Oscar Nominations and Winners (1989)
Best Picture
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Dead Poets Society
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Field of Dreams
- My Left Foot
Best Director
- Woody Allen (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
- Kenneth Branagh (Henry V)
- Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot)
- Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Kenneth Branagh (Henry V)
- Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot)
- Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy)
- Robin Williams (Dead Poets Society)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Danny Aiello (Do the Right Thing)
- Dan Aykroyd (Driving Miss Daisy)
- Marlon Brando (A Dry White Season)
- Martin Landau (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
- Denzel Washington (Glory)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Isabelle Adjani (Camille Claudel)
- Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine)
- Jessica Lange (Music Box)
- Michelle Pfeiffer (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
- Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot)
- Anjelica Huston (Enemies, A Love Story)
- Lena Olin, (Enemies,A Love Story)
- Julia Roberts (Steel Magnolias)
- Dianne Wiest (Parenthood)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic)
- Driving Miss Daisy (Alfred Uhry)
- Enemies, A Love Story (Roger L. Simon and Paul Mazursky)
- Field of Dreams (Phil Alden Robinson)
- My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton)
Best Original Screenplay
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)
- Dead Poets Society (Tom Schulman)
- Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
- sex, lies and videotape (Steven Soderbergh)
- When Harry Met Sally... (Nora Ephron)
Best Foreign Language Film
- Camille Claudel (France)
- Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
- Jesus of Montreal (Canada)
- Waltzing Regitze (Denmark)
- What Happened to Santiago (Puerto Rico)
Art Direction
- The Abyss
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Batman
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Glory
Cinematography
- The Abyss
- Blaze
- Born on the Fourth of July
- The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Glory
Costume Design
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Harlem Nights
- Henry V
- Valmont
Documentary Feature
- Adam Clayton Powell
- Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt
- Crack USA: County Under Siege
- For All Mankind
- Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Documentary Short Subject
- Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
- The Johnstown Flood
- Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
Film Editing
- The Bear
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Driving Miss Daisy
- The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Glory
Makeup
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Dad
- Driving Miss Daisy
Original Score
- Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams)
- The Fabulous Baker Boys (David Grusin)
- Field of Dreams (James Horner)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (John Williams)
- The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)
Original Song
- "After All" (Chances Are) Music by Tom Snow. Lyrics by Dean Pitchford.
- "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" (Shirley Valentine) Music by Marvin Hamlisch. Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
- "I Love to See You Smile" (Parenthood) Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman.
- "Kiss the Girl" (The Little Mermaid) Music by Alan Menken. Lrics by Howard Ashman.
- "Under the Sea" (The Little Mermaid) Music by Alan Menken. Lrics by Howard Ashman.
Animated Short Film
- Balance
- The Cow
- The Hill Farm
Live Action Short Film
- Amazon Diary
- The Childeater
- Work Experience
Sound
- The Abyss
- Black Rain
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Glory
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sound Editing
- Black Rain
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Lethal Weapon 2
Visual Effects
- The Abyss
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Back to the Future Part II