Academy Awards 1986 Nominations

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Best Picture	Best Director
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short	Best Live Action Short Film
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
Best Original Song	Best Sound Effects Editing
Best Sound	Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography	Best Makeup
Best Costume Design	Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects

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Best Picture

• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Out of Africa
• Prizzi's Honor
• The Color Purple
• Witness

Best Director

• Kiss of the Spider Woman (Hector Babenco)
• Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack)
• Prizzi's Honor (John Huston)
• Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
• Witness (Peter Weir)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Kiss of the Spider Woman (William Hurt)
• Murphy's Romance (James Garner)
• Prizzi's Honor (Jack Nicholson)
• Runaway Train (Jon Voight)
• Witness (Harrison Ford)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Agnes of God (Anne Bancroft)
• Out of Africa (Meryl Streep)
• Sweet Dreams (Jessica Lange)
• The Color Purple (Whoopi Goldberg)
• The Trip to Bountiful (Geraldine Page)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Cocoon (Don Ameche)
• Jagged Edge (Robert Loggia)
• Out of Africa (Klaus Maria Brandauer)
• Prizzi's Honor (William Hickey)
• Runaway Train (Eric Roberts)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Agnes of God (Meg Tilly)
• Prizzi's Honor (Anjelica Huston)
• The Color Purple (Oprah Winfrey)
• The Color Purple (Margaret Avery)
• Twice in a Lifetime (Amy Madigan)

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Back to the Future
• Brazil
• The Official Story
• The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Witness

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Out of Africa
• Prizzi's Honor
• The Color Purple
• The Trip to Bountiful

Best Foreign Language Film

• Angry Harvest (West Germany)
• Colonel Redl (Hungary)
• The Official Story (Argentina)
• Three Men and a Cradle (France)
• When Father Was Away on Business (Yugoslavia)

Best Documentary Feature

• Broken Rainbow
• Soldiers in Hiding
• The Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo
• The Statue of Liberty
• Unfinished Business

Best Documentary Short

• Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
• Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
• The Courage to Care
• The Wizard of the Strings
• Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements

Best Live Action Short Film

• Graffiti
• Molly's Pilgrim
• Rainbow War

Best Animated Short Film

• Anna & Bella
• Second Class Mail
• The Big Snit

Best Original Score

• Agnes of God
• Out of Africa
• Silverado
• The Color Purple
• Witness

Best Original Song

• A Chorus Line ("Surprise, Surprise")
• Back to the Future ("The Power of Love")
• The Color Purple ("Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)")
• White Nights ("Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights)")
• White Nights ("Say You, Say Me")

Best Sound Effects Editing

• Back to the Future
• Ladyhawke
• Rambo: First Blood Part II

Best Sound

• A Chorus Line
• Back to the Future
• Ladyhawke
• Out of Africa
• Silverado

Best Art Direction

• Brazil
• Out of Africa
• Ran
• The Color Purple
• Witness

Best Cinematography

• Murphy's Romance
• Out of Africa
• Ran
• The Color Purple
• Witness

Best Makeup

• Mask
• Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
• The Color Purple

Best Costume Design

• Out of Africa
• Prizzi's Honor
• Ran
• The Color Purple
• The Journey of Natty Gann

Best Film Editing

• A Chorus Line
• Out of Africa
• Prizzi's Honor
• Runaway Train
• Witness

Best Visual Effects

• Cocoon
• Return to Oz
• Young Sherlock Holmes