Oscar Nominations and Winners (1984)
Best Picture
- Amadeus
- The Killing Fields
- A Passage to India
- Places in the Heart
- A Soldiers's Story
Best Director
- Milos Forman (Amadeus)
- Woody Allen (Broadway Danny Rose)
- Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields)
- David Lean (A Passage to India)
- Robert Benton (Places in the Heart)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
- Jeff Bridges (Starman)
- Albert Finney (Under the Volcano)
- Tom Hulce (Amadeus)
- Sam Waterson (The Killing Fields)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Adolph Caesar (A Soldier's Story)
- John Malkovich (Places in the Heart)
- Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (The Karate Kid)
- Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields)
- Ralph Richarddon (Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Judy Davis (A Passage to India)
- Sally Field (Places in the Heart)
- Jessica Lange (Country)
- Vanessa Redgrave (The Bostonians)
- Sissy Spacek (The River)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India)
- Glenn Close (The Natural)
- Lindsay Crouse (Places in the Heart)
- Christine Lahti (Swing Shift)
- Geraldine Page (The Pope of Greenwich Village)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Amadeus (Peter Schaffer)
- Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (P.H. Vazak and Michael Austin)
- The Killing Fields (Bruce Robinson)
- A Passage to India (David Lean)
- A Soldier's Story (Charles Fuller)
Best Original Screenplay
- Beverly Hills Cop (Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Danilo Bach)
- Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen)
- El Norte (Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas)
- Places in the Heart (Robert Benton)
- Splash (Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman and Brian Grazer)
Best Foreign Language Film
- Beyond the Walls (Israel)
- Camila (Argentina)
- Dangerous Moves (Switzerland)
- Double Feature (Spain)
- Wartime Romance (U.S.S.R.)
Art Direction
- Amadeus
- The Cotton Club
- The Natural
- A Passage to India
- 2010
Cinematography
- Amadeus
- The Killing Fields
- The Natural
- A Passage to India
- The River
Costume Design
- Amadeus
- The Bostonians
- A Passage to India
- Places in the Heart
- 2010
Documentary Feature
- High Schools
- In the Name of the People
- Marlene
- Streetwise
- The Times of Harvey Milk
Documentary Short Subject
- The Children of Soong Ching Ling
- Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
- The Garden of Eden
- Recollections of Pavlovsk
- The Stone Carvers
Film Editing
- Amadeus
- The Cotton Club
- The Killing Fields
- A Passage to India
- Romancing the Stone
Makeup
- Amadeus
- Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- 2010
Original Score
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (John Williams)
- The Natural (Randy Newman)
- A Passage to India (Maurice Jarre)
- The River (John Williams)
- Under the Volcano (Alex North)
Adaptation Score
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (Jeff Moss)
- Purple Rain (Prince)
- Songwriter (Kris Kristofferson)
Original Song
- "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Against All Odds) Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins.
- "Footloose" (Footloose) Music and Lyrics by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford.
- "Ghostbusters" (Ghostbusters) Music and Lyrics by Ray Parker, Jr.
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (The Woman in Red) Music and Lyrics by Stevie Wonder.
- "Let's Hear it for the Boy" (Footloose) Music and Lyrics by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford.
Animated Short Film
- Charade
- Doctor De Soto
- Paradise
Live Action Short Film
- The Painted Door
- Tales of Meeting and Parting
- Up
Sound
- Amadeus
- Dune
- A Passage to India
- The River
- 2010
Visual Effects
- Ghostbusters
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- 2010