58th Academy Awards
Held in 1986 · 19 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Out of Africa
- Nominee Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor
- Nominee The Color Purple
- Nominee Witness
Best Actor
- Winner Kiss of the Spider Woman · William Damaged
- Nominee Murphy's Romance · James Garner
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee Runaway Train · Jon Voight
- Nominee Witness · Harrison Ford
Best Actress
- Winner The Trip to Bountiful · Geraldine Page
- Nominee Agnes of God · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Out of Africa · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Sweet Dreams · Jessica Lange
- Nominee The Color Purple · Whoopi Goldberg
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Cocoon · Don Ameche
- Nominee Jagged Edge · Robert Loggia
- Nominee Out of Africa · Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · William Hickey
- Nominee Runaway Train · Eric Roberts
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Prizzi's Honor · Anjelica Huston
- Nominee Agnes of God · Meg Tilly
- Nominee The Color Purple · Margaret Avery
- Nominee The Color Purple · Oprah Winfrey
- Nominee Twice in a Lifetime · Amy Madigan
Best Director
- Winner Out of Africa · Sydney Pollack
- Nominee Kiss of the Spider Woman · Héctor Babenco
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · John Huston
- Nominee Ran · Akira Kurosawa
- Nominee Witness · Peter Weir
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Witness · Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace, William Kelley
- Nominee Back to the Future · Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
- Nominee Brazil · Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard
- Nominee The Official Story · Aída Bortnik, Luis Puenzo
- Nominee The Purple Rose of Cairo · Woody Allen
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Out of Africa · Kurt Luedtke
- Nominee Kiss of the Spider Woman · Leonard Schrader
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · Janet Roach
- Nominee The Color Purple · Menno Meyjes
- Nominee The Trip to Bountiful · Horton Foote
Best International Feature Film
- Winner The Official Story
- Nominee Angry Harvest
- Nominee Colonel Redl
- Nominee Three Men and a Cradle
- Nominee When Father Was Away on Business
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Broken Rainbow · Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
- Nominee Soldiers in Hiding · Japhet Asher
- Nominee The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo · Susana Blaustein Muñoz
- Nominee The Statue of Liberty · Buddy Squires
- Nominee Unfinished Business · Steven Okazaki
Best Original Score
- Winner Out of Africa · John Barry
- Nominee Agnes of God · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Silverado · Bruce Broughton
- Nominee The Color Purple · Andraé Crouch, Caiphus Semenya, Chris Boardman, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jeremy Lubbock, Jerry Hey, Joel Rosenbaum, Jorge Calandrelli, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Rod Temperton
- Nominee Witness · Maurice Jarre
Best Original Song
- Winner Say You, Say Me from White Nights · Lionel Richie
- Nominee Miss Celie's Blues from The Color Purple · Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton
- Nominee Separate Lives from White Nights · Stephen Bishop
- Nominee Surprise Surprise from A Chorus Line · Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee The Power of Love from Back to the Future · Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis, Johnny Colla
Best Cinematography
- Winner Out of Africa · David Watkin
- Nominee Murphy's Romance · William A. Fraker
- Nominee Ran · Asakazu Nakai, Shōji Ueda, Takao Saito
- Nominee The Color Purple · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Witness · John Seale
Best Film Editing
- Winner Witness · Thom Noble
- Nominee A Chorus Line · John Bloom
- Nominee Out of Africa · Fredric Steinkamp, Pembroke J. Herring, Sheldon Kahn, William Steinkamp
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · Kaja Fehr, Rudi Fehr
- Nominee Runaway Train · Henry Richardson
Best Production Design
- Winner Out of Africa · Josie MacAvin, Stephen B. Grimes
- Nominee Brazil · Maggie Gray, Norman Garwood
- Nominee Ran · Shinobu Muraki, Yoshirō Muraki
- Nominee The Color Purple · Bo Welch, J. Michael Riva, Linda DeScenna
- Nominee Witness · John H. Anderson, Stan Jolley
Best Costume Design
- Winner Ran · Emi Wada
- Nominee Out of Africa · Milena Canonero
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · Donfeld
- Nominee The Color Purple · Aggie Guerard Rodgers
- Nominee The Journey of Natty Gann · Albert Wolsky
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner Mask · Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
- Nominee Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins · Carl Fullerton
- Nominee The Color Purple · Ken Chase
Best Sound
- Winner Out of Africa · Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
- Nominee A Chorus Line · Chris Newman, Donald O. Mitchell, Gerry Humphreys, Michael Minkler
- Nominee Back to the Future · B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Bill Varney, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
- Nominee Ladyhawke · Bud Alper, Dick Alexander, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore
- Nominee Silverado · David M. Ronne, Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Cocoon · David Berry, Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar
- Nominee Return to Oz · Ian Wingrove, Michael Lloyd, Will Vinton, Zoran Perisic
- Nominee Young Sherlock Holmes · David W. Allen, Dennis Muren, John Ellis, Kit West