1986 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 105 Academy Award records for the 1986 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.
Best Picture result
- ★ PlatoonArnold Kopelson, Producer
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.
- Platoon
4 wins from 8 award records
- A Room with a View
3 wins from 8 award records
- Hannah and Her Sisters
3 wins from 7 award records
- Aliens
2 wins from 7 award records
- The Mission
1 win from 7 award records
- Children of a Lesser God
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
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- ★ Platoon
- ★ The Color of Money — Eddie Felson
- ★ Hannah and Her Sisters — Elliot
- ★ Children of a Lesser God — Sarah
- ★ Hannah and Her Sisters — Holly
- ★ Platoon
- ★ Platoon
- ★ The Fly
- ★ Top Gun — Take My Breath Away
- ★ Aliens
- ★ Platoon
- ★ Aliens
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 105 of 105 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Platoon IMDB — Arnold Kopelson, Producer
- Children of a Lesser God IMDB — Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers
- Hannah and Her Sisters IMDB — Robert Greenhut, Producer
- The Mission IMDB — Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, Producers
- A Room with a View IMDB — Ismail Merchant, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ The Color of Money IMDB — Paul NewmanEddie Felson
- 'Round Midnight IMDB — Dexter GordonDale Turner
- Mona Lisa IMDB — Bob HoskinsGeorge
- Children of a Lesser God IMDB — William HurtJames
- Salvador IMDB — James WoodsRichard Boyle
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Hannah and Her Sisters IMDB — Michael CaineElliot
- Platoon IMDB — Tom BerengerSgt. Barnes
- Platoon IMDB — Willem DafoeSgt. Elias
- A Room with a View IMDB — Denholm ElliottMr. Emerson
- Hoosiers IMDB — Dennis HopperShooter
Best Actress
- ★ Children of a Lesser God IMDB — Marlee MatlinSarah
- The Morning After IMDB — Jane FondaAlex Sternbergen
- Crimes of the Heart IMDB — Sissy SpacekBabe Magrath
- Peggy Sue Got Married IMDB — Kathleen TurnerPeggy Sue
- Aliens IMDB — Sigourney WeaverRipley
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Hannah and Her Sisters IMDB — Dianne WiestHolly
- Crimes of the Heart IMDB — Tess HarperChick Boyle
- Children of a Lesser God IMDB — Piper LaurieMrs. Norman
- The Color of Money IMDB — Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioCarmen
- A Room with a View IMDB — Maggie SmithCharlotte Bartlett
Art Direction
- ★ A Room with a View IMDB — Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura
- Aliens IMDB — Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
- The Color of Money IMDB — Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Karen A. O'Hara
- Hannah and Her Sisters IMDB — Art Direction: Stuart Wurtzel; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe
- The Mission IMDB — Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Jack Stephens
Cinematography
Costume Design
- ★ A Room with a View IMDB — Jenny Beavan, John Bright
- The Mission IMDB — Enrico Sabbatini
- Otello IMDB — Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
- Peggy Sue Got Married IMDB — Theadora Van Runkle
- Pirates IMDB — Anthony Powell
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got IMDB — Brigitte Berman, Producer
Source context
NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was Down and Out in America.
- ★ Down and Out in America IMDB — Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers
Source context
NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got.
- Chile: Hasta Cuando? IMDB — David Bradbury, Producer
- Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer IMDB — Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers
- Witness to Apartheid IMDB — Sharon I. Sopher, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Women--for America, for the World IMDB — Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer
- Debonair Dancers IMDB — Alison Nigh-Strelich, Producer
- The Masters of Disaster IMDB — Sonya Friedman, Producer
- Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse IMDB — Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, Producers
- Sam IMDB — Aaron D. Weisblatt, Producer
Film Editing
- ★ Platoon IMDB — Claire Simpson
- Aliens IMDB — Ray Lovejoy
- Hannah and Her Sisters IMDB — Susan E. Morse
- The Mission IMDB — Jim Clark
- Top Gun IMDB — Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
International Feature Film
- ★ The Assault IMDB — The Netherlands
- Betty Blue IMDB — France
- The Decline of the American Empire IMDB — Canada
- My Sweet Little Village IMDB — Czechoslovakia
- '38' IMDB — Austria
Makeup and Hairstyling
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Top Gun IMDB — Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom WhitlockTake My Breath Away
- The Karate Kid Part II IMDB — Music by Peter Cetera and David Foster; Lyric by Peter Cetera and Diane NiniGlory Of Love
- That's Life IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Leslie BricusseLife In A Looking Glass
- Little Shop of Horrors IMDB — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard AshmanMean Green Mother From Outer Space
- An American Tail IMDB — Music by James Horner and Barry Mann; Lyric by Cynthia WeilSomewhere Out There
Animated Short Film
- ★ A Greek Tragedy IMDB — Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen, Producers
- The Frog, the Dog and the Devil IMDB — Bob Stenhouse, Producer
- Luxo Jr. IMDB — John Lasseter and William Reeves, Producers
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Precious Images IMDB — Chuck Workman, Producer
- Exit IMDB — Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo, Producers
- Love Struck IMDB — Fredda Weiss, Producer
Sound Editing
- ★ Aliens IMDB — Don Sharpe
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home IMDB — Mark Mangini
- Top Gun IMDB — Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Sound Mixing
- ★ Platoon IMDB — John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
- Aliens IMDB — Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman
- Heartbreak Ridge IMDB — Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, William Nelson
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home IMDB — Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene S. Cantamessa
- Top Gun IMDB — Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan
Visual Effects
- ★ Aliens IMDB — Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
- Little Shop of Horrors IMDB — Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side IMDB — Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ A Room with a View IMDB — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Children of a Lesser God IMDB — Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
- The Color of Money IMDB — Richard Price
- Crimes of the Heart IMDB — Beth Henley
- Stand by Me IMDB — Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
Original Screenplay
- ★ Hannah and Her Sisters IMDB — Woody Allen
- 'Crocodile' Dundee IMDB — Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan
- My Beautiful Laundrette IMDB — Hanif Kureishi
- Platoon IMDB — Oliver Stone
- Salvador IMDB — Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
Nominated films and other recorded entries
52 films represented in the 1986 archive selection.
- '38'
- 'Crocodile' Dundee
- 'Round Midnight
- A Greek Tragedy
- A Room with a View
- Aliens
- An American Tail
- Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
- Betty Blue
- Blue Velvet
- Children of a Lesser God
- Chile: Hasta Cuando?
- Crimes of the Heart
- Debonair Dancers
- Down and Out in America
- Exit
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Hoosiers
- Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Legend
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Love Struck
- Luxo Jr.
- Mona Lisa
- My Beautiful Laundrette
- My Sweet Little Village
- Otello
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Pirates
- Platoon
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side
- Precious Images
- Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
- Salvador
- Sam
- Stand by Me
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- That's Life
- The Assault
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
- The Color of Money
- The Decline of the American Empire
- The Fly
- The Frog, the Dog and the Devil
- The Karate Kid Part II
- The Masters of Disaster
- The Mission
- The Morning After
- Top Gun
- Witness to Apartheid
- Women--for America, for the World
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.
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