1988 Academy Awards®

1988 Academy Award® Nominations: winners are underlined.

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

Best Actress:
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 Supporting Actor:
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 Supporting Actress:
Joan Cusack, Working Girl
Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist
Frances McDormand, Mississippi Burning
Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons
Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl

Best Original Screenplay:
Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow, Rain Man
John Cleese, Charles Crichton, A Fish Called Wanda
Naomi Foner, Running on Empty
Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg, Big
Ron Shelton, Bull Durham

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Christine Edzard, Little Dorrit
Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan, The Accidental Tourist
Christopher Hampton, Dangerous Liaisons
Anna Hamilton Phelan, Gorillas in the Mist

Best Foreign Film:
Hanussen, Hungary
The Music Teacher, Belgium
Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark
Salaam Bombay!, India
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Spain

Best Cinematography:
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
Tequila Sunrise
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Visual Effects:
Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow

Best Makeup:
Beetlejuice
Coming to America
Scrooged

Sound Effects Editing:
Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow

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

Best Sound:
Bird
Die Hard
Gorillas in the Mist
Mississippi Burning
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Film Editing:
Die Hard
Gorillas in the Mist
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Art Direction:
Beaches
Dangerous Liaisons
Rain Man
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Original Score:
George Fenton, Dangerous Liaisons
Dave Grusin, The Milagro Beanfield War
Maurice Jarre, Gorillas in the Mist
John Williams, The Accidental Tourist
Hans Zimmer, Rain Man

Best Original Song:
Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier, "Two Hearts" from Buster
Carly Simon, "Let the River Run" from Working Girl
Bob Telson, "Calling You" from Out of Rosenheim

Best Documentary Feature:
The Cry of Reason - Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out
Hôtel Terminus
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

Live Action Short Film:
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Cadillac Dreams
Gullah Tales

Animated Short Film:
The Cat Came Back
Technological Threat
Tin Toy

The Academy Award® ceremonies were held on April 29th, 1989

Winners:
(16 movies)
Rain Man (4) - Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay
Dangerous Liaisons (3) - Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costumes
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (3) - Editing, Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects
The Accidental Tourist (1) - Supporting Actress
The Accused (1) - Actress
Beetlejuice (1) - Makeup
Bird (1) - Sound
A Fish Called Wanda (1) - Supporting Actor
The Milagro Beanfield War (1) - Score
Mississippi Burning (1) - Cinematography
Working Girl (1) - Original Song
Pelle the Conqueror (1) - Foreign Film
Hôtel Terminus (1) - Documentary Feature
You Don't Have to Die (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1) - Live Action Short Film
Tin Toy (1) - Animated Short Film

Nomination Totals:
(51 movies)
Commercial English language films:
The Accidental Tourist (4) - Picture, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Score
The Accused (1) - Actress
Beaches (1) - Art Direction
Beetlejuice (1) - Makeup
Big (2) - Actor, Original Screenplay
Bird (1) - Sound
Bull Durham (1) - Original Screenplay
Buster (1) - Song
A Cry in the Dark (1) - Actress
Coming to America (2) - Makeup, Costumes
Dangerous Liaisons (7) - Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Costumes, Art Direction, Score
Die Hard (4) - Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Sound, Editing
A Fish Called Wanda (3) - Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Gorillas in the Mist (5) - Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Sound, Editing, Score
A Handful of Dust (1) - Costumes
The Last Temptation of Christ (1) - Director
Little Dorrit (2) - Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay
Married to the Mob (1) - Supporting Actor
The Milagro Beanfield War (1) - Score
Mississippi Burning (7) - Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Sound, Editing
Out of Rosenheim (1) - Song
Rain Man (8) - Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Art Direction, Score
Running on Empty (2) - Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Scrooged (1) - Makeup
Stand and Deliver (1) - Actor
Sunset (1) - Costumes
Tequila Sunrise (1) - Cinematography
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (3) - Supporting Actor, Costumes, Art Direction
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (2) - Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (6) - Cinematography, Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Sound, Editing, Art Direction
Willow (2) - Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Working Girl (6) - Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actress, Song

Foreign language films:
Hanussen (2) - Foreign Film
The Music Teacher (1) - Foreign Film
Pelle the Conqueror (1) - Foreign Film, Actor
Salaam Bombay! (1) - Foreign Film
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1) - Foreign Film

Documentaries and short films:
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1) - Live Action Short Film
Cadillac Dreams (1) - Live Action Short Film
The Cat Came Back (1) - Animated Short Film
The Children's Storefront (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
The Cry of Reason - Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out (1) - Documentary Feature
Family Gathering (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Gang Cops (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Gullah Tales (1) - Live Action Short Film
Hôtel Terminus (1) - Documentary Feature
Let's Get Lost (1) - Documentary Feature
Portrait of Imogen (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Promises to Keep (1) - Documentary Feature
Technological Threat (1) - Animated Short Film
Tin Toy (1) - Animated Short Film
Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1) - Documentary Feature
You Don't Have to Die (1) - Documentary, Short Subject

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