40th British Academy Film Awards


The 40th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1987 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1986. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1986.
James Ivory's A Room with a View won awards for Best Film, Actress, Supporting Actress, Production Design and Costume Design. Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by Woody Allen, won two awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay-Original.
The ceremony was hosted by The Two Ronnies stars, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker.

Winners and nominees

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
A Room with a ViewIsmail Merchant and James Ivory
Woody AllenHannah and Her Sisters
  • * James IvoryA Room with a View
  • * Neil JordanMona Lisa
  • * Roland JofféThe Mission
  • Bob HoskinsMona Lisa as George
  • * Michael CaineHannah and Her Sisters as Elliot
  • * Paul HoganCrocodile Dundee as Michael Dundee
  • * Woody AllenHannah and Her Sisters as Mickey
  • Maggie SmithA Room with a View as Charlotte Bartlett
  • * Cathy TysonMona Lisa as Simone
  • * Meryl StreepOut of Africa as Karen Blixen
  • * Mia FarrowHannah and Her Sisters as Hannah
  • Ray McAnallyThe Mission as Cardinal Altamirano
  • * Denholm ElliottA Room with a View as Emerson
  • * Klaus Maria BrandauerOut of Africa as Bror and Hans
  • * Simon CallowA Room with a View as Beebe
  • Judi DenchA Room with a View as Eleanor Lavish
  • * Barbara HersheyHannah and Her Sisters as Lee
  • * Rosanna ArquetteAfter Hours as Marcy Franklin
  • * Rosemary LeachA Room with a View as Mrs. Honeychurch
  • Hannah and Her SistersWoody Allen
  • * Crocodile DundeePaul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell
  • * The MissionRobert Bolt
  • * Mona LisaNeil Jordan and David Leland
  • Out of AfricaKurt Luedtke
  • * Children of a Lesser God – Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff
  • * The Color PurpleMenno Meyjes
  • * RanAkira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide
  • * A Room with a ViewRuth Prawer Jhabvala
  • Out of AfricaDavid Watkin
  • * The MissionChris Menges
  • * RanTakao Saito and Masaharu Ueda
  • * A Room with a ViewTony Pierce-Roberts
  • A Room with a ViewJenny Beavan and John Bright
  • * The MissionEnrico Sabbatini
  • * Out of AfricaMilena Canonero
  • * RanEmi Wada
  • The MissionJim Clark
  • * Hannah and Her SistersSusan E. Morse
  • * Mona LisaLesley Walker
  • * A Room with a ViewHumphrey Dixon
  • Ran – Shohichiro Meda, Tameyuki Aimi, Chihako Naito and Noriko Takamizawa
  • * AliensPeter Robb-King
  • * DreamchildJenny Shircore
  • * Sid and NancyPeter Frampton
  • The MissionEnnio Morricone
  • * Out of AfricaJohn Barry
  • * A Room with a ViewRichard Robbins
  • * Round MidnightHerbie Hancock
  • A Room with a ViewGianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow
  • * AliensPeter Lamont
  • * The MissionStuart Craig
  • * RanYoshirō Muraki and Shinobu Muraki
  • Out of AfricaTom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins
  • * AliensDon Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone
  • * The Mission – Ian Fuller, Bill Rowe and Clive Winter
  • * A Room with a View – Tony Lenny, Ray Beckett and Richard King
  • AliensRobert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Stan Winston and Suzanne M. Benson
  • * DreamchildDuncan Kenworthy, John Stephenson and Chris Carr
  • * LabyrinthRoy Field, Brian Froud, George Gibbs and Tony Dunsterville
  • * The Mission – Peter Hutchinson
  • ShoahClaude Lanzmann
  • * British Cinema: Personal View A Turnip Head's Guide to the British CinemaAlan Parker
  • * Equinox: Prisoner of ConsciousnessJohn Dollar
  • * Forty Minutes: The Fishing PartyPaul Watson
  • * Omnibus: The Mission – Robin Laugh
  • * Viewpoint 86: Afghanistan: The Agony of a NationSandy Gall
  • RanSerge Silberman, Masato Hara and Akira Kurosawa
  • * Betty BlueJean-Jacques Beineix
  • * Ginger and FredAlberto Grimaldi and Federico Fellini
  • * OtelloMenahem Golan, Yoram Globus and Franco Zeffirelli
  • SuperTedDavid Edwards and Robin Lyons
  • * Danger MouseBrian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
  • * Max Headroom's Giant Christmas TurkeyDavid Hiller
  • * Paddington Goes to School – Martin Pullen
  • * Thomas the Tank Engine and FriendsRobert D. Cardona and David Mitton
  • * The Wind in the WillowsBrian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
  • La Boule – Simon Shore
  • * King's Christmas – Graham Dixon
  • * Mohammed's DaughterSuri Krishnamma
  • * Night Movie – Gur Heller
  • Statistics

    NominationsFilm
    14A Room with a View
    11The Mission
    8Hannah and Her Sisters
    7Out of Africa
    6Mona Lisa
    6Ran
    4Aliens
    2Crocodile Dundee
    2Dreamchild

    AwardsFilm
    5A Room with a View
    3The Mission
    3Out of Africa
    2Hannah and Her Sisters
    2Ran