56th Academy Awards
Held in 1984 · 17 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Terms of Endearment
- Nominee Tender Mercies from Tender Mercies
- Nominee The Big Chill
- Nominee The Dresser
- Nominee The Right Stuff
Best Actor
- Winner Tender Mercies from Tender Mercies · Robert Duvall
- Nominee Educating Rita · Michael Caine
- Nominee Reuben, Reuben · Tom Conti
- Nominee The Dresser · Albert Finney
- Nominee The Dresser · Tom Courtenay
Best Actress
- Winner Terms of Endearment · Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee Educating Rita · Julie Walters
- Nominee Silkwood · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Debra Winger
- Nominee Testament · Jane Alexander
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Terms of Endearment · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee Cross Creek · Rip Torn
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · John Lithgow
- Nominee The Right Stuff · Sam Shepard
- Nominee To Be or Not to Be · Charles Durning
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner The Year of Living Dangerously · Linda Hunt
- Nominee Cross Creek · Alfre Woodard
- Nominee Silkwood · Cher
- Nominee The Big Chill · Glenn Close
- Nominee Yentl · Amy Irving
Best Director
- Winner Terms of Endearment · James L. Brooks
- Nominee Fanny and Alexander · Ingmar Bergman
- Nominee Silkwood · Mike Nichols
- Nominee Tender Mercies from Tender Mercies · Bruce Beresford
- Nominee The Dresser · Peter Yates
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Tender Mercies from Tender Mercies · Horton Foote
- Nominee Fanny and Alexander · Ingmar Bergman
- Nominee Silkwood · Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron
- Nominee The Big Chill · Barbara Benedek, Lawrence Kasdan
- Nominee WarGames · Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Terms of Endearment · James L. Brooks
- Nominee Betrayal · Harold Pinter
- Nominee Educating Rita · Willy Russell
- Nominee Reuben, Reuben · Julius J. Epstein
- Nominee The Dresser · Ronald Harwood
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Fanny and Alexander
- Nominee Carmen
- Nominee Entre Nous
- Nominee Le Bal
- Nominee The Revolt of Job
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' · Emile Ardolino
- Nominee Children of Darkness · Ara Chekmayan
- Nominee First Contact · Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
- Nominee Seeing Red · Jim Klein, Julia Reichert
- Nominee The Profession of Arms · Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen
Best Original Score
- Winner The Right Stuff · Bill Conti
- Winner Yentl · Michel Legrand
- Nominee Cross Creek · Leonard Rosenman
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · John Williams
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Michael Gore
- Nominee The Sting II · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee Trading Places · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Under Fire · Jerry Goldsmith
Best Original Song
- Winner Flashdance... What a Feeling from Flashdance · Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, Keith Forsey
- Nominee Maniac from Flashdance · Dennis Matkosky, Michael Sembello
- Nominee Papa, Can You Hear Me? from Yentl · Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
- Nominee Tender Mercies from Tender Mercies · Austin Roberts
- Nominee The Way He Makes Me Feel from Yentl · Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
Best Cinematography
- Winner Fanny and Alexander · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee Flashdance · Donald Peterman
- Nominee The Right Stuff · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee WarGames · William A. Fraker
- Nominee Zelig · Gordon Willis
Best Film Editing
- Winner The Right Stuff · Douglas Stewart, Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Tom Rolf
- Nominee Blue Thunder · Edward M. Abroms, Frank Morriss
- Nominee Flashdance · Bud S. Smith, Walt Mulconery
- Nominee Silkwood · Sam O'Steen
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Richard Marks
Best Production Design
- Winner Fanny and Alexander · Anna Asp
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Fred Hole, James L. Schoppe, Michael D. Ford, Norman Reynolds
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Anthony Mondell, Harold Michelson, Polly Platt, Tom Pedigo
- Nominee The Right Stuff · Geoffrey Kirkland, George R. Nelson, Jim Poynter, Peter R. Romero, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell
- Nominee Yentl · Leslie Tomkins, Roy Walker, Tessa Davies
Best Costume Design
- Winner Fanny and Alexander · Marik Vos-Lundh
- Nominee Cross Creek · Joe I. Tompkins
- Nominee Heart Like a Wheel · William Ware Theiss
- Nominee The Return of Martin Guerre · Anne-Marie Marchand
- Nominee Zelig · Santo Loquasto
Best Sound
- Winner The Right Stuff · David MacMillan, Mark Berger, Randy Thom, Tom Scott
- Nominee Never Cry Wolf · Alan Splet, David Parker, Randy Thom, Todd Boekelheide
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Donald O. Mitchell, James R. Alexander, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline
- Nominee WarGames · Aaron Rochin, Carlos Delarios, Michael J. Kohut, Willie D. Burton