Academy Awards ke-53
Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| --- | --- |
 Ordinary People – Ronald L. Schwary, producer Coal Miner's Daughter – Bernard Schwartz, producer  The Elephant Man – Jonathan Sanger, producer  Raging Bull – Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, producers  Tess – Claude Berri, producer; Timothy Burrill, co-producer:  Robert Redford – Ordinary People David Lynch – The Elephant Man  Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull  Richard Rush – The Stunt Man  Roman Polanski – Tess
Best Actor: Best Actress
 Robert De Niro – Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta Robert Duvall – The Great Santini as Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum  John Hurt – The Elephant Man as Joseph Merrick  Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton  Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man as Eli Cross:  Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley  Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin as Judy Benjamin  Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett  Gena Rowlands – Gloria as Gloria Swenson
Best Supporting Actor: Best Supporting Actress
 Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger  Michael O'Keefe – The Great Santini as Ben  Joe Pesci – Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta  Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes:  Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard as Lynda West Dummar Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin as Doreen Lewis  Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection as Pearl  Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull as Vikki Thailer Lamotta  Diana Scarwid – Inside Moves as Louise
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
 Melvin and Howard – Bo Goldman Brubaker – Screenplay by W. D. Richter; Story by W. D. Richter and Arthur Ross  Fame – Christopher Gore  Mon Oncle D'Amerique – Jean Gruault  Private Benjamin – Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller:  Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent based on the novel by Judith Guest Breaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens and Bruce Beresford based on the play by Kenneth G. Ross  Coal Miner's Daughter – Thomas Rickman based on the autobiography by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey  The Elephant Man – Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch based on the books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves and The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu  The Stunt Man – Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; Adaptation by Richard Rush based on the novel by Paul Brodeur
Best Foreign Language Film: Best Documentary Feature
 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Confidence (Hungary)  Kagemusha (Japan)  The Last Metro (France)  The Nest (Spain):  From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China – Murray Lerner Agee – Ross Spears  The Day After Trinity – Jon H. Else  Front Line – David Bradbury  The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45 – Bengt von zur Muehlen and Arthur Cohn
Best Documentary Short Subject: Best Live Action Short Film
 Karl Hess: Toward Liberty – Roland Hallé and Peter Ladue Don't Mess with Bill – John Watson and Pen Densham  The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! – George Casey  It's the Same World – Dick Young  Luther Metke at 94 – Richard Hawkins and Jorge Preloran:  The Dollar Bottom – Lloyd Phillips Fall Line – Bob Carmichael and Greg Lowe  A Jury of Her Peers – Sally Heckel
Best Animated Short Film: Best Original Score
 The Fly – Ferenc Rofusz All Nothing – Frédéric Back  History of the World in Three Minutes Flat – Michael Mills:  Fame – Michael Gore Altered States – John Corigliano  The Elephant Man – John Morris  The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams  Tess – Philippe Sarde
Best Original Song: Best Sound
 "Fame" from Fame – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford "9 to 5" from 9 to 5 – Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton  "On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose – Music and Lyrics by Willie Nelson  "Out Here on My Own" from Fame – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Lesley Gore  "People Alone" from The Competition – Music by Lalo Schifrin; Lyrics by Will Jennings:  The Empire Strikes Back – Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Peter Sutton Altered States – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Willie D. Burton  Coal Miner's Daughter – Richard Portman, Roger Heman and Jim Alexander  Fame – Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding and Chris Newman  Raging Bull – Donald O. Mitchell, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball and Les Lazarowitz
Best Costume Design: Best Art Direction
 Tess – Anthony Powell The Elephant Man – Patricia Norris  My Brilliant Career – Anna Senior  Somewhere in Time – Jean-Pierre Dorleac  When Time Ran Out – Paul Zastupnevich:  Tess – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens Coal Miner's Daughter – Art Direction: John W. Corso; Set Decoration: John M. Dwyer  The Elephant Man – Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert Cartwright; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife  The Empire Strikes Back – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange and Alan Tomkins; Set Decoration: Michael Ford  Kagemusha – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Yoshirō Muraki
Best Cinematography: Best Film Editing
 Tess – Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumous award) and Ghislain Cloquet The Blue Lagoon – Néstor Almendros  Coal Miner's Daughter – Ralf D. Bode  The Formula – James Crabe  Raging Bull – Michael Chapman:  Raging Bull – Thelma Schoonmaker Coal Miner's Daughter – Arthur Schmidt  The Competition – David Blewitt  The Elephant Man – Anne V. Coates  Fame – Gerry Hambling