The Last Emperor – Jeremy Thomas and Bernardo Bertolucci
Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle* Babette's Feast – Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel* A Fish Called Wanda – Michael Shamberg and Charles Crichton | Louis Malle – Au revoir les enfants* Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor* Charles Crichton – A Fish Called Wanda* Gabriel Axel – Babette's Feast |
| John Cleese – A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach* Kevin Kline – A Fish Called Wanda as Otto West* Michael Douglas – Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher* Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer | Maggie Smith – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Judith Hearne* Cher – Moonstruck as Loretta Castorini* Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz* Stéphane Audran – Babette's Feast as Babette Hersant |
| Michael Palin – A Fish Called Wanda as Ken Pile* David Suchet – A World Apart as Muller* Joss Ackland – White Mischief as Jock Delves Broughton* Peter O'Toole – The Last Emperor as Reginald Johnston | Judi Dench – A Handful of Dust as Mrs. Beaver* Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction as Beth Rogerson Gallagher* Maria Aitken – A Fish Called Wanda as Wendy Leach* Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck as Rose Castorini |
| A World Apart – Shawn Slovo* Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle* A Fish Called Wanda – John Cleese* Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley | The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman* Babette's Feast – Gabriel Axel* Empire of the Sun – Tom Stoppard* Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman |
| Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau* Babette's Feast – Henning Kristiansen* The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro* Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Dean Cundey | The Last Emperor – James Acheson* The Dressmaker – Judy Moorcroft* Empire of the Sun – Bob Ringwood* White Mischief – Marit Allen |
| Fatal Attraction – Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger* A Fish Called Wanda – John Jympson* The Last Emperor – Gabriella Cristiani* Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Arthur Schmidt | The Last Emperor – Fabrizio Sforza* Beetlejuice – Steve La Porte, Ve Neill and Robert Short* A Handful of Dust – Sally Sutton* RoboCop – Carla Palmer |
| Empire of the Sun – John Williams* Bird – Lennie Niehaus* The Last Emperor – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su* Moonstruck – Dick Hyman | Tucker: The Man and His Dream – Dean Tavoularis* Empire of the Sun – Norman Reynolds* The Last Emperor – Ferdinando Scarfiotti* Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Elliot Scott |
| Empire of the Sun – Charles L. Campbell, Colin Charles, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe* Bird – Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson, Willie D. Burton and Les Fresholtz* Good Morning, Vietnam – Bill Phillips, Clive Winter and Terry Porter* The Last Emperor – Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe and Les Wiggins | Who Framed Roger Rabbit – George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston and Edward Jones* Beetlejuice – Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Robert Short and Ted Rea* The Last Emperor – Giannetto De Rossi and Fabrizio Martinelli* RoboCop – Rob Bottin, Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran and Rocco Gioffre |
| This Week: Death on the Rock – Chris Oxley* The Duty Men: East Enders – Paul Hamann* In from the Cold: A Portrait of Richard Burton – Tony Palmer* Viewpoint Special: The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Nigel Turner | Babette's Feast – Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel* Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle* Dark Eyes – Silvia D'Amico Bendico, Carlo Cucchi and Nikita Mikhalkov* Wings of Desire – Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman |
| The Hill Farm – Mark Baker* Clothes Animation – Osbert Parker* Daddie's Little Piece of Dresden China – Karen Watson* Rarg – Tony Collingwood | Defence Counsel Sedov – Evgeny Tsymbal* Cane Toads: An Unnatural History – Mark Lewis* The Unkindest Cut – Jim Shields* Water's Edge – Suri Krishnamma |