Academy Awards archive

Rain Man Oscar Nominations & Wins

Rain Man has 8 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 4 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 8 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

Rain Man: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1988Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientDustin Hoffman

Raymond Babbitt

Win recorded
Film year1988Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Ida Random; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryDangerous Liaisons
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gerard James
Film year1988Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientJohn Seale
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryMississippi Burning
Peter Biziou
Film year1988Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientBarry Levinson
Win recorded
Film year1988Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientStu Linder
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryWho Framed Roger Rabbit
Arthur Schmidt
Film year1988Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientHans Zimmer
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Milagro Beanfield War
Dave Grusin
Film year1988Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientMark Johnson, Producer
Win recorded
Film year1988Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Rain Man with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Best Actor winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Art Direction 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
  • Beaches
    Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
    Nominee
  • Dangerous Liaisons
    Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gerard James
    ★ Winner
  • Rain Man This film
    Art Direction: Ida Random; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
    Nominee
  • Tucker The Man and His Dream
    Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Armin Ganz
    Nominee
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    Art Direction: Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
    Nominee
Art Direction winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Cinematography 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Cinematography winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Best Director 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Best Director winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Film Editing 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Film Editing winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Original Score 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Original Score winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Best Picture 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Best Picture winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1988 film-year results
About these award records

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