British Academy Film Awards 1987
The 40th British Academy Film Awards · Held March 22, 1987 · 20 categories · everything in 1987
Best Film
- Winner A Room with a View
- Nominee Hannah and Her Sisters · Robert Greenhut, Woody Allen
- Nominee Mona Lisa · Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan
- Nominee The Mission · Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam, Roland Joffé
Best Direction
- Winner Woody Allen · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Nominee James Ivory · A Room with a View
- Nominee Neil Jordan · Mona Lisa
- Nominee Roland Joffé · The Mission
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Bob Hoskins · Mona Lisa
- Nominee Paul Hogan · Crocodile Dundee
- Nominee Michael Caine · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Nominee Woody Allen · Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Maggie Smith · A Room with a View
- Nominee Mia Farrow · Hannah and Her Sisters
- Nominee Cathy Tyson · Mona Lisa
- Nominee Meryl Streep · Out of Africa
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner Ray McAnally · The Mission
- Nominee Denholm Elliott · A Room with a View
- Nominee Simon Callow · A Room with a View
- Nominee Klaus Maria Brandauer · Out of Africa
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Judi Dench · A Room with a View
- Nominee Rosemary Leach · A Room with a View
- Nominee Rosanna Arquette · After Hours
- Nominee Barbara Hershey · Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Hannah and Her Sisters · Woody Allen
- Nominee Crocodile Dundee · Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
- Nominee Mona Lisa · Neil Jordan, David Leland
- Nominee The Mission · Robert Bolt
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Out of Africa · Kurt Luedtke
- Nominee A Room with a View · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God · Mark Medoff
- Nominee Ran · Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
- Nominee The Color Purple · Menno Meyjes
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Winner Ran · Serge Silberman, Akira Kurosawa
- Nominee Betty Blue · Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Nominee Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred) · Alberto Grimaldi, Federico Fellini
- Nominee Otello · Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Franco Zeffirelli
Best Documentary
- Winner Shoah · Claude Lanzmann
- Nominee British Cinema: Personal View A Turnip Head's Guide to the British Cinema · Alan Parker
- Nominee Equinox: Prisoner of Consciousness
- Nominee Forty Minutes: The Fishing Party · Paul Watson
- Nominee Omnibus: The Mission
- Nominee Viewpoint 86: Afghanistan: The Agony of a Nation · Sandy Gall
Best Original Music
- Winner The Mission · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee A Room with a View · Richard Robbins
- Nominee Out of Africa · John Barry
- Nominee Round Midnight · Herbie Hancock
Best Cinematography
- Winner Out of Africa · David Watkin
- Nominee A Room with a View · Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Nominee Ran · Takao Saito, Shōji Ueda
- Nominee The Mission · Chris Menges
Best Editing
- Winner The Mission · Jim Clark
- Nominee A Room with a View · Humphrey Dixon
- Nominee Hannah and Her Sisters · Susan E. Morse
- Nominee Mona Lisa · Lesley Walker
Best Production Design
- Winner A Room with a View · Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow
- Nominee Aliens · Peter Lamont
- Nominee Ran · Yoshirō Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
- Nominee The Mission · Stuart Craig
Best Costume Design
- Winner A Room with a View · Jenny Beavan, John Bright
- Nominee Out of Africa · Milena Canonero
- Nominee Ran · Emi Wada
- Nominee The Mission · Enrico Sabbatini
Best Make Up & Hair
- Winner Ran
- Nominee Aliens
- Nominee Dreamchild · Jenny Shircore
- Nominee Sid and Nancy · Peter Frampton
Best Sound
- Winner Out of Africa · Peter Handford, Chris Jenkins
- Nominee A Room with a View · Ray Beckett, Tony Lenny
- Nominee Aliens · Don Sharpe, Roy Charman, Graham V. Hartstone
- Nominee The Mission · Bill Rowe
Best Special Visual Effects
- Winner Aliens · Suzanne M. Benson
- Nominee Dreamchild · Duncan Kenworthy
- Nominee Labyrinth · Roy Field
- Nominee The Mission
Best British Short Animation
- Winner SuperTed
- Nominee Danger Mouse · Brian Cosgrove
- Nominee Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
- Nominee Paddington Goes to School
- Nominee The Wind in the Willows · Brian Cosgrove
- Nominee Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends · Robert D. Cardona, David Mitton
Best British Short Film
- Winner La Boule · Simon Shore
- Nominee King's Christmas
- Nominee Mohammed's Daughter · Suri Krishnamma
- Nominee Night Movie