and
Richard Goodwin
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Back to the Future
Producers:
Bob Gale
,
Robert Zemeckis
, and
Neil Canton
Globe
NBR
BAFTA
Witness
Producers:
Edward S. Feldman
and
Peter Weir
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Blood Simple
NBR
Spirit
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Producer:
David Weisman
Oscar
NBR
The Color Purple
Producers:
Kathleen Kennedy
,
Steven Spielberg
,
Frank Marshall
, and
Quincy Jones
Oscar
NBR
The Trip To Bountiful
NBR
Spirit
A Chorus Line: The Movie
Globe
Cocoon
Globe
Dreamchild
NBR
Out of Africa *Academy Award for Best Picture*
NBR
Smooth Talk
Spirit
The Shooting Party
NBR
International Feature
Ran
Producer:
Akira Kurosawa
Globe
NBR
BAFTA
Spirit
Colonel Redl
Producers:
István Szabó
and
Manfred Durniok
Globe
BAFTA
Carmen
Producers:
Francesco Rosi
and
Patrice Ledoux
BAFTA
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Spirit
The Official Story
Producer:
Luis Puenzo
Globe
A Year of the Quiet Sun
Producer:
Krzysztof Zanussi
Globe
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Producer:
Wayne Wang
BAFTA
Dreamchild
Spirit
Subway
Producer:
Luc Besson
BAFTA
The Hit
Spirit
When Father Was Away on Business
Producer:
Emir Kusturica
Globe
Documentary
Omnibus: Leonard Berstein's West Side Story
Producer:
Christopher Swann
BAFTA
David Lean: A Life in Film
Producer:
Nigel Wattis
BAFTA
Marilyn Monroe: Say Goodbye to the President
Producer:
Christopher Olgiati
BAFTA
The Frozen Ocean: Part 1 – Kingdom of the Ice Bear
Producers:
Mike Salisbury
and
Hugh Miles
BAFTA
Directing & Editing
Directing
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
Oscar
Globe
DGA
John Huston
Prizzi's Honor
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Akira Kurosawa
Ran
Oscar
NBR
Martin Scorsese
After Hours
Spirit
Joel Coen
Blood Simple
Spirit
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
NBR
Steven Spielberg
The Color Purple
DGA
Peter Weir
Witness
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Richard Attenborough
A Chorus Line: The Movie
Globe
Ron Howard
Cocoon
DGA
Héctor Babenco
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Oscar
Joyce Chopra
Smooth Talk
Spirit
Steven Spielberg
The Color Purple
Globe
Peter Masterson
The Trip To Bountiful
Spirit
Editing
Nena Danevic
and
Michael Chandler
Amadeus
Oscar
BAFTA
Thom Noble
Witness
Oscar
BAFTA
John Bloom
A Chorus Line
Oscar
BAFTA
Arthur Schmidt
and
Harry Keramidas
Back to the Future
BAFTA
William Steinkamp
,
Fredric Steinkamp
,
Pembroke J. Herring
, and
Sheldon Kahn
Out of Africa
Oscar
Rudi Fehr
and
Kaja Fehr
Prizzi's Honor
Oscar
Henry Richardson
Runaway Train
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
William Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Oscar
Globe
NBR
BAFTA
F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
Victor Banerjee
A Passage to India
NBR
BAFTA
Jon Voight
Runaway Train
Oscar
Globe
M. Emmet Walsh
Blood Simple
Spirit
Raúl Juliá
Kiss of the Spider Woman
NBR
Harrison Ford
Witness
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
Rubén Blades
Crossover Dreams
Spirit
Raul Julia
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Globe
James Garner
Murphy's Romance
Oscar
Jack Nicholson
Prizzi's Honor
Oscar
Treat Williams
Smooth Talk
Spirit
Gene Hackman
Twice in a Lifetime
Globe
Tom Bower
Wild Rose
Spirit
Actress in a Leading Role
Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Geraldine Page
The Trip To Bountiful
Oscar
Spirit
Whoopi Goldberg
The Color Purple
Oscar
NBR
Rosanna Arquette
After Hours
BAFTA
Spirit
Meryl Streep
Out of Africa
Oscar
BAFTA
Anne Bancroft
Agnes of God
Oscar
Alexandra Pigg
Letter to Brezhnev
BAFTA
Laura Dern
Smooth Talk
Spirit
Jessica Lange
Sweet Dreams
Oscar
Mia Farrow
The Purple Rose of Cairo
BAFTA
Lori Singer
Trouble in Mind
Spirit
Kelly McGillis
Witness
BAFTA
Actor in a Supporting Role
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Out of Africa
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Don Ameche
Cocoon
Oscar
Denholm Elliott
Defence of the Realm
BAFTA
James Fox
A Passage to India
BAFTA
Robert Loggia
Jagged Edge
Oscar
Saeed Jaffrey
My Beautiful Laundrette
BAFTA
John Gielgud
Plenty
BAFTA
William Hickey
Prizzi's Honor
Oscar
Eric Roberts
Runaway Train
Oscar
Actress in a Supporting Role
Anjelica Huston
Prizzi's Honor
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Rosanna Arquette
Desperately Seeking Susan
BAFTA
Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke based on the memoir by Isak Dinesen and the books Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski and Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman
Oscar
Witness
Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace
Oscar
Meg Tilly
Agnes of God
Oscar
The Trip to Bountiful
Horton Foote based on his teleplay
Oscar
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Leonard Schrader based on the novel by Manuel Puig
Oscar
The Official Story
Luis Puenzo and Aída Bortnik
Oscar
The Color Purple
Menno Meyjes based on the novel by Alice Walker
Oscar
Tracey Ullman
Plenty
BAFTA
Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon and Janet Roach based on the novel by Richard Condon
Oscar
Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Oscar
Brazil
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown
Oscar
Margaret Avery
The Color Purple
Oscar
Amy Madigan
Twice in a Lifetime
Oscar
Judi Dench
Wetherby
BAFTA
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Woody Allen
Oscar
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
Woody Allen
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
WGA
William Kelley
,
Earl W. Wallace
,
E. Wallace
, and
Pamela Wallace
Witness
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
WGA
Horton Foote
The Trip To Bountiful
Spirit
Bob Gale
and
Robert Zemeckis
Back to the Future
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
WGA
Hanif Kureishi
My Beautiful Laundrette
Oscar
BAFTA
Joseph Minion
After Hours
Spirit
Ethan Coen
and
Joel Coen
Blood Simple
Spirit
Terry Gilliam
,
Tom Stoppard
, and
Charles McKeown
Brazil
Oscar
Tom Benedek
Cocoon
WGA
Anna Hamilton Phelan
Mask
WGA
Kurt Luedtke
Out of Africa
Globe
Richard Condon
Prizzi's Honor
Globe
Tom Cole
Smooth Talk
Spirit
Luis Puenzo
and
Aída Bortnik
The Official Story
Oscar
Screenplay (Adapted)
Richard Condon
and
Janet Roach
Prizzi's Honor
Globe
BAFTA
WGA
Kurt Luedtke
Out of Africa
Globe
BAFTA
WGA
Peter Shaffer
Amadeus
Globe
BAFTA
Horton Foote
The Trip To Bountiful
Spirit
WGA
Woody Allen
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Globe
David Lean
A Passage to India
Globe
BAFTA
WGA
Joseph Minion
After Hours
Spirit
John Pielmeier
Agnes of God
WGA
Bob Gale
Back to the Future
Globe
Ethan Coen
and
Joel Coen
Blood Simple
Spirit
Tom Cole
Smooth Talk
Spirit
Menno Meyjes
The Color Purple
WGA
Julian Bond
The Shooting Party
BAFTA
William Kelley
Witness
Globe
Visual
Cinematography
David Watkin
Out of Africa
Oscar
BAFTA
Miroslav Ondříček
Amadeus
Oscar
BAFTA
Toyomichi Kurita
Trouble in Mind
Spirit
Ernest Day
A Passage to India
Oscar
BAFTA
Takao Saito
,
Shoji Ueda
, and
Asakazu Nakai
Ran
Oscar
BAFTA
John Seale
Witness
Oscar
BAFTA
Michael Ballhaus
After Hours
Spirit
Barry Sonnenfeld
Blood Simple
Spirit
Michael Chin
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Spirit
William A. Fraker
Murphy's Romance
Oscar
Allen Daviau
The Color Purple
Oscar
Philippe Rousselot
The Emerald Forest
BAFTA
Art Direction
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Amadeus
Production design:
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Norman Garwood
,
Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
, and
Norman Garwood
Brazil
Production design:
Art Direction: Norman Garwood
,
Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
, and
Norman Garwood
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Stephen B. Grimes
and
Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
Out of Africa
Production design:
Art Direction: Stephen B. Grimes
and
Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
Oscar
John Box
A Passage to India
Production design:
John Box
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction
,
Set Decoration: Yoshirō Muraki
, and
Shinobu Muraki
Ran
Production design:
Art Direction
,
Set Decoration: Yoshirō Muraki
, and
Shinobu Muraki
Oscar
BAFTA
Lawrence G. Paull
Back to the Future
Production design:
Lawrence G. Paull
BAFTA
Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
,
Art Direction: J. Michael Riva
, and
Robert W. Welch
The Color Purple
Production design:
Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
,
Art Direction: J. Michael Riva
, and
Robert W. Welch
Oscar
Art Direction: Stan Jolley
and
Set Decoration: John H. Anderson
Witness
Production design:
Art Direction: Stan Jolley
and
Set Decoration: John H. Anderson
Oscar
Costuming
Theodor Pištěk
Amadeus
Oscar
BAFTA
Emi Wada
Ran
Oscar
BAFTA
Milena Canonero
The Cotton Club
BAFTA
Judy Moorcroft
A Passage to India
Oscar
BAFTA
Milena Canonero
Out of Africa
Oscar
BAFTA
Charles Knode
Legend
BAFTA
Donfeld
Prizzi's Honor
Oscar
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
The Color Purple
Oscar
Albert Wolsky
The Journey of Natty Gann
Oscar
Effects
George Gibbs
and
Richard Conway
Brazil
BAFTA
Scott Farrar
,
Ken Ralston
,
Ralph McQuarrie
, and
David Berry
Cocoon
Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Ken Ralston
and
Kevin Pike
Back to the Future
BAFTA
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
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Oscar
Nick Allder
Legend
BAFTA
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List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar
Will Vinton
,
Ian Wingrove
,
Zoran Perisic
, and
Michael Lloyd
Return to Oz
Oscar
Greenberg Associates
The Purple Rose of Cairo
BAFTA
Dennis Muren
,
Kit West
,
John R. Ellis
, and
David W. Allen
Young Sherlock Holmes
Oscar
Sound & Music
Original Score
Maurice Jarre
A Passage to India
Globe
BAFTA
John Barry
Out of Africa
Globe
BAFTA
Maurice Jarre
Witness
Globe
BAFTA
Harold Faltermeyer
Beverly Hills Cop
BAFTA
Quincy Jones
The Color Purple
Globe
Junior Homrich
and
Brian Gascoigne
The Emerald Forest
BAFTA
Michel Colombier
White Nights
Globe
David Mansfield
Year of the Dragon
Globe
Original Song
Unknown Song
White Nights
Music & lyrics:
Lionel Richie
and
Say Me
Globe
Unknown Song
A View to a Kill
Music & lyrics:
John Barry
,
Duran Duran
, and
Bernard Edwards
Globe
Unknown Song
Back to the Future
Music & lyrics:
Huey Lewis
and
Chris Hayes
Globe
Unknown Song
Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon
Music & lyrics:
Diane Warren
Globe
Unknown Song
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Music & lyrics:
Graham Lyle
and
Terry Britten
Globe
Sound Mixing
Mark Berger
and
Chris Newman
Amadeus
BAFTA
Chris Newman
,
Gerry Humphreys
, and
Jonathan Bates
A Chorus Line
BAFTA
Hugues Darmois
,
Harald Maury
,
Dominique Hennequin
, and
Bernard Le Roux
Carmen
BAFTA
Edward Beyer
,
Jack Jacobsen
, and
David Carroll
The Cotton Club
BAFTA
Sound Editing
Mark Berger
and
Chris Newman
Amadeus
BAFTA
Chris Newman
,
Gerry Humphreys
, and
Jonathan Bates
A Chorus Line
BAFTA
Hugues Darmois
,
Harald Maury
,
Dominique Hennequin
, and
Bernard Le Roux
Carmen
BAFTA
Edward Beyer
,
Jack Jacobsen
, and
David Carroll
The Cotton Club
BAFTA