1986 in awards
7 ceremonies · 7 awards bodies · 554 nominations · 155 winners
Most awarded of 1986
Works that won more than once, counting every body at once.
- 11 Out of Africa Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 6 Prizzi's Honor Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 5 Drood Tonys
- 4 Cagney & Lacey Golden Globes · Emmys
- 4 The Golden Girls Golden Globes · Emmys
- 4 Amadeus BAFTA Film Awards
- 3 An Early Frost DGA Awards · Golden Globes · Emmys
- 3 Death of a Salesman Golden Globes · Emmys
- 3 The Purple Rose of Cairo BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 3 Witness Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards
43rd Golden Globes
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Drama · Out of Africa · Kim Jorgensen, Sydney Pollack
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · Hannah and Her Sisters · Robert Greenhut
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · Jon Voight · Runaway Train
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · Whoopi Goldberg · The Color Purple
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Jack Nicholson · Prizzi's Honor
28th Grammys
- Winner Album of the Year · No Jacket Required · Phil Collins
- Winner Record of the Year · We Are the World · USA for Africa, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones
- Winner Song of the Year · We Are the World · Lionel Richie, Al Jarreau, Michael Jackson
- Winner Best New Artist · Sade Adu
- Winner Best Children's Music Album · Follow That Bird – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · Jim Henson, Steve Buckingham, Sesame Street
38th DGA Awards
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Feature Film · Steven Spielberg · The Color Purple
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Drama Series · Will Mackenzie · My Fair David from Moonlighting
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series · Jay Sandrich · Pilot from The Golden Girls
- Winner Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series · John Erman · An Early Frost
39th BAFTA Film Awards
- Winner Best Film · The Purple Rose of Cairo · Robert Greenhut, Woody Allen
- Winner Best Actor in a Leading Role · William Damaged · Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role · Peggy Ashcroft · A Passage to India
- Winner Best Actor in a Supporting Role · Denholm Elliott · Defence of the Realm
- Winner Best Actress in a Supporting Role · Rosanna Arquette · Desperately Seeking Susan
58th Academy Awards
- Winner Best Picture · Out of Africa · Sydney Pollack
- Winner Best Actor · William Damaged · Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Winner Best Actress · Geraldine Page · The Trip to Bountiful
- Winner Best Supporting Actor · Don Ameche · Cocoon
- Winner Best Supporting Actress · Anjelica Huston · Prizzi's Honor
40th Tonys
- Winner Best Play · I'm Not Rappaport · Herb Gardner
- Winner Best Musical · Drood
- Winner Best Actor in a Play · Judd Hirsch · I'm Not Rappaport
- Winner Best Actress in a Play · Lily Tomlin · The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
- Winner Best Actor in a Musical · George Rose · Drood
38th Emmys
- Winner Outstanding Drama Series · Cagney & Lacey · Patricia Green
- Winner Outstanding Comedy Series · The Golden Girls
- Winner Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series · Peter the Great · Lawrence Schiller, Marvin J. Chomsky
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · William Daniels · St. Elsewhere
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · Sharon Gless · Cagney & Lacey