59th Academy Awards
Held in 1987 · 19 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Platoon
- Nominee A Room with a View
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God
- Nominee Hannah and Her Sisters
- Nominee The Mission
Best Actor
- Winner The Color of Money · Paul Newman
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God · William Damaged
- Nominee Mona Lisa · Bob Hoskins
- Nominee Round Midnight · Dexter Gordon
- Nominee Salvador · James Woods
Best Actress
- Winner Children of a Lesser God · Marlee Matlin
- Nominee Aliens · Sigourney Weaver
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee Peggy Sue Got Married · Kathleen Turner
- Nominee The Morning After · Jane Fonda
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Hannah and Her Sisters · Michael Caine
- Nominee A Room with a View · Denholm Elliott
- Nominee Hoosiers · Dennis Hopper
- Nominee Platoon · Willem Dafoe
- Nominee Platoon · Tom Berenger
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Hannah and Her Sisters · Dianne Wiest
- Nominee A Room with a View · Maggie Smith
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God · Piper Laurie
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Tess Harper
- Nominee The Color of Money · Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Best Director
- Winner Platoon · Oliver Stone
- Nominee A Room with a View · James Ivory
- Nominee Blue Velvet · David Lynch
- Nominee Hannah and Her Sisters · Woody Allen
- Nominee The Mission · Roland Joffé
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Hannah and Her Sisters · Woody Allen
- Nominee Crocodile Dundee · John Cornell, Ken Shadie, Paul Hogan
- Nominee My Beautiful Laundrette · Hanif Kureishi
- Nominee Platoon · Oliver Stone
- Nominee Salvador · Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner A Room with a View · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God · Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Beth Henley
- Nominee Stand by Me · Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
- Nominee The Color of Money · Richard Price
Best International Feature Film
- Winner The Assault
- Nominee '38 – Vienna Before the Fall
- Nominee Betty Blue
- Nominee My Sweet Little Village
- Nominee The Decline of the American Empire
Best Documentary Feature
Best Original Score
- Winner Round Midnight · Herbie Hancock
- Nominee Aliens · James Horner
- Nominee Hoosiers · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home · Leonard Rosenman
- Nominee The Mission · Ennio Morricone
Best Original Song
- Winner Take My Breath Away from Top Gun · Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
- Nominee Glory of Love from The Karate Kid Part II · David Foster, Diane Nini, Peter Cetera
- Nominee Life in a Looking Glass from That's Life! · Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Mean Green Mother From Outer Space from Little Shop of Horrors · Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
- Nominee Somewhere Out There from An American Tail · Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, James Horner
Best Cinematography
- Winner The Mission · Chris Menges
- Nominee A Room with a View · Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Nominee Peggy Sue Got Married · Jordan Cronenweth
- Nominee Platoon · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home · Donald Peterman
Best Film Editing
- Winner Platoon · Claire Simpson
- Nominee Aliens · Ray Lovejoy
- Nominee Hannah and Her Sisters · Susan E. Morse
- Nominee The Mission · Jim Clark
- Nominee Top Gun · Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
Best Production Design
- Winner A Room with a View · Brian Ackland-Snow, Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura
- Nominee Aliens · Crispian Sallis, Peter Lamont
- Nominee Hannah and Her Sisters · Carol Joffe, Stuart Wurtzel
- Nominee The Color of Money · Boris Leven, Karen O'Hara
- Nominee The Mission · Jack Stephens, Stuart Craig
Best Costume Design
- Winner A Room with a View · Jenny Beavan, John Bright
- Nominee Otello · Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
- Nominee Peggy Sue Got Married · Theadora Van Runkle
- Nominee Pirates · Anthony Powell
- Nominee The Mission · Enrico Sabbatini
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner The Fly · Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
- Nominee Legend · Peter Robb-King, Rob Bottin
- Nominee The Clan of the Cave Bear · Michael Westmore, Michèle Burke
Best Sound
- Winner Platoon · Charles Grenzbach, John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Simon Kaye
- Nominee Aliens · Graham V. Hartstone, Michael A. Carter, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman
- Nominee Heartbreak Ridge · Bill Nelson, Dick Alexander, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore
- Nominee Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home · David J. Hudson, Gene Cantamessa, Mel Metcalfe, Terry Porter
- Nominee Top Gun · Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Aliens · John Richardson, Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, Suzanne M. Benson
- Nominee Little Shop of Horrors · Bran Ferren, Lyle Conway, Martin Gutteridge
- Nominee Poltergeist II: The Other Side · Bill Neil, Garry Waller, John Bruno, Richard Edlund