63rd Academy Awards
Held in 1991 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Dances with Wolves
- Nominee Awakenings
- Nominee Ghost
- Nominee Goodfellas
- Nominee The Godfather Part III
Best Actor
- Winner Reversal of Fortune · Jeremy Irons
- Nominee Awakenings · Robert De Niro
- Nominee Cyrano de Bergerac · Gérard Depardieu
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Kevin Costner
- Nominee The Field · Richard Harris
Best Actress
- Winner Misery · Kathy Bates
- Nominee Mr. and Mrs. Bridge · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee Postcards from the Edge · Meryl Streep
- Nominee Pretty Woman · Julia Roberts
- Nominee The Grifters · Anjelica Huston
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Goodfellas · Joe Pesci
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Graham Greene
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Al Pacino
- Nominee Longtime Companion · Bruce Davison
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Andy Garcia
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Ghost · Whoopi Goldberg
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Mary McDonnell
- Nominee Goodfellas · Lorraine Bracco
- Nominee The Grifters · Annette Bening
- Nominee Wild at Heart · Diane Ladd
Best Director
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Kevin Costner
- Nominee Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese
- Nominee Reversal of Fortune · Barbet Schroeder
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee The Grifters · Stephen Frears
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Ghost · Bruce Joel Rubin
- Nominee Alice · Woody Allen
- Nominee Avalon · Barry Levinson
- Nominee Green Card · Peter Weir
- Nominee Metropolitan · Whit Stillman
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Michael Blake
- Nominee Awakenings · Steven Zaillian
- Nominee Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi
- Nominee Reversal of Fortune · Nicholas Kazan
- Nominee The Grifters · Donald E. Westlake
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Journey of Hope
- Nominee Cyrano de Bergerac
- Nominee Ju Dou
- Nominee Open Doors
- Nominee The Nasty Girl
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner American Dream · Arthur Cohn, Barbara Kopple
- Nominee Berkeley in the Sixties · Mark Kitchell
- Nominee Building Bombs · Mark Mori, Susan Robinson
- Nominee Forever Activists · Judith Montell
- Nominee Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey · Eugene X
Best Original Score
- Winner Dances with Wolves · John Barry
- Nominee Avalon · Randy Newman
- Nominee Ghost · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Havana · Dave Grusin
- Nominee Home Alone · John Williams
Best Original Song
- Winner Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) from Dick Tracy · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Blaze of Glory from Young Guns II · Jon Bon Jovi
- Nominee I'm Checkin' Out from Postcards from the Edge · Shel Silverstein
- Nominee Promise Me You'll Remember from The Godfather Part III · Carmine Coppola, John Bettis
- Nominee Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone · John Williams, Leslie Bricusse
Best Cinematography
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Dean Semler
- Nominee Avalon · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Henry & June · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Gordon Willis
Best Film Editing
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Neil Travis
- Nominee Ghost · Walter Murch
- Nominee Goodfellas · Thelma Schoonmaker
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
- Nominee The Hunt for Red October · Dennis Virkler, John Wright
Best Production Design
- Winner Dick Tracy · Richard Sylbert, Rick Simpson
- Nominee Cyrano de Bergerac · Ezio Frigerio, Jacques Rouxel
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Jeffrey Beecroft, Lisa Dean
- Nominee Hamlet · Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Dean Tavoularis, Gary Fettis
Best Costume Design
- Winner Cyrano de Bergerac · Franca Squarciapino
- Nominee Avalon · Gloria Gresham
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Elsa Zamparelli
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Milena Canonero
- Nominee Hamlet · Maurizio Millenotti
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner Dick Tracy · Doug Drexler, John Caglione, Jr.
- Nominee Cyrano de Bergerac · Jean-Pierre Eychenne, Michèle Burke
- Nominee Edward Scissorhands · Stan Winston, Ve Neill
Best Sound
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, Jeffrey Perkins, Russell Williams
- Nominee Days of Thunder · Charles M. Wilborn, Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, Doug Hemphill, Thomas Causey
- Nominee The Hunt for Red October · Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton
- Nominee Total Recall · Aaron Rochin, Carlos Delarios, Michael J. Kohut, Nelson Stoll