1984 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 106 Academy Award records for the 1984 film year, covering 52 films and including 24 wins.

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

1985 → ← 1983

Best Picture result

5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history

Acting category results

Leading winning films

Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.

  1. Amadeus

    8 wins from 11 award records

  2. The Killing Fields

    3 wins from 7 award records

  3. A Passage to India

    2 wins from 11 award records

  4. Places in the Heart

    2 wins from 7 award records

  5. The River

    1 win from 5 award records

  6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    1 win from 2 award records

Category winners

Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.

Nominations and award records by category

Showing 106 of 106 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Art Direction

  • ★ Amadeus IMDB — Art Direction: Patrizia Von Brandenstein; Set Decoration: Karel Cerny
  • The Cotton Club IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George Gaines, Les Bloom
  • The Natural IMDB — Art Direction: Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami, Speed Hopkins; Set Decoration: Bruce Weintraub
  • A Passage to India IMDB — Art Direction: John Box, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife
  • 2010 IMDB — Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson

Cinematography

Costume Design

Best Director

Documentary Feature

Documentary Short Subject

Film Editing

International Feature Film

Makeup and Hairstyling

Original Score

Original Song

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

Animated Short Film

Live Action Short Film

Sound Mixing

  • ★ Amadeus IMDB — Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman
  • Dune IMDB — Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell, Nelson Stoll
  • A Passage to India IMDB — Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, John Mitchell
  • The River IMDB — Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David Ronne
  • 2010 IMDB — Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios, Gene S. Cantamessa

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

Visual Effects

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Nominated films and other recorded entries

52 films represented in the 1984 archive selection.

About these award records

This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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