1985 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

Prizzi's Honor
Witness
The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Out Of Africa
The Color Purple

Best Director

Akira Kurosawa, Ran
Peter Weir, Witness
John Huston, Prizzi's Honor
Hector Babenco, The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Sydney Pollack, Out Of Africa

Best Actor

Harrison Ford, Witness
William Hurt, The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor
Jon Voight, Runaway Train
James Garner, Murphy's Romance

Best Actress

Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams
Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
Meryl Streep, Out Of Africa
Anne Bancroft, Agnes Of God
Geraldine Page, A Trip To Bountiful

Best Supporting Actor

Eric Roberts, Runaway Train
Don Ameche, Cocoon

Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out Of Africa
William Hickey, Prizzi's Honor
Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge

Best Supporting Actress

Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
Amy Madigan, Twice In A Lifetime
Meg Tilly, Agnes Of God

Best Original Screenplay

The Purple Rose Of Cairo
Brazil
Witness
Back To The Future
The Official Story

Best Screenplay Adaptation

The Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Out Of Africa
The Color Purple
A Trip To Bountiful

Best Cinematography

Out Of Africa
Ran
Witness
The Color Purple
Murphy's Romance

Best Art Direction

Brazil
Witness
Ran
Out Of Africa
The Color Purple

Best Costume Design

Prizzi's Honor
Ran
Out Of Africa
The Color Purple
The Journey Of Natty Gann

Best Sound

Back To The Future
Silverado
Out Of Africa
A Chorus Line
Ladyhawke

Best Editing

Runaway Train
Prizzi's Honor
Witness
Out Of Africa
A Chorus Line

Best Original Song

"Say You Say Me", White Nights
"The Power of Love", Back To The Future
"Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)", The Color Purple
"Separate Lives", White Nights
"Surprise Surprise", A Chorus Line

Best Original Score

Silverado
Out Of Africa
Witness
The Color Purple
Agnes Of God

Best Visual Effects

Cocoon
Return To Oz
Young Sherlock Holmes

Best Sound Effects

Rambo First Blood Part II
Back to The Future
Ladyhawke

Best Makeup

The Color Purple
Mask
Remo Williams The Adventure Begins

Best Documentary Feature

Broken Rainbow
Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo
Soldiers in Hiding
The Statue of Liberty
Unfinished Business

Best Documentary Short

Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
The Courage to Care
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
The Wizard Of The Strings

Best Cartoon

The Big Snit
Anna & Bella
Second Class Mail

Best Live-Action Short

Rainbow War
Molly's Pilgrim
Graffiti

Best Foreign Film

When Father Was Away On Business, Yugoslavia
Angry Harvest, West Germany
The Official Story, Argentina
Trois Hommes et un couffin, France 

Colonel Redl, Hungary