Oscar Nominations and Winners (1988)

Best Picture

• The Accidental Tourist
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Mississippi Burning
• Rain Man
• Working Girl

Best Director

• Charles Crichton (A Fish Called Wanda)
• Barry Levinson (Rain Man)
• Mike Nichols (Working Girl)
• Alan Parker (Mississippi Burning)
• Martin Scorsese (The Last Temptation of Christ)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning)
• Tom Hanks (Big)
• Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
• Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver)
• Max von Sydow (Pelle the Conqueror)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alec Guinness (Little Dorrit)
• Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda)
• Martin Landau (Tucker: The Man and His Dream)
• River Phoenix (Running on Empty)
• Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons)
• Jodie Foster (The Accused)
• Melanie Griffith (Working Girl)
• Meryl Streep (A Cry in the Dark)
• Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Joan Cusack (Working Girl)
• Geena Davis (The Accidental Tourist)
• Frances McDormand (Mississippi Burning)
• Michelle Pfeiffer (Dangerous Liaisons)
• Sigourney Weaver (Working Girl)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Accidental Tourist (Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan)
• Dangerous Liaisons (Christopher Hampton)
• Gorillas in the Mist (Anna Hamilton Phelan)
• Little Dorrit (Christine Edzard)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Jean-Claude Carri�re and Philip Kaufman)

Best Original Screenplay

• Big (Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg)
• Bull Durham (Ron Shelton)
• A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese)
• Rain Man (Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow)
• Running on Empty (Naomi Foner)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Hanussen (Hungary)
• The Music Teacher (Belgium)
• Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark)
• Salaam Bombay! (India)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)

Art Direction

• Beaches
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Rain Man
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Cinematography

• Mississippi Burning
• Rain Man
• Tequila Sunrise
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Costume Design

• Coming to America
• Dangerous Liaisons
• A Handful of Dust
• Sunset
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Documentary Feature

• The Cry of Reason�Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out
• Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
• Let's Get Lost
• Promises to Keep
• Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Documentary Short Subject

• The Children's Storefront
• Family Gathering
• Gang Cops
• Portrait of Imogen
• You Don't Have to Die

Film Editing

• Die Hard
• Gorillas in the Mist
• Mississippi Burning
• Rain Man
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Makeup

• Beetlejuice
• Coming to America
• Scrooged

Original Score

• The Accidental Tourist (John Williams)
• Dangerous Liaisons (George Fenton)
• Gorillas in the Mist (Maurice Jarre)
• The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
• Rain Man (Hans Zimmer)

Original Song

• "Calling You" (Bagdad Cafe) Music and Lyrics by Bob Telson.
• "Let the River Run" (Working Girl) Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon.
• "Two Hearts" (Buster) Music by Lamont Dozier. Lyrics by Phil Collins.

Animated Short Film

• The Cat Came Back
• Technological Threat
• Tin Toy

Live Action Short Film

• The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
• Cadillac Dreams
• Gullah Tales

Sound

• Bird
• Die Hard
• Gorillas in the Mist
• Mississippi Burning
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Sound Editing

• Die Hard
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Willow

Visual Effects

• Die Hard
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Willow